Seatbelt use-state warning device
First Claim
1. A seatbelt use-state warning device, comprising:
- a seatbelt use-state detecting device to detect a use/non-use of a seatbelt of a vehicle;
a warning device to warn a driver of a use state of the seatbelt based on a detecting result of said seatbelt use-state detecting device; and
a control device to control said warning device, wherein said control device is constituted so as to warn the use state of the seatbelt in a start-warning mode during a specified start-warning period of time after a starting of a power source of the vehicle, to disable warning by said warning device when said specified start-warning period of time has lapsed after the power source starting, and to enable said warning device to warn the use state of the seatbelt for a specified period of time when the use state of the seatbelt detected by said seatbelt use-state detecting device changes during an operation of the vehicle power source.
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Abstract
The use state of the seatbelt is warned in the start-warning mode during the specified start-warning period of time after the starting of the power source of the vehicle. The warning by the warning device is disabled when the specified start-warning period of time has lapsed after the power source starting (step S15). The warning device to warn the use state of the seatbelt are enabled for the specified period of time (step S17-S20) when the use state of the seatbelt detected by the seatbelt use-state detecting device changes during the operation of the vehicle power source (step S12). When the seatbelt is changed from its state of use to its state of non-use, the warning is conducted with the harder warning stimulation characteristic (steps S18, S19). Accordingly, there can be provided the seatbelt use-state warning device which can warn the driver properly.
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13 Claims
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1. A seatbelt use-state warning device, comprising:
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a seatbelt use-state detecting device to detect a use/non-use of a seatbelt of a vehicle;
a warning device to warn a driver of a use state of the seatbelt based on a detecting result of said seatbelt use-state detecting device; and
a control device to control said warning device, wherein said control device is constituted so as to warn the use state of the seatbelt in a start-warning mode during a specified start-warning period of time after a starting of a power source of the vehicle, to disable warning by said warning device when said specified start-warning period of time has lapsed after the power source starting, and to enable said warning device to warn the use state of the seatbelt for a specified period of time when the use state of the seatbelt detected by said seatbelt use-state detecting device changes during an operation of the vehicle power source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A seatbelt use-state warning device, comprising:
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a buckle point switch provided at a buckle of a seatbelt of a vehicle and operative to detect a use/non-use of the seatbelt;
an indication panel provided in the vehicle;
a lamp provided in said indication panel;
a buzzer provided in or near said indication panel; and
a microprocessor to operate at least one of said lamp and buzzer based on an ON/OFF state of said buckle point switch, wherein said microprocessor is constituted so as to operate at least one of said lamp and buzzer in a start-warning mode during a specified start-warning period of time after a starting of a power source of the vehicle, to disable said operation of at least one of said lamp and buzzer when said specified start-warning period of time has lapsed after the power source starting, and to enable said operation of at least one of said lamp and buzzer for a specified period of time when the use state of the seatbelt detected by said buckle point switch changes during an operation of the vehicle power source.
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