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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Etsunori Fujita, Hiroshima, JP;
Yumi Ogura, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoki Ochiai, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Noto, Fukuoka, JP;
Tiejun Miao, Fukuoka, JP;
Toshiyuki Shimizu, Fukuoka, JP;
Etsunori Fujita, Hiroshima, JP;
Yumi Ogura, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoki Ochiai, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Noto, Fukuoka, JP;
Tiejun Miao, Fukuoka, JP;
Toshiyuki Shimizu, Fukuoka, JP;
Delta Tooling Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a monitor for monitoring a human condition of a driver, and an awakening device for awakening a driver, which starts operation when received a predictive signal for fall-asleep being a signal for energy metabolism transition from an active state into a sleep state. The awakening device is structured to stimulate a pressure sense of the driver by reclining a seat back of a driver seat forward or rearward to thereby cause a shift force. Accordingly, without regard to an alarm reaction level to an alarm sound, it is possible to stimulate the driver and whereby awaken the driver more surely.