SEAT BELT FAILURE WARNING APPARATUS

• US 20130278409A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: ODATE, Shotaro
• Granted Patent: US 9,108,560 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/457.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/00 Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor for lighting vehicle interior B60Q3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4816 for sensing locking of buckle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4866 Displaying or indicating arrangements thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/48 Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness

Abstract

The seat belt failure warning apparatus is disposed with a buckle switch that detects wearing of a webbing, a rotation sensor that detects a drawing-out amount of the webbing, and a liquid crystal display that switchingly displays a plurality of alarm information. A controller is disposed with a failure determination unit that determines whether the seat belt device has had a failure or not, and a control unit that controls display of the liquid crystal display. When the buckle switch is OFF and drawing-out of the webbing is detected by the rotation sensor after the failure determination unit has determined the seat belt device has had a failure, failure information of the seat belt which indicates that the seat belt device has had a failure as a determination result by the failure determination unit is displayed on the liquid crystal display regardless of a display priority of alarm information.

Claims

1. A seat belt failure warning apparatus comprising:

a wearing state detection section that detects wearing or non-wearing of a webbing of a seat belt device;

a drawing-out amount detection section that detects a drawing-out amount of the webbing;

a failure determination unit that determines whether the seat belt device has had a failure or not;

a display section that switchingly displays a variety of information including failure information of the seat belt device which indicates that the seat belt device has had a failure as a determination result by the failure determination unit; and

a control unit that controls display of the display section,

wherein when the wearing state detection section detects non-wearing of the webbing and the drawing-out amount detection section detects drawing-out of the webbing after the failure determination unit determines the seat belt device has had a failure, the control unit causes the display section to display failure information of the seat belt device regardless of a display priority of information.

2. The seat belt failure warning apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an alarm sound emitting section that emits an alarm sound,

wherein when the wearing state detection section detects non-wearing of the webbing and the drawing-out amount detection section detects start of drawing-out of the webbing from an initial position after the failure determination unit determines the seat belt device has had a failure, the control unit commands the alarm sound emitting section to output an alarm sound.

3. The seat belt failure warning apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein when the wearing state detection section detects non-wearing of the webbing and the drawing-out amount detection section detects drawing-out of the webbing after the failure determination unit determines the seat belt device has had a failure, the control unit causes the display section to display failure information of the seat belt device while changing a display profile of the failure information depending on a drawing-out amount of the webbing.

4. The seat belt failure warning apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein when the wearing state detection section detects wearing of the webbing after the failure determination unit determines the seat belt device has had a failure, the control unit changes a display priority of failure information of the seat belt device to the highest priority and causes the display section to display the failure information of the seat belt device.

5. The seat belt failure warning apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein when the wearing state detection section detects wearing of the webbing after the failure determination unit determines the seat belt device has had a failure, the control unit changes a display priority of failure information of the seat belt device to the highest priority and causes the display section to display the failure information of the seat belt device.

6. The seat belt failure warning apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein when the wearing state detection section detects non-wearing of the webbing and the drawing-out amount detection section detects drawing-out of the webbing after the failure determination unit determines the seat belt device has had a failure, the control unit causes the display section to display failure information of the seat belt device while changing a display profile of the failure information depending on a drawing-out amount of the webbing.

7. The seat belt failure warning apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein when the wearing state detection section detects wearing of the webbing after the failure determination unit determines the seat belt device has had a failure, the control unit changes a display priority of failure information of the seat belt device to the highest priority and causes the display section to display the failure information of the seat belt device.