Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous seat adjustment in a vehicle
-
Application No.: US17363644Application Date: 2021-06-30
-
Publication No.: US11945342B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Hiromitsu Urano , Kentaro Ichikawa , Junya Ueno
- Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Altos
- Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Altos
- Agency: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
- Main IPC: B60N2/02
- IPC: B60N2/02 ; B60N2/00 ; G06V20/56 ; G06V40/10

Abstract:
A method for adjusting a seat in a vehicle includes adjusting the seat from an initial position to a passenger adjusted position based on receiving an input from a passenger. The method further includes determining the passenger exited the vehicle after adjusting the seat and predicting a likelihood of the passenger returning to the vehicle based on determining the passenger exited the vehicle. The method also includes adjusting the seat to the initial position based on the likelihood of the passenger returning is less than a passenger returning threshold. The method still further includes identifying a person approaching the vehicle after the passenger exited the vehicle based on information captured by one or more sensors of the vehicle. The method also includes adjusting the seat to a position associated with the previous passenger based on identifying the person approaching the vehicle as the previous passenger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210323445A1 AUTONOMOUS SEAT ADJUSTMENT IN A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
Information query