VEHICLE

• Main Authors: ABE SAKINO, HAMAGUCHI YASUNORI, SAKO HIROSHI, TAMEMURA RYO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 25.04.2019
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TOCARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

To make it possible to provide a space for relaxation to a seat occupant through elimination of a cooped-up feeling, when relaxation in a cabin space is necessary by widening a space in front of a vehicular occupant.SOLUTION: A vehicle includes: an instrument panel 5 configured to be changeable between a first formation fit to display a driver necessary information to perform a driving operation of the vehicle in a cabin space and a second formation whose size is made smaller than the first formation in order to widen the cabin space without executing the display; a mode selection switch (71) for selecting, as a formation of the cabin space, one mode from either a drive mode set to perform the driving operation of the vehicle or a relax mode set for relaxation without performing the driving operation of the vehicle; and a control circuit (72) for changing the formation of the instrument panel 5 according to the selected mode by the mode selection switch (71).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】車内空間で寛ぎたいときには車両乗員の前方空間を広げることにより、閉塞感をなくし着座者に寛ぎ空間を提供可能とする。【解決手段】車内空間内で車両を運転操作するに必要な情報を運転者に表示するために適した第１の形態、及び前記表示を行わず車内空間を広くするように大きさを第１の形態より縮小された第２の形態に変更可能に構成されたインストルメントパネル５と、車内空間の形態を、車両を運転操作するために設定されたドライブモード、及び車両を運転操作しないで寛ぐために設定されたリラックスモードからいずれか一つを選定するモード選定スイッチ（７１）と、モード選定スイッチ（７１）により選定されたモードに応じてインストルメントパネル５の形態を変更する制御回路（７２）とを備える。【選択図】図１