Passenger seat control system and method
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJung-Keun You
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Abstract
A system for controlling a passenger seat of a vehicle includes a driver's seat control switch, a passenger seat control switch, an outside mirror control switch, and a control unit for coupled to receive switch input signals from the driver's seat control switch, the passenger seat control switch, and the outside mirror control switch and to drive a driver's seat control motor, a passenger seat control motor, an outside mirror control motor. The control unit is configured to drive the passenger seat control motor according to a switch input signal of the driver's seat control switch when the driver's seat control switch is electrically connected in an ON state for a predetermined time immediately after the outside mirror control switch is pressed.
Claims20
A system for controlling a passenger seat of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a driver's seat control switch;
- a passenger seat control switch;
- an outside mirror control switch;
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- a control unit for coupled to receive switch input signals from the driver's seat control switch, the passenger seat control switch, and the outside mirror control switch and to drive a driver's seat control motor, a passenger seat control motor, an outside mirror control motor,
- wherein the control unit is configured to drive the passenger seat control motor according to a switch input signal of the driver's seat control switch in response to detecting that the driver's seat control switch is electrically connected in an ON state for a predetermined time immediately after the outside mirror control switch is pressed, and
- wherein the control unit is configured to automatically adjust a height of a seat belt for the passenger seat according to a signal from the driver's seat control switch based on the driver's seat control switch being electrically connected in the ON state for a predetermined period of time immediately after the outside mirror control switch is pressed.
A method of controlling a passenger seat of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving an input signal from an outside mirror control switch, the input signal indicating that the outside mirror control switch has been pressed;
- determining whether a driver's seat control switch is pressed in an ON state within a predetermined time immediately after the outside mirror control switch has been pressed;
- when the driver's seat control switch has been pressed in the ON state within the predetermined time, operating in a passenger seat control procedure and controlling the passenger seat by driving a passenger seat control motor according to a signal from the driver's seat control switch to automatically adjust a height of a seat belt for the passenger seat;
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- when the driver's seat control switch has not been pressed in the ON state within the predetermined time, operating in an outside mirror control procedure and controlling an outside mirror by driving an outside mirror control motor.
A vehicle comprising:
- a driver's seat;
- a passenger seat;
- an outside mirror;
- a driver's seat control motor coupled to the driver's seat;
- a passenger seat control motor coupled to the passenger seat;
- an outside mirror control motor coupled to the outside mirror;
- a driver's seat control switch coupled to the driver's seat control motor through a control unit;
- a passenger seat control switch coupled to the passenger seat control motor through the control unit;
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- an outside mirror control switch coupled to the outside mirror control motor through the control unit;
- wherein, in response to a signal from the outside mirror control switch, the control unit is configured to drive either the passenger seat control motor or the outside mirror control motor depending upon whether a further signal is received from the driver's seat control switch after receipt of the signal from the outside mirror control switch;
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- wherein the control unit is configured to automatically adjust a height of a seat belt for the passenger seat according to a signal from the driver's seat control switch based on the driver's seat control switch being electrically connected in an ON state for a predetermined period of time immediately after the outside mirror control switch is pressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.