Mazda Motor Corporation

Juntaro Matsuo

Daisuke Umetsu

Yasumasa Imamura

Naoki Nobutani

Hado Morokawa

Naoki Takata

Junichi Kubo

Kohei Okada

Kohji Ohta

A hybrid vehicle system is configured to be capable of switching among four or more of a plurality of traveling modes including a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode and an electric vehicle (EV) mode, and includes one toggle switch for selecting any one of the plurality of traveling modes and a controller. The controller selects the plurality of traveling modes in sequence whenever the toggle switch accepts each of operations to a first direction and a second direction. The HEV mode is set to be changed to different traveling modes between when the toggle switch accepts one or a plurality of operations to the first direction and when the toggle switch accepts an operation to the second direction, and the HEV mode and the EV mode are set to be continuous in an order of selection by the controller.

Hybrid vehicle system

A travel mode switching device for a vehicle is provided, which is switchable between a plurality of travel modes including a sport travel mode and a towing travel mode. The device includes a travel mode selection interface that allows a driver to select one of the travel modes, a towing detection sensor that detects a towing state, and a processor configured to execute a travel mode switching module to switch the travel mode to the travel mode selected by the travel mode selection interface, and a travel mode regulating module to regulate the selection of the sport travel mode by the travel mode selection interface when the towing state is detected by the towing detection sensor, and regulate the selection of the towing travel mode by the travel mode selection interface when the towing state is not detected.

Travel mode switching device for vehicle and display unit of the same

A vehicle display device includes a display for displaying an operation screen, an operation unit prepared separately from the display, and a display control unit for controlling display of the display according to an operation of the operation unit. The operation unit is configured to be turnable. The display control unit displays, on the operation screen, an operation unit image mimicking the shape of the operation unit, and a plurality of selection items selectable by a turning operation of the operation unit in an overlapping manner.

Vehicle display device

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Aki-gun, Japan

Juntaro Matsuo