JP2001071862A - Seat belt - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seat belt allowing use of a function useful for a driver wearing the seat belt, and allowing certain wear. SOLUTION: In this seat belt, electric leads 11 connected to a battery, a power generator and a signal transmitting/receiving source 20 are provided along a seat belt body 10, while a proper position of the seat belt body 10 is provided with an electric apparatus 12 such as a microphone connected to the electric leads 11 or a terminal part connecting the electric apparatus 12. Thereby, one side electric apparatus 20 at one ends of the electric leads 11 and the other side electric apparatus 12 at the other ends are appropriately combined to allow use of various electric apparatuses at portion near a driver.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a seat belt for an automobile or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in Japan, seat belts have been recognized as being used for take-off and landing of aircraft, or for use in playground equipment such as roller coasters, etc., and seat belts for automobiles are widely used. This has been the case recently. However, there are occasions when the user forgets to wear a seat belt, and recently, a device or the like has been proposed in which a warning lamp in a driver's seat flashes when the user does not wear a seat belt.

[0003] The above warning has a sufficient effect in that the user wears the seat belt without forgetting, but the warning is relatively weak such as blinking of a lamp, and a warning by a loud buzzer sound and power supply to the engine are provided. Mandatory warnings, such as blocking,
They could not be adopted because they hindered their comfort, and they were still unsatisfied with the secure wearing of seat belts.

In recent years, portable telephones (hereinafter referred to as mobile telephones) have rapidly become widespread, and traffic accidents caused by calls during driving have become a social problem. The traffic accident during the call is, of course, that one hand is restricted by the mobile phone and one-hand driving is performed, and the attention to the driving operation cannot be concentrated by a small operation of pressing a small button of the mobile phone.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, in view of the above circumstances, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem. First, it is an object of the present invention to enable a mobile phone to be used even when both hands are used for driving. In addition to the above, the cause of the accident caused by a mobile phone is that it is not possible to recommend a call using a mobile phone while driving, because it is possible that the user may be distracted by the contents of the call and unable to concentrate his attention on driving. By wearing a belt,
To provide a seatbelt that can be expected to be more reliably worn by a driver to generate a useful function, such as an advantage that a call can be safely made by a mobile phone or the like. Is the subject.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a seat belt body 10 having one end connected to one side of an electric device 2 such as a battery, a generator, an input or output terminal, or the like.
The other side electric device 12 such as a microphone connected to the electric line 11 or a terminal unit connecting the other side electric device 12 is provided at an appropriate position of the seat belt main body 10. The technical means which took the provision was taken.

Therefore, the seatbelt of the present invention can be configured such that various types of electrical devices are connected to the driver by appropriately combining the one-side electrical device 20 at one end of the electrical conductor 11 and the other-side electrical device 12 at the other end. It has the effect of being able to be used at a familiar part.

More specifically, if the other-side electrical device 12 is a microphone and the one-side electrical device 20 is a commercially available voice-activated navigator device (GPS device), the current position can be confirmed by voice, The present invention has an effect of obtaining information on a route to a destination and the like, and also has an effect of enabling a mobile telephone to talk without using hands.
In addition, the other-side electric device 12 is used as a switch for a wiper,
It is capable of operating a turn signal, etc., and also has the function of performing a braking operation (for assisting driving of persons with disabilities) in a close place close to the driver's body. It is.

Next, according to a second aspect of the present invention, a control panel 20a for controlling the one-side electric appliance 20 is fixed at an appropriate position, and is controlled by the control panel 20a or a signal is input to the control panel 20a. An electric wire 11 is provided along the seat belt body 10, and the other side electric device 12 such as a microphone connected to the electric wire 11 or a terminal portion connecting the other side electric device 12 is provided at an appropriate position on the seat belt body 10. The technical means which took the provision was taken.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the one-side electric device 20 controlled by the control panel 20a can be operated at the position of the seatbelt main body 10, and conversely, the other-side electric device 12 such as a speaker provided on the seatbelt main body 10 can be operated. An effect that can be controlled by the control panel 20a is exhibited.

Next, according to a third aspect of the present invention, an electric conductor 11 for connecting one end to one side electric device 20 such as a battery, a generator, an input or output terminal is provided along the seat belt main body 10, The other side electric device 12 such as a microphone connected to the electric wire 11 or a terminal portion connecting the other side electric device 12 is provided at an appropriate position of the seat belt main body 10, and a fitting for the hook 13 of the seat belt main body 10 is provided. 14 is provided with a sensor switch S1 for detecting the mounting of the hook 13, and the one-side electric device 20 and the other-side electric device are provided only when the sensor switch S1 detects that the hook 13 is mounted. In this case, technical means for closing the power supply circuit to the power supply circuit 12 are taken.

Therefore, the present invention provides the above-described additional function only when the seat belt body 10 is securely worn, that is, only when the sensor switch S1 detects that the hook 13 has been attached to the metal fitting 14. Are available.

Next, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a connection terminal 21 for connecting a mobile telephone 40 to a vehicle and a reception speaker of the mobile telephone 40 connected to a reception speaker of the mobile telephone 40 can be heard. Control panel 20a having speaker 22
Is fixed to an appropriate place, and the other end of the electric wire 11 having one end connected to the transmission microphone terminal of the mobile telephone 40 is provided along the seat belt main body 10. This is a technical measure in which a microphone 12a capable of making a telephone call with the telephone 40 is connected.

Therefore, the seatbelt of the present invention is constructed such that the microphone 12a of the mobile telephone 40 is
Is provided at the position of the chest, so that transmission can be performed by the microphone 12a and reception can be performed by the speaker 22 of the control panel 20a, so that a call can be made without holding the mobile telephone 40.

Next, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a connection terminal 21 for connecting a mobile telephone 40 to a vehicle and a reception speaker of the mobile telephone 40 connected to a reception speaker of the mobile telephone 40 can be heard. A control panel 20b having a speaker 22 and a microcomputer C2 having a voice recognition circuit C1 and controlling the mobile phone 40 by voice commands is provided, and one end is connected to a transmission microphone terminal of the mobile phone 40. The other end of the electric wire 11 is made to extend along the seat belt main body 10, and a microphone 12a that can be transmitted by the mobile phone 40 is connected to an appropriate position of the seat belt main body 10, and the microphone 12a is used for voice input of the microcomputer C2. This is a technical measure that has been used for both purposes.

Therefore, the present invention has a need to separately develop a microcomputer C2 having the voice recognition circuit C1 and controlling the mobile phone 40 by voice commands, but the mobile phone is moved by the microphone 12a attached to the chest. The present invention has an effect that the mobile phone 40 can be operated entirely by voice.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a seat belt body. It is needless to say that a conventionally known seat belt body 10 may be used, and the illustrated example is the most general one, and one end is fixed to an appropriate fixing portion such as one of the left and right ends of a seat (not shown). ing. The other end of the seat belt main body 10 is folded back by a guide ring 16 fixed diagonally above the seat, pulled into the vehicle body, and wound up or down so as to be able to enter and exit a certain size. A hook body 13 is movably attached to the seat belt body 10 to guide the seat belt body 10, and the hook body 13 is fixed to a seat opposite to the fixed belt 10b.
, So that it can be removably engaged with.

Therefore, the knee (waist) of the person sitting on the seat
A part of the seat belt body 10 having one end fixed on the upper side passes from the left and right sides to the other side, is folded back by the hook body 13 on the other side of the seated person, and faces obliquely upward in front of the chest. The other end of the seat belt body 10 is located above one of the left and right shoulders of the person sitting on the seat, and is drawn into the vehicle body to be stopped.

The present invention relates to the seat belt body 10.
In addition, an electric conducting wire 11 having one end connected to one-side electric device 20 such as a battery, a generator, an input or output terminal is provided along the electric conductor 11. Usually, two electric wires 11 constitute a circuit, but it goes without saying that one or three or more electric wires may be used. Although it is desirable to embed or weave the electric conducting wire 11 in the seat belt main body 10, it may be provided along the outer surface of the seat belt main body 10 by appropriate means such as sewing or tightening.

The other portion of the seat belt body 10 is provided with a second electrical device 12 such as a microphone connected to the electrical conductor 11 or a terminal portion for connecting the other electrical device 12. As described above, the seatbelt body 10 passes through various places close to the person sitting on the seat. First, the outer portions of both knees are portions that do not hinder the driving operation at all, and do not restrict the movement of the driver. However, it is easy to move a hand to this portion, and this portion is suitable for fixing a manually operated electric device such as a switch. Further, since the part near the chest is close to the mouth, it is suitable for fixing the microphone 12a and the like. Further, the part above the shoulder is suitable for fixing speakers and the like because it is close to the ear.

Therefore, if the one-side electric device 20 and the other-side electric device 12 are appropriately selected from switches, speakers, microphones, radios, navigation devices, etc., each of the seatbelt bodies 10 close to the driver can be used. It is possible to operate the one-side electric device 20 at the site and to know the result of the one-side electric device 20, thereby enabling more comfortable driving.

As described above, the embodiment of the present invention is, as described above, a navigation device for a vehicle corresponding to voice input to which GPS is applied as the one-side electric device 20 and a one-side electric device as the other-side electric device 12. If you select a microphone to be connected to 20, when you tell the destination etc. with the microphone, a map will be displayed, the current location display and route information etc. will be obtained by voice, so it is necessary to release your hand from the steering wheel of the car There is no property, and it can contribute to safe handling. Note that the electric device 12 is not attached in advance, and a terminal portion for connecting the other electric device 12 is provided.
It is needless to say that may be connected.

Next, according to a second aspect of the present invention, a control panel 20a for controlling the one-side electric appliance 20 is fixed at an appropriate position, and is controlled by the control panel 20a or a signal is input to the control panel 20a. An electric wire 11 is provided along the seat belt body 10, and the other side electric device 12 such as a microphone connected to the electric wire 11 or a terminal portion connecting the other side electric device 12 is provided at an appropriate position on the seat belt body 10. Is provided.

That is, the other side of the electric equipment 12 such as a microphone is connected to one end of the electric conductor 11.
However, in many cases, the other end of the electric conductor 11 cannot be directly connected to the other electric device 20. Therefore, the one-side electric device 20 and the other-side electric device 12 can be connected by interposing the energization control panel 20a.

The simplest energization control panel 20a can be an amplifier (different from the illustrated example). The energization control panel 20a is provided with a line-in terminal and an amplifier circuit. When the electric conductor 11 is connected, a speaker provided at the ear at the other end of the electric conductor 11 is connected as the other electric device 12, and a CD player is connected to the line terminal as the one electric device 20. You can listen to music and the like at a low volume near the ear. It should be noted that a sound source with a low volume at the ear can make it easier to hear a necessary external sound such as salen of an emergency car, rather than listening to music at a high volume with an existing in-vehicle speaker.

Next, according to a third aspect of the present invention, an electric conductor 11 for connecting one end to one side electric device 20 such as a battery, a generator, an input or output terminal is provided along the seat belt main body 10, It is the same as claim 1 that the other side electric device 12 such as a microphone connected to the electric conducting wire 11 or the terminal portion connecting the other side electric device 12 is provided at an appropriate position of the seat belt main body 10.

According to the present invention, the metal fittings 14 of the hooks 13 of the seat belt main body 10 are provided with a sensor switch S1 for detecting the mounting of the hooks 13, and the hook 13 is mounted on the metal fittings 14. Sensor switch S
Only when the detection is made in step 1, the circuit for energizing the one-side electric device 20 and the other-side electric device 12 is closed. The sensor switch S1 only needs to output as an electric signal that the hook 13 is securely mounted on the receiving fitting 14, and a reed switch is used on the receiving fitting 14 side, and the hook side is connected to the hook switch by proximity. Conventionally known various switches such as those using a permanent magnet (not shown) for closing the reed switch may be used.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the electric devices 20,
Reference numeral 12 denotes a seat belt main body 10 which can be used for the first time by wearing the seat belt main body 10. By wearing the seat belt main body 10, a new function is added so that the seat belt can be easily and securely mounted. Things.

Next, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a connection terminal 21 for connecting a mobile telephone 40 to a vehicle and a reception speaker of the mobile telephone 40 connected to a reception speaker of the mobile telephone 40 can be heard. Control panel 20a having speaker 22
Is fixed to an appropriate place, and the other end of the electric wire 11 having one end connected to the transmission microphone terminal of the mobile telephone 40 is provided along the seat belt main body 10. A microphone 12a capable of making a call with the telephone 40 is connected.

That is, since the mobile telephone 40 used as the one-side electric device 20 of the first to third aspects is provided with a terminal for connecting the connection terminal 21 in advance, the use of this terminal enables the use of the terminal. The mobile phone 40 can perform almost all operations by external signals. Therefore, the control panel 20
By connecting the mobile telephone 40 to a, the mobile telephone 40 can be controlled by the control panel 20a.

The control panel 20a has a call start and call end on / off switch 24 and a volume controller 25. When the call start and end call on / off switch 24 is pressed when an incoming call is received, the speaker 22 I can hear the other party's voice more. Note that this speaker 2
Although 2 is provided on the control panel 20a, it is practically the same whether another speaker in the vehicle is used or the seatbelt body 10 receives it separately.

The voice of the driver is inputted to the mobile telephone 40 from the microphone 12a. When the call ends, the call starts again and the call ends.
When the off switch 24 is pressed, the power of the mobile phone 40 is turned off.

By the way, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a call is received, the call can be made without using hands only by operating the call start / end switch ON / OFF switch 24. However, with this device, it is not possible to make a telephone call without using a hand. When making a telephone call, the mobile telephone 40 is used to make a telephone call in a normal operation, and when connected to the other party, the mobile telephone is set on the control panel 20a. Therefore, in the following invention of claim 5, these operations can be performed without using a hand.

That is, according to the invention of claim 5, the connection terminal 21 which can connect the mobile telephone 40 to the vehicle, and the mobile telephone 4 which is connected to the receiving speaker 40 of the mobile telephone.
And a voice recognition circuit C.
1, a control panel 20b having a microcomputer C2 for controlling the mobile phone 40 by voice commands.

The control panel 20b has a voice recognition circuit C1, and sends voice commands to the microcomputer C2.
Can be ordered. The microcomputer C2 executes various operations by voice. The power of the mobile phone 40 is turned on and off, and the same command is executed by pressing the number button. Of course there is.

The other end of the electric wire 11 having one end connected to the transmission microphone terminal of the mobile telephone 40 is moved along the seat belt main body 10, and the mobile telephone 40 transmits a signal to an appropriate position of the seat belt main body 10. Microphone 12a that can be
Is connected to "the same as in claim 4, but in the present invention, the microphone 12a is also used as the voice input of the microcomputer C2. Therefore, in the present invention, only the voice is used. All functions of the mobile phone 40 can be used, and both hands can always be used only for driving.

In the drawing, reference numeral 17 denotes the seat belt main body 10.
, A power supply plug, and C3 a power supply circuit. And FIG.
In this example, the power plug and the sensor switch S1 are connected in series, but it goes without saying that the signal of the sensor switch S1 may be processed by the power circuit C3.

[0038]

As described above, the first aspect of the present invention is as described above.
According to the seat belts described in Nos. 5 to 5, a new function of using a new electric appliance without using a hand is added, which helps to actively wear the seat belt, and also uses no hands, so that the vehicle can be safely driven. A useful seat belt can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a seat belt of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view including a partial circuit diagram of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Seat belt main body 10a Fixed belt 10b Fixed belt 11 Electrical lead wire 12 Electrical equipment 12a Microphone 13 Hook body 14 Hook receiver 15 Buckle 20 Control board 20a Control board 20b Control board 21 Connecting terminal 22 Speaker 24 Call start / end on / off switch 25 Volume controller 40 Mobile phone C1 Voice recognition circuit C2 Microcomputer S1 Sensor switch

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) B60R 22/48 B60R 22/48 E (72) Inventor Masatoshi Hoshi ▲ Toku ▼ Minamiyukiya 5-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo No. 12 (72) Inventor Kizo Fushimi 1-15-2 Kutera Family, Abiko-shi, Chiba F-term (reference) 3D018 BA05 QA02

Claims (5)

[Claims] An electric lead (11) connecting one end to one side electric equipment (20) such as a battery, a generator, an input or output terminal, and the like is provided on a seat belt body (10) along the seat belt. A seatbelt provided with an electric device (12) on the other side such as a microphone connected to the electric wire (11) or a terminal unit for connecting the electric device (12) on the other side at an appropriate position on the main body (10). 2. A control panel (20a) for controlling the one-side electric appliance (20) is fixed at an appropriate position.
a) or an electric lead (11) for inputting a signal to the control panel (20a) is provided along the seat belt body (10). The other-side electric device (12) such as a microphone connected to the conducting wire (11) or the other-side electric device (1)
2) A seat belt provided with a terminal portion for connecting the seat belt. 3. An electric lead (11) connecting one end to one side electric equipment (20) such as a battery, a generator, an input or output terminal, and the like, is provided on the seat belt main body (10) along the seat belt. The other side electric device (12) such as a microphone connected to the electric wire (11) or a terminal portion connecting the other side electric device (12) is provided at an appropriate position of the main body (10). A sensor switch (S1) for detecting the mounting of the hook (13) is provided on the receiving member (14) of the hook (13) of 10), and it is determined that the hook (13) is mounted on the receiving member (14). A seatbelt that closes a current supply circuit to the one-side electric device (20) and the other-side electric device (12) only when detected by the sensor switch (S1). 4. A connection terminal (21) for connecting a mobile telephone (40) in a vehicle and a reception speaker of the mobile telephone (40) connected to a receiving speaker of the mobile telephone (40) so that a reception sound of the mobile telephone (40) can be heard. Control panel (20a) having speaker (22)
And the other end of the electric wire (11) having one end connected to the transmission microphone terminal of the mobile phone (40) is connected to the seat belt body (1).
A seatbelt provided along 0) and connected to a microphone (12a) capable of communicating with the mobile phone (40) at an appropriate position of the seatbelt body (10). 5. A connection terminal (21) for connecting a mobile telephone (40) in a vehicle, and a reception sound of the mobile telephone (40) connected to a receiving speaker of the mobile telephone (40). A control panel (20b) having a speaker (22) and a microcomputer (C2) having a voice recognition circuit (C1) and controlling the mobile phone (40) by voice commands.
And the other end of the electric wire (11) having one end connected to the transmission microphone terminal of the mobile phone (40) is connected to the seat belt body (1).
0), the microphone (1) which can be transmitted by the mobile phone (40) is put in place of the seat belt body (10).
2a), wherein the microphone (12a) is also used for voice input of the microcomputer (C2).