Ts Tech Co., Ltd.

Hidetoshi Ozawa

Takayoshi Ito

Naohiro Sasaki

Jinichi Tanabe

Kenichi Niitsuma

Wataru Honda

Kazuyuki Takasawa

Yuta Iha

Hiroyuki Kaku

Munetaka Kowa

Akira Miyoshi

Masaya Furuta

A wire harness connected to a sensor is positioned on a back surface of a pad of a vehicle seat supported by a panel. The vehicle seat includes a panel; a pad supported by the panel; a skin material covering a front surface of the pad; and a sensor provided between the front surface of the pad and the skin material for acquiring information on a seat occupant, wherein the pad is provided with a through hole passed from the front surface of the pad to a back surface of the pad, and a recess formed in the back surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the wire harness connected to the sensor extending in the through hole and the recess.

Vehicle seat

Non-contact biological sensorsthat detect biological information of a person by electromagnetic waves are provided in a seaton which the person sits. The biological sensorsare disposed in the seatat positions away from members A, A, A() which are the members, from among the members that constitute the seat, that interfere with the passage of electromagnetic waves. The biological sensors each have a first sensorand a second sensorthat emit electromagnetic waves of different frequencies towards the person, and the first sensoris disposed adjacent to the second sensor. Due to this configuration, it becomes easier to accurately detect biological information.

Arrangement structure for biological sensors

A vehicle control system includes a driving controller that switches between autonomous driving an manual driving of a vehicle, a seat whose form is changed between a form during autonomous driving and a form during manual driving that are different from each other, and a seat controller that controls motion of the seat when a form of the seat is changed. If the seat is in a form during autonomous driving, the driving controller does not switch autonomous driving to manual driving when controlling the vehicle.

Vehicle control system

A wire harness connected to a sensor is positioned on a back surface of a pad of a vehicle seat supported by a panel. The vehicle seat () includes a panel (); a pad () supported by the panel; a skin material () covering a front surface of the pad; and a sensor () provided between the front surface of the pad and the skin material for acquiring information on a seat occupant, wherein the pad is provided with a through hole () passed from the front surface of the pad to a back surface of the pad, and a recess () formed in the back surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the wire harness connected to the sensor extending in the through hole and the recess.

An electronic mirror system includes, a camera which can be attached to a side of an automobile and which is able to image a moving image diagonally behind the automobile; and a monitor apparatus which can be attached in the passenger compartment of the automobile and which can display the moving image imaged by the camera. The monitor apparatus includes a movable portion which can move the display which displays the moving image with relation to a wall to where the monitor apparatus is attached in the passenger compartment.

Electronic mirror system, automobile door, and automobile

To provide a seat occupancy sensor capable of detecting that an occupant is seated on a seat, a seat occupancy sensor provided in a vehicle seat includes a pair of switch modules disposed in an occupant seating area of a seat cushion, wherein; each of the switch modules includes a first pressure-sensitive switch and a second pressure-sensitive switch that are disposed on a front part so as to be laterally spaced from each other and a third pressure-sensitive switch disposed on a rear part; each of the switch modules is configured to be turned on when at least one of the first pressure-sensitive switch and the second pressure-sensitive switch is on and the third pressure-sensitive switch is on; and the seat occupancy sensor is configured to be turned on when the switch modules are both on.

Seat occupancy sensor

Disclosed is a biosensor arrangement structure, including: a plurality of biosensors that is disposed in a seat for supporting an occupant and that measures a health condition of the occupant. The seat includes: a seat body for holding the occupant; and an auxiliary supporter for supporting a body part of the occupant except for a torso and thighs. At least one of the plurality of biosensors is disposed at the auxiliary supporter.

Biosensor arrangement structure

To make a rotatable vehicle seat be rotatable in a small space, in a vehicle seat () including a seat cushion () provided on a floor () of a vehicle and a seat back () provided on the seat cushion, the seat cushion is provided on the floor so as to be rotatable about a selected one of multiple rotation axes (A) extending substantially vertically. Preferably, a rotation device () is provided between the floor and the seat cushion, the rotation device being configured to enable rotation about the selected one of the multiple rotation axes while restricting rotation about any of the remaining rotation axes.

An arrangement structure for a biological sensor includes a biological sensor of a non-contact type provided in a seat on which a human is seated. The biological sensor detecting biological information of the human with electromagnetic waves. The biological sensor is arranged at a position in the seat avoiding a member that constitutes the seat and interferes with passage of the electromagnetic waves.

To provide a seat occupancy sensor for detecting a seated occupant, a seat occupancy sensor provided in a vehicle seat includes a pair of switch modules disposed in an occupant seating area of a seat cushion, wherein: each of the switch modules includes a first pressure-sensitive switch and a second pressure-sensitive switch that are disposed on a front part so as to be laterally spaced from each other and a third pressure-sensitive switch disposed on a rear part; each of the switch modules is configured to be turned on when at least one of the first pressure-sensitive switch and the second pressure-sensitive switch is on and the third pressure-sensitive switch is on; and the seat occupancy sensor is configured to be turned on when the switch modules are both on.

This vehicle control system comprises: a driving control sectionthat performs switching between autonomous driving and manual driving of a vehicle V; a seatthat can be changed to forms which are different during autonomous driving and during manual driving; and a seat control unitthat controls the operation of the seatwhen changing the forms. If the seatis in the form adopted during autonomous driving, the driving control unitcan perform control so that the switching from autonomous driving to manual driving of the vehicle V is not performed. Thus, it is possible to improve safety when switching from autonomous driving to manual driving.

Provided is a vehicle seat that is rotatable relative to a vehicle body and can prevent a collision between an object located around a seat body and an occupant by airbags. A vehicle seat includes: a seat body () supported by a vehicle body () so as to be rotatable around a substantially vertical axis; a pair of airbags () provided on either lateral side edge of the seat body and configured to deploy to respective lateral sides of an occupant seated on the seat body; a rotation angle detecting device () provided on the seat body and configured to detect a rotation angle of the seat body relative to the vehicle body; and a control device () configured to control deploying operation of the respective airbags independently of each other. The deploying operation includes a deploying amount and/or a deploying timing. The control device is configured to individually control the deploying operation of the pair of airbags according to the rotation angle detected by the rotation angle detecting device.

Provided is a vehicle seat that detects an alertness level of the driver, urges the driver to be alert, and permits the transition from autonomous driving to manual driving when the driver is alert enough for the manual driving. A vehicle seat () configured to be mounted on a vehicle () provided with a vehicle control device () that can be selectively switched from autonomous driving to manual driving comprises: a seat body () configured to support a driver; a seat control unit () configured to communicate with the vehicle control device; an alertness level sensor () provided on the seat body for detecting an alertness level of the driver; and a rousing unit () provided on the seat body for providing a stimulus for urging the driver to be roused, wherein the seat control unit is configured to detect the alertness level of the driver according to a signal from the alertness level sensor upon receiving a start signal that is produced by the vehicle control device when a transition from the autonomous driving to the manual driving is to be initiated, to activate the rousing unit when the alertness level is lower than a first alertness level threshold value, and to permit the vehicle control device to perform the transition from the autonomous driving to the manual driving when the alertness level is equal to or higher than the first alertness level threshold value.

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Tochigi, Japan

Hidetoshi Ozawa