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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiyasu Takezawa, Okazaki, JP;
Hirotaka Todaka, Toyota, JP;
Takao Kiguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Chieko Sawada, Nagoya, JP;
Yosuke Tokuda, Toyota, JP;
Ayaka Kagami, Inazawa, JP;
Natsuki Sugiyama, Nisshin, JP;
Takuzo Hirano, Nagoya, JP;
Taichi Amakasu, Toyota, JP;
Seiei Hibino, Nagakute, JP;
Hiroshi Kawakami, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.