System for controlling a vehicle head restraint

A vehicle seat assembly comprising:

• a support structure;
• a head restraint supported by the support structure and being movable relative to the support structure for translation along a first axis, translation along a second axis, and rotation about a third axis;
• an actuator connected to the head restraint for moving the head restraint;
• a generally planar sensor array supported by the vehicle seat assembly and with a plurality of capacitive sensors arranged in at least one column and at least two rows;
• and
• a controller in communication with the actuator and in communication with the sensor array, wherein the controller is configured to sense a user finger touch input from the sensor array and control the actuator to move the head restraint such that the movement of the head restraint corresponds with the input received by the sensor array.

A head restraint for a vehicle seat assembly comprising:

• a head restraint body adapted to be supported by a vehicle seatback, the head restraint body movable along an axis between a first position and a second position;
• an actuator connected to the head restraint body, the actuator being configured to move the head restraint body along the axis;
• a sensor array having a plurality of sensors supported by the head restraint body, the plurality of sensors arranged in at least one column and at least two rows and positioned along an outer surface of the sensor array;
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• a controller in communication with the actuator and in communication with the sensor array, wherein the controller is configured to receive a user touch input from the sensor array when a path of at least two adjacent sensors are activated by the user on the sensor array which corresponds with the axis, the controller configured to control the actuator to move the head restraint along the axis to correspond with the user touch input.