Seat control apparatus and method
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsKug Hun Han, Jun Hwan Lee, Mun Seung Kang
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Abstract
A seat control apparatus includes a first driving part, a second driving part and a controller. The apparatus is configured to receive a user input on a walk-in mode through an input part, and based on the received user input, the apparatus controls a slide location of a seat to a walk-in location area corresponding to the walk-in mode by using the first driving part, and controls a reclining angle of the seat to a walk-in angle area corresponding to the walk-in mode by using the second driving part. In particular, when the user input is received again through the input part, the apparatus restores the reclining angle of the seat from the walk-in angle area to an un-walk-in angle area by using the second driving part.
Claims20
A seat control apparatus comprising:
- an input part disposed in one area of a seat;
- a first driving part configured to adjust a slide location of the seat;
- a second driving part configured to adjust a reclining angle of the seat;
- a memory configured to store one or more instructions;
- and
- a controller operatively connected to the first driving part, the second driving part, and the memory,
- wherein the instructions are configured to, when being executed by the controller, cause the seat control apparatus to:
- receive a user input on a walk-in mode through the input part;
- based on the received user input, control the slide location of the seat to a walk-in location area corresponding to the walk-in mode by using the first driving part, and control the reclining angle of the seat to a walk-in angle area corresponding to the walk-in mode by using the second driving part;
- and
- when the user input is received again through the input part, restore the reclining angle of the seat from the walk-in angle area to an un-walk-in angle area by using the second driving part.
A seat control method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, a user input on a walk-in mode, through an input part;
- based on the received user input, controlling, by the controller, a slide location of a seat to a walk-in location area corresponding to the walk-in mode by using a first driving part and controlling, by the controller, a reclining angle of the seat to a walk-in angle area corresponding to the walk-in mode by using a second driving part;
- and
- upon receiving the user input again through the input part, restoring, by the controller, the reclining angle of the seat from the walk-in angle area to an un-walk-in angle area by using the second driving part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.