Patent ID: 8814257

Claim:
A vehicle roof device, comprising: a sunroof member driven by a sunroof electric motor to selectively expose and close a roof opening formed in a roof of a vehicle; a sunshade member disposed beneath the sunroof member and driven by a sunshade electric motor to selectively expose and close the roof opening; an operation switch including an operation member configured to be operated by a vehicle occupant, the operation member being movable between a neutral position, an opening operation position displaced from the neutral position in a first direction and a dosing operation position displaced from the neutral position in a second direction different from the first direction; and a control unit configured such that, when the operation member is moved to one of the opening operation position and the closing operation position, the control unit controls the electric motors so as to drive the sunroof member and the sunshade member in an operation mode determined based on a relationship of a duration of the operation member held at the one of the opening operation position and the closing operation position with two different threshold time periods, wherein the two threshold time periods include a first predetermined time period and wherein in a case where the operation member has been held at the opening operation position for less than the first predetermined time period, when the sunshade member is not at a fully open position of the sunshade member, the control unit causes the sunshade electric motor to move the sunshade member toward the fully open position thereof only while the operation member is positioned at the opening operation position, and when the sunshade member is at the fully open position thereof, the control unit causes the sunroof electric motor to move the sunroof member toward a fully open position of the sunroof member only while the operation member is positioned at the opening operation position.