Method and apparatus for adjusting at least a first movable seat element of a vehicle seat

A device for adjusting at least a first movable seat element of a vehicle seat comprising

• a first adjusting apparatus for moving the first seat element;
• a display device having a display surface for displaying a graphic element of the vehicle seat to be adjusted with at least one graphic element of the first seat element, wherein to adjust the first seat element, a first switching element and a second switching element is displayable on the display surface, wherein the first switching element comprises a first graphic arrow element and the second switching element comprises a second graphic arrow element, which graphic arrow elements indicate opposite directions for moving the seat element;
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• a control device, which is coupled with the first adjusting apparatus and the display device by a data transmitting link, and which is configured to, on actuating the first switching element, to generate a control signal, by which the first seat element is moved in a first direction and, at the same time, the graphic element of the first seat element is moved;
• wherein
• the control device is configured, so that the control signal, which is generated by actuating the first switching element, simultaneously moves the graphic element of the first seat element;
• the vehicle seat to be adjusted has a pair of seat elements, comprising a second seat element and a third seat element, which are movable towards one another and away from one another;
• the graphic element of the vehicle seat to be adjusted shows graphic elements for the second and third seat elements that are displayable on the display surface;
• in order to adjust the pair of seat elements, a third switching element, which comprises a third graphic arrow element and a fourth graphic arrow element, and which point away from one another, and a fourth switching element, which comprises a fifth arrow element and a sixth arrow element, which point towards one another are displayable on the display surface;
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• the control device is configured, so that upon actuating the third switching element, a control signal is generated, by which the second and third seat elements of the pair of seat elements are moved away from one another and, at the same time, the graphic elements of the second and third seat elements are moved, and on actuating the fourth switching element, a control signal is generated, by which the second and third seat elements of the pair of seat elements are moved towards one another and, at the same time, the graphic elements of the second and third seat elements are moved.