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VEHICLE SEAT HAPTIC INDICATION OF FUTURE PLANNED DRIVING MANEUVERS

  • US 20160318442A1
  • Filed: 04/29/2015
  • Published: 11/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle including a processor, a vehicle seat, and one or more vehicle seat actuators, the one or more vehicle seat actuators being operatively connected to the vehicle seat and to the processor, the method comprising:

  • determining, using the processor, whether a future planned driving maneuver of the autonomous vehicle includes a change in a current motion of the autonomous vehicle; and

    responsive to determining that the future planned driving maneuver includes a change in the current motion of the autonomous vehicle, activating at least one of the one or more vehicle seat actuators to cause the vehicle seat to provide a haptic indication of the future planned driving maneuver prior to implementing the future planned driving maneuver, whereby a seat occupant is alerted to the future planned driving maneuver.

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