Vehicle-occupant's status detecting device

• US 20060219459A1
• Filed: 03/06/2006
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takeyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,482,938 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/273
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/06 indicating a condition of sleep, e.g. anti-dozing alarms

Abstract

This vehicle-occupant'"'"'s status detecting device is provided in a vehicle having a running-supporting device for supporting driving operations of a vehicle-occupant in the vehicle on moving. The vehicle-occupant'"'"'s status detecting device includes: a biological data detecting device having a vibration-detecting sensor which detects biological data of the vehicle-occupant; and a detection-permitting device which permits, only when the running-supporting device is in operation, the biological data detecting device to detect the biological data.

Claims

1. A vehicle-occupant'"'"'s status detecting device provided in a vehicle having a running-supporting device for supporting driving operations of a vehicle-occupant in the vehicle on moving, the vehicle-occupant'"'"'s status detecting device comprising:

a biological data detecting device having a vibration-detecting sensor which detects biological data of the vehicle-occupant; and

a detection-permitting device which permits, only when the running-supporting device is in operation, the biological data detecting device to detect the biological data.

2. The vehicle-occupant'"'"'s status detecting device according to claim 1, wherein

the detection-permitting device permits the biological data detecting device to detect the biological data after a predetermined time from a beginning of an operation of the running-supporting device.

3. The vehicle-occupant'"'"'s status detecting device according to claim 1, wherein

the biological data detecting device detects the biological data for every predetermined time.

4. The vehicle-occupant'"'"'s status detecting device according to claim 1, further comprising

a noise-cancelling device which cancels a noise by generating a spatial vibration in opposition to noises inside of the vehicle and outside of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle-occupant'"'"'s status detecting device according to claim 1, further comprising

a noise-cancelling device which cancels a noise signal by generating a signal corresponding to a spatial vibration in opposition to noises inside of the vehicle and outside of the vehicle.