A user interface system includes: an input device that receives an input of a user in a vehicle; a display that displays information in the vehicle; and a processor that determines whether to support a personal indication and a personal input for the user when receiving a request to enter personal information of the user, and supports to enter the personal information using the input device and the display as a result of the determination.

A display device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a use status of a battery that stores electric power for traveling of a vehicle; a display unit configured to display an image; and a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display an image in which a state of the battery is represented by an anthropomorphic character based on an acquisition result of the acquisition unit.

Embodiments include methods, systems and computer readable storage medium for a method for utilizing a vehicle learn mode is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a learn mode user interface, a selection to use a vehicle learn mode. The method further includes receiving, by the learn mode user interface, a request for information about a user control or vehicle feature for a vehicle. The method further includes obtaining, by the learn mode user interface, the information from an electronic owner's manual for the vehicle. The method further includes outputting, by an audio system or a visual display, the information to a user.

Aspects of the technology relate to assisting a passenger in an autonomous vehicle without a driver. For instance, after a door of the vehicle is opened, a predetermined period of time may be waited by processors of computing devices of the vehicle. After waiting the predetermined period of time and when the vehicle's door remains open, a set of instructions for closing the vehicle's door may be played by the processors through a speaker of the vehicle. Once the door of the vehicle is closed, an announcement may be played by the processors through the speaker requesting that the passenger press a first button to initiate a ride to a destination. In response to the first button being pressed, the ride to the destination may be initiated by the processors by maneuvering the vehicle autonomously to the destination.

Aspects of the technology relate to assisting a passenger in an autonomous vehicle without a driver. For instance, after a door of the vehicle is opened, a predetermined period of time may be waited by processors of computing devices of the vehicle. After waiting the predetermined period of time and when the vehicle's door remains open, a set of instructions for closing the vehicle's door may be played by the processors through a speaker of the vehicle. Once the door of the vehicle is closed, an announcement may be played by the processors through the speaker requesting that the passenger press a first button to initiate a ride to a destination. In response to the first button being pressed, the ride to the destination may be initiated by the processors by maneuvering the vehicle autonomously to the destination.

An autonomous vehicle including a sensor system that outputs a sensor signal indicative of a condition of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle also includes a user interface device with a display. A computing system determines, based upon a profile of the passenger, that support is to be provided textually to the passenger when the support is provided to the passenger. The computing system further detects occurrence of an event that has been identified as potentially causing discomfort to the passenger. The computing system yet further sets a predefined support message defined in an account corresponding to the event maintained in a database prior to occurrence of the event as a support message to be presented to the passenger. The computing system additionally causes the display to present the support message textually, wherein the textual support message solicits feedback from the passenger of the autonomous 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.

An information providing device of an embodiment is an information providing device including an acquirer that acquires personal information of a plurality of occupants in a moving body, a processor that generates integrated personal information by combining at least a part of the personal information of the plurality of occupants acquired by the acquirer, and an information provider that provides information to the plurality of occupants based on the integrated personal information processed by the processor.