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US 12,005,818 B2Granted
Seat apparatus and notification device for vehicle
AssigneeAisin Corporation
InventorsYoshihisa Suzuki, Takuro Kurisu
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Abstract
A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes an event detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of an event making a buzzer operate for each of plural seats sharing the buzzer, and a notification control unit configured to operate notification control of the buzzer in accordance with the event. The notification control unit is configured to prioritize and operate one of the plural notification controls which operate duplicately in a case where there are the plural seats in which the event occurs.
Claims20
A seat apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- an electronic control unit configured to:
- control each of a plurality of seats sharing a buzzer to move in accordance with an operation request;
- detect an occurrence of an event making the buzzer operate for each of the plurality of seats sharing the buzzer;
- and
- separate from detecting the occurrence of the event, operate a notification control of the buzzer in accordance with the event, including:
- in a case where there are the plurality of seats in which the event occurs, prioritizing and operating only one of the plurality of notification controls which would otherwise operate duplicately,
- wherein the electronic control unit, which detects the occurrence of the event, is the same entity that operates the notification control of the buzzer in accordance with the event.
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A notification device for a vehicle, comprising:
- an electronic control unit configured to:
- control each of a plurality of in-vehicle devices sharing a buzzer in accordance with an operation request;
- detect an occurrence of an event making the buzzer operate for each of the plurality of in-vehicle devices sharing the buzzer;
- and
- separate from detecting the occurrence of the event, operate notification control of the buzzer in accordance with the event, including:
- in a case where there are the plurality of in-vehicle devices in which the event occurs, prioritizing and operating only one of the plurality of notification controls which would otherwise operate duplicately,
- wherein the electronic control unit, which detects the occurrence of the event, is the same entity that operates the notification control of the buzzer in accordance with the event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.