Vehicle seat apparatus

1. A vehicle seat apparatus comprising:

drive mechanism for moving configuring elements of a vehicle seat using a motor drive, in order to adjust a posture;

control mechanism for controlling the operation of the drive mechanism;

a rotation sensor which outputs pulse signals synchronized with a motor rotation;

position detection mechanism for detecting a movement position of the configuring elements by counting pulse edges of the pulse signals according to the motor rotation direction; and

reverse rotation detection mechanism for estimating that a reverse rotation has occurred in the motor rotation, in a situation where the pulse edges are continuously detected after the motor drive is stopped, if the rotation direction is unchanged, in a case where a motor rotation speed indicated by the pulse edges after the stop becomes faster than the motor rotation speed before the motor drive is stopped.

2. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation sensor is to output the pulse signals generated by the pulse edges at ½ n rotation cycle, and

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation in a case where an interval between the two pulse edges continuously detected after the motor drive is stopped is wider than the interval from when the motor drive is stopped until the pulse edge first detected after the stop, and is narrower than the interval from the pulse edge lastly detected before the motor drive is stopped until the motor drive is stopped.

3. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rotation sensor is to output the pulse signals in which the pulse edges are generated at ½ rotation cycle, and

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation in a case where the interval between the two pulse edges continuously detected after the motor drive is stopped is narrower than the interval from the pulse edge lastly detected before the motor drive is stopped until the pulse edge first detected after the motor drive is stopped.

4. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the rotation sensor is to output the pulse signals in which the pulse edges are generated at ½ n rotation cycle, and

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation in a case where the interval between the two pulse edges continuously detected after the motor drive is stopped is narrower than the interval from the pulse edge lastly detected before the motor drive is stopped until the pulse edge first detected after the motor drive is stopped.

5. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, even in a case where it is determined that the reverse rotation does not occur in the motor rotation, by the presumption, based on the pulse edge first detected after the motor drive is stopped, in a case where among the intervals of the respective pulse edges continuously detected after the motor drive is stopped, the interval of the last edges most recently detected is narrower than the interval of the edges detected immediately before the interval of the last edges.

6. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, even in a case where it is determined that the reverse rotation does not occur in the motor rotation, by the presumption, based on the pulse edge first detected after the motor drive is stopped, in a case where among the intervals of the respective pulse edges continuously detected after the motor drive is stopped, the interval of the last edges most recently detected is narrower than the interval of the edges detected immediately before the interval of the last edges.

7. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, even in a case where it is determined that the reverse rotation does not occur in the motor rotation, by the presumption, based on the pulse edge first detected after the motor drive is stopped, in a case where among the intervals of the respective pulse edges continuously detected after the motor drive is stopped, the interval of the last edges most recently detected is narrower than the interval of the edges detected immediately before the interval of the last edges.

8. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, in a case where a combination of a rising edge and a falling edge continuously detected or a combination of the falling edge and the rising edge is set to be a purse width, in a case where the pulse width after the motor drive is stopped is narrower than the pulse width before the motor drive is stopped.

9. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, in a case where a combination of a rising edge and a falling edge continuously detected or a combination of the falling edge and the rising edge is set to be a pulse width, in a case where the pulse width after the motor drive is stopped is narrower than the pulse width before the motor drive is stopped.

10. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, in a case where a combination of a rising edge and a falling edge continuously detected or a combination of the falling edge and the rising edge is set to be a pulse width, in a case where the pulse width after the motor drive is stopped is narrower than the pulse width before the motor drive is stopped.

11. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, in a case where a combination of a rising edge and a falling edge continuously detected or a combination of the falling edge and the rising edge is set to be a pulse width, in a case where the pulse width after the motor drive is stopped is narrower than the pulse width before the motor drive is stopped.

12. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, in a case where a combination of a rising edge and a falling edge continuously detected or a combination of the falling edge and the rising edge is set to be a pulse width, in a case where the pulse width after the motor drive is stopped is narrower than the pulse width before the motor drive is stopped.

13. The vehicle seat apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the reverse rotation detection mechanism estimates that the reverse rotation occurs in the motor rotation, in a case where a combination of a rising edge and a falling edge continuously detected or a combination of the falling edge and the rising edge is set to be a pulse width, in a case where the pulse width after the motor drive is stopped is narrower than the pulse width before the motor drive is stopped.