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US 12,722,550 B2Granted
Vehicle system and vibration generation device
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorsKunio Sato, Toshiki Tachioka, Kaede Mochida
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Abstract
A vehicle system includes a seat of a vehicle, and a vibration generation device provided in the seat. The vibration generation device includes a housing, a diaphragm supported on the housing, an actuator attached to at least one of the housing and the diaphragm, and a sensor, including a detection electrode, and configured to detect a user approaching the detection electrode. The diaphragm and the detection electrode are formed by a common member.
Claims10
A vehicle system comprising:
- a vehicle seat;
- a first vibration generation device provided in the vehicle seat and configured to generate a vibration;
- a first sensor configured to detect a user approaching the vehicle seat;
- a controller configured to determine a first state when an output of the first sensor is greater than or equal to a first threshold value;
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- a sound generation device configured to generate a sound,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- control the first vibration generation device to generate the vibration and vibrate the vehicle seat in the first state, and
- control the sound generation device to generate the sound when the output of the first sensor is less than the first threshold value.
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