Vehicle seat haptic system and method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorJoseph Anthony Alequin
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Abstract
A vehicle seat haptic system includes a vehicle seat and a controller. The vehicle seat includes a plurality of discrete haptic zones defined across the vehicle seat, and a plurality of actuators positioned in the plurality of haptic zones and configured to generate a haptic output. The controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of actuators and configured to output a control signal to one or more of the plurality of actuators to generate an asynchronous haptic output across the vehicle seat based upon a position of a user in the vehicle seat.
Claims21
A vehicle seat haptic system comprising:
- a vehicle seat comprising:
- a plurality of discrete haptic zones defined across the vehicle seat;
- and
- a plurality of actuators positioned in the plurality of haptic zones and configured to generate a haptic output;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of actuators and configured to:
- determine a position of a user in the vehicle seat;
- determine at least one characteristic of an asynchronous vibratory haptic output, to be generated by one or more of the plurality of actuators across the vehicle seat, based upon the position of the user in the vehicle seat, the at least one characteristic including one or more of an intensity, a direction, a location, and a frequency of the asynchronous vibratory haptic output and
- output a control signal to the one or more of the plurality of actuators to generate the asynchronous vibratory haptic output across the vehicle seat.
A vehicle seat haptic system comprising:
- a plurality of actuators positioned in a plurality of discrete haptic zones defined in a vehicle seat, the plurality of actuators configured to generate a vibratory haptic output in the plurality of haptic zones;
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- a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of actuators and configured to:
- determine a position of a user in the vehicle seat
- determine at least one characteristic of an asynchronous vibratory haptic output, to be generated by one or more of the plurality of actuators across the vehicle seat, based upon the position of the user in the vehicle seat, the at least one characteristic including one or more of an intensity, a direction, a location, and a frequency of the asynchronous vibratory haptic output;
- generate a control signal for one or more of the plurality of actuators to generate the asynchronous vibratory haptic output;
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- output the control signal to the one or more of the plurality of actuators to generate the asynchronous vibratory haptic output across the vehicle seat.
A method of generating a haptic output comprising:
- positioning a plurality of actuators in a plurality of discrete haptic zones defined in a vehicle seat;
- determining, by a controller, a position of a user in the vehicle seat;
- determining, by the controller, at least one characteristic of an asynchronous vibratory haptic output, to be generated by one or more of the plurality of actuators across the vehicle seat, based upon the position of the user in the vehicle seat, the at least one characteristic including one or more of an intensity, a direction, a location, and a frequency of the asynchronous vibratory haptic output;
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- outputting, by the controller, a control signal to the one or more of the plurality of actuators, the control signal causing the one or more of the plurality of actuators to generate the asynchronous vibratory haptic output across the vehicle seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.