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Patent No.:

US 12688843 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2024

Notification apparatus, control program for notification apparatus, and seat system

Applicant:

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shinichi Sagawai, Miyagi, JP;

Kunio Sato, Miyagi, JP;

Assignee:

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., , JP;

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Qin Zhu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2006.01); A47C 7/62 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/04 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/178 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A notification apparatus is attached to an object and alerts a user who uses the object by presenting a tactile sensation due to vibration. The notification apparatus includes a signal output unit configured to output a drive signal having a signal pattern with a drive frequency corresponding to an event type, an actuator configured to be driven by the drive signal, a sound output unit configured to output sound waves, and a controller configured to determine whether to output cancelling sound waves for cancelling sound waves induced by vibration of the actuator from the sound output unit based on a drive frequency of the drive signal.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sagawai, Shinichi. (2026). Notification apparatus, control program for notification apparatus, and seat system (U.S. Patent No. 12688843). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12688843

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