Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermal stimulation apparatus for vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 车辆热刺激装置
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Application No.: US12278588Application Date: 2007-02-06
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Publication No.: US07956758B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Koji Hattori
- Applicant: Koji Hattori
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-030891 20060208
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/051976 WO 20070206
- International Announcement: WO2007/091538 WO 20070816
- Main IPC: G08B23/00
- IPC: G08B23/00

Abstract:
A thermal stimulation apparatus for vehicles capable of exerting an effect of, for example, reducing fatigue and improving the physical condition of a vehicle occupant. In a vehicle thermal stimulation apparatus 10, the piezoelectric sensor 26 detects a biorhythm accompanying a periodic change in an occupant, a control circuit 16 switches on and off heater elements 22, 24 on the basis of the detection result of the biorhythm detector such that by the heater elements 22, 24 being switched on and off, thermal stimulus to the occupant is synchronized with the biorhythm of the occupant. It is thereby possible to exert effects of, for example, reducing fatigue and improving the physical condition of a vehicle occupant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090040055A1 THERMAL STIMULATION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2009-02-12
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