JP2006027557A - Blower - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blower having an effect capable of improving driving comfortability of an occupant. <P>SOLUTION: This blower 10 is furnished with an acceleration detecting means 11 to detect acceleration of a vehicle, an operating state detecting means 12 to detect an operating state of a driver to operate an operating apparatus of the vehicle, a navigation means 13 to guide a route of the vehicle from a point of departure to a point of destination, an image pickup means 14 to pick up an image of an environment where the vehicle moves, a behavior detecting means 15 to detect behavior of the vehicle, a wind generating means to generate wind in the cabin of the vehicle and a control means 17 to control operation of the wind generating means 16 in accordance with the behavior of the vehicle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a blower that is mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle, an aircraft, a ship, and the like and sends wind to a passenger.

  Conventionally, as an apparatus for improving the riding comfort of a vehicle, a device as shown in Patent Document 1 is known. Patent Document 1 discloses a headrest that is swingably provided on the back of a vehicle seat so that the head of the passenger is tilted in the turning direction of the vehicle according to the turning state when the vehicle is turning. By swinging the vehicle in the turning direction of the vehicle and suppressing the shaking of the occupant's body, motion sickness is prevented and the ride comfort is improved.

  However, since what is shown in Patent Document 1 is a configuration in which the headrest is inclined only in the turning direction of the vehicle, there is a problem that it cannot cope with a swing in the direction other than the turning direction, for example, the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. In order to solve this problem, for example, an apparatus as shown in Patent Document 2 has been proposed.

The one disclosed in Patent Document 2 is provided with a display device that shows the vehicle turning left and right, acceleration / deceleration, etc., and makes the passenger grasp and predict the operation of the vehicle to prevent motion sickness. It is intended to improve.
JP-A-7-252 (page 2-3, FIG. 1) JP 2002-154350 A (2nd page, FIG. 1)

  However, in the device disclosed in Patent Document 2, the display device is provided separately from a device that the passenger views while the vehicle is running, for example, an in-vehicle television, and the display of this display device is always visible to the passenger. Because it is a configuration that makes it possible to grasp the right / left turn, acceleration / deceleration, etc. of the vehicle, it is difficult for the passenger to visually recognize the display on the display device when the passenger is watching the broadcast program on the in-vehicle TV, and the ride comfort can be improved. There was no problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a blower device that can improve the ride comfort of a passenger.

  The blower according to the present invention includes a behavior detecting unit that detects the behavior of the moving body, a wind generating unit that generates a wind in a room of the moving body, and a control unit that controls the operation of the wind generating unit based on the behavior. It has the composition provided with.

  With this configuration, in the blower of the present invention, the control unit controls the operation of the wind generation unit based on the behavior detected by the behavior detection unit, and the wind generation unit uses the behavior based wind to board the moving body. Therefore, the behavior of the moving body can be transmitted to the passenger without making it visible, and the passenger can be moved according to the behavior, and the ride comfort of the passenger can be improved.

  Moreover, the air blower of this invention is equipped with the acceleration detection means to detect the acceleration of the said mobile body, and the said behavior detection means has the structure which detects the said behavior based on the said acceleration.

  With this configuration, since the behavior detecting means detects the behavior based on the acceleration, the air blower of the present invention responds to the occupant with the behavior based on the acceleration generated during acceleration / deceleration or right / left turn of the moving body. It can be moved, and the ride comfort of the passenger can be improved.

  Furthermore, the blower device of the present invention includes an operation state detection unit that detects an operation state when the driver of the moving body operates the steering device of the moving body, and the behavior detection unit is based on the operation state. And detecting the behavior.

  With this configuration, the air blower of the present invention detects the behavior based on the operation state of the operating device operated by the driver, so that the behavior board is boarded by the wind based on the driver's handle operation, accelerator operation, or the like. The person can be made to move according to the behavior, and the ride comfort of the passenger can be improved.

  Furthermore, the blower of the present invention includes navigation means for guiding a route from the starting point of the moving body to the destination of the moving body, and the behavior detecting means detects the behavior based on the information on the route. It has the composition to do.

  With this configuration, the air blower of the present invention detects the behavior based on the route information, so that the behavior detecting means detects a road or route that is being guided, or a road or route that is not guided around the moving body. The passenger can move according to the behavior by the wind based on the behavior caused by the situation, and the ride comfort of the passenger can be improved.

  Furthermore, the air blower according to the present invention includes an imaging unit that images an environment in which the moving body moves, and the behavior detection unit has a configuration that detects the behavior based on information on the environment.

  With this configuration, the air blower of the present invention detects the behavior based on the environmental information, so the behavior detection unit responds to the behavior by the wind based on the behavior caused by road conditions and the presence or absence of obstacles. It can be moved, and the ride comfort of the passenger can be improved. In addition, since the information actually captured is used, even when the information on the route or the road is wrong, the behavior can be detected more accurately.

  Further, in the blower device of the present invention, the wind generating means has a blow-out part that blows out the wind into the room, and the control means performs a blowing operation and a blowing stop operation of the blowing part according to the behavior. It has the structure controlled for every blowing part.

  With this configuration, the air blower of the present invention controls the blowout operation and the blowout stop operation of the blowout unit according to the behavior, and therefore blows out the wind from the blowout unit or stops blowing out the wind. Thus, the passenger can be moved according to the behavior, and the ride comfort of the passenger can be improved.

  Furthermore, the air blower according to the present invention has a configuration in which the control means sets the strength of the wind based on the behavior.

  With this configuration, in the blower device of the present invention, the control means sets the wind intensity based on the behavior, so that the passenger can move according to the behavior depending on the wind intensity. Can be improved.

  Furthermore, the air blower of the present invention has a configuration in which the control means sets the direction of the wind based on the behavior.

  With this configuration, the air blower of the present invention sets the direction of the wind based on the behavior, so that the passenger can move according to the behavior according to the direction of the wind, and the ride comfort of the passenger Can be improved.

  Furthermore, the blower device of the present invention includes behavior storage means for storing the behavior data, and the control means includes the current behavior detected by the behavior detection means and the past behavior stored by the behavior storage means. Based on the predicted future behavior and controlling the operation of the wind generating means based on the predicted future behavior.

  With this configuration, the air blower of the present invention predicts the future behavior based on the current behavior and the past behavior, and controls the operation of the wind generating means based on the predicted future behavior. In addition, the driver's heel can be acquired and the behavior of the moving body can be accurately transmitted to the occupant to move according to the behavior, and the ride comfort of the occupant of the vehicle can be improved.

  The present invention can provide an air blower having an effect of improving the ride comfort of a passenger.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the example which mounts the air blower of this invention in a vehicle is given and demonstrated.

(First embodiment)
First, the structure of the air blower of the 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the blower device 10 of the present embodiment includes an acceleration detection means 11 that detects the acceleration of the vehicle, and an operation state that detects an operation state when the driver of the vehicle operates the steering device of the vehicle. Detection means 12, navigation means 13 for guiding a route from the departure point of the vehicle to the destination of the vehicle, imaging means 14 for imaging the environment in which the vehicle moves, behavior detection means 15 for detecting the behavior of the vehicle, Wind generating means 16 for generating wind in the interior of the vehicle and control means 17 for controlling the operation of the wind generating means 16 based on the behavior of the vehicle are provided.

  The acceleration detection means 11 is comprised by the sensor which detects the acceleration of at least 1 direction among the left-right, up-down, front-back direction of a vehicle, for example. Specifically, the acceleration detecting means 11 includes, for example, a speed sensor that detects acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle, an acceleration sensor that detects the acceleration of the vehicle, an angular velocity sensor that detects the angular velocity of the vehicle, and a shaking sensor that detects the shaking frequency of the vehicle. Etc., and at least one sensor.

  The operation state detection means 12 detects the operation state of the steering device operated by the driver of the vehicle, for example, the state of the steering wheel operation, the accelerator operation, the brake operation, the engine brake operation, the shift change operation, the blinker operation, the hazard operation, etc. A sensor, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like are included.

  The navigation means 13 includes a GPS receiving unit that receives radio waves from a GPS (Global Positioning System), a current position acquiring unit that acquires vehicle speed and current position based on latitude and longitude data acquired by the GPS receiving unit, and departure of the vehicle An input unit for inputting a destination and a destination, a storage unit for storing road information, a route guidance unit for searching and guiding a route from the departure point of the vehicle to the destination, a display unit for displaying the route to be guided, and a route by voice It is composed of a voice output unit for guiding.

  Here, the road information includes, for example, an angle formed by a traveling road and a road turning left and right, road curvature, road inclination angle, road bank angle, road surface condition, road width, presence of traffic lights, right turn lane, Information on whether or not the vehicle is traveling on a left turn lane. The navigation means 13 can provide this road information to the behavior detection means 15 regardless of whether the vehicle is being guided.

  The imaging means 14 is comprised by the camera apparatus, for example, and images the predetermined range ahead of a vehicle.

  The behavior detection unit 15 includes an image processing circuit, a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and detects the behavior of the vehicle based on information acquired by the acceleration detection unit 11, the operation state detection unit 12, the navigation unit 13, and the imaging unit 14. It comes to detect. Here, the behavior of the vehicle refers to operations such as turning left and right of the vehicle and acceleration / deceleration.

  That is, the behavior detection unit 15 is imaged by the vehicle acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit 11, the operation state of the steering device detected by the operation state detection unit 12, road information acquired from the navigation unit 13, and the imaging unit 14. The behavior of the vehicle is acquired based on at least one of the road information acquired by performing image processing on the captured image. For example, the behavior detection unit 15 detects that the vehicle is accelerated when the acceleration detection unit 11 acquires acceleration in the forward direction of the vehicle.

  The wind generating means 16 includes a blower fan and a blowing unit, and as shown in FIG. 2, for example, wind is sent from four blowing units 16a to 16d into the vehicle interior. The installation positions of the blowing parts 16a to 16d in FIG. 2 are based on the premise that the wind is sent to the front and rear and the left and right directions of the passenger seated on the seat 18 at the rear of the vehicle, but is not limited to this. It is not something. Further, the number of the blowout portions is not limited to four, and at least one is sufficient. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which reduces the cost of the wind generation means 16 by comprising the wind generation means 16 by diverting the air conditioner with which the vehicle is equipped as it is, or changing or adding the blowing part of an air conditioner. .

  The control means 17 is composed of a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the operation of the wind generation means 16 based on the behavior of the vehicle detected by the behavior detection means 15. Hereinafter, three examples will be described.

  As a first example, the control means 17 is configured to set a blowing part for sending wind into the vehicle interior to any one of the blowing parts 16a to 16d based on the behavior of the vehicle.

  Specifically, for example, when the behavior of the vehicle is acceleration, the control unit 17 generates wind from the blowing unit 16a and does not generate wind from the other blowing units 16b to 16d. Similarly, the control means 17 generates wind from the blowing part 16b when the vehicle behavior is decelerating, and generates wind from the blowing part 16c when the vehicle behavior is traveling in the left direction. When the air travels in the right direction, wind is generated from the blowing portion 16d. The relationship between the behavior of the vehicle and the blowing parts 16a to 16d is not limited to these. For example, the control means 17 generates wind from the blowing part 16a when the vehicle decelerates, and the vehicle accelerates. It is good also as a structure which generates a wind from the blowing part 16b when doing.

  As a second example, the control means 17 sets the intensity of the wind sent from the blowing parts 16a to 16d based on the behavior of the vehicle.

  Specifically, for example, the control means 17 increases the strength of the wind sent from the blowing parts 16a to 16d as the rate of change of the acceleration value during acceleration / deceleration or right / left turn of the vehicle increases. . Note that the relationship between the rate of change of the acceleration value and the wind intensity is not limited to this. For example, the control means 17 may reduce the wind intensity as the rate of change of the acceleration value is larger. Further, a threshold value may be provided for the acceleration value, and the control means 17 may be configured to control the wind generation means 16 so as not to send wind when the acceleration value is equal to or less than the threshold value.

  As a third example, the control means 17 sets the direction of the wind sent from the blowing parts 16a to 16d based on the behavior of the vehicle.

  Specifically, the control means 17 causes the wind to flow from 45 degrees left front of the passenger to 45 degrees right rear when the vehicle turns to the left front at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the traveling road. Wind is generated from the blowing portions 16a and 16c with the same air volume. Further, when the vehicle turns to the left at an angle of, for example, 90 degrees with respect to the traveling road, the control means 17 causes the wind to blow out only from the blowing portion 16c so that the wind flows from the left to the right of the passenger. It has become. The relationship between the behavior of the vehicle and the direction of the wind is not limited to this, and the relationship between the two may be arbitrarily determined.

  Next, operation | movement of the air blower 10 of this Embodiment is demonstrated.

  First, as shown in FIG. 3, the behavior detection means 15 detects the current behavior of the vehicle (step S11).

  For example, the behavior detection unit 15 includes vehicle left-right acceleration information detected by the acceleration detection unit 11, vehicle steering angle information acquired by the operation state detection unit 12, and vehicle front output by the navigation unit 13. The rate of change of the acceleration value when the vehicle turns right or left is detected based on the road shape information. Here, the behavior detecting unit 15 acquires road shape information in front of the vehicle from the image in front of the vehicle imaged by the imaging unit 14, and based on the acquired road shape information, the acceleration value at the time of turning right or left of the vehicle. The rate of change may be detected.

  Further, the behavior detecting means 15 outputs the acceleration information in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle detected by the acceleration detecting means 11, the accelerator opening information and brake operation information acquired by the operation state detecting means 12, and the navigation means 13. Based on the vehicle speed information and the like, the rate of change of the acceleration value during acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle is detected. Note that a plurality of objects whose distance intervals are known are imaged by the imaging unit 14, and the behavior detection unit 15 calculates the current speed of the vehicle based on the travel time between the objects captured by the imaging unit 14, and The rate of change of the acceleration value at the time of acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle may be detected based on the current speed.

  Next, the wind generation location, intensity, and direction are determined by the control unit 17 according to the current behavior detected by the behavior detection unit 15 (step S12).

  And the wind according to the generation | occurrence | production location, intensity | strength, and direction which were determined in step S12 is generated by the wind generation means 16 (step S13). For example, when the vehicle turns to the left at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the traveling road, the wind generating means 16 blows the wind only from the blowing portion 16c so that the wind flows from the left to the right of the passenger.

  As described above, according to the blower device 10 of the present embodiment, the behavior detecting unit 15 detects the behavior of the vehicle, and the control unit 17 controls the operation of the wind generating unit 16 based on the behavior of the vehicle. Since the vehicle behavior is notified to the passengers by the wind, the vehicle behavior can be transmitted to the passengers without making them visible, and the movements according to the behavior can be improved, improving the ride comfort of the vehicle passengers. Can be made.

  Moreover, according to the air blower 10 of this Embodiment, it can transmit to a passenger | crew and make a motion according to a behavior, without making the behavior of a vehicle visually recognized, Therefore TV (Television) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) ) And the like can be viewed by the passenger while the ride comfort of the vehicle passenger can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 17 has been described by taking an example in which the setting of the blowing units 16a to 16d and the setting of the wind intensity and the wind direction are described, but the present invention is limited to this. The same effect can be obtained by setting at least one of these three items.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the behavior detection unit 15 has been described with an example in which a behavior is detected based on information from the acceleration detection unit 11, the operation state detection unit 12, the navigation unit 13, and the imaging unit 14. The present invention is not limited to this, and the same effect can be obtained by detecting the behavior of the vehicle based on at least one of these four.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, although the example which mounts the air blower 10 in a vehicle was given and demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this, Even if it mounts in moving bodies other than a vehicle, the same effect is obtained. can get.

  Further, the behavior detection unit 15 may be configured to detect information on obstacles around the host vehicle such as a parallel vehicle or an oncoming vehicle from the image captured by the imaging unit 14. In this case, the control means 17 sets the blowing parts 16a to 16d and the wind intensity and direction based on the obstacle information detected by the behavior detection means 15, and the wind generation means 16 is controlled by the control means 17. Wind is generated according to the determined settings of the blowing parts 16a to 16d, the wind intensity, and the direction setting. With this configuration, the blower 10 can promptly inform the driver of the danger of approaching the host vehicle, prevent sudden steering, sudden braking, and the like, and can assist the driver in safe driving. In addition, with this configuration, the blower 10 can notify the passenger of the danger of approaching the host vehicle and can move according to the situation, thereby improving the ride comfort of the passenger of the vehicle. As the obstacle detection means, in addition to the imaging means 14 described above, a radar that detects an obstacle by electromagnetic waves, ultrasonic waves, or the like may be used.

(Second Embodiment)
First, the structure of the air blower of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. However, about the structure similar to the air blower 10 (refer FIG. 1) of the 1st Embodiment of this invention, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the blower device 20 of the present embodiment includes a behavior storage unit 21 that stores vehicle behavior data detected by the behavior detection unit 15, and a wind generation unit 16 based on the vehicle behavior. And control means 22 for controlling the operation.

  The behavior storage means 21 is constituted by, for example, a RAM, and receives behavior data from the behavior detection means 15 and stores it at a predetermined time interval.

  The control unit 22 predicts the future behavior of the vehicle based on the current behavior of the vehicle detected by the behavior detection unit 15 and the past behavior of the vehicle stored by the behavior storage unit 21, and The generation of wind by the wind generating means 16 is controlled based on the future behavior.

  Next, operation | movement of the air blower 20 of this Embodiment is demonstrated. However, the description of the same operation as that of the air blower 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the behavior detection unit 15 detects the current behavior of the vehicle (step S21), and the behavior storage unit 21 stores the detected current behavior of the vehicle and the current time in association with each other. (Step S22).

  Next, the past behavior data of the vehicle stored in the behavior storage unit 21 is read by the control unit 22 (step S23).

  Further, the future behavior of the vehicle is predicted by the control means 22 based on the current behavior of the vehicle detected in step S21 and the past behavior of the vehicle read in step S23 (step S24). For example, in the case of a right turn, when a driver who has a habit of turning the steering wheel once at a predetermined angle in the left direction and then turning right is driving the vehicle, the pattern of how to turn the steering wheel stored in the behavior storage means 21 and When the behavior of the same pattern is detected by the control unit 22, the control unit 22 can predict that the vehicle will turn right after the steering wheel is turned at a predetermined angle in the left direction.

  Next, the wind generation location, intensity, and direction are determined by the control means 22 in accordance with the future behavior of the vehicle predicted in step S24 (step S25). And the wind according to the generation | occurrence | production location, intensity | strength, and direction which were determined in step S25 is generated by the wind generation means 16 (step S26).

  As described above, according to the blower device 20 of the present embodiment, the control unit 22 predicts the future behavior of the vehicle based on the current behavior of the vehicle and the past behavior of the vehicle, and this future behavior. Based on the above, the operation of the wind generating means 16 is controlled and the vehicle behavior is notified to the occupant by the wind. Therefore, the vehicle driver's habit is acquired and the vehicle behavior is accurately transmitted to the occupant. The movement according to the behavior can be performed, and the ride comfort of the vehicle occupant can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the example in which the air blower 20 is mounted on the vehicle has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same effect can be obtained even when mounted on a moving body other than the vehicle. can get.

  As described above, the air blower according to the present invention has an effect that the ride comfort of the passenger can be improved, and is mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle, an aircraft, and a ship, and sends air to the passenger. It is useful as a device.

The block diagram of the air blower of the 1st Embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the structural example of the wind generation means which concerns on the air blower of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart of each step of the air blower of the 1st Embodiment of this invention The block diagram of the air blower of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention The flowchart of each step of the air blower of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Air blower 11 Acceleration detection means 12 Operation state detection means 13 Navigation means 14 Imaging means 15 Behavior detection means 16 Wind generation means 16a-16d Blowing part 17 Control means 18 Seat 20 Blower 21 Behavior storage means 22 Control means

Claims (9)

A behavior detecting means for detecting the behavior of the moving body, a wind generating means for generating wind in the room of the moving body, and a control means for controlling the operation of the wind generating means based on the behavior. The blower. The blower according to claim 1, further comprising an acceleration detection unit that detects an acceleration of the moving body, wherein the behavior detection unit detects the behavior based on the acceleration. An operation state detection unit that detects an operation state when the driver of the mobile body operates the steering device of the mobile body includes the behavior detection unit that detects the behavior based on the operation state. The air blower according to claim 1 or 2. 2. A navigation unit that guides a route from a starting point of the moving body to a destination of the moving body, wherein the behavior detecting unit detects the behavior based on information on the route. The blower according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an imaging unit configured to image an environment in which the moving body moves, wherein the behavior detection unit detects the behavior based on information on the environment. The blower described. The said wind generation means has a blowing part which blows out the said wind in the said room, The said control means controls the blowing operation | movement of the said blowing part, and a blowing stop operation | movement according to the said behavior. The blower according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The blower according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the control means sets the intensity of the wind based on the behavior. The blower according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the control means sets the direction of the wind based on the behavior. Behavior storage means for storing the behavior data is provided, and the control means predicts future behavior based on the current behavior detected by the behavior detection means and the past behavior stored by the behavior storage means. The blower according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein operation of the wind generating means is controlled based on the predicted future behavior.

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