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US 12,589,652 B2Granted
Control system for light transmission switch
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShohei Hasegawa
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AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShohei Hasegawa
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Each of a plurality of light transmission switches includes a translucent region that allows light from a light source to pass through a surface of an instrument panel into a vehicle cabin, and an opaque region that blocks passage of the light into the vehicle cabin. It is determined, for each of the light transmission switches, whether a current situation is a situation in which an occupant makes a turn-on request to turn on the light transmission switch, or whether a current vehicle state is a vehicle state that allows turning on of the light transmission switch. At least one light transmission switch selected from the light transmission switches based on a determination result is switched to an on state. This makes it possible to achieve both convenience for the occupant to perform the switch operations and good interior design of the vehicle cabin.
A control system for a light transmission switch that is configured to control turning on of a plurality of light transmission switches, each of the light transmission switches including a translucent region that allows light from a built-in light source to pass through a surface of a vehicle cabin interior material into a vehicle cabin, and an opaque region that blocks passage of the light into the vehicle cabin, the control system comprising a selective turn-on control unit configured to:
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