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.

Provided is an operating state display method in an electric vehicle in which the drive electric power is supplied from a battery to a travel motor. The operating state display method includes an eco-level setting step of setting an eco-level with respect to an operating state of the electric vehicle based on a vehicle speed of the electric vehicle and an output of the travel motor, and a display step of displaying in a vehicle cabin an eco-level gauge configured to expand or contract according to the eco-level.

An infotainment computer device for use in controlling an infotainment system in a vehicle is provided. The infotainment computer device includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to at least one memory device and a display device communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. The infotainment computer device is programmed to display an active page and a toolbar. The active page includes a plurality of buttons and the toolbar includes a shortcut area including at least one shortcut button. The infotainment computer device is also programmed to receive a first input requesting access to a customization mode, retrieve a current speed of the vehicle, activate the customization mode if the current speed of the vehicle is zero, receive a second input indicating a desired change to at least one of the active page and the toolbar, and change the display based on the desired change.

A visual display unit configured to mount on a steering wheel assembly has a screen display, preferably a touch screen display. The screen display is mounted over an airbag module of the steering wheel assembly. A hinged structure holds the screen display to the steering wheel assembly. The hinged structure is configured to be pivotally attached to a center portion of the steering wheel assembly and non-obstructively movable upon deployment of an airbag. The visual display unit can be a computer or video monitor for occupant viewing while traveling in an autonomous vehicle. The visual display unit includes driver alerts activated by the autonomous vehicle. The visual display unit preferably includes vehicle instrumentation gauges, satellite navigation system, speed, temperature and other data displays.

An information provision device and an information provision method. Each of the information provision device and information provision method includes projecting an image light to a light transmission member so as to display a for-driver information image, sensing a relative distance of an object to be detected existing around the mobile object in the direction of travel, detecting a location of a viewpoint of the driver, and changing a position at which an object image indicating the object to be detected is displayed according to a result of the detecting so as to change a perception distance of the driver influenced by a motion parallax of the object image according to the relative distance of the object to be detected in the direction of travel.

A display system includes a display configured to superimpose an image on a landscape in front of a vehicle and cause the image to be visually recognized by an occupant of the vehicle, a road shape acquirer configured to acquire information indicating a shape of a road around the vehicle, and a display controller configured to change a display aspect of an image regarding a road to be displayed on the display, on the basis of a form of a roundabout including one or both of a shape component and an outer diameter of the roundabout obtained from the information in a case that the roundabout has been determined to be included in the road shape by referring to the information acquired by the road shape acquirer.

A method includes detecting, with a sensor, a gaze of an occupant of a vehicle. The gaze is directed to at least one vehicle displays. The method also includes determining, with a controller circuit in communication with the sensor, whether one or more features presented on the at vehicle displays are partially obstructed from a view of the occupant. When the one or more features presented on vehicle displays are partially obstructed from the view of the occupant, the controller circuit adjusts a presentation of at least one partially obstructed features to be viewable by the occupant.

A system for directing content among a plurality of displays. The content may be selected by a user or may be determined by an event, such as a user-interactive input or an input initiated by an event associated with a vehicle system. The input command causes selected content to be moved from a first display to a second display. The input command causes articulation of the second display in order to display the selected content The input command may come from a portable device, or a user interactive command such as a voice command, a visual command such as a gesture, or a touch command. The input command may also come from a vehicle system, such as a navigation system, an infotainment system, a climate control system to name a few.

A digital cockpit display (1) for a vehicle has a display device (2) with electronic display elements (3a-3n) arranged in the form of a matrix and by means of which information can be visualized. A control device (4) enables control of the display elements (3a-3n) to visualize the information. The display device (2) has micro-electromechanical actuators (5a-5n) that are connected to the display elements (3a-3n) and are selectively controllable by the control device (4) so that they initiate a linear movement of the display elements (3a-3n) between a retracted position in which a longitudinal extension of the microelectronic actuators (5a-5n) is minimal and a fully extended position in which the longitudinal extension of the microelectronic actuators (5a-5n) is maximal.

A head-up display (HUD) mountable on a vehicle includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to obtain a detection result indicating a position of an object relative to the vehicle, as the vehicle travels; and control a display system to display, based on a detection result, an indicator indicating the position of the object as a virtual image within a display area, while changing an orientation of the indicator according to the position of the object.