System and method for automated cockpit adjustment in a motor vehicle

A method for setting a cockpit in a motor vehicle automatically, the method comprising:

• detecting, by a driver observation camera, an eye position of a driver in the motor vehicle;
• determining an optimized cockpit setting on the basis of the detected eye position, with the optimized cockpit setting comprising at least one position setting of a positionally adjustable display screen predetermined on the basis of the eye position;
• implementing the optimized cockpit setting, with at least the positionally adjustable display screen being set to the predetermined position setting;
• setting a graphical user interface of the display screen and/or of at least one further screen in the motor vehicle on the basis of the detected eye position;
• modifying the graphical user interface in terms of its position and display on the display screen.

A system for setting a cockpit automatically, comprising:

• a driver observation camera to detect an eye position;
• and
• a controller to determine an optimized cockpit setting on the basis of the detected eye position, said optimized cockpit setting comprising at least one position setting of a positionally adjustable display screen predetermined on the basis of the eye position, and to create a control signal for implementing the optimized cockpit setting, by which at least the positionally adjustable display screen is set to the predetermined position setting, wherein
• the control signal additionally setting a graphical user interface of the display screen on the basis of the detected eye position, the graphical user interface being modified in terms of its position and display on the display screen.