POWER SEAT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

• US 20100066137A1
• Filed: 09/14/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Maeda, Toshiro, Mori, Masaki, Sakai, Morio
• Granted Patent: US 8,042,868 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/217.300
• 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: B60N 2/0028 of a body part, e.g. of an arm or a leg
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/02246 Electric motors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0228 Hand-activated mechanical switches B60N2/0229 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0233 Touchscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0244 with logic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2210/12 Capacitive; Electric field
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2210/14 Inductive; Magnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2210/24 Cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2220/20 using a deterministic algorithm

Abstract

A power seat system for a vehicle, includes an operational switch configured to be operated by an occupant for changing positions and attitudes of a vehicle seat whose positions and attitudes are electrically adjusted, a sensor portion positioned in the vicinity of the operational switch and detecting a hand of the occupant approaching the operational switch without contacting the hand of the occupant, and a control portion changing the positions and attitudes of the vehicle seat by actuating an actuator on the basis of an output from the operational switch, the control portion configured to display an operational display indicating adjusting portions and directions of the vehicle seat, which is adjustable by means of the operational switch on the basis of the output from the sensor portion, at an display device provided in a vehicle.

Claims

1. A power seat system for a vehicle, comprising:

an operational switch configured to be operated by an occupant for changing positions and attitudes of a vehicle seat whose positions and attitudes are electrically adjusted;

a sensor portion positioned in the vicinity of the operational switch and detecting a hand of the occupant approaching the operational switch without contacting the hand of the occupant; and

a control portion changing the positions and attitudes of the vehicle seat by actuating an actuator on the basis of an output from the operational switch, the control portion configured to display an operational display indicating adjusting portions and directions of the vehicle seat, which is adjustable by means of the operational switch on the basis of the output from the sensor portion, at an display device provided in a vehicle.

2. The power seat system for the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the operational switch is provided at a side of a seat cushion of the vehicle seat.

3. The power seat system for the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the control portion is configured to display an emphasized indication of the portion and the direction of the vehicle seat which is in the process of the adjustment among the operational display on the basis of the output from the operational switch.

4. The power seat system for the vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the control portion is configured to display an emphasized indication of the portion and the direction of the vehicle seat which is in the process of the adjustment among the operational display on the basis of the output from the operational switch.

5. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 1, wherein the display device includes a touch screen panel which receives an operation to a screen of the display device, and the control portion is configured to change the positions and attitudes of the vehicle seat on the basis of an operational command to the touch screen panel which is received from the display device.

6. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 2, wherein the display device includes a touch screen panel which receives an operation to a screen of the display device, and the control portion is configured to change the positions and attitudes of the vehicle seat on the basis of an operational command to the touch screen panel which is received from the display device.

7. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 3, wherein the display device includes a touch screen panel which receives an operation to a screen of the display device, and the control portion is configured to change the positions and attitudes of the vehicle seat on the basis of an operational command to the touch screen panel which is received from the display device.

8. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 5, wherein the touch screen panel includes a speed change commanding portion which receives an operational command to change an operational speed for changing the positions and the attitudes of the vehicle seat, and the control portion changes the operational speed on the basis of the operational command to the speed change commanding portion.

9. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 6, wherein the touch screen panel includes a speed change commanding portion which receives an operational command to change an operational speed for changing the positions and the attitudes of the vehicle seat, and the control portion changes the operational speed on the basis of the operational command to the speed change commanding portion.

10. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 7, wherein the touch screen panel includes a speed change commanding portion which receives an operational command to change an operational speed for changing the positions and the attitudes of the vehicle seat, and the control portion changes the operational speed on the basis of the operational command to the speed change commanding portion.

11. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 5, wherein the display device is controlled by a multimedia system of the vehicle, and the control portion displays the operational display on the display device via the multimedia system and receives the operational command to the touch screen panel via the multimedia system.

12. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 6, wherein the display device is controlled by a multimedia system of the vehicle, and the control portion displays the operational display on the display device via the multimedia system and receives the operational command to the touch screen panel via the multimedia system.

13. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 7, wherein the display device is controlled by a multimedia system of the vehicle, and the control portion displays the operational display on the display device via the multimedia system and receives the operational command to the touch screen panel via the multimedia system.

14. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 8, wherein the display device is controlled by a multimedia system of the vehicle, and the control portion displays the operational display on the display device via the multimedia system and receives the operational command to the touch screen panel via the multimedia system.

15. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 9, wherein the display device is controlled by a multimedia system of the vehicle, and the control portion displays the operational display on the display device via the multimedia system and receives the operational command to the touch screen panel via the multimedia system.

16. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 10, wherein the display device is controlled by a multimedia system of the vehicle, and the control portion displays the operational display on the display device via the multimedia system and receives the operational command to the touch screen panel via the multimedia system.

17. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 11, wherein the control portion receives the information of a frequency applied to an audiovisual system from the multimedia system, and changes a frequency of a carrier wave of a pulse width modulation control for actuating the actuator to a frequency band width which does not interfere with the frequency applied to the audiovisual system.

18. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 1, wherein the control portion receives the information of a frequency applied to an audiovisual system, and changes a frequency of a carrier wave of a pulse width modulation control for actuating the actuator to a frequency band width which does not interfere with the frequency applied to the audiovisual system.

19. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting portions and directions include directions to slide the vehicle seat in forward and backward directions, directions to recline a seatback of the vehicle seat in forward and backward directions relative to a seat cushion of the vehicle seat, directions to move the vehicle seat in upward and downward directions, and directions to move a front portion of the seat cushion in vertically upward and downward directions.

20. The power seat system for the vehicle, according to claim 2, wherein the adjusting portions and directions include directions to slide the vehicle seat in forward and backward directions, directions to recline a seatback of the vehicle seat in forward and backward directions relative to a seat cushion of the vehicle seat, directions to move the vehicle seat in upward and downward directions, and directions to move a front portion of the seat cushion in vertically upward and downward directions.