Patent ID: 7061196

Claim:
A power window system, comprising: an open/close switch for issuing an open/close instruction to a seat window that is provided to each of a plurality of vehicle seats; control means for controlling an open-close operation of the seat windows based on an operation of the open/close switches, and is configured by as many as the vehicle seats with a one-to-one relationship therebetween; and communication means for carrying out bidirectional communications between the control means at a driver seat and the control means at the remaining vehicle seats, wherein even if a close signal is issued from one of the open/close switches of a vehicle seat other than the driver seat and permission is not granted by the control means at the driver seat due to a communications malfunction, the control means at the associated vehicle seat is provided with operation command means, forwarding, a command to the associated motor control means to move the corresponding seat window in a direction to close by a predetermined close amount.