Vehicle user interface apparatus and vehicle

A vehicle user interface apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

• a light emitting unit configured to emit light;
• a touch sensor configured to sense a touch;
• a processor configured to:
• control the light emitting unit to emit the light in response to an event,
• activate the touch sensor when the light is emitted, and
• provide a signal to control a vehicle device corresponding to a touch input received through the activated touch sensor;
• and
• a cover covering the light emitting unit, the touch sensor, and the processor, the cover configured to transmit the light into a passenger compartment with a specific shape when the light is emitted,
• wherein the cover includes:
• a pattern member having a pattern corresponding to the specific shape, the pattern member configured to transmit the light through the pattern;
• a film member having a prescribed light transmissivity to output the light, transmitted through the pattern, to an outside, wherein the touch sensor is positioned to correspond to a location of the pattern;
• and
• a surface formed of the same material as a material forming a vehicle interior part and provided on the film member, wherein a region of the surface corresponding to the location of the pattern is thinner than a region of the surface not corresponding to the location of the pattern,
• wherein, when a predetermined time passes after light is generated, the processor is configured to control the light emitting unit not to output the light and deactivate the touch sensor,
• wherein the light emitting unit is located near a driver seat in the passenger compartment,
• wherein the shape is an ignition button shape,
• wherein the processor is further configured to provide a signal to control any one function among a plurality of control functions of an ignition device in response to the touch input,
• wherein the processor is further configured to control the light emitting unit based on vehicle information, and
• wherein the processor is further configured to:
• receive vehicle speed information included in the vehicle information,
• control the light emitting unit not to emit light when a vehicle speed value is not zero, and
• control the light emitting unit to emit light when an emergency situation occurs when the vehicle speed value is not zero.