US 12,005,818 B2
Seat apparatus and notification device for vehicle
Yoshihisa Suzuki, Kariya (JP); and Takuro Kurisu, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/198,487.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-047448 (JP), filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0291705 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/30 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/0248 (2013.01); B60N 2/0272 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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.