Automated position adjustment of interior components
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKeith Weston, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Stuart C. Salter, Matthew Johnson, Thomas Joseph Hermann
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Abstract
A computer of a vehicle includes a processor and memory storing instructions by the processor to: identify a mass distribution of the occupant; identify position settings for interior components of the vehicle based on the mass distribution of the occupant; initiate automated position adjustment of the interior components toward the position settings; abort automated position adjustment in response to detection of occupant discomfort, the occupant discomfort being audible and/or visual.
Claims20
A computer including a processor and memory storing instructions by the processor to:
- identify a mass distribution of an occupant;
- identify position settings for interior components of a vehicle based on the mass distribution of the occupant;
- initiate automated position adjustment of the interior components toward the position settings;
- and
- abort automated position adjustment in response to detection of occupant discomfort, the occupant discomfort being audible and/or visual.
A method comprising:
- identifying a mass distribution of an occupant;
- identifying position settings for interior components of a vehicle based on the mass distribution of the occupant;
- initiating automated position adjustment of the interior components toward the position settings;
- and
- aborting automated position adjustment in response to detection of occupant discomfort, the occupant discomfort being audible and/or visual.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.