Identification of the installation position of a seat in a vehicle
AssigneeAdient US LLC
InventorsNorbert Heeg, Mark Thomas Prosch
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Abstract
A vehicle seat for variable installation in different installation positions in a vehicle interior of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle seat may have an electronic seat control unit which is designed, following or during installation of the vehicle seat in one of the installation positions in the vehicle, to determine at least the assumed installation position of the vehicle seat via a resistance measurement and/or a contactless measurement by means of an RFID sensor or an NFC sensor. A vehicle having at least one vehicle seat, which can be installed variably in different installation positions in the vehicle interior, and to a method for identifying an installation position of a vehicle seat in a vehicle, are also provided.
Claims18
A vehicle seat for variable installation at different installation positions in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, comprising:
- an electronic seat control unit which is designed, following or during an installation of the vehicle seat at one of the installation positions in the vehicle, to determine at least the adopted installation position of the vehicle seat via a resistance measurement and/or a contactless measurement by means of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensor or a Near-Field Communications (NFC) sensor,
- wherein, at each installation position an electric contact element, including a plug or a socket, for contacting a corresponding electric contact element, including a socket or a plug, is provided on the vehicle seat in order to provide a power supply for the seat control unit, wherein a resistance is arranged in the electric contact element of the installation position.
A method for identifying an installation position of a vehicle seat in a vehicle, comprising:
- determining an adopted installation position as one of multiple possible installation positions for an installable vehicle seat in a vehicle by using a resistance and/or by a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensor and/or by a Near-Field Communications (NFC) sensor at the multiple possible installation positions, and
- contacting, at each installation position, an electric contact element and a corresponding electric contact element, which are either a socket or a plug, to provide a power supply for a seat control unit, wherein the resistance is in the electric contact element of the adopted installation position.
A method for installing a removable vehicle seat at at least one of various installation positions in a vehicle, comprising:
- determining an adopted installation position as one of multiple possible installation positions for an installable vehicle seat in a vehicle by using a resistance and/or by a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensor and/or by a Near-Field Communications (NFC) sensor at the multiple possible installation positions, and
- contacting, at each installation position, an electric contact element and a corresponding electric contact element, which are either a socket or a plug, to provide a power supply for a seat control unit, wherein the resistance is in the electric contact element of the adopted installation position, and
- installing the removable vehicle seat in the determined adopted installation position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.