IP Library Granted Patent US 12668179
Granted Patent B2
US 12668179 · App. 18/773,623 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Notification system and vehicle comprising notification system

Inventors: Takayoshi Ito (Tochigi, JP); Yuichiro Hoshi (Tochigi, JP); Kohei Kowata (Tochigi, JP); Hayato Shimazaki (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
B60Q9/00B60N2/002B60N2/0021G08B21/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12668179
App. No.
18/773,623
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a notification system that, when a user misplaces luggage or a mobile terminal on a seat, promptly notifies the user of the misplaced luggage or the misplaced mobile terminal. A notification system 1 includes a seat S; a luggage detection unit 31 that detects a presence of luggage on the seat or in the vicinity of the seat, the luggage being held by a user; a seating detection unit 32 that detects whether or not the user is seated on the seat; a notification unit 33 that notifies the user of presence or absence information of the luggage; and a control unit 20 that is connected to and controls the luggage detection unit and the notification unit. When the luggage detection unit detects the luggage after an elapse of a predetermined time from when the seating detection unit has detected that the user has left the seat, the control unit causes the notification unit to notify the user that the luggage has been detected.

Claims (72)

1 . A notification system, comprising:

a seat;

a control unit that stores reservation information of a user who reserved the seat;

a communication device capable of communicating with a communication terminal owned by the user;

a notification unit provided on the seat or in the vicinity of the seat and that notifies an information to the user;

a seating detection unit that detects whether or not the user is seated on the seat;

an accommodation portion provided in the vicinity of the seat in which the communication terminal can be placed; and

a luggage detection unit that detects a presence of the communication terminal in the accommodation portion,

wherein the control unit controls the communication device and the notification unit,

wherein the notification unit includes a seat lamp,

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp of the seat to emit light when the control unit receives a personal information for specifying the user from the communication terminal and the control unit compares the reservation information with the personal information and the personal information coincides with the reservation information,

wherein the control unit is configured to turn off the seat lamp when the seating is detected by the seating detection unit and the personal information received from the communication terminal owned by the user seated in the seat coincides the reservation information, and

wherein the control unit receives the personal information from the communication terminal when the luggage detection unit detects the communication terminal.

2 . The notification system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp to emit light of the same color as a color displayed on a screen of the user's communication terminal.

3 . The notification system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of the seats is provided,

wherein the control unit is configured to display a different color on a screen for each communication terminal when the personal information is simultaneously received from communication terminals of a plurality of users, and

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp of the seat reserved by the user to emit light of the same color as the color displayed on the screen of the user's communication terminal.

4 . The notification system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit notifies the user of a warning by using the notification unit when the personal information received from the communication device owned by the user seated in the seat differs from the reservation information.

5 . The notification system according to claim 4 ,

wherein the notification unit includes a display, a speaker, and vibration device, and

wherein the control unit notifies the user of the warning by using the notification unit in any one of a light, a sound, a vibration, and a message display.

6 . The notification system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, a headrest, an armrest, an ottoman, and a reclining mechanism.

7 . A notification system, comprising:

a seat;

a control unit that stores reservation information of a user who reserved the seat;

a communication device capable of communicating with a communication terminal owned by the user;

a notification unit provided on the seat or in the vicinity of the seat and that notifies an information to the user; and

a seating detection unit that detects whether or not the user is seated on the seat,

wherein the control unit controls the communication device and the notification unit,

wherein the notification unit includes a seat lamp,

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp of the seat to emit light when the control unit receives a personal information for specifying the user from the communication terminal and the control unit compares the reservation information with the personal information and the personal information coincides with the reservation information,

wherein the control unit is configured to turn off the seat lamp when the seating is detected by the seating detection unit and the personal information received from the communication terminal owned by the user seated in the seat coincides the reservation information,

wherein the control unit notifies the user of a warning by using the notification unit when the personal information received from the communication terminal owned by the user seated in the seat differs from the reservation information, and

wherein, when the control unit confirms that the user left the seat after the control unit notifies the user of the warning by using the notification unit, the control unit causes the seat lamp of the seat reserved by the user who left the seat to emit light.

8 . The notification system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp to emit light of the same color as a color displayed on a screen of the user's communication terminal.

9 . The notification system according to claim 7 ,

wherein a plurality of the seats is provided,

wherein the control unit is configured to display a different color on a screen for each communication terminal when the personal information is simultaneously received from communication terminals of a plurality of users, and

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp of the seat reserved by the user to emit light of the same color as the color displayed on the screen of the user's communication terminal.

10 . The notification system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the notification unit includes a display, a speaker, and vibration device, and

wherein the control unit notifies the user of the warning by using the notification unit in any one of a light, a sound, a vibration, and a message display.

11 . The notification system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, a headrest, an armrest, an ottoman, and a reclining mechanism.

12 . A notification system-according to claim 4 , comprising:

a seat;

a control unit that stores reservation information of a user who reserved the seat;

a communication device capable of communicating with a communication terminal owned by the user;

a notification unit provided on the seat or in the vicinity of the seat and that notifies an information to the user; and

a seating detection unit that detects whether or not the user is seated on the seat,

wherein the control unit controls the communication device and the notification unit,

wherein the notification unit includes a seat lamp,

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp of the seat to emit light when the control unit receives a personal information for specifying the user from the communication terminal and the control unit compares the reservation information with the personal information and the personal information coincides with the reservation information,

wherein the control unit is configured to turn off the seat lamp when the seating is detected by the seating detection unit and the personal information received from the communication terminal owned by the user seated in the seat coincides the reservation information,

wherein the control unit notifies the user of a warning by using the notification unit when the personal information received from the communication terminal owned by the user seated in the seat differs from the reservation information, and

wherein, when the control unit cannot confirm that user left the seat after the control unit notifies the user of the warning by using the notification unit, the control unit notifies the user of the waring by using the notification unit again.

13 . The notification system according to claim 12 ,

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp to emit light of the same color as a color displayed on a screen of the user's communication terminal.

14 . The notification system according to claim 12 ,

wherein a plurality of the seats is provided,

wherein the control unit is configured to display a different color on a screen for each communication terminal when the personal information is simultaneously received from communication terminals of a plurality of users, and

wherein the control unit causes the seat lamp of the seat reserved by the user to emit light of the same color as the color displayed on the screen of the user's communication terminal.

15 . The notification system according to claim 12 ,

wherein the notification unit includes a display, a speaker, and vibration device, and

wherein the control unit notifies the user of the warning by using the notification unit in any one of a light, a sound, a vibration, and a message display.

16 . The notification system according to claim 12 ,

wherein the seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, a headrest, an armrest, an ottoman, and a reclining mechanism.