Mazda Motor Corporation

Toyo Seat Co., Ltd.

Nanae Michida

Kouichi Nakaya

Tamio Miyahara

Hiroshi Okiyama

Akihiro Kobayashi

Satoshi Fujita

Atsuhide Kishi

Kazuo Nishikawa

Keisuke Iida

Masayuki Watanabe

Takahide Nouzawa

Saori Mito

Tadao Kotani

Masato Hirokawa

Naokazu Goda

Yuina Ashihara

Hidehiko Komatsu

Tadao Hiroshima Factory Of Kotani

The present disclosure attempts to evaluate how the texture of an object is perceived based on visual features of the topological skeleton of the object. A camera Sobtains a color image by taking an image of an object, which serves as an evaluation target. Within the image obtained, a visual feature area, which is likely to strike a person's eye when the person claps his/her eyes on the object, and an intensity of a visual stimulus of each pixel of the visual feature area are extracted. Visual skeleton features of each pixel of the image are determined within a contour region which is composed of the visual feature areas extracted. The visual skeleton features determined are shown on a display.

Texture evaluation system

The present invention provides a mechanism for operating a vehicle split seat whereby operation levers of two seat backs can be arranged compactly on a wall surface of a luggage compartment or the like such that the two operation levers have the same pivot support point, without impairing operability of the levers. Two operation leversare respectively connected to locking mechanisms of at least two adjacent seat backsB by way of operation cables, the operation leversbeing formed of a central leverand an outer leverprovided outside the central lever having the same pivot support point, operation parts being provided on the free end sides of arm parts of both the leversand operating spaces X, Y, Z which allow both the leversto be operated individually also being provided.

Mechanism for operating vehicle split seat

A seat for a vehicle comprises a seat cushion, a seat back, a headrest having a neck-support portion, a headrest pole member to support the headrest, and a rotational support device. The rotational support device supports the headrest in such a manner that the neck-support portion of the headrest is rotated around a rotational axis that extends in substantially a width direction of the seat back and held at a specified angle relative to the seat back, wherein the headrest is its lowest position, the neck-support portion of the headrest is configured to be allowed to be rotated forward from its rearmost stored position by the rotational support device. Accordingly, a neck portion of a passenger can be supported by the neck-support portion of the headrest properly.

Seat for vehicle

A headrest-attached vehicle seat is provided in which a headrest is provided over a seat back. In the headrest-attached vehicle seat: the headrest includes a headrest body, and a neck-support portion which is provided under the headrest body; and the neck-support portion turns around a pivot which extends in the seat-width directions inside of the headrest body and moves in the front-and-rear directions, and the neck-support portion is positioned at a predetermined turning angle.

Headrest-attached vehicle seat

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Hiroshima, Japan

Nanae Michida