Volkswagen Ag

Audi Ag

Nathaniel Coser

William Lathrop

Erik Glaser

Bryan Grant

Maria Mejia

Heiko Maiwand

Michael Schlittenbauer

Lorenz Bohrer

Martin Roehder

Peter Oel

Daniel Lipinski

Helen Lu

Alexander Sebastian Strauch

Alexander Strauch

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

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

Display device for a vehicle, and vehicle

A method synchronizes two display devices in a motor vehicle. The first display device already displays a first data set which comprises a first display content relating to a predetermined thematic context. A sensor device, in particular a PMD camera, detects as a control gesture of a user, a free movement in the chamber of a body part of the user. A signal which is then generated by the sensor device and which describes the control gesture, is transmitted to a gesture recognition device which generates a control signal in accordance with the determined control gesture. In accordance with the control signal, a control device determines the predetermined thematic context of the determined data set. Using the defined predetermined thematic context, an additional data set which includes a second display content of the predetermined thematic context is provided. This additional data set is displayed on the second display device.

Method for synchronizing display devices in a motor vehicle

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.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Nathaniel Coser