Volkswagen Ag

Audi Ag

Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Scania Cv Ab

Erik Glaser

William Lathrop

Nathaniel Coser

James Toggweiler

Bryan Grant

Maria Mejia

Dij Jayaratna

Jaime Camhi

Andro Kleen

Heiko Maiwand

Peter Oel

Marco Antonio Lobato Fregoso

Daniel Lipinski

Lutz Krauss

Fabian Klausmann

Andrian Riedel

Alisia Martinez

Samantha Rout

Christian Delise

Alexander Bogner

Bastian Freese

Helen Lu

William Brian Lathrop

Nathaniel Coser Coser

In a method and control device for providing feedback to a vehicle occupant, a signal corresponding to current and/or upcoming movements of the vehicle is obtained when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode. The obtained signal is provided to a control device located within the cabin of the vehicle. The control device is moved corresponding to the provided signal. In an embodiment, an input of the occupant for an autonomous driving unit of the vehicle via the control device is received and a signal corresponding to the received input is submitted to the autonomous driving unit. The input may correspond to a maneuver request and/or to a selection of one of several autonomous driving-modes.

Method and control device for providing feedback to a vehicle occupant

A method and system is provided for a semi-autonomous vehicle to have optional routes that vary in an amount of autonomous driving offered. The system performs processes including aggregating data from various sources to thereby position and orient the vehicle, assigning an autonomous driving value to different route segments, determining an optimal route by minimizing a distance between a start position and a destination position and maximizing the percent autonomous value assigned, and displaying the optimal route.

Automatic driving route planning application

A display unit for a vehicle includes an electronic display and a light guide coupled to a portion of the display.

Display unit for vehicle

An in-vehicle system and method for presenting a relevancy-graded navigation map to a driver of a vehicle. The relevancy-graded navigation deemphasizes map elements that are not relevant to driving the vehicle. The relevancy-graded navigation map allows the driver to focus more on controlling the vehicle by reducing the amount of time it takes to interpret a navigation map.

System and methodologies for visual relevancy-grading of a navigation map

A display device for a vehicle includes a display unit, a display layer, and a light guide.

Display device for a vehicle, and vehicle

Systems and methods for displaying information of a system use at least one control unit to detect and communicate system information to a mobile terminal device within a predetermined range of the system. Information about a state of the system may be displayed on a display unit of the system and transmitted to the mobile terminal device via a communication channel established between the control unit and the mobile terminal device. The system may be a vehicle and the system information a status of the automatic driving mode of the vehicle.

Method and device for displaying information of a system

An in-vehicle safety visualization system and method for coordinating driver alerts with a navigation system. Driver alert systems are interfaced with a display that is also used for depiction of navigation system images and information, allowing driver alerts to be shown at a location in which the driver's attention is likely to be directed, in addition to the locations dictated by the driver alert systems.

Safety visualizations for navigation interface

A steering wheel is configured as a dual-state input device configured to operate in two distinct states based on a current driving mode. In a manual driving mode, the input device is configured to control a limited set of vehicle functions and in an autonomous mode the input device is configured to control an expanded set of vehicle functions. The steering wheel includes a wheel rim movably mounted on a steering column and a hub disposed within a center of the wheel rim on the steering column, the main body portion comprising an interactive touch screen disposed on the main body portion. The wheel rim is configured to disengage from the hub and move along the steering column to a retracted position.

Dual-state steering wheel/input device

A method for controlling a vehicle which includes obtaining, via at least one detecting device, behavior information of a driver in the vehicle, and transitioning control statuses of the vehicle according to the driver behavior information.

Method and system for controlling a vehicle

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Erik Glaser