Seat controlling apparatus and method
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsDong Hoon Lee, Seong Min Kim, Yo Han Kim, Mun Seung Kang
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Abstract
An apparatus may comprise a seat rotating circuit comprising a motor configured to swivel a seat, a sensor configured to detect a pulse generated based on driving of the motor, a switch configured to be turned on or off based on a swiveled position of the seat, and a controller circuit configured to determine the swiveled position of the seat based on a number of pulses detected via the sensor, and determine whether to activate a vehicle function based on at least one of the swiveled position of the seat, the number of the detected pulses being within a preset effective range, or the switch being turned on.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a seat rotating circuit comprising a motor configured to swivel a seat;
- a sensor configured to detect a pulse generated based on driving of the motor;
- a switch configured to be turned on or off based on a swiveled position of the seat;
- and
- a controller circuit configured to:
- determine the swiveled position of the seat based on a number of pulses detected via the sensor, and
- determine whether to activate a vehicle function, based on at least one of:
- the swiveled position of the seat,
- the number of the detected pulses being within a preset effective range, or
- the switch being turned on.
A method performed by an apparatus, the method comprising:
- driving a motor configured to swivel a seat;
- detecting, via a sensor of the apparatus, a pulse generated based on the driving of the motor;
- detecting a state of a switch switched based on a swiveled position of the seat;
- determining the swiveled position of the seat based on a number of pulses detected via the sensor;
- and
- determining whether to activate a vehicle function, based on at least one of:
- the swiveled position of the seat,
- the number of the detected pulses being within a preset effective range, or
- the state of the switch.
An apparatus of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a seat;
- a motor configured to rotate the seat;
- and
- a controller circuit configured to:
- cause the seat to move into a clearance position before rotating the seat,
- rotate the seat based on a received mode command,
- obtain data, via a sensor, indicative of a position of the seat,
- verify, based on the data, the position of the seat after the rotation,
- classify the verified position of the seat as one of a plurality of zones, and
- control, based on the classified one of the plurality of zones, a function of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.