A car with expressions (patent)! Wow, what a novel idea! I bet no one ever thought of that before.

Herbie the Love Bug and

Speed Buggy, where are you?BTW, claim 1, a model of clarity, reads:

A vehicle expression operation control system for controlling an expression operation of a vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle condition detecting device for detecting condition of the vehicle, including a state of operation of the vehicle or a state of operation of a device equipped to the vehicle; and

a reaction control device for determining a reaction of the vehicle based on the condition of the vehicle detected by the vehicle condition detecting device to control performance of an expression operation corresponding to the reaction determined, wherein the expression operation corresponds to an expression timing chart to produce a controlled expression state of a plurality of expression states for a controlled time interval.

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