US 11,794,626 B2
Interior unit, vehicle and control method
Hiroki Yabushita, Toyota (JP); Keiichi Kondo, Chiryu (JP); Kaori Takahashi, Nagoya (JP); Jin Xin, Nagoya (JP); Daisuke Mizushima, Toyota (JP); Satoru Ando, Nagoya (JP); Takeshi Murakami, Okazaki (JP); Yuchi Yamanouchi, Toyota (JP); Kenta Miyahara, Toyota (JP); So Sawahira, Toyota (JP); and Rina Mukai, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/91,589.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-202069 (JP), filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0138953 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. B60P 3/34 (2006.01); B60P 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 3/34 (2013.01) [B60P 3/38 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
an interior unit comprising:
a frame portion attachable to and detachable from a vehicle, the frame portion is foldable, or extendable and contractible; and
interior parts installed on the frame portion, the interior parts have inner space portions that can be filled with air, and the interior parts are in a used form by the inner space portions being filled with air and are in a stored form by letting the air out of the inner space portions;
a compressor configured to supply air to the interior unit; and
a processor configured to:
when installation of the interior unit on the vehicle is detected, control the compressor to cause the interior parts to transform from the stored form to the used form; and
when an instruction to detach the interior unit from the vehicle is detected, control the compressor to cause the interior parts to transform from the used form to the stored form.