Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kimihiro Nakayama

Kohki Nakamura

Kosuke Yoshida

Keiji Kaita

Takahiko Hirasawa

Hirotaka Omisha

Kentaro Otokubo

A vehicle controller controls a power train of a vehicle and is configured to switch control of the power train between first control and second control. The second control reduces operating noise of the power train by a greater degree than the first control. The vehicle controller is configured to based on sounds in a passenger compartment, perform mood determination in order to determine whether an occupant of the vehicle is in a state of high tolerance for the operating noise or in a state of low tolerance for the operating noise; control the power train through the first control when determining that the occupant is in the state of high tolerance through the mood determination; and control the power train through the second control when determining that the occupant is in the state of low tolerance through the mood determination.

Vehicle controller

A display device includes a display configured to display a deterioration degree of a secondary battery and a controller. The controller is configured to control the display such that the display does not display the deterioration degree when the deterioration degree is lower than a first level, or configured to control the display such that the display does not display the deterioration degree when the deterioration degree is higher than a second level that is higher than the first level.

Display device and vehicle comprising the same

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Nagoya, Japan

Kimihiro Nakayama