HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING DEVICE AND HEADREST POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD
First Claim
1. A headrest position adjusting device, comprising:
- a plurality of sensing electrodes which are provided in a headrest provided on a seat of a vehicle for sensing capacitances between a head of a human body sitting on the seat and the headrest, the sensing electrodes being provided side by side along a height direction of the headrest;
a detecting circuit which detects a height position of the head based on sensing signals from the plurality of sensing electrodes; and
position adjusting means which adjusts a position of the headrest with respect to the head based on the height position of the head in accordance with a detection result from the detecting circuit;
wherein the position adjusting means adjusts the position of the headrest when a distance between the headrest and the head is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance, and stops the headrest or moves the headrest to a predetermined position when the distance between the headrest and the head is longer than the predetermined distance.
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Abstract
To automatically adjust the position of a headrest accurately with a simple configuration while preventing an unnecessary movement of the headrest, a headrest position adjusting device 100 includes a capacitance sensor unit 10 and a drive motor unit 30. The capacitance sensor unit 10 includes, for example, a plurality of sensing electrodes 11 to 15 and a detecting circuit 20. The detecting circuit 20 includes a plurality of capacitance sensing circuits 21 to 25 connected one-to-one to the sensing electrodes 11 to 15, and an arithmetic processing circuit 28. The drive motor unit 30 includes a motor driving circuit and a drive motor. The detecting circuit 20 judges whether or not the smallest capacitance value among detected capacitance values is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, performs a position adjusting operation for a headrest 43 when the smallest capacitance value is equal to or larger than the predetermined threshold, and stops the headrest 43 or moves the headrest 43 to a predetermined position when the smallest capacitance value is smaller than the predetermined threshold.
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1. A headrest position adjusting device, comprising:
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a plurality of sensing electrodes which are provided in a headrest provided on a seat of a vehicle for sensing capacitances between a head of a human body sitting on the seat and the headrest, the sensing electrodes being provided side by side along a height direction of the headrest; a detecting circuit which detects a height position of the head based on sensing signals from the plurality of sensing electrodes; and position adjusting means which adjusts a position of the headrest with respect to the head based on the height position of the head in accordance with a detection result from the detecting circuit; wherein the position adjusting means adjusts the position of the headrest when a distance between the headrest and the head is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance, and stops the headrest or moves the headrest to a predetermined position when the distance between the headrest and the head is longer than the predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9)
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10. A headrest position adjusting method, comprising:
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a sensing step of sensing capacitances between a head of a human body sitting on a seat of a vehicle and a headrest provided on the seat by means of a plurality of sensing electrodes which are provided in the headrest side by side along a height direction of the headrest; a detecting step of detecting a height position of the head based on sensing signals sensed in the sensing step; and a position adjusting step of adjusting a position of the headrest with respect to the head based on the height position of the head in accordance with a detection result detected in the detecting step, wherein the position adjusting step adjusts the position of the headrest when a distance between the headrest and the head is equal to or shorter than a predetermined distance, and stops the headrest or moves the headrest to a predetermined position when the distance between the headrest and the head is longer than the predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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