The patent also describes responses to touch input, including both visual and force feedback cues, and it offers a whole range of possible applications beyond the independent claims, including an aircraft cockpit or vehicle display.
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The fourth annual vintage-flavored on and off-road rally is scheduled to begin on Saturday, April 27 with a pre-event technical inspection, vehicle display and driver's meeting all taking place at the historic bullring in Mexicali, Baja, Mexico.
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Nearly every automaker has at least one electrified vehicle on display, a reflection of how much regulatory pressure they're under to improve fuel economy.
Additionally, state-of-the-art iPod features such as custom playlists and Genius, which instantly creates a playlist of songs that go well together from a user's own library, is immediately made available to BMW and MINI drivers through the vehicle's main display. iPod Out requires iOS 4 with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch (second and third generation).
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The system also will report on the vehicle's condition and display a list of any issues found.
The driver interacts with apps and cloud services via vehicle resources, such as a smart display screen and knobs.
To guide the owner back, the UVO eServices Smartphone app will display the owner and the vehicle's locations on a map.
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Alongside Vettel and Webber will be David Coulthard, who will drive a Nascar vehicle, and Chris Pfeiffer, who will perform a motorbike stunt display.
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They also have the cars on prominent display at Los Angeles International Airport, where some customers upgrade their vehicle on the spot.
Conservative Karl McCartney suggested it should be made compulsory to display a valid insurance certificate or sticker in the window of a vehicle, in the same way a tax disk had to be shown.
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