Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Simon Thompson

Carl Pickering

Peter Thomas

Sebastian Paszkowicz

Ashutosh Tomar

Lee Skrypchuk

Duncan Robertson

Francis McCullough

Paul Youdan

Neville Stanton

Kirsten Revell

Jed Clark

Sebestian Paszkovich

Francis Mccullough

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

A method and apparatusfor interacting remotely with a vehiclecomprising data transfer meansfor wirelessly communicating messages between a mobile communications deviceoperable by a user and a vehicle databuslocated within the vehicle. Optionally, the data transfer meansis arranged to wirelessly communicate with the mobile communications devicevia a web server, a web portal or other internet-connected host system. The data transfer meansmay be arranged to wirelessly communicate with the web portal via a GSM or other cellular communications network. After the vehicle engine has stopped, communication of messages may continue on an intermittent basis, or may be suspended after a predetermined time has elapsed or when the vehicle battery voltage reaches a predetermined threshold. High priority messages may be communicated at any time after the vehicle engine has stopped.

Vehicle communications

A computing device having a display portion for displaying information and a user input portion for receiving an input from a user. The device is operable to display a first set of user-selectable function elements in a first format and is responsive to an input from a user corresponding to a user-selected portion of the display portion to display a second set of function elements that include one or more function elements of the first set of user-selectable function elements that are associated with the selected portion of the display portion in a second format different from the first format. The device is operable to allow a function element displayed in the second format to be selected by the user thereby to execute a function associated with the element.

Computing device with improved function selection and method

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Simon Thompson