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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Teiji Mabuchi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Osamu Fujimoto, Nissin, JP;
Kei Matsui, Toyota, JP;
Yoshihiro Suda, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yoshihiko Tabuchi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shoichiro Takehara, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Yamaguchi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takaaki Koga, Tokyo-to, JP;
Teiji Mabuchi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Osamu Fujimoto, Nissin, JP;
Kei Matsui, Toyota, JP;
Yoshihiro Suda, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yoshihiko Tabuchi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shoichiro Takehara, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Yamaguchi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takaaki Koga, Tokyo-to, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle seat apparatus includes: a vehicle seat; a swiveling drive unit that swivels the vehicle seat between the frontward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat faces the front of a vehicle and at least one of the outward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat is oriented in the outward direction of the vehicle and the inward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat is oriented in the inward direction of the vehicle; a traveling route information obtainment unit that obtains information on a traveling route along which the vehicle travels; and a control unit that controls the operation of the swiveling drive unit based on the information obtained by the traveling route information obtainment unit.