Patent ID: 8600626

Claim:
A headrest apparatus comprising: a headrest main body provided at a top edge portion of a seatback against which the back of an occupant seated in a seat rests, with the headrest main body provided so as to be capable of moving in a vehicle front-rear direction; a detection section provided at a vehicle front side of the headrest main body to detect contact between the head of an occupant seated in the seat and the headrest main body; a moving section that moves the headrest main body in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a controller that controls the moving section such that the headrest main body is moved forward until contact between the head of an occupant and the headrest main body is detected by the detection section, and, when contact between the head of an occupant and the headrest main body has been detected by the detection section, controls the moving section to move the headrest main body to a target position, wherein a movement amount of the headrest main body from an initial position thereof to the target position is given by subtracting a predetermined back-set setting value from a movement amount of the headrest main body from the initial position to a position where the headrest main body has contacted the head of the occupant.