IP Library Granted Patent US 11,932,151
Granted Patent B2
US 11,932,151 · App. 17/421,866 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Partition opening/closing system

Inventor: Shota Ushiro (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
B60N2/91B60N2/90B60N3/00B60N5/00
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Patent No.
US 11,932,151
App. No.
17/421,866
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provision or non-provision of partitions is changeable in correspondence with the presence or absence of occupants in a vehicle. A partition opening/closing system is provided with a partition opening/closing determination unit and a partition drive unit. The partition drive unit is a drive device that drives opening and closing of partitions. Partitions are opened and closed between a plurality of seats provided in the vehicle. The partition opening/closing determination unit is a control unit that determines the necessity for opening/closing of partitions. Information indicating at least one of scheduled boarding and scheduled alighting of the vehicle by occupants is used in this determination.

Claims (9)

1. A partition opening/closing system comprising:

a drive device; and

a control device,

wherein the drive device drives opening/closing of a partition between a plurality of seats provided in a vehicle, and

the control device determines a necessity for the opening/closing, using information indicating at least one of scheduled boarding and scheduled alighting of the vehicle by occupants.

2. The partition opening/closing system according to claim 1 , wherein the control device decides the seat in which the occupants will sit, using the information.

3. The partition opening/closing system according to claim 2 , wherein, if a second of the occupants is not scheduled to sit in a second of the seats adjacent to a first of the seats in which a first of the occupants sits, the partition between the first of the seats and the second of the seats is not closed.

4. The partition opening/closing system according to claim 2 , wherein the opening/closing of the partition in correspondence with a situation in which the occupant who is scheduled to board the vehicle is seated ends before the occupant who is scheduled to board boards the vehicle.

5. The partition opening/closing system according to claim 3 , wherein the opening/closing of the partition in correspondence with a situation in which the occupant who is scheduled to board the vehicle is seated ends before the occupant who is scheduled to board boards the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2021
From: USHIRO, SHOTA
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-003410 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220105847A1 · Apr 7, 2022