# US 12,184,276 B2 · Interior article for conveyance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,184,276 B2 - Document ID: US12184276B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/013,631 - Filed: 2021-02-02 - Published: 2023-09-14 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-03 - Assignees: Ts Tech Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ts Tech Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takayoshi Ito; Kazumasa Narita; Akihiro Matsumoto; Takashi Takahara; Yuji Nishimaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184276B2 ## CPC - H03K 17/962: {Capacitive touch switches} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver - B60K 35/29: Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions - B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) - B60N 2/0226: {User interfaces specially adapted for seat adjustment} - B60N 2/58: Seat coverings - B60N 2/5883: {by sewing, stitching or threading} - B60N 2/6009: {covering more than only the seat} - B60N 2/797: {for use as electrical control means, e.g. switches} - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - H03K 17/9622: {using a plurality of detectors, e.g. keyboard} - B60K 35/658: {the instruments being ergonomically adjustable to the user} - B60K 35/81: for controlling displays - B60K 2360/111: for controlling multiple devices - B60K 2360/122: Instrument input devices with reconfigurable control functions, e.g. reconfigurable menus - B60K 2360/128: Axially displaceable input devices for instruments - B60K 2360/131: Pivotable input devices for instruments - B60K 2360/139: Clusters of instrument input devices - B60K 2360/143: Touch sensitive instrument input devices - B60K 2360/1434: Touch panels - B60K 2360/1446: Touch switches - B60K 2360/175: Autonomous driving - B60K 2360/199: for avoiding maloperation - B60K 2360/794: on or in doors - B60N 2/02: the seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable (adjustable arm-rests B60N2/75; adjustable head-rests B60N2/806) - B60N 2210/12: Capacitive; Electric field - B60R 13/0243: {Doors} - B60R 2013/0287: {integrating other functions or accessories} - B60W 60/00: Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles - H03K 2217/94036: Multiple detection, i.e. where different switching signals are generated after operation of the user is detected at different time instants at different locations during the actuation movement by two or more sensors of the same or different kinds - H03K 2217/960705: Safety of capacitive touch and proximity switches, e.g. increasing reliability, fail-safe - H03K 2217/960755: Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switches - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT ## Abstract Provided is an interior article for a conveyance including a touch switch suppressing an unintended misoperation by an occupant. An interior article for a conveyance of the present invention includes a touch switch operating an electrical component provided in a conveyance and a recess portion formed in an interior side surface of the conveyance. The touch switch has a sensor detecting an occupant's finger. The recess portion has an opening portion, a bottom portion, a standing wall portion formed around the bottom portion, and a curved surface formed to be curved so as to protrude toward the opening portion side in the bottom portion. The sensor is disposed on the curved surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An interior article for a conveyance, comprising: a touch switch operating an electrical component provided in the conveyance; a recess portion formed in a side surface on an interior side of the conveyance; and a grip portion provided near the touch switch and gripped when an occupant operates the touch switch, wherein the touch switch has a sensor detecting a finger of the occupant, the recess portion has an opening portion, a bottom portion, a standing wall portion formed around the bottom portion, and a curved surface formed in the bottom portion that is curved so as to protrude toward the opening portion, the sensor is disposed on the curved surface, the grip portion has a grip detector detecting gripping performed by the occupant and a grip position detector detecting a position gripped by the occupant in the grip portion, and the touch switch changes a position of the sensor detecting the occupant's finger in the touch switch based on the grip position of the occupant detected by the grip position detector. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, wherein the interior article for a conveyance is a door lining provided on a conveyance door, and the recess portion is formed on a side surface of the door lining on the interior side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured from a plurality of sensor regions arranged in an up to down direction of the conveyance, and the sensor region positioned on a lower side is disposed so as to deviate from an axis in the up to down direction of the sensor region positioned on an upper side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured from a plurality of sensor regions arranged in an up to down direction and a front to back direction of the conveyance, and as for a lower sensor region positioned on a lower side, a front end portion of the lower sensor region is positioned behind a front end portion of the upper sensor region positioned on an upper side, or a rear end portion of the lower sensor region is positioned behind a rear end portion of the upper sensor region. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises a first sensor configured from a plurality of sensor regions arranged in an up to down direction of the conveyance, and a second sensor disposed behind the first sensor in a front to back direction of the conveyance and configured from a plurality of sensor regions arranged in the up to down direction of the conveyance, and a lowermost sensor region of the first sensor and an uppermost sensor region of the second sensor are disposed so as to overlap in the up to down direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, wherein the operation of the electrical component by the touch switch is enabled in a case where the gripping of the grip portion is detected by the grip detector. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, wherein the touch switch is capable of receiving information indicating a state of a conveyance seat where the occupant sits from a controller that controls the conveyance seat, and the operation of the electrical component by the touch switch is enabled in a case where the touch switch receives information indicating that the conveyance seat is in a relaxed state to relax the occupant from the controller. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, wherein the touch switch enables the operation of the electrical component by the touch switch in a case where the conveyance is in an autonomous traveling state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the sensors are provided, and at least one of the plurality of sensors is a target selection sensor selecting the electrical component to be operated by the touch switch, and the target selection sensor enables the electrical component to be operated to be changed in a case where the target selection sensor is long-pressed for a predetermined time by the occupant. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, comprising a main body and an operating member having the touch switch and detachably attached to the main body, wherein the touch switch operates the electrical component by wireless communication, and the operating member is removed by being pulled out in an up to down direction with respect to the main body of the interior article for a conveyance. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The interior article for a conveyance according to claim 1, comprising a main body and an operating member having the touch switch and rotatably attached to the main body. ### Claim 12 An interior article for a conveyance, comprising: a touch switch operating an electrical component provided in the conveyance; a recess portion formed in a side surface on an interior side of an conveyance; and a grip portion provided near the touch switch and gripped when the occupant operates the touch switch, wherein the touch switch has a sensor detecting a finger of the occupant, the recess portion has an opening portion, a bottom portion, a standing wall portion formed around the bottom portion, and a curved surface formed in the bottom portion that is curved so as to protrude toward the opening portion, the sensor is disposed on the curved surface, the grip portion has a grip detector detecting gripping performed by the occupant, and the operation of the electrical component by the touch switch is enabled in a case where the gripping of the grip portion is detected by the grip detector. ### Claim 13 A method for manufacturing an interior article for a conveyance comprising: preparing the interior article for the conveyance, wherein a recess portion is formed in a side surface on an interior side of the conveyance and the recess portion has an opening portion, a bottom portion, a standing wall portion formed around the bottom portion, and a curved surface formed in the bottom portion that is curved so as to protrude toward the opening portion; providing a touch switch operating an electrical component provided on the conveyance to the interior article; providing a grip portion near the touch switch that is gripped when an occupant operates the touch switch and has a grip detector detecting gripping performed by the occupant; and disposing a sensor on the curved surface, wherein the operation of the electrical component by the touch switch is enabled in a case where the gripping of the grip portion is detected by the grip detector.