Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Faurecia Innenraum Systeme Gmbh

Faurecia Autositze Gmbh

Parrot Faurecia Automotive

Alexander Van Laack

Frederik Belzl

Ruddy Cittadini

Omar Ben Abdelaziz

Paul O Morris

Oliver Kirsch

Bertrand Stelandre

Laurent Tapin

Mark René Spingler

Andreas Rode

Stephan Preussler

Tina Friedrich

Manuel Pereira

Jennifer Fay Wendt

Peter Wasserfuhr

Cyril Laury

Mark Spingler

Axel Torschmied

A private audio system for a 3d like sound experience for a vehicle passenger comprising: at least one acoustic sound emitter configured to transmit sound from an audio source in an audio frequency; at least one ultrasonic speaker configured to transmit an audio beam from an audio source, wherein the audio beam is orientable relative to the passenger; a passenger monitoring unit configured to track a location of a passenger's head; a signal processor configured to detect the location of the passenger's ears and to control the orientation of the ultrasound audio beam based on information provided by the passenger monitoring unit.

Private audio system for a 3D-like sound experience for vehicle passengers and a method for creating the same

A back rest for a seat, in particular, vehicle seat, comprises a seat paneling and an acoustic element being an element contributing to forming the seat paneling. The seat paneling is in an operative connection with an actuator of the acoustic element in an acoustic area. The acoustic area can be made to vibrate by driving the actuator for making the acoustic area put out acoustic signals into a back space behind the back rest.

Back rest for a vehicle seat

A method for the contactless shifting of visual information includes detecting at least one viewing direction to detect visual information in a first display area, and a movement of a hand and/or a movement of a head of a user toward a second display area. After the detection of the visual information in the first display area, and after the detected motion indicating a shift, the visual information is shown in the second display area upon the completion of the pivoting movement or movements.

Method for the contactless shifting of visual information

A method, system, and devices for implementing a selectively lighted instrument cluster are disclosed herein. The aspects employ a light house layer (or collection of light house layers) using a combination of light and dark materials to provide individually lit indicia on a cover layer (i.e. applique layer) of an instrument cluster. The combination of light and dark layers selectively applied prevents light leakage into other non-intended portions on the viewable surface of the instrument cluster.

Selective lighting for indicia

The disclosure relates to providing of a display that can provide content through either a virtual image from a heads-up-display or a transparent display physically adhered to the back surface of the heads-up-display. The aspects disclosure herein also relate to providing a detection of an input, and in response to detection, switching the combined display from a first mode to a second mode.

Display unit and method of controlling the display unit

The disclosure, which relates to a display device is created so that it can be integrated in a surface, providing in particular a seamless extension and an integrated appearance between the surface surrounding the display device and the display device itself and thus appears to the viewer of the display device as being part of a surface.

Display device

The aspects disclosed herein are related to providing a stereoscopic audio environment that is based on speaker position and/or orientation. Once the speaker (or groups of speakers) are identified by the above-described techniques, the audio signal uniquely delivered to each of the speakers may be customized to produce an optimal sound environment.

Providing an audio environment based on a determined loudspeaker position and orientation

Display device is disclosed herein, and may be implementable in a variety of contexts, including a motor vehicle (for example, the instrument cluster). A semi-transparent plane is essentially placed in between a display and a mechanical element member. This allows a virtual projection of information over the mechanical plane in an on-state, while the mechanical element shows non-indicia during the off state.

Display device employing a virtual plane overlaying mechanical indicia

A method for the target recognition of target objects, in particular for the target recognition of the operating elements in a motor vehicle are disclosed herein. The method (and systems which incorporate the method) may employ various gaze tracking device, hand tracking devices, and combine inputs from the two based on a methodology for correlation.

Method for the target recognition of target objects

A method and apparatus for estimating the temperature sensed upon contact with a surface. The method includes contactless heating of the surface, contactless measurement of a time change in temperature of the surface, and estimation of the temperature sensed upon contact with the surface on the basis of this time change in temperature.

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Aachen, Germany

Alexander Van Laack