In-seat experience system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12059976-B2
Application number	US-201916972265-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2019
Priority date	Jun 7, 2018
Publication date	Aug 13, 2024
Grant date	Aug 13, 2024

Abstract

An in-seat experience system includes: a seat which includes a seat body, a sensor, and a seat controller allowed to acquire a measurement value from the sensor; an experience instruction device connected to the seat controller, configured to notify an occupant seated on the seat body a motion instruction and to store user identification information; and a server capable of communicating with the experience instruction device. The experience instruction device makes a determination based upon a measurement value of the sensor as to whether or not a first condition is satisfied, and to transmit a result of the determination to the server when at least the first condition is satisfied, and the server is allowed to increase a point score stored for the corresponding user identification information with a condition that the result of the determination that the first condition is satisfied is received from the experience instruction device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An in-seat experience system comprising:
a seat, comprising:
a seat body installed in a car,
a sensor provided in the seat body, the sensor configured to acquire a measurement value for use in identifying motion of an occupant seated on the seat body, and
a seat controller connected to the sensor, the seat controller configured to acquire the measurement value from the sensor;

a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to acquire location information of the seat;
an experience instruction device connected to the seat controller, the experience instruction device having installed therein an experience application that is configured to notify an occupant seated on the seat body of a motion instruction and to provide an experience to the occupant,
wherein the experience instruction device is configured to store user identification information for use in identifying the occupant; and

a server configured to communicate with the experience instruction device,
wherein the experience instruction device is further configured to:
determine, based upon a measurement value from the sensor, as to whether or not a first condition is satisfied, after the experience provided by the experience application ends, and
transmit a result of the determination to the server when the first condition is satisfied,

wherein in response to a determination being made that the first condition is satisfied, the server or the experience instruction device acquires the location information of the seat from the GPS receiver, and the server or the experience instruction device determines that a second condition is satisfied if a distance traveled from a most recent location of the seat to a present location of the seat is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the most recent location being a location of the seat acquired a most recent time that a point score had increased,
wherein the server increases the point score stored for the corresponding user identification information if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, and does not increase the point score if the first condition is satisfied but the second condition is not satisfied, and

wherein the server or the experience instruction device resets the most recent location by setting the current location as the most recent location after the server increases the point score.

2. The in-seat experience system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seat body comprises an outer covering, and
wherein the sensor is a pressure sensor provided under the outer covering.

3. The in-seat experience system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the server stores fellowship of the occupant and a fellow user as association data indicating correlations between user identification information of the occupant and user identification information of the fellow user, and
wherein the server or the experience instruction device is further configured to:
determine, if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, whether or not a third condition is satisfied as to whether an in-seat experience is enjoyed simultaneously by the occupant and the fellow user, and
increase the point score if the third condition is satisfied.

4. The in-seat experience system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the server stores fellowship of the occupant and a fellow user as association data indicating correlations between user identification information of the occupant and user identification information of the fellow user, and
wherein the server or the experience instruction device is further configured to:
determine, when the first condition and the second condition are determined to be satisfied, whether or not a third condition that an in-seat experience being enjoyed simultaneously by the occupant and the fellow user is satisfied, and
increase the point score, if the third condition is satisfied, by a number of points greater than a number of points increased when the third condition is not satisfied.

5. The in-seat experience system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seat body comprises a seat cushion, a seat back, and a headrest, the seat body being formed by upholstering a seat frame with a pad and an outer covering,
wherein the seat frame comprises a cushion frame that constitutes a frame of the seat cushion, and a back frame that constitutes a frame of the seat back,
wherein the cushion frame comprises a pair of left and right cushion side frames, a pan frame, a rear frame, and a front frame, and
wherein a support member is provided between the pair of left and right cushion side frames and is configured to receive a load from the occupant seated on the seat body.

6. A method for manufacturing an in-seat experience system, the method comprising:
providing a seat comprising:
a seat body installed in a car,
a sensor provided in the seat body, the sensor configured to acquire a measurement value for use in identifying motion of an occupant seated on the seat body, and
a seat controller connected to the sensor, the seat controller configured to acquire the measurement value from the sensor;

providing a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to acquire location information of the seat;
providing an experience instruction device connected to the seat controller, the experience instruction device having installed therein an experience application that is configured to notify an occupant seated on the seat body of a motion instruction and to provide an experience to the occupant,
wherein the experience instruction device is configured to:
store user identification information for use in identifying the occupant;
providing a server configured to communicate with the experience instruction device;
determine, based upon a measurement value from the sensor, as to whether or not a first condition is satisfied, after the experience provided by the experience application ends, and
transmit a result of the determination to the server when the first condition is satisfied;

providing a server configured to communicate with the experience instruction device;

configuring the server or the experience instruction device to:
in response to a determination that the first condition is satisfied, acquire the location information of the seat from the GPS receiver, and
determine that a second condition is satisfied if a distance traveled from a most recent location of the seat to a present location of the seat is equal to or longer than a threshold value, the most recent location being a location of the seat acquired a most recent time that a point score had increased;

configuring the server to:
increase a point score stored for the corresponding user identification information if the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, and
not increase the point score if the first condition is satisfied but the second condition is not satisfied; and

further configuring the server or the experience instruction device to reset the most recent location by setting the current location as the most recent location after the server increases the point score.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kaku Hiroyuki
• Kaneda Satoru
• Kowa Munetaka
• Numajiri Hiroyuki
• Fujita Satoshi
• Miyoshi Takako
• Kusano Atsushi
• Hirose Ryuichiro
• Ito Yoshikazu
• HIGASHI Yousuke
• Suzuki Satoshi
• Sato Ryosuke
• UETAKE Kento

Classifications

• B60N2210/40

  Force or pressure sensors · CPC title

• B60N2210/30

  Temperature sensors · CPC title

• B60N2210/22

  Optical; Photoelectric; Lidar [Light Detection and Ranging] · CPC title

• B60N2210/12

  Capacitive; Electric field · CPC title

• B60N2/002 Primary

  Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon (detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266) · CPC title