Vehicle
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsTakuya Homma, Tsukasa Mikuni, Ryota Nakamura, Junichi Motoyama, Kazuhiro Hayakawa, Yuta Goto, Takuya Kaneta
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a mode transition determination unit, and a controller. The mode transition determination unit is configured to make a determination as to whether or not one or both of a driving mode and a travel mode have made a transition. The controller is configured to vary a speed of a state change of interior equipment, based on a result of the determination by the mode transition determination unit.
Claims8
A vehicle having (1) driving modes comprising an automated driving mode and a manual driving mode and (2) travel modes comprising a normal mode and a sports mode, the vehicle comprising:
- interior equipment configured to change a state in accordance with a selected one of the driving modes or a selected one of the travel modes;
- a mode transition determination unit configured to determine whether a transition has occurred from one of the driving modes to another of the driving modes, from one of the travel modes to another of the travel modes, or from both;
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- a controller configured to:
- in response to the mode transition determination unit determining that the transition has occurred, set a post-transition state of the interior equipment associated with a post-transition driving mode, a post-transition travel mode, or both, and set a transition speed based on the post-transition driving mode, the post-transition travel mode, or both;
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- control the interior equipment to transition from a current state to the set post-transition state at the set transition speed;
- wherein the travel modes further comprise a mode other than the normal mode and the sports mode, the interior equipment comprises a seat, lighting, and a steering wheel which are provided in a vehicle interior, and
- the controller is further configured to:
- control the interior equipment to change, at a higher speed than a normal speed, an angle of a seatback of the seat, a position of the steering wheel relative to the vehicle, and a level of illuminance of the lighting upon determining that the travel mode has transitioned from the normal mode to the sports mode;
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- control the interior equipment to change, at a lower speed than the normal speed, the angle of the seatback of the seat, the position of the steering wheel, and the level of illuminance of the lighting, upon determining that the travel mode has transitioned from the normal mode to the mode other than the normal mode and the sports mode.
A vehicle having (1) driving modes comprising an automated driving mode and a manual driving mode and (2) travel modes comprising a normal mode and a sports mode, the vehicle comprising:
- interior equipment configured to change a state in accordance with a selected one of the driving modes or a selected one of the travel modes;
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- a circuitry configured to:
- determine whether a transition has occurred from one of the driving modes to another of the driving modes, from one of the travel modes to another of the travel modes, or from both;
- in response to determining that the transition has occurred, set a post-transition state of the interior equipment associated with a post-transition driving mode, a post-transition travel mode, or both, and set a transition speed based on the post-transition driving mode, the post-transition travel mode, or both;
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- control the interior equipment to transition from a current state to the set post-transition state at the set transition speed;
- wherein the travel modes further comprise a mode other than the normal mode and the sports mode, the interior equipment comprises a seat, lighting, and a steering wheel which are provided in a vehicle interior, and
- a controller configured to:
- control the interior equipment to change, at a higher speed than a normal speed, an angle of a seatback of the seat, a position of the steering wheel relative to the vehicle, and a level of illuminance of the lighting upon determining that the travel mode has transitioned from the normal mode to the sports mode;
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- control the interior equipment to change, at a lower speed than the normal speed, the angle of the seatback of the seat, the position of the steering wheel, and the level of illuminance of the lighting, upon determining that the travel mode has transitioned from the normal mode to the mode other than the normal mode and the sports mode.
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