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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2011
Applicant:
Hiroshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seat heater has heater electrodes in a film shape and a sensor electrode in a film shape. When detecting an occupant through the sensor electrode, the heater electrodes are disconnected from a heater unit to cause those electrodes to be substantially insulated from a vehicle. This makes it possible to detect the occupant seated on a seat without being affected by the heater electrodes. According to such a structure, it becomes possible to warm the occupant and to precisely detect the occupant.