Patent ID: 11945343
Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. The vehicle seat according to claim 1, wherein the controller comprises:
a boarding/alighting detection unit configured to detect an indication of boarding and alighting of a passenger;
a boarding/alighting assisting unit configured to execute a boarding/alighting assisting control to cause the actuator to orient the rest surface toward a doorway of the vehicle, if the boarding/alighting detection unit detects at least one of a boarding of a passenger into or alighting of the passenger from the vehicle;
a wakefulness detection unit configured to detect a wakefulness condition of a driver; and
an alerting unit configured to execute an alertness control that causes the actuator to change the orientation of the rest surface when the wakefulness detection unit detects worsening of the wakefulness condition of the driver,
wherein an amount of the change in orientation of the rest surface when the boarding/alighting assisting control is executed is greater than an amount of the change in orientation of the rest surface when the alert control is executed.