US 12,397,685 B2 · Apparatus and method for controlling occupant customized seat

Abstract

An occupant customized seat control apparatus and method are provided. The method includes recognizing, by a camera, an occupant that approaches a vehicle, controlling a display to move based on a height of the recognized occupant, determining whether the recognized occupant is an infant, and when the recognized occupant is determined to be an infant, determining whether a booster seat needs to be controlled based on the height of the recognized occupant, and when at least one of the booster seat, a footrest, or the combination thereof needs to be controlled, converting a value of the recognized height into a booster seat actuator movement amount value, and controlling the booster seat to move based on the converted actuator movement amount value.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An occupant customized seat control method comprising:

recognizing, by a camera, an occupant that approaches a vehicle;
controlling a display to move based on a height of the recognized occupant;
determining whether the recognized occupant is an infant;
and
when the recognized occupant is determined to be an infant, determining whether a booster seat needs to be controlled based on the height of the recognized occupant;
and
when at least one of the booster seat, a footrest, or the combination thereof needs to be controlled, converting a value of the recognized height into a booster seat actuator movement amount value, and controlling the booster seat to move based on the converted actuator movement amount value.

4 more elements

An occupant customized seat control apparatus comprising:

a camera configured to recognize an occupant that approaches a vehicle;
a display configured to display a profile authentication procedure for the occupant;
an occupant customized seat disposed within the vehicle and including at least one of a booster seat, a footrest, a seat belt, a seat back, a leg rest, an ultrasonic sensor, a seat control button, or any combination thereof;
an actuator unit including a display actuator configured to adjust heights of the camera and the display, and a booster seat actuator configured to adjust a height of the booster seat;
and
a controller configured to:
control the display to move based on a height of the recognized occupant;
determine whether the recognized occupant is an infant;
when the recognized occupant is determined to be an infant, determine whether a booster seat needs to be controlled, based on the height of the recognized occupant;
and
when at least one of the booster seat, a footrest, or the combination thereof needs to be controlled, convert a value of the recognized height into a booster seat actuator movement amount value, and control the booster seat to move based on the converted actuator movement amount value.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/414,745Filed 17 Jan 2024

Priority

KR 10-2023-006034110 May 2023

Published

US 2024/0375557 A114 Nov 2024

Granted

26 Aug 2025

Term ends

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Classification23 codes

B60N 2/0296
The seat or part thereof being movable, e.g. adjustable: central command actuator to selectively switch on or engage one of several special…
B60N 2/3086
Seats convertible into parts of the seat cushion or the back-rest or disapppearing therein, e.g. for children: disappearing in a recess of the cushion
B60N 2/0024
Characterised by the type of sensor or measurement: for identifying, categorising or investigation of the occupant or object on the seat
B60N 2/0226
Non-manual adjustments, e.g. with electrical operation: user interfaces specially adapted for seat adjustment

Apparatus and method for controlling occupant customized seat

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Abstract

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