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Automatic settings for vehicle components based on measured anthropometric features

  • US 10,144,374 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2015
  • Issued: 12/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for automatically providing a setting for one or more components of a vehicle comprising:

  • one or more sensors configured to acquire sensor data of a portion of an external environment of the vehicle;

    one or more cameras configured to acquire visual data of a portion of an external environment of the vehicle, the visual data including a person approaching the vehicle;

    a component of the vehicle, the component being adjustable across a plurality of settings, the component having a current setting, wherein the component is one of;

    a seat, a steering wheel, a pedal, a head rest, a side view mirror, a rear view mirror, a seat belt anchor, or a side bolster; and

    one or more processors operatively connected to the one or more sensors, the one or more cameras, and the component, the one or more processors being programmed to initiate executable operations comprising;

    determining a future travel path of the person, the determining including extrapolating past positions of the person based on sensor data acquired by the one or more sensors;

    determining whether the future travel path is indicative of the person approaching the vehicle;

    responsive to determining the future travel path of the person is indicative of the person approaching the vehicle, analyzing visual data acquired by the one or more cameras to measure an anthropometric feature of the person approaching the vehicle, the anthropometric feature being a measurement of the person indicative of a size of the person;

    determining a target setting for the component based on the measured anthropometric feature, the target setting corresponding to the size of the person; and

    causing the current setting of the component to match the determined target setting, whereby the determined target setting improves the comfort of the person when seated in the vehicle.

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