A steering and vehicle control device comprising a flat touch-sensitive electronic screen serving as a steering wheel and as a graphic user interface (GUI) to control operations of a vehicle by touching the screen.

A vision system for a vehicle includes a forward viewing camera. Responsive at least in part to processing by an image processor of image data captured by the forward viewing camera, at least one road characteristic of a road along which the vehicle is traveling is detected. Responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward viewing camera, other vehicles exterior the equipped vehicle are detected. Responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward viewing camera, road curvature of the road along which the vehicle is traveling is determined. Data derived from image data captured by the forward viewing camera may be wirelessly communicated from the vehicle to a remote data receiver located remote from the vehicle.

A first cover part and a second cover part of a cover system adjoin one another in a first state and together form a closed surface with four corner regions. In a second state, the first edge of the first cover part is movable in a definable direction through a first definable angle about an axis which extends parallel to an imaginary straight line through the ends of the first edge of the first cover part, the first edge of the second cover part is movable in the definable direction through a second definable angle about an axis which extends parallel to an imaginary straight line through the ends of the first edge of the second cover part, and the first edge of the second cover part is movable in a definable direction by a definable distance. A housing can include the cover system.

A vehicle luminous signaling glazing unit forming a front windshield, includes a first glazing pane, forming the exterior glazing pane, with first and second main faces F1, F2; a lamination interlayer made of a polymeric material of thickness e1 of at most 1.8 mm; and a second glazing pane, forming the interior glazing pane, with third and fourth main faces F3, F4, the face F2 and the face F3 being the internal faces of the laminated glazing unit; and a set of diodes on a front face of a PCB board, the assembly being of thickness et2?e1, each diode emitting in the direction of the interior glass, and each diode having an edge face. For each of the diodes, the lamination interlayer comprises a through-aperture encircling the edge face of the diode, and the lamination interlayer is between face F3 and the front face of the PCB board.

A head-up display apparatus mounted on a moving body. The head-up display apparatus projects an image on a projecting portion. The head-up display apparatus includes a light source portion, an imaging element, a cold mirror, and a phase shifter. The light source portion emits a source light. The imaging element generates the image and outputs the light of the image. The light of the image has a predetermined polarization state. The cold mirror reflects the light of the image toward the projecting portion. In the cold mirror, an optical multilayer film is disposed on a translucent base member, and the light of the image obliquely enters the cold mirror along a plane of incidence of the cold mirror. The phase shifter converts the light of the image into an S wave. The phase shifter is disposed on an optical path between the imaging element and the cold mirror.

A vehicle light emitting display device is provided with at least one light source which can be controlled to turn on and off and a light reflecting member disposed in front of a driver of a vehicle. The vehicle light emitting display device forms a virtual image which can be observed by the driver, by emitting light of the light source from lower side of an instrument panel of the vehicle toward the light reflecting member. The vehicle light emitting display device is further provided with a forward and rearward movable mechanism that freely moves a position, at which light is emitted from the light source toward the light reflecting member, in a forward and rearward direction which is a travel direction of the vehicle.

A display device includes: a substrate including a display area for displaying an image and a peripheral area positioned adjacent to the display area; a plurality of normal pixels disposed within the display area on the substrate, where each normal pixel includes a first transmissive area and a pixel area disposed adjacent the first transmissive area; and a dummy pixel disposed within the display area on the substrate, adjacent to a curved section of the peripheral area, and disposed between the peripheral area and the plurality of pixels. The dummy pixel includes: a second transmissive area; and a wire area disposed adjacent the second transmissive area.

A reflective display apparatus includes an image display panel including a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit, a half mirror, and an electrochromic panel arranged in a layered manner. When the image display panel stops operating and power supply to the electrochromic panel is stopped, the half mirror reflects light coming from the rear of a vehicle and the reflected light is directed rearward. The reflected light enables a driver to check a situation behind the vehicle under such conditions.

A vision system for a vehicle includes a forward viewing camera. Responsive at least in part to processing by an image processor of image data captured by the forward viewing camera, at least one road characteristic of a road along which the vehicle is traveling is detected. Responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward viewing camera, other vehicles exterior the equipped vehicle are detected. Responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward viewing camera, road curvature of the road along which the vehicle is traveling is determined. Data derived from image data captured by the forward viewing camera may be wirelessly communicated from the vehicle to a remote data receiver located remote from the vehicle.

A head-up display apparatus for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The head-up display includes a housing part in which an image creation unit of the display apparatus is arranged, and an illumination device, by means of which light is applied to the image creation unit. The image creation unit is configured to provide an image which is projectable onto a light transmissive projection surface. A holding device is secured to the housing part in the region of the illumination device. The image creation unit is retained on the holding device.