Alert device
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushikikaisha Tokairika Denki Seisakusho
InventorToshihiro Tsutsui
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Abstract
An alert device alerts a driver sitting on a driver's seat in a vehicle by winding a seat belt on the driver's seat with a retractor. The alert device includes a seat position information acquisition unit configured to acquire seat position information relating to a position of the driver's seat, a height estimation unit configured to calculate art estimated height that is an estimated value of the driver's height based on the seat position information, a winding strength setting unit configured to set a winding strength that is a strength for winding the seat belt with the retractor based on the estimated height, and a retractor control unit configured to operate the retractor to wind the seat belt with the winding strength.
Claims5
An alert device that alerts a driver sitting on a driver's seat in a vehicle by winding a seat belt on the driver's seat with a retractor, the device comprising:
- a seat position information acquisition unit configured to acquire seat position information relating to a position of the driver's seat;
- a height estimation unit configured to calculate an estimated height that is an estimated value of the driver's height based on the seat position information;
- a winding strength setting unit configured to set a winding strength that is a strength for winding the seat belt with the retractor based on the estimated height;
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- a retractor control unit configured to operate the retractor to wind the seat belt with the winding strength.
An alert device that alerts a driver sitting on a driver's seat in a vehicle by winding a seat belt on the driver's seat with a retractor the device comprising:
- a camera configured to image the driver sitting on the driver's seat;
- a height estimation unit configured to calculate an estimated height that is an estimated value of the driver's height based on an image captured by the camera;
- a winding strength setting unit configured to set a winding strength that is a strength for winding the seat belt with the retractor based on the estimated height;
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- a retractor control unit configured to operate the retractor to wind the seat belt with the winding strength.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.