Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Ucl Business Plc

Lee Skrypchuk

Robert Hardy

Harpreet Singh

Sebastian Paszkowicz

Elvir Hasedzic

Nilli Lavie

Duncan Robertson

Simon Thompson

Alexandros Mouzakitis

Rebecca Matthias

Carl Pickering

Claudia Krehl

Jim Braithwaite

Bashar Ahmad

Anthony Harris

Joshua Eayrs

Patrick Langdon

Neville Stanton

Kirsten Revell

Simon Godsill

Jed Clark

Stuart White

Martin Dale

Aspects of the present invention relate to control system () for controlling a transition of a vehicle between a first driving mode and a second driving mode. The control system comprises one or more controllers, configured to: receive () a first request signal indicative of an occupant-initiated preparatory request; receive () a second request signal indicative of an occupant-initiated transition request; determine () a first control signal for controlling output of information to an occupant of the vehicle indicative of the driving environment in dependence on receipt of the first request signal; determine () a second control signal for causing transition of the vehicle from the first driving mode to the second driving mode in dependence on receipt of both the first request signal and the second request signal; and output () the first or second control signal to a vehicle system.

Control system for a vehicle

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a control system, system and method for controlling a transition between a first driving mode and a second driving mode of a vehicle. The present disclosure relates to receiving image data of an occupant of the vehicle; quantifying one or more characteristics of the occupant's gaze based at least in part on the received image data, the one or more characteristics being indicative of the occupant's attention to a non-driving task; determining a transition profile for transitioning between the first driving mode and the second driving mode based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the occupant's gaze; and generating and outputting a control signal to transition from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, the control signal comprising instructions for controlling one or more vehicle systems in accordance with the determined transition profile.

Vehicle control system

Embodiments of the present invention provide a display method for use in vehicle, comprising obtaining information (step) associated with a vehicle or image data for a region ahead of the vehicle, and displaying (step) one or more of a graphical representation of at least one component of the vehicle having one or more characteristics based on the information associated with the vehicle, or a representation of the image data, wherein the representation is arranged to overlie a portion of the vehicle () to be indicative of a portion of the vehicle being at least partly transparent.

Apparatus and method for displaying information

An apparatus (), a method (), a system (), a vehicle (), a computer program () and a non-transitory computer readable medium () for controlling ahead-up display () of a vehicle () are disclosed. The apparatus () comprises control means () configured to obtain positional data representative of a position of an eye () of a user () of the vehicle (), obtain environment data representative of the environment () external to the vehicle (); and obtain status data representative of a current position () of the vehicle (). The control means is also configured to determine a proposed position () and proposed orientation in dependence on the environment data and the status data, and in dependence on the proposed position (), the proposed orientation and the positional data, generate image data for the head-up display () for causing the head-up display () to display a virtual object () so as to appear at the proposed position () and with the proposed orientation with respect to the environment ().

Apparatus and a method for controlling a head- up display of a vehicle

Embodiments of the present invention provide a human-machine interaction method of determining an intended target of an object in relation to a user interface, comprising determining a three-dimensional location of the object at a plurality of time intervals, determining a metric associated with each of a plurality of items of the user interface, the metric indicative of the respective item being the intended target of the object, wherein the metric is determined based upon a model and the location of the object in three dimensions at the plurality of time intervals, and determining, using a Bayesian reasoning process, the intended target from the plurality of items of the user interface based on the metric associated with each of the plurality of items.

Apparatus and method for determining an intended target

A vehicle having a route planning device that includes a processor configured to identify a start location for a journey and a destination for the journey. One or more modes of transport for completing at least a portion of the journey are identified. The processor generates a travel route from the start location to the destination. The generated route includes a plurality of modes of transport. At least one of the one or more identified modes of transport is selected in dependence on one or more preferences associated with the user. Also provided is a method of planning a travel route.

Route planning device and associated method

The present application relates to a communication system for controlling the output of messages to a vehicle occupant. The communication system has a processor configured to output a first message to the vehicle occupant. A signal is received from one or more sensors operative to monitor the vehicle occupant when the first message is output. The signal from said one or more sensors is analysed to determine one or more parameters relating to the response of the vehicle occupant to said first message. The communication system controls the subsequent output of at least said first message in dependence on said one or more determined parameters. The present application also relates to a method and to a vehicle.

Dynamic output notification management for vehicle occupant

A display apparatus suitable for use in any of a number of different display applications including, but not limited to, mounting to a dashboard of a motor vehicle. The display apparatus includes a display portion arranged to display an image having a brightness and a contrast, the brightness and/or contrast of the image being a function of viewing angle, the brightness and/or contrast having at least one local maximum along a direction substantially parallel to at least one primary vector, the at least one primary vector not being a vector substantially normal to a plane of the display portion.

Display apparatus and method

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Lee Skrypchuk