Safety Device For a Motor Vehicle
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Abstract
A safety device is provided for a motor vehicle having a vehicle seat whose seat setting can be adjusted by a seat adjustment drive. A seat control unit evaluates data that is relevant to the safety of a driving mode and actuates the seat adjustment drive with timing. Thereby, movement of the vehicle seat into a seat setting occurs that is optimum for a vehicle occupant in terms of safety technology is initiated before the occurrence of an anticipated accident event. Movement of the vehicle seat into its optimum seat setting in terms of safety technology is carried out successively in individual adjustment steps for the respective components of the vehicle seat in a predefined sequence by the seat control unit.
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1-9. -9. (canceled)
- 10. A safety device for a motor vehicle having a vehicle seat whose seat setting can be adjusted by a seat adjustment drive, comprising a seat control unit with evaluation of data that is relevant to safety of a driving mode for actuating the seat adjustment drive with timing such that movement of the vehicle seat into an optimum seat setting for a vehicle occupant in terms of safety technology is initiated before occurrence of an anticipated accident event and is carried out successively in individual adjustment steps for respective components of the vehicle seat in a predefined sequence the seat control unit.
- 20. A method comprising evaluating data that is relevant to safety of a driving mode, and using the data for actuating a motor vehicle seat into an optimum seat setting for a vehicle occupant in terms of safety technology before occurrence of an anticipated accident event by successively carrying out the movement in individual steps for respective components of the vehicle seat in a predefined sequence.
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