Control system and method for vehicle trunk
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorGuang You Dong
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Abstract
A control system and method for a vehicle trunk are disclosed. The control system may comprise a sensing device configured to detect a height or a volume of a cargo carried by a user; a seat control device configured to fold a second-row seat and/or a third-row seat; and a main control device communicatively connected to the sensing device and the seat control device, respectively, wherein the main control device is configured to receive the height or the volume of the cargo carried by the user from the sensing device when a tailgate of a vehicle is in an openable state, and to operate the seat control device based on the height or the volume of the cargo carried by the user.
Claims20
A control system for a vehicle trunk, comprising:
- a sensing device configured to detect a height or a volume of a cargo carried by a user;
- a seat control device configured to fold a second-row seat and/or a third-row seat;
- and
- a main control device communicatively connected to the sensing device and the seat control device, respectively,
- wherein the main control device is configured to:
- receive the height or the volume of the cargo from the sensing device when a tailgate of a vehicle is in an openable state;
- and
- operate the seat control device based on the height or the volume of the cargo.
A control method for a vehicle trunk, comprising:
- detecting, by a sensing device, a height or a volume of a cargo carried by a user;
- obtaining, by a main control device, the height or the volume of the cargo when a tailgate of a vehicle is in an openable state;
- and
- controlling, by a seat control device, a second-row seat and/or a third-row seat to be folded based on the obtained height or the obtained volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.