A physical toggle button located in a cabin of a vehicle receives input indicating a change in state of the physical toggle button from a first mode in which a plurality of functions of smart home devices are set to a first state to a second mode in which the plurality of functions of the smart home devices are set to a second state. Using a telematics control module of the vehicle, a state change request is sent indicating the change in state to a cloud service maintaining a function mapping including information for setting the plurality of functions between the first state and the second state.

The present disclosure relates to a display device for a vehicle. A display device for a vehicle, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises: a display panel; a backlight unit including a plurality of blocks composed of light sources; a viewing angle adjustment panel including a plurality of liquid crystal layers composed of liquid crystals; and a control unit, wherein the control unit can change, on the basis of the configuration of a predetermined mode of adjusting a viewing angle, the arrangement of liquid crystals arranged in a restricted region of the viewing angle adjustment panel corresponding to a predetermined region of the display panel, and adjust, on the basis of the difference between a preset reference brightness level and the brightness level of the predetermined region according to the configuration of the predetermined mode, the intensity of light emitted from blocks corresponding to the restricted region from among the plurality of blocks. Various other embodiments are possible.

An input device has: an operating part having lighting parts and accepting input operations in: a first input mode, in which a first device including a window or a door lock of a vehicle can be operated; or a second input mode, in which a second device can be operated; an emergency detection part detecting an emergency of the vehicle; and a control part setting an input mode of the operating part between the first input mode and the second input mode, and setting the lighting of the lighting parts to: a first lighting state, in which the lighting parts are lit with emphasis; or a second lighting state, in which the lighting parts are not lit with emphasis, and, upon detection of an emergency, the control part sets the operating part to the first input mode and sets at least one lighting part to the first lighting state.

Each of a plurality of light transmission switches includes a translucent region that allows light from a light source to pass through a surface of an instrument panel into a vehicle cabin, and an opaque region that blocks passage of the light into the vehicle cabin. It is determined, for each of the light transmission switches, whether a current situation is a situation in which an occupant makes a turn-on request to turn on the light transmission switch, or whether a current vehicle state is a vehicle state that allows turning on of the light transmission switch. At least one light transmission switch selected from the light transmission switches based on a determination result is switched to an on state. This makes it possible to achieve both convenience for the occupant to perform the switch operations and good interior design of the vehicle cabin.

A steering wheel for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The steering wheel has an axis of rotation perpendicular to a plane of rotation of the steering wheel and comprising a control box comprising a printed circuit board, a casing defining a cavity housing the printed circuit board, a cover attached to the casing so as to cover the cavity with an inner face facing the cavity according to a direction entering the plane of rotation of the steering wheel and an outer face opposite the inner face so as to face a user of the steering wheel, and at least one controller, which is manipulatable by the user, is coupled to the casing in a movable manner with respect to the cover and is arranged through a relative seat formed on the cover along said direction, characterised in that the cover is a transparent plate or a glass plate.

A road vehicle having: a passenger compartment delimited by a roof at the top; at least one front seat arranged in the passenger compartment; an accelerator pedal; a brake pedal; a control unit, which implements a launch control procedure; and a manual control, which is can be operated to carry out the activation of the launch control procedure and is arranged on the roof.

An operating device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes: (i) an operating element having a base body with a surface that features a plurality of segments; (ii) wherein two of the plurality of segments are arranged on different planes relative to each other; (iii) wherein the two segments are each configured to be touch-sensitive; (iv) a control unit that is operatively connected to the operating element and is configured to: (iv-1) assign a vehicle function to each of the two segments depending on a predetermined criterion; (iv-2) trigger the vehicle function assigned to one of the segments upon receiving a user input by touching the respective segment.

An interior member includes a first skin material, a second skin material, and transducers. The first skin material includes a first exposed part exposed to a cabin interior, and a first embedded part embedded on a cabin exterior side from the first exposed part. The second skin material includes a second exposed part exposed to the cabin interior and adjacent to the first exposed part, and a second embedded part embedded on the cabin exterior side from the second exposed part and joined to the first embedded part. The transducers each include a main body arranged directly back of the first exposed part, and a wiring part disposed directly back of at least the first embedded part and electrically connected to the main body. An end of each wiring part is disposed on the cabin exterior side of the first embedded part.

A vehicular accessory system includes an overhead console configured to mount at an interior portion of a vehicle, and an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head mounted via mounting structure at the overhead console. The overhead console includes a base portion configured to attach at the interior portion of the vehicle to mount the overhead console at the interior portion and an extending portion that, with the overhead console mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, extends from the base portion along and spaced from a headliner of the vehicle. The overhead console includes a light source that, with the overhead console mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, and when electrically operated to emit light, light emitted by the light source illuminates a surface at the interior portion of the vehicle above the overhead console.

A method for producing a shaped part that includes: a decorative layer having a front/visible side and a rear/opposite side. The decorative layer has a recess extending into the decorative layer from the rear side. The shaped part includes an illumination and/or display unit with one or more illumination/display elements for displaying a notification on the front side, where the illumination and/or display unit comprises a base body made of a light-conducting material, the illumination and/or display elements are embedded in the base body, the base body is arranged at least partially in the recess in the decorative layer, the display elements are embedded in the base body, and the base body is arranged in the recess. Thus, light emanating from the illumination and/or display element(s) can be guided via the base body, towards the front side, and through the recess.