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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2022
Ts Tech Co., Ltd., Asaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kaku, Tochigi, JP;
Atsushi Kusano, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroyuki Numajiri, Tochigi, JP;
Satoshi Fujita, Tochigi, JP;
Takako Miyoshi, Tochigi, JP;
Munetaka Kowa, Tochigi, JP;
Ryuichiro Hirose, Tochigi, JP;
Yoshikazu Ito, Tochigi, JP;
Yosuke Higashi, Tochigi, JP;
Satoshi Suzuki, Tochigi, JP;
Ryosuke Sato, Tochigi, JP;
Kento Uetake, Tochigi, JP;
Yasuharu Otsuka, Tochigi, JP;
Satoru Kaneda, Tochigi, JP;
TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.