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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Keiko Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
Yu Nagata, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Hayashi, Aichi-gun, JP;
Ryota Kondo, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 3/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G09F 21/04 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 3/04 (2013.01); G02F 1/0121 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G09F 21/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus, a vehicle and a control method which improve user-friendliness of a technique for providing information to an interior or an exterior of a vehicle are provided. The control apparatus of the vehicle includes a controller which changes the degree of visibility between the exterior and the interior of the vehicle based on at least one of first information indicating a state of the exterior of the vehicle and second information indicating a state of the interior of the vehicle.