APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

1 . A method for providing information and entertainment in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

ascertaining conditions within a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, ambient conditions around the motor vehicle and operating parameters of the motor vehicle;

evaluating information about a state of a first passenger and selecting information and/or entertainment from a result; and

providing the information and/or entertainment selected for the first passenger.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising evaluating information about a state and/or behavior of any further passengers.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising providing information and/or entertainment for the first passenger and the further passengers from the result.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein reactions of the first passenger and any further passengers to the information and/or entertainment provided are ascertained and stored in a storage medium and taken into consideration by a memory reading step for a subsequent selection of information and/or entertainment to be provided.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first passenger is identified and is associated with the information stored, which is taken into consideration by the memory reading step for a subsequent selection of information and/or entertainment to be provided.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein preferences of the first passenger and/or of the further passenger(s) for information and/or entertainment is input.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising ascertaining data of a map.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising ascertaining a current location of the motor vehicle and a destination for a current journey.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein distances travelled are stored and are taken into consideration by a memory reading step during subsequent selection of information and/or entertainment.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising registering at least one of the states of a flow of traffic that the motor vehicle is in, a driving task, navigation directions, a driving time already required, a driving time probably required to a destination and/or a current whereabouts of the motor vehicle.

11 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising registering at least one of the operating parameters: vehicle speed, engine speed, energy reserve, engine oil temperature, yaw rate, tire pressure or acceleration.

12 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein evaluating information about the state of the first passenger encompasses at least information concerning the tiredness, emotion, mood, excitation, stress, attentiveness, intoxication, age and/or sex of the first passenger.

13 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein evaluating information about the state and/or behaviour of any further passengers encompasses at least information about the behavior of the further passengers and/or about the atmosphere between the passengers.

14 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising performing at least one of the following actions: recording the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle by a 2D or 3D camera or radar or lidar, recording sounds and/or ascertaining gases in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.