Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100242363 | OPENING-AND-CLOSING MEMBER DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An opening-and-closing member drive control apparatus for a vehicle for driving the opening-and-closing member so as to be opened or closed by means of a driving force of a motor after an idling period or an idling section of the motor includes a moving speed detecting member, calculating means for calculating a moving speed changing value, a determining means for determining a sandwiching of an object on the basis of a relationship between the calculated moving speed changing value and a threshold value, a temperature estimating means for estimating a temperature of the motor on the basis of a rotational speed of the motor, detected in the idling period or the idling section, and correcting means for correcting the threshold value so that a determination sensitivity of the sandwiching of the object becomes greater when the estimated temperature of the motor is low than when the estimated temperature of the motor is high. | 09-30-2010 |
20120145868 | SEAT SLIDING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - Disclosed is a seat sliding apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus provided with a pair of lower rails fixed to the vehicle floor and a pair of upper rails fixed to a vehicle seat. The seat sliding apparatus causes screw shafts supported at the upper rail to rotate relative to nut members fixed to the lower rails and the upper rails to move relative to the lower rails in the seat forward-rearward direction. A speed reducer-equipped motor comprises a motor, a gear mechanism, and a gear housing. The gear housing is designed so that the axis of the output shaft of the gear mechanism extends in the seat width direction. A manipulation switch comprises a manipulating portion fixed to the gear housing such that the operation switch is exposed at a forward end of the seat. | 06-14-2012 |
20120198770 | WINDOW REGULATOR DEVICE - When a worm wheel rotates relative to an object pinching detection plate due to pinching of a foreign object, protruding pieces respectively formed on opposed surfaces of the worm wheel and the object pinching detection plate engage with each other. Through the engagement, the object pinching detection plate axially moves. At this time, the object pinching detection plate axially moves without rotation, and hence the object pinching detection plate is brought into contact with a movable piece of an object pinching detection switch without rotation. Therefore, wear due to rotation does not occur when the object pinching detection plate and the object pinching detection switch are brought into contact with each other. Thus, deterioration in object pinching detection accuracy due to the wear is prevented. | 08-09-2012 |
20120217764 | MULTI-FUNCTION CAMERA SYSTEM - A multi-function camera system comprises a camera fixed to a vehicle component on a side of a vehicle for photographing a side area of the vehicle; a condition determination unit for determining execution conditions of a plurality of function units; an obstacle detection unit to function based on a determination result from the condition determination unit for detecting, through image recognition, an obstacle present in the vicinity of the vehicle or approaching the vehicle based on a captured image of the camera; and an individual authentication unit to function based on the determination result from the condition determination unit for ascertaining, through the image recognition, whether or not a person having reached the vehicle matches with a user who has been registered at the vehicle beforehand based on the captured image of the camera. | 08-30-2012 |
20130147402 | DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE OF OPENING AND CLOSING BODY FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a driving control device of an opening and closing body, which drives the opening and closing body in a closed state by a motor through an idling section thereof. The device includes a calculation section for calculating a rotation speed difference between a rotation speed of the motor in the idling section and a current rotation speed of the motor; and an insertion detection section for detecting insertion of a foreign member based on the calculated rotation speed difference and a predetermined threshold value. The threshold value monotonously decreases according to an increase in the rotation amount of the motor to coincide with a fully-closed state threshold value at a predetermined rotation amount of the motor within an error range of the rotation amount corresponding to the fully-closed state, and to maintain the fully-closed state threshold value to a maximum rotation amount in the error range. | 06-13-2013 |
20140005896 | GRILLE SHUTTER CONTROL DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140039766 | VEHICLE OPEN/CLOSE BODY OPERATING APPARATUS - A vehicle open/close body operating apparatus is provided with: a photoelectric sensor configured to be mounted on a vehicle, and configured to display, by optical irradiation, both of a sign indicating an open operation and a sign indicating a close operation of an open/close body, and detect the will of a user trying to open or close the open/close body through a change in light reflected by the displayed signs; a drive unit configured to open or close the open/close body; and a door control unit for controlling the drive unit configured to open or close the open/close body in accordance with a movement related to the will of the user detected by the photoelectric sensor. | 02-06-2014 |
20140142815 | AUTOMATIC OPENING AND CLOSING APPARATUS OF OPENING AND CLOSING MEMBER FOR VEHICLE AND STRUCTURAL MEMBER INCLUDED IN VEHICLE - An automatic opening and closing apparatus of an opening and closing member for a vehicle includes an opening and closing member driving portion, a receiving portion configured to receive a radio signal transmitted from a radio transmitter and indicating identification information for identifying the vehicle, a non-contact detection sensor including a detection range that is specified to an inner side than an outermost position of the vehicle in a direction towards an outer side of a vehicle interior from the opening and closing member in a state where the opening and closing member is closed, and a control portion configured to control the opening and closing member driving portion in a case where the non-contact detection sensor detects an object in a state where the identification information is correlated to the vehicle on a basis of the radio signal received from the radio transmitter. | 05-22-2014 |
20140312920 | NON-CONTACT OPERATION DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A non-contact operation detection device for a vehicle includes: a spacer; a sensor electrode supported on a first surface of the spacer; a first electrode supported on a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface of the spacer; and a determination unit determining a change in capacitance detected by the sensor electrode. | 10-23-2014 |
20140365080 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING OPENING/CLOSING BODY FOR VEHICLE - An opening/closing body control device for a vehicle includes: a drive section for driving the opening/closing body; a manipulation input section operated to open or close the opening/closing body; a manipulation input detector for detecting a manipulation input performed on the manipulation input section; a controller for controlling the drive section; and a measuring section for measuring a duration of the manipulation input. The controller is capable of controlling the drive section in the driving mode selected from a plurality of driving modes to which are set different speeds of actuation of the opening/closing body, and to switch, if the duration exceeds a predetermined time, the driving mode to a high speed actuation mode in which the actuation speed is greater than that in the driving mode before the predetermined time is exceeded. | 12-11-2014 |