Seats for Car Sickness Mitigation
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PRODUCT NAME
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Seats for Car Sickness Mitigation
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PRODUCT CATEGORY
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Car Seat
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INDUSTRY/SITUATION OF USE
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Mobility Related / Passenger Car
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FUNCTIONS
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Occupant Support, Protection, Comfort
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OUTLINE
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This seat is a development product intended to reduce driver's car sickness. It was developed in response to concerns about growing incidence of driver's car sickness due to increased use of smartphones and PCs due to the evolution of self-driving cars.
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CHARACTERISTICS
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The seat has a headrest that controls head movement and eliminates the misalignment between the driver's vision and vestibular organs that causes carsickness. As a result, the incidence of carsickness has been reduced to about 1/3 of the conventional level.
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