Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Fujikura Limited

Kureha Corporation

Hitoshi Takayanagi

Koichi Hirota

Koji Ito

Shoji Okada

Yoshimasa Asano

Kazuya Tanaka

Naofumi Fujie

Toshimitsu Oka

Takaya Aiyama

Norio Fukui

Morio Sakai

Shintaro Suzuki

Takeshi Nishikibe

Toshiro Maeda

Tatsuya Shimizu

Mitsuhiro Ando

Masayuki Nomura

Yasuaki Suzuki

Nobumasa Misaki

Chiaki Sumi

Shunsuke Kogure

Katsu Hattori

Shunsuke Hayakawa

Ryo Asano

Yasuaki Hiraki

Haruki Tsuji

Takashi Kawato

Hiroki Kino

Fumio Yajima

Masato Yamada

Hironori Kanasaki

Nobuhiro Moriyama

Eri Yamamoto

Iwao Matsunaga

Ryuichi Sudo

A non-contact operation sensing device for a vehicle includes: a capacitance sensor having one electric wire that is attached to a portion near a location where a metal component is provided in a vehicle body, is folded to have portions arranged in parallel, and forms a wire loop electrode whose capacitance changes according to a non-contact operation with respect to the vehicle body, wherein an interval between the portions of the electric wire arranged in parallel in the wire loop electrode is narrower at a portion close to the metal component than at a portion distant from the metal component.

Non-contact operation sensing device for vehicle and capacitance sensor

A vehicle operation detecting device includes: a plurality of sensors that are arranged side by side in a vehicle and individually output a plurality of detection signals changing as a detection target touches or approaches the sensors; a peak position detector that detects a plurality of peak positions of the plurality of detection signals; an operation direction detector that detects a moving direction of the detection target in an arrangement direction of the plurality of sensors, based on an order of the plurality of peak positions; and a driving controller that controls a driving of an opening/closing member according to the detected moving direction.

Vehicle operation detecting device

An operation detecting device of an opening and closing body for a vehicle, includes: a detecting section that detects an operation by a user with respect to an opening and closing body of a vehicle; an input section that receives an opening and closing body motion signal which indicates whether or not the opening and closing body is in motion or idle; a determination section that determines whether or not the operation is performed using different detection conditions for a case in which the opening and closing body is in motion and a case in which the opening and closing body is idle; and an output section that outputs a control signal which causes the opening and closing body to move or stop based on the determination result of the determination section.

Operation detecting device of opening and closing body for vehicle

A shutter mechanism is adapted to be provided to a grill opening in a vehicle body. Opening and closing operations of the shutter mechanism are controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU determines whether a vehicle is in a traveling end state. If the vehicle is in the traveling end state, the ECU determines whether or not the shutter mechanism is in an open state. If the ECU determines that the open state of the shutter mechanism cannot be confirmed, the ECU controls the shutter mechanism to open the shutter mechanism.

Grill shutter device

An operation detecting apparatus for a vehicle includes: a detecting unit including a first electrode and a second electrode for detecting variations in capacitance value; a capacitance measuring unit configured to measure a first capacitance value detected by the first electrode and a second capacitance value detected by the second electrode; a determining unit configured to compare a value on the basis of an amount of variations in the first capacitance value with a value on the basis of an amount of variations in the second capacitance value and determine presence or absence of operation from a user on the basis of the result of comparison; and an output unit configured to output a control signal on the basis of a result of determination of the determining unit.

Operation detecting apparatus for vehicle

An opening and closing body control apparatus includes: a first signal receiving unit receiving a first detection signal indicating the presence or absence of contact of a user with an operating portion of an opening and closing body; a second signal receiving unit receiving a second detection signal indicating a movement speed of the body; and a signal output unit outputting a control signal regulating a holding force of the body to a holding force regulating device, wherein the control signal regulating the holding force to a first holding force less than a second holding force is output to the device according to the first detection signal indicating that the contact has been detected, and when the second detection signal indicating that the movement speed body is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed is received when the holding force is the first holding force, the control signal regulating the holding force to the first holding force is output to the device regardless of the first detection signal.

Opening and closing body control method and apparatus for a vehicle

An opening/closing body control device for a vehicle is provided with a drive section configured to drive an opening/closing body of a vehicle, and a controller configured to control the drive section. In response to detection of an external force input intended to accelerate the opening/closing body in operation, the controller controls the drive section to increase the operating speed of the opening/closing element. The drive section determines that the external force intended to accelerate the opening/closing body has been input if, as one example, the acceleration of the opening/closing body in an operation direction reaches a predetermined value or higher.

Device for controlling vehicle opening/closing element

A control device includes: an input section to which a first signal indicating the presence or absence of an operation for operating an opening and closing body of a vehicle which is performed using a portion of the body of an occupant is input from an operation detecting unit; and a control section which performs notification to the occupant using a notification unit when there is a state where the operation has been detected by the operation detecting unit, based on the first signal, and performs control for operating the opening and closing body, based on the operation.

Control device and vehicle control system

An automatic opening and closing apparatus of an opening and closing member for a vehicle includes an opening and closing member driving portion, a receiving portion configured to receive a radio signal transmitted from a radio transmitter and indicating identification information for identifying the vehicle, a non-contact detection sensor including a detection range that is specified to an inner side than an outermost position of the vehicle in a direction towards an outer side of a vehicle interior from the opening and closing member in a state where the opening and closing member is closed, and a control portion configured to control the opening and closing member driving portion in a case where the non-contact detection sensor detects an object in a state where the identification information is correlated to the vehicle on a basis of the radio signal received from the radio transmitter.

Automatic opening and closing apparatus of opening and closing member for vehicle and structural member included in vehicle

A grille shutter control device is provided with a control section configured so as to open and close a shutter adapted to be provided in an air introduction path for introducing air ahead of the vehicle into an engine compartment. The grille shutter control device drives and controls first and second drive units. The grille shutter control device is provided with: an abnormality detecting section configured to detect an abnormality in the operation of the shutter on the basis of the condition of the shutter after the start of operation thereof; and an informing section for informing, on the basis of an abnormality in the operation detected by the abnormality detection section, the user of the abnormality in the operation of the shutter.

Grille shutter control device

An open/close actuating mechanism control device for a vehicle includes: an actuating mechanism () that is exposed to outside air and that opens or closes on the basis of whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; an open/close failure determining unit () that determines whether an open/close failure of the actuating mechanism (), in which the actuating mechanism () fails to open or close, has occurred; an outside air temperature detecting unit () that detects an outside air temperature; and a determination timing changing unit () that changes timing, at which the open/close failure determining unit () determines that the open/close failure of the actuating mechanism () has occurred, on the basis of the outside air temperature detected by the outside air temperature detecting unit ().

Open/close actuating mechanism control device and open/close actuating mechanism control method for vehicle

An inexpensive piezoelectric sensor where noise unlikely occurs and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A piezoelectric body () made of polymeric material, a first electrode-supporting portion () disposed at one side of the piezoelectric body () and supporting a signal electrode () on a first insulator (), and a second electrode-supporting portion () disposed at the other side of the piezoelectric body () and supporting a ground electrode () on a second insulator () are included, and the first electrode-supporting portion () and the second electrode-supporting portion () are arranged so that the signal electrode () and the ground electrode () overlap each other in a layering direction.

Piezoelectric sensor and method for manufacturing the same

A head rest rear portion is supported to a seat back. A head rest front portion is movable forward and backward between a full-close position that is brought into contact with or close to the head rest rear portion and a full-open position that is a predetermined distance away from the head rest rear portion. A drive mechanism moves the head rest front portion. A detection sensor provided in the head rest front portion includes an electrode having a head portion detecting antenna electrode for detecting a head portion of an occupant at a time when the head rest front portion moves in the full-open position direction, and a finger detecting antenna electrode for detecting a finger of the occupant in a rear seat or the like at a time when the head rest front portion moves in the full-close position direction.

Vehicle seat

A seat for a vehicle includes: a detecting sensor detecting an occupant having a planar antenna electrode, at which electric filed is generated, and a ground electrode arranged with a clearance along an outer periphery of the antenna electrode. The antenna electrode can be provided with a hole at the center of the antenna electrode.

Seat for vehicle

A load detecting device includes a plurality of load sensors which are disposed in a matrix shape and correcting means for setting at least one of the plural load sensors as a standard load sensor and for correcting level of output values of each load sensors to level of output value of the standard load sensor on the basis of the output values of each load sensors.

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Kariya, Japan

Hitoshi Takayanagi