There is provided a vehicle comprising a body having an exterior, an external display screen visible on the exterior of the body, a proximity sensor, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a vehicle information database including vehicle information, and a hardware processor executing the executable code to detect, using the proximity sensor, an individual within a proximity of the vehicle, activate the external display screen in response to detecting the individual within the proximity of the vehicle, display, on the external display screen, the vehicle information from the vehicle information database stored in the memory, in response to detecting the individual within the proximity of the vehicle.

An agent device includes a plurality of agent functions configured to provide a service including a response in response to speech of an occupant of a vehicle, wherein a first agent function that is active among the plurality of agent functions is configured to activate another agent function upon receiving an instruction to activate the other agent function.

An agent apparatus includes: a first acquirer configured to acquire voice of a user; a recognizer configured to recognize the voice acquired by the first acquirer; and a plurality of agent functional units, each of the agent function unit being configured to provide services including causing an output unit to output a response on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer, wherein, when a first agent functional unit included in the plurality of agent functional units is not able to cope with a request included in the voice recognized by the recognizer and another agent functional unit of the plurality of agent functional units is able to cope with the request, the first agent functional unit causes the output unit to output information for recommending the other agent functional unit to the user.

An agent device includes a plurality of agent functional units configured to provide a service including causing an output part to output a voice response in accordance with speech of an occupant of a vehicle and a manager configured to activate one agent functional unit corresponding to a first activation phrase that has been spoken among the plurality of agent functional units when the occupant of the vehicle has spoken the first activation phrase individually set for each of the plurality of agent functional units and to activate two or more agent functional units corresponding to a second activation phrase that has been spoken when the occupant of the vehicle has spoken the second activation phrase commonly set for the two or more agent functional units among the plurality of agent functional units.

A method of operating a display device for a motor vehicle having a plurality of display areas includes providing a plurality of non-contact input operations where a first non-contact input operation of a user is detected and verified by a second non-contact input operation of the user in order to select at least one display element on a first display area, and at least one third non-contact input operation of the user is detected.

A device to provide information to a visual interface that is mountable to a vehicle dashboard includes a memory configured to store device information indicative of controllable devices of a building and occupant data indicative of one or more occupants of the building. The device includes a processor configured to receive, in real-time, status information associated with the one or more occupants of the building. The status information includes at least one of dynamic location information or dynamic activity information. The processor is configured to generate an output to provide, at the visual interface device, a visual representation of at least a portion of the building and the status information associated with the one or more occupants. The processor is also configured to generate an instruction to adjust an operation of one or more devices of the controllable devices based on user input.

The invention relates to a system and method for assisting a driver in driving a vehicle. First information on an environment of the vehicle is obtained and an instruction from the vehicle driver is received. An evaluation task defining an aspect of a current traffic situation encountered by the vehicle and to be evaluated is defined from the received instruction. An evaluation of the obtained information according to the evaluation task is performed, and an evaluation result is generated. Other aspects of the traffic situation and their relation to the aspect defined in the task are then evaluated additionally. Finally an information on the basis of the evaluation result and the other determined aspects is generated and output.

According to one aspect, driver management is provided. One or more speech segments of a driver of an autonomous vehicle may be recorded. A position, a destination, or a previous destination of a driver or an autonomous vehicle may be tracked. An estimated state of the driver may be determined based on one or more of the speech segments, the position, the destination, or the previous destination, and a calendar event associated with the driver or a passenger of the autonomous vehicle. Autonomous driving features may be automatically enabled, disabled, or operation of the autonomous vehicle may be enabled or disabled in different modes based on the estimated state of the driver. Additionally, notifications may be displayed, rideshare applications may be launched, or warnings may be sent based on the estimated state of the driver.

A control system at a vehicle for managing of a safety feature of the vehicle by a vehicle occupant, the control system includes an input interface configured to receive input by the vehicle occupant in order to control a safety feature of a vehicle, a safety switch configured to be activated via input by the vehicle occupant for controlling operation of the input interface, a processing circuitry operatively connected to the safety switch and the input interface, the processing circuitry is configured to detect activation of the safety switch via input by the vehicle occupant, enable operation of the input interface, detect input by the vehicle occupant via the input interface, and control operation of the safety feature of the vehicle.

A vehicle control circuit is mountable on a vehicle on which a driver rides. The vehicle control circuit is configured to: receive an input of a detection result of a state of the driver during driving from at least one sensor, the sensor being mounted on the vehicle and configured to detect the state; output recommendation data to a notification device mounted on the vehicle, the recommendation data relating to use of a product or service for improving the state of the driver during driving indicated by the detection result; perform settlement processing for the use of the corresponding product or service in accordance with an input from the driver in response to the recommendation data; and provide a route to a destination of the use of the product or service based on completion of the settlement processing via the notification device.