VEHICLE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD

• Main Authors: SAWADA CHIEKO, TAKEZAWA YOSHIYASU, TODAKA HIROTAKA, KAGAMI AYAKA, SUGIYAMA NATSUKI, AMAKASU TAICHI, HIBINO SEIEI, TOKUDA YOSUKE, KIGUCHI TAKAO, HIRANO TAKUZO, KAWAKAMI HIROSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 23.11.2021
• Subjects: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORVEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILARDEVICES FOR VEHICLES

The invention provides a vehicle, an information processing apparatus, and a method for reducing the difficulty in viewing of an occupant in the vehicle due to the incidence of external light. 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 sa