Apparatus and method for controlling a vehicular component
First Claim
1. An arrangement for controlling a component in a vehicle in combination with the vehicle, comprising measurement means for measuring at least one morphological characteristic of an occupant;
- determination means for obtaining a current position of at least a part of a seat on which the occupant is situated; and
control means coupled to said measurement means and said determination means for controlling the component based on the at least one measured morphological characteristic of the occupant and the current position of the seat.
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Abstract
Arrangement and method for controlling a component in a vehicle in which at least one morphological characteristic of an occupant is measured and a current position of at least a part of a seat on which the occupant is situated is obtained. The component is controlled based on the measured morphological characteristic(s) and the current position of the seat. The component may be an occupant restraint device, such as an airbag whose inflation, deflation and/or deployment direction is/are controlled.
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54 Claims
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1. An arrangement for controlling a component in a vehicle in combination with the vehicle, comprising
measurement means for measuring at least one morphological characteristic of an occupant; -
determination means for obtaining a current position of at least a part of a seat on which the occupant is situated; and
control means coupled to said measurement means and said determination means for controlling the component based on the at least one measured morphological characteristic of the occupant and the current position of the seat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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15. A method for controlling a component in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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measuring at least one morphological characteristic of an occupant;
obtaining a current position of at least a part of a seat on which the occupant is situated; and
controlling the component based on the at least one measured morphological characteristic of the occupant and the current position of the seat.
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26. An arrangement for controlling deployment of a component in a vehicle in combination with the vehicle, comprising
measurement means for measuring at least one morphological characteristic of an occupant; -
a processor coupled to said measurement means for determining a new seat position based on the at least one morphological characteristic of the occupant;
adjustment means for adjusting the seat to the new seat position; and
control means coupled to said measurement means and said processor for controlling the component based on the at least one measured morphological characteristic of the occupant and the new seat position.
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37. An arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicle seat provided for a vehicle occupant and movable relative to a chassis of the vehicle, at least one motor for moving said seat;
a processor for controlling said at least one motor to move said seat;
memory means for retaining an occupant pre-defined seat locations;
memory actuation means for causing said processor to direct said at least one motor to move said seat to the occupant pre-defined seat location retained in said memory means;
measuring means for measuring at least one morphological characteristic of the occupant;
automatic adjustment means coupled to said processor for positioning said seat based on the at least one morphological characteristic measured by said measuring means;
manual adjustment means coupled to said processor manually operable for permitting movement of said seat; and
an actuatable occupant protection device for protecting the occupant, said processor being arranged to control actuation of said occupant protection device based on the position of said seat wherein location of the occupant relative to said occupant protection device is related to the position of said seat.
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44. In a motor vehicle having a passenger compartment having a driver'"'"'s seat in which an occupant sits, a seat adjustment system comprising:
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a seat;
power means for moving said seat relative to the passenger compartment from an initial position to an adjusted position;
measurement means for measuring at least one morphological characteristic of the occupant, said measurement means generating a first signal representative of said at least one measured morphological characteristic; and
a processor connected to said power means and said measurement means for controlling said power means, said processor comprising computational means for determining an optimum adjusted seat position based on said at least one morphological characteristic, said processor generating a second signal corresponding to said optimum adjusted seat position which is based on said first signal from said measurement means;
said first signal being input from said measurement means into said processor;
said second signal being input into said processor such that said processor affects said power means to move said seat to the optimum adjusted seat position. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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