Control system for controlling a fixed display system of a vehicle

A control system for controlling a fixed display system of a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more processors collectively configured to:

• selectively operate a vehicle display of the fixed display system according to either a first brightness setting or a second brightness setting, the first brightness setting being configured to cause the display to operate at a first display brightness level and the second brightness setting being configured to cause the display to operate at a second brightness level, the second brightness level comprising a lower value of display brightness than the first display brightness level;
• receive temperature data representing a temperature associated with the display;
• receive vehicle operating data representative of a vehicle operating state, the vehicle operating state comprising a vehicle off state, an initialisation cycle state and a vehicle on state, the initialisation cycle state representing a transition between the vehicle off state in which the vehicle display is off and the vehicle on state;
• determine the vehicle operating state from the vehicle operating data;
• in both the initialisation cycle state and the vehicle on state, determine if the temperature data is representative of a temperature greater than an upper threshold temperature;
• and
• on determining that the temperature data is representative of a temperature greater than the upper threshold temperature, operate the vehicle display according to the second brightness setting, wherein, in the initialisation cycle state, operating the vehicle display according to the second brightness setting comprises switching the vehicle display on at the second brightness level.