5results about "Dashboard fitting arrangements" patented technology

Embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for selecting and performing a function selectable by a custom button by a user in a vehicle, utilizing an on-board system controller, the on-board system controller comprising a processor and a memory. The method includes the operations of: identifying a pressing of a custom button; receiving a selection of a function from a display panel; linking the function to the custom button; and automatically performing the function when the custom button is subsequently pressed.

A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a composite structure comprising a cover base, a cover layer providing a cover surface, and an element to present a visual object. The composite structure may comprise a cover structure comprising the cover base and the cover layer and a feature such as a projection, aperture and / or recess; the element may comprise the feature. The element may present the visual object above and / or below and / or at a surface level of the cover surface. The composite structure may present a composite visual effect comprising a visual effect at the cover surface and the visual object. The composite structure may comprise an intermediate layer and / or a decorative layer to provide a decorative effect. The cover base may comprise a light-transmissive material. The component may comprise a light source to illuminate the composite structure and / or the visual object.

To provide an instrument panel whose functionality is enhanced by effectively using a space between an instrument panel main body and a front glass.SOLUTION: An instrument panel 20 comprises an instrument panel main body 21, an airbag device 25 and a storage part 30. The instrument panel main body 21 is arranged below a front glass 12 of an automobile 10, and constitutes an outer shell part of the instrument panel 20. The airbag device 25 is arranged at a place separated downward from an upper surface 22 of the instrument panel 21, in front of a front passenger seat 11 of the automobile 10, inside the instrument panel main body 21. The airbag device 25 makes an airbag 27 expand and inflate backward by inflating gas. The storage part 30 is arranged in a region including the upper surface 22 of the instrument panel main body 21, which is a storage space S1 arranged at a place upper than the airbag device 25, in which at least a portion of an object A1 to be stored is stored.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To adequately indicate a position of an object to be a notification object when a notification about information related to the object is provided to a user in a vehicle with the use of an agent.SOLUTION: An information processing method for notifying a user U1 in a vehicle C1 on which an agent unit 200 and a display device group 300 for displaying an agent image can be installed of information related to an object includes control processing to control an operation state of the agent unit 200 and a display state of the display device group 300. In the control processing, when a notification about the information related to the object is provided to the user U1, switching is performed between a first notification to indicate the object with the use of the agent unit 200 so as to provide a notification about the information and a second notification to indicate the object with the use of the agent image so as to provide a notification about the information on the basis of at least one among a positional relation between the object and the agent unit 200, the number of objects, and a motion state of the object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

To provide an instrument panel part structure for a vehicle, which can improve the appearance of an air blow-out port for air-conditioning and suppress a part of the air blow-out port for air-conditioning from becoming a projected part on an outer surface of an instrument panel part with a simple structure.SOLUTION: An instrument panel part structure A for a vehicle comprises: an instrument panel part 2 provided on a front part of a cabin 1; an article insertion part 3 provided in the instrument panel part 2 so that an opening 30 can open facing the cabin 1 side, having a recessed part 31 recessed from a forming place of the opening 30 to the vehicle front side, and provided with an article disposing region 31a in the recessed part 31; and an air blow-out port 4 for air-conditioning provided in the instrument panel part 2. At least a part of the air blow-out port 4 for air-conditioning is positioned in the recessed part 31 of the article insertion part 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2