# US 12,759,490 B2 · Control device and vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,759,490 B2 - Document ID: US12759490B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 19/062,667 - Filed: 2025-02-25 - Published: 2025-08-28 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2024-02-28 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Akifumi Tsukamoto; Takahiro Ishii; Ryo Sugiyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759490B2 ## CPC - B60R 16/037: for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel} - B60R 16/0237: {circuits concerning the atmospheric environment (meteorology G01W)} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES ## Abstract A control device that controls operation devices mounted in a vehicle includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a mode setting value set. In the mode setting value set, information indicating a length of a first period, information indicating an operation device that is the target to be operated during the first period, information indicating an operation content of the operation device that is the target to be operated during the first period, information indicating an operation device that is the target to be operated during a second period following the first period, and information indicating an operation content of the operation device that is the target to be operated during the second period are determined corresponding to each mode. The processor executes the control based on the information corresponding to each mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control device that controls a plurality of operation devices mounted in a vehicle, the control device comprising: a memory storing a mode setting value set that indicates, corresponding to each of a first mode and a second mode for achieving a vehicle cabin environment of the vehicle: information indicating a length of a first period, information indicating at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the first period among the operation devices, the at least two operation devices each including: a seat device; and at least one vehicle cabin environment device selected from a group of a shade device, a dimming device, a vehicle cabin illumination device, and an air conditioning device, information indicating an operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is a target to be operated during the first period, information indicating at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during a second period following the first period among the operation devices, and information indicating an operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is a target to be operated during the second period; information corresponding to the first mode in the mode setting value set is at least partially different from information corresponding to the second mode in the mode setting value set; and a processor programmed to: when control is executed in the first mode, based on the information corresponding to the first mode in the mode setting value set, start first-period control of the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the first period with the operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is the target to be operated during the first period, and start second-period control of the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the second period with the operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is the target to be operated during the second period when the length of the first period has elapsed from the start of the control of the first period; and when control is executed in the second mode, based on the information corresponding to the second mode in the mode setting value set, start the first-period control of the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the first period with the operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is the target to be operated during the first period, and start the second-period control of the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the second period with the operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is the target to be operated during the second period when the length of the first period has elapsed from the start of the control of the first period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein the length of the first period indicated by the information corresponding to the first mode in the mode setting value set is the same as the length of the first period indicated by the information corresponding to the second mode in the mode setting value set. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The control device according to claim 1, wherein: the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the first period indicated by the information corresponding to the first mode in the mode setting value set include a first operation device; the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the first period indicated by the information corresponding to the second mode in the mode setting value set include the first operation device; and an operation content of the first operation device indicated by the information corresponding to the first mode in the mode setting value set is different from an operation content of the first operation device indicated by the information corresponding to the second mode in the mode setting value set. ### Claim 4 A vehicle comprising: a plurality of operation devices; and a control device configured to control the operation devices, wherein: the control device includes a memory and a processor; the memory storing a mode setting value set that indicates, corresponding to each of a first mode and a second mode for achieving a vehicle cabin environment of the vehicle, information indicating a length of a first period, information indicating at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the first period among the operation devices, the at least two operation devices each including: a seat device; and at least one vehicle cabin environment device selected from a group of a shade device, a dimming device, a vehicle cabin illumination device, and an air conditioning device, information indicating an operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is a target to be operated during the first period, information indicating at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during a second period following the first period among the operation devices, and information indicating an operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is a target to be operated during the second period; the processor is programmed to when control is executed in the first mode, based on information corresponding to the first mode in the mode setting value set, start first-period control of the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the first period with the operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is a target to be operated during the first period, and start second-period control of the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the second period with the operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is the target to be operated during the second period when the length of the first period has elapsed from the start of the control of the first period; when control is executed in the second mode, based on information corresponding to the second mode in the mode setting value set, start the first-period control of the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the first period with the operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is the target to be operated during the first period, and start the second-period control of the at least two operation devices that are targets to be operated during the second period with the operation content of each operation device of the at least two operation devices that is the target to be operated during the second period when the length of the first period has elapsed from the start of the control of the first period; and the information corresponding to the first mode in the mode setting value set is at least partially different from the information corresponding to the second mode in the mode setting value set. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the operation devices that are targets to be operated based on the mode setting value set, include a seat device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the operation devices that are targets to be operated based on the mode setting value set, include an audio device.