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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Shuji Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Shintaku, Toyota, JP;
Katsuhiko Nakajima, Nissin, JP;
Shigeki Otsuka, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); G01G 19/414 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01); B60W 40/13 (2012.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/146 (2013.01); B60N 2/797 (2018.02); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); G01G 19/414 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); B60N 2/753 (2018.02); B60N 2002/924 (2018.02); B60N 2002/948 (2018.02); B60N 2002/952 (2018.02); B60W 2040/1315 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle proposed herein includes a swivel, a lock mechanism selectively locking and unlocking the swivel, a seat mounted on the swivel, a plurality of surface pressure sensors each disposed along an outer surface of the seat and detecting a pressure distribution within a predetermined area of the outer surface, and a controller configured to cause the lock mechanism to be unlocked based on a change in pressure distribution or a surface pressure that is detected by any of the plurality of surface pressure sensors.