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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;

Inventors:

Simon Kwoczek, Braunschweig, DE;

Felix Richter, Hannover, DE;

Julia Kwasny, Wolfsburg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01); G08B 21/06 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); G08B 21/06 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 2300/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for a vehicle, a vehicle, a method, and a program having a program code. The apparatus has at least one input interface to receive sensor data from at least one sensor module, wherein the sensor data includes sensor information about a behavior of at least one occupant of the vehicle and/or about a travel situation of the vehicle. The apparatus has a control module to determine a potential need for information by the vehicle occupant based on the sensor information. The control module provides information corresponding to the potential need for information and ascertains a representation of the information according to the potential need for information in the vehicle based on the sensor information. The apparatus has at least one output interface for providing at least one video signal or control signal according to the ascertained representation on one or more display devices.


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