Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“A vehicle may be equipped with a user interface (UI) for c ommunication between the vehicle and a user.“A user interface device may include a physical user interface (PUI) device and a graphical user interface(GUI) device. The physical user interface device (PUI ) may be a device that receives user commands in aphysical manner, such as a ke ypad, a remote controller, and a touchpad, and the graphical user interfacedevi ce (GUI) may be a device that receives the user commands as an icon or a menu di splayed on adisplay is selected.