Automobile

An automobile comprising:

• an entertainment execution device that executes entertainment software, communicates with a remote control device, or plays back a video content;
• a display device that displays an image output from the entertainment execution device on a windshield or on a flexible display capable of being raised or lowered between a front windshield and a steering wheel;
• a mode select controller that enables selection between an entertainment mode for operating the entertainment execution device and a driving mode for driving the automobile and executes control according to each mode;
• and
• a steering device in which the steering wheel is mechanically separated from steerable wheels and an operation of the steering wheel is transmitted to the steerable wheels as an electric signal,
• wherein the mode select controller controls the display device so as to:
• upon selection of the driving mode, display the image output from the entertainment execution device in a first region of the windshield that is legally permitted for display or on the flexible display in a lowered state;
• upon selection of the entertainment mode, display the image output from the entertainment execution device in a second region of the windshield that is wider than the first region or on the flexible display in a raised state;
• and
• upon selection of the entertainment mode, the mode select controller controls the steering device so that the steerable wheels are not turned even when the steering wheel is operated.

An automobile comprising:

• an entertainment execution device that executes entertainment software, communicates with a remote control device, or plays back a video content;
• a display device that displays an image output from the entertainment execution device on a windshield or on a flexible display capable of being raised or lowered between a front windshield and a steering wheel;
• a mode select controller that enables selection between an entertainment mode for operating the entertainment execution device and a driving mode for driving the automobile and executes control according to each mode;
• and
• a monitoring device that monitors surroundings of a subject vehicle,
• wherein the mode select controller controls the display device so as to:
• upon selection of the driving mode, display the image output from the entertainment execution device in a first region of the windshield that is legally permitted for display or on the flexible display in a lowered state;
• upon selection of the entertainment mode, display the image output from the entertainment execution device in a second region of the windshield that is wider than the first region or on the flexible display in a raised state;
• and
• the mode select controller controls the display device so as to, upon selection of the entertainment mode, stop or halt display of the image output from the entertainment execution device when an abnormality is detected by the monitoring device around the subject vehicle.