In-seat experience system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12304358-B2
Application number	US-202418765973-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2024
Priority date	Jun 7, 2018
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

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;

an experience instruction device connected to the seat controller, the experience instruction device having installed therein an application that is configured to notify an occupant seated on the seat body of a motion instruction,
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, after the motion instruction is notified, whether or not a first condition is satisfied based upon a measurement value from the sensor,
wherein in response to the determination being made that the first condition is satisfied:
the experience instruction device transmits a result of the determination to the server; and
the server or the experience instruction device determines that a second condition is satisfied when a period of time during which motion of the occupant is smaller than a predetermined scale, as determined from the measurement value of the sensor, is equal to or longer than a predetermined period of time, and

wherein the server increases a 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.

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 2 ,
wherein the experience instruction device determines that the first condition is satisfied when a step count, as determined from measurement values of the sensor, is equal to or more than a predetermined step count.

4. The in-seat experience system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the server or the experience instruction device determines that the second condition is satisfied when a criterial time period, determined as an accumulated period of time during which variations of measurement values of the sensor fall within a range narrower than a predetermined range, is equal to or longer than the predetermined period of time.

5. The in-seat experience system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the server or the experience instruction device determines that the second condition is satisfied when a criterial time period, determined as a continuous period of time during which variations of measurement values of the sensor fall within a range narrower than a predetermined range, is equal to or longer than the predetermined period of time.

6. The in-seat experience system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the server or the experience instruction device resets the critical time period after the server increases the point score.

7. 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 being enjoyed simultaneously by the occupant and the fellow user, and
increase the point score if the third condition is satisfied.

8. 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 being enjoyed simultaneously by the occupant and the fellow user, and
to 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.

9. 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.

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

• B60N2/0033

  mounted on or in the foam cushion · CPC title

• B60N2230/20

  Wireless data transmission · CPC title

• B60N2/0027

  for detecting the position of the occupant or of occupant's body part · CPC title

• B60N2/0029

  for detecting the motion of the occupant · CPC title