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US 12,589,676 B2Granted
Vehicle seat control apparatus and method
AssigneeHyundai Transys Inc.
InventorsSuk Woo Lee, Jiyong Kim
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Abstract
A vehicle seat control apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a coordinate calculating unit which calculates an interference coordinate based on a current position of a motion seat, among a plurality of seats in a vehicle; a position determining unit which determines whether the motion seat and the other seat interfere with each other using the interference coordinate; and a controller which selectively controls the motion seat or the other seat depending on whether the motion seat and the other seat interfere with each other.
Claims4
A vehicle seat control apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- calculate an interference coordinate based on a current position of a motion seat, among a plurality of seats in a vehicle,
- wherein the interference coordinate includes a cushion interference coordinate range and a backrest interference coordinate range of the motion seat,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured to set a reference cushion coordinate range based on a cushion upper end of the motion seat and set a range extended by at least one space in an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction based on the reference cushion coordinate range as the cushion interference coordinate range,
- wherein when a backrest of the motion seat is in a first state without an inclination, the at least one processor is configured to set a first reference backrest coordinate range based on a backrest rear end of the motion seat, and is configured to set a range extended by at least three spaces in the x-axis direction based on the first reference backrest coordinate range as the backrest interference coordinate range,
- wherein when the backrest of the motion seat is in a second state with a predetermined inclination, the at least one processor is configured to set a second reference backrest coordinate range based on an inclination and a size of the backrest, and is configured to set a range extended by at least three spaces in the x-axis direction based on the second reference backrest coordinate range as the backrest interference coordinate range;
- determine whether the motion seat and another seat interfere with each other using the interference coordinate;
- and
- selectively control the motion seat or the another seat depending on whether the motion seat and the another seat interfere with each other.
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A vehicle seat control method, comprising:
- calculating an interference coordinate based on a current position of a motion seat, among a plurality of seats in a vehicle, by at least one processor;
- determining whether the motion seat and another seat interfere with each other using the interference coordinate, by the at least one processor;
- and
- selectively controlling the motion seat or the another seat depending on whether the motion seat and the another seat interfere with each other, by the at least one processor,
- wherein the interference coordinate includes a cushion interference coordinate range and a backrest interference coordinate range of the motion seat,
- wherein the calculating the interference coordinate includes:
- setting, by the at least one processor, a reference cushion coordinate range based on a cushion upper end of the motion seat, and setting, by the at least one processor, a range extended by at least one space in an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction based on the reference cushion coordinate range as the cushion interference coordinate range;
- when a backrest of the motion seat is in a first state without an inclination, setting, by the at least one processor, a first reference backrest coordinate range based on a backrest rear end of the motion seat, and setting, by the at least one processor, a range extended by at least three spaces in the x-axis direction based on the first reference backrest coordinate range as the backrest interference coordinate range;
- and
- when the backrest of the motion seat is in a second state with a predetermined inclination, setting, by the at least one processor, a second reference backrest coordinate range based on an inclination and a size of a backrest, and setting, by the at least one processor, a range extended by at least three spaces in the x-axis direction based on the second reference backrest coordinate range as the backrest interference coordinate range.
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