Apparatus for keeping driver awake

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To enable a driver tobe kept awake by giving him strong vibration from a seat on which he is sitting by turning a switch ON when the driver feels sleepy. CONSTITUTION:When a driver feels tired, the driver himself or a passenger turns the moveble terminal c of a switch S2 to the side (b) so that an output signal from a source signal generator 15 is supplied to an amplifier 18, where the signal is amplified and sent to a vibration unit 19 so as to drive the same. Thus, the driver is given strong stimulative vibration whereby he is awakened. The vibration generating means may be a cushion including the vibration unit or may be the vibration unit 19 directly incorporated in a seat.

Inventors

• 👤 Haruhiko Oshima
• 👤 大島　春彦

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