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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenzou Yasuda, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Nishikido, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenzou Yasuda, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Nishikido, Yokohama, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a headrest device including: a headrest main body that is provided at an upper end portion of a seat back of a seat in which a passenger sits; a pressure/flexure detecting section that is provided at a vehicle front side of the seat back; a headrest moving section; and a control section that estimates a current back-set, that is a distance between a head portion of a passenger and the headrest main body in a horizontal direction, on the basis of at least one of pressure and flexure detected by the pressure/flexure detecting section and a predetermined relationship between back-set and the at least one of pressure and flexure, and controls the headrest moving section to move the headrest main body such that the back-set becomes a predetermined amount.