System and method to restrict vehicle seat movement

A method to limit adjustment capabilities of a vehicle seat, the method comprising:

• providing a memory configured to comprise one or more executable instructions;
• providing a controller configured to execute the executable instructions;
• providing a camera located in a vehicle configured to record images of a visual content, wherein the visual content is at least a portion of the vehicle seat;
• providing a recognition module in the memory, the recognition module configured to identify whether at least one object exists in the visual content;
• providing the vehicle seat capable of being remotely controlled to be adjusted between an upright arrangement and a folded arrangement;
• providing a sensor configured to produce an output when a seatbelt tongue is inserted into a corresponding seatbelt buckle;
• operating (via the controller) the camera to record one or more images of the visual content;
• performing (via the controller) the recognition module to identify whether at least one object exists in the visual content;
• determining (via the controller) whether the recognition module has identified that at least one object exists in the visual content;
• after the recognition module has identified that no objects exist in the visual content, determining (via the controller) whether the sensor has produced the output;
• and
• when the recognition module has identified that at least one object exists in the visual content or the sensor has produced the output, limiting (via the controller) the vehicle seat adjustment capabilities such that the vehicle seat is restricted to the upright arrangement.

A non-transitory and machine-readable medium having stored thereon one or more executable instructions to limit adjustment capabilities of a vehicle seat, which when provided to at least one machine and executed thereby, causes the machine to:

• operate a vehicle interior camera to record one or more images of at least a portion of the vehicle seat;
• perform a recognition module to identify whether at least one object is resting on at least a portion of the vehicle seat;
• determine whether the recognition module has identified that at least one object is resting on at least a portion of the vehicle seat;
• after the recognition module has identified that no objects are resting on at least a portion of the vehicle seat, determine whether a sensor has produced an output, wherein the sensor is configured to produce the output when a seatbelt tongue is inserted into a corresponding seatbelt buckle;
• and
• when the recognition module has identified that at least one object is resting on at least a portion of the vehicle seat or the sensor has produced the output, limit the vehicle seat adjustment capabilities such that the vehicle seat is restricted to an upright arrangement, wherein the vehicle seat is capable of being remotely controlled to be adjusted between an upright arrangement and a folded arrangement.