Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America

Padhu Kanagaraj

Stephanie Tuttle

Rachel Anderson

Garrett Laskowski

Shantha Kumari Rajendran

A motor vehicle includes a rearview mirror display system with a visible surface and having a mirror mode and a display mode. The visible surface functions as a mirror in the mirror mode. The visible surface displays an electronically produced image in the display mode. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the rearview mirror display system. The electronic processor detects that the display mode is not operating properly, and, in response to the detecting, automatically switches the rearview mirror display system from the display mode to the mirror mode.

Auto-switch display intelligent rearview mirror system

A recording system for a motor vehicle includes a communication interface receiving an audio feed from a telephone. A voice recognition module is communicatively coupled to the communication interface and responds to a command from a human user by converting at least a portion of the audio feed from the telephone into text data, and storing the text data in a memory device.

Voice recognition notetaker

Examples of the present disclosure relate to a system, method, and computer readable medium for windshield safety. A windshield safety system may include a sensor that detects possible damage to a windshield of a vehicle. In an example, the windshield safety system includes a display corrector in the vehicle to alter the display of information in response to a possible damage detection by the sensor. The windshield safety system can also include a driver information system in the vehicle to send an appointment request in response to a possible damage detection by the sensor.

Windshield safety system

An accident reporting arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera capturing images of an environment surrounding the motor vehicle. A microphone is positioned to produce a microphone signal based on sounds in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. A global positioning system determines a global position of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to each of the at least one camera, the microphone, the global positioning system, and a user-actuatable switch. The electronic processor causes an accident reporting signal to be wirelessly transmitted in response to a user actuating the user-actuatable switch. The accident reporting signal is dependent upon the images captured by the at least one camera, the global position of the motor vehicle, and the microphone signal.

Automatic motor vehicle accident reporting

An automotive wearable electronic device arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an indicator device indicating a state of an operating parameter of the vehicle. A wireless communication device is communicatively coupled to the indicator device and detects that a driver is wearing a wearable electronic device. The detecting includes receiving a signal from the wearable electronic device. The wireless communication device transmits a signal to the wearable electronic device instructing the wearable electronic device to cease issuing notifications to the driver. The transmitting is dependent upon a state of an operating parameter indicated by the indicator device.

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Padhu Kanagaraj