System and method for acquiring normalized automotive positional settings
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSteven M. Miller, Richard Redpath
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for acquiring normalized position settings for use across different vehicle models. A reference user first sits in the vehicle and adjust the settings to preferred positions, i.e., vehicle-specific settings. The vehicle-specific settings are then retrieved from measurement sensors positioned on the components of the vehicle. The translation algorithms for the vehicle are read, and the vehicle-specific settings are translated to normalized position settings based on the translation algorithms. The normalized position settings may then be stored to a storage media that may be carried to other brands and models of vehicles for use in determining the appropriate settings in those vehicles.
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A method for determining a normalized position setting for use with different vehicle models, said method comprising:
- retrieving a vehicle-specific setting corresponding to a component included with a vehicle;
- reading a translation algorithm for the vehicle;
- translating the vehicle-specific setting to a normalized position setting based on the translation algorithm;
- and
- storing the normalized position setting on a storage medium.
A method for determining a normalized position setting for use across different vehicle models, comprising:
- inserting a removable storage medium in a first storage device included in a first vehicle;
- reading a translation algorithm for the first vehicle;
- translating a vehicle-specific setting to a normalized position setting based on the translation algorithm;
- storing the normalized position setting on the removable storage medium;
- removing the removable storage medium from the first vehicle to a second vehicle;
- inserting the removable storage medium in a second storage device included in a second vehicle;
- reading the normalized position setting from the second storage medium using the second storage device;
- retrieving a translation algorithm corresponding to the second vehicle;
- translating the normalized position setting to a second vehicle-specific setting based on the second vehicle's translation algorithm;
- and
- adjusting a vehicle component included in the second vehicle to the vehicle-specific setting.
An information handling system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory accessible by the processors;
- a nonvolatile storage device accessible by the processors for storing data to a removable storage medium;
- a determination tool for determining a normalized position setting for use across different vehicle models, the determination tool including:
- retrieval logic for retrieving a vehicle-specific setting of a component included with a vehicle;
- retrieval logic for retrieving a translation algorithm for the vehicle;
- translation logic for translating the vehicle-specific setting to a normalized position setting based on the translation algorithm;
- and
- storage logic for storing the normalized position setting to the removable storage medium.
An information handling system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a memory accessible by the processors;
- a nonvolatile storage device accessible by the processors for storing data to a removable storage medium;
- a determination tool for determining a normalized position setting for use across different vehicle models, the determination tool including:
- retrieval logic for retrieving a vehicle-specific setting of a component included with a vehicle;
- retrieval logic for retrieving a translation algorithm for the vehicle;
- translation logic for translating the vehicle-specific setting to a normalized position setting based on the translation algorithm;
- storage logic for storing the normalized position setting to the removable storage medium;
- receiving logic for reading the normalized position setting from the removable storage medium when a user of the vehicle inserts the removable storage medium in a second storage device included in a second vehicle;
- retrieval logic for retrieving a second translation algorithm corresponding to the second vehicle;
- translation logic for translating the normalized position setting to a second vehicle-specific setting based on the second translation algorithm;
- and
- component adjustment logic for adjusting a vehicle component included with the second vehicle to the second vehicle-specific setting.
A computer program product stored in a computer operable media for determining a normalized position setting for use across different vehicle models, comprising:
- means for retrieving a vehicle-specific setting corresponding to a component included with a vehicle;
- means for reading a translation algorithm for the vehicle;
- means for translating the vehicle-specific setting to a normalized position setting based on the translation algorithm;
- and
- means for storing the normalized position setting on a storage medium.
A computer program product for determining a normalized position setting for use across different vehicle models, comprising:
- means for inserting a removable storage medium in a first storage device included in a first vehicle;
- means for reading a translation algorithm for the first vehicle;
- means for translating a vehicle-specific setting to a normalized position setting based on the translation algorithm;
- means for storing the normalized position setting on the removable storage medium;
- means for removing the removable storage medium from the first vehicle to a second vehicle;
- means for inserting the removable storage medium in a second storage device included in a second vehicle;
- means for reading the normalized position setting from the storage medium using the second storage device;
- means for retrieving a translation algorithm corresponding to the second vehicle;
- means for translating the normalized position setting to a second vehicle-specific setting based on the second vehicle's translation algorithm;
- and
- means for adjusting a vehicle component included in the second vehicle to the second vehicle-specific setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.