System and method for adjusting a vehicle seat
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorSebastian Meyer
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Abstract
A system and method for adjusting a vehicle seat. The system has an electromechanical switch arranged on the vehicle seat and evaluation electronics for evaluating switching-position signals of the switch and for controlling at least one electromechanical actuator of the vehicle seat based on the switching-position signals. In order to enhance a vehicle equipped with at least one electromechanically adjustable vehicle seat, the system has at least one touch sensor arranged on the switch, the set of evaluation electronics being configured to detect, from sensor signals of the touch sensor, whether a person is currently touching the touch sensor, and to control the actuator based on the switching-position signals only when the person touches the touch sensor.
Claims14
A system for adjusting a vehicle seat, the system comprising:
- an electromechanical switch arranged on the vehicle seat;
- evaluation electronics for evaluating switching-position signals of the electromechanical switch and for controlling an electromechanical actuator of the vehicle seat based on the switching-position signals;
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- a touch sensor arranged on the electromechanical switch, the evaluation electronics being configured to detect, from sensor signals of the touch sensor, whether a person is currently touching the touch sensor, and to control the electromechanical actuator based on the switching-position signals only when the person touches the touch sensor.
A vehicle seat comprising:
- an electromechanical actuator;
- an electromechanical switch;
- evaluation electronics for evaluating switching-position signals of the electromechanical switch and for controlling the electromechanical actuator based on the switching-position signals;
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- a touch sensor arranged on the electromechanical switch, the evaluation electronics being configured to detect, from sensor signals of the touch sensor, whether a person is currently touching the touch sensor, and to control the electromechanical actuator based on the switching-position signals only when the person touches the touch sensor.
A method for adjusting a vehicle seat by an actuation of at least one electromechanical switch arranged on the vehicle seat, the method comprising:
- controlling an electromechanical actuator of the vehicle seat based on switching-position signals of the electromechanical switch;
- detecting from sensor signals of a touch sensor arranged on the electromechanical switch whether a person is currently touching the touch sensor;
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- controlling the electromagnetic actuator based on the switching-position signals only when the person touches the touch sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.