Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

B Ayerische M Otoren W Erke a Ktiengesellschaft

Ralf Decke

Philipp Kerschbaum

Guangbin Huang

Josef Schumann

Alexander Koenig

Olga Sourina

Karl Strenzl

Yan Yang

Klaus Ries

Frank Althoff

Cornelia Denk

Reinhard Stolle

Andreas Hildisch

Juergen Steurer

Christoph Ainhauser

Alexander KÖNIG

An apparatus configured to control a user situation awareness modification of a user of a vehicle, which includes input module configured to repeatedly receive a first event detection signal comprising information related to a detected event outside a vehicle and to repeatedly receive a first user detection signal comprising information related to a reaction or a missing reaction of a user to the detected event outside the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a processing module configured to determine a user situation awareness level based on the information related to the detected event outside the vehicle and the information related to the reaction of the user to the detected event, and to generate a control signal configured to control a user situation awareness modification module based on the determined user situation awareness level.

Apparatus and method for controlling a user situation awareness modification of a user of a vehicle, and a user situation awareness modification processing system

The invention relates to an apparatus that is configured to receive a first user detection signal comprising information usable for determining a user situation awareness level. The apparatus also includes a processing module configured to determine a currently necessary situation awareness level by selecting one predefined situation awareness level from a plurality of predefined situation awareness levels based on driving information. The processing module is configured to determine a current user situation awareness level based on the information usable for determining the user situation awareness level. The processing module is configured to generate a control signal to control a user situation awareness modification module based on the currently necessary situation awareness level and the current user situation awareness level.

Apparatus, method and system for controlling a user situation awareness modification of a user of a vehicle

A method of integrating a component into an information system of a vehicle is provided, in which at least one application executable or provided by the component is made available to a user of the vehicle by a man-machine interface of the information system. The integration of the component into the information system with respect to the input and/or output of information by the user is carried out in a personalized manner with respect to a user of the component.

Method for integrating a component into an information system of a vehicle

A method for producing a graphic user and/or display surface on a display for a man/machine interface of a motor vehicle is provided, whereby the user surface includes graphic elements that are arranged in a menu-type manner. A main group and at least one subgroup below the main group is produced and every graphic element is associated with the main group, for example the domain 'com.bmw' or one of the subgroups, for example 'com.bmw.entertainment', &#x201c;com.bmw.enterainment.cd&#x201d; or &#x201c;com.bmwentertainment.radio&#x201d;, and the main group and the at least one subgroup indicate respective properties of the graphic elements associated therewith, for example their color. A graphic element of a subgroup has, in addition to the properties indicated in the subgroup, at least one for the most part also the properties indicated in the main group.

Production of a graphic user and/or display surface for a motor vehicle

A method for operating a motor vehicle having multiple functional systems is provided, in which a set of profile specifications is stored in a storage medium of the motor vehicle, and the at least one functional system is configured in accordance with this set of profile specifications. A set of rule specifications is stored in a storage medium of the motor vehicle. The set of profile specifications is fed to a rule analysis unit as input data, the rule analysis unit analyzing the profile specifications on the basis of the set of rule specifications. The configuration of the at least one functional system is performed on the basis of the result of the analysis.

Method for operating a motor vehicle with a large number of function systems

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Unterhaching, Germany

Ralf Decke