Systems and methods for user interaction based vehicle feature control

A vehicle comprising:

• a sensor;
• an additional sensor;
• a display;
• an accelerometer;
• and
• a computing device that is communicatively coupled to the sensor, the additional sensor, and the display, the computing device is configured to:
• detect, using the sensor operating in conjunction with the computing device of the vehicle, an orientation of a part of a user relative to a location on the display that is positioned in an interior of the vehicle;
• detect, using the additional sensor, an interaction between the user and a portion of the display positioned in the interior of the vehicle;
• determine, using the computing device, whether a distance between the location and the portion of the display satisfies a threshold;
• determine, using the computing device, whether the orientation of the part of the user relative to the location on the display occurred within a predetermined time threshold of the interaction between the user and the portion of the display;
• detect, by the accelerometer, a change in movement of the vehicle;
• determine whether the change in movement occurred around when the interaction occurred;
• control, by the computing device, a first operation associated with the vehicle responsive to determining that the distance between the location and the portion of the display satisfies the threshold and the predetermined time threshold;
• and
• in response to determining that the distance between the location and the portion of the display does not satisfy the threshold or the predetermined time threshold, and that the change in movement occurred around when the interaction occurred, determine that the interaction was accidental and control a second operation associated with the vehicle at the location on the display where the orientation of the part of the user was detected.

A system comprising:

• a camera;
• a touch sensor;
• a display;
• an accelerometer;
• one or more processors;
• one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
• and
• machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors:
• detect, using the camera, a gaze of a user relative to a location on the display positioned in an interior of a vehicle;
• detect, using the touch sensor, an interaction between the user and a portion of the display positioned in the interior of the vehicle;
• determine whether a distance between the location of the gaze and the portion of the display satisfies a threshold;
• determining, using the one or more processors, whether the gaze relative to the location on the display occurred within a predetermined time threshold of the interaction between the user and the portion of the display;
• detect, by the accelerometer, a change in movement of the vehicle;
• determine whether the change in movement occurred around when the interaction occurred;
• control a first operation associated with the vehicle responsive to determining that the distance between the location of the gaze and the portion of the display satisfies the threshold and the predetermined time threshold;
• and
• in response to determining that the distance between the location of the gaze and the portion of the display does not satisfy the threshold or the predetermined time threshold, and that the change in movement occurred around when the interaction occurred, determine that the interaction was accidental and control a second operation associated with the vehicle at the location on the display where the gaze was detected.