Method for adjusting vehicle cockpit devices
First Claim
1. A method for adjusting a plurality of vehicle cockpit devices, comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining position from an occupant, determining a plurality of position constraints using the positioning data obtained from the occupant, and moving the cockpit devices to initial positions;
(b) searching for a plurality of candidate arrangements of the cockpit devices that satisfy the position constraints, moving the cockpit devices to positions specified by each candidate arrangement, and querying the occupant concerning the desirability of each candidate arrangement, with the occupant'"'"'s responses being stored for later retrieval; and
(c) determining a plurality of recommended arrangements of the cockpit devices using the candidate arrangements and at least some of the occupant'"'"'s responses, moving the cockpit devices to positions specified by each recommended arrangement and querying the occupant concerning the desirability of each recommended arrangement and selecting one of the recommended arrangements as a final positioning arrangement of the cockpit devices.
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Abstract
A method for adjusting a plurality of vehicle cockpit devices via a two-part process that utilizes device position constraints to determine candidate arrangements and then, ultimately, recommended arrangements of the vehicle cockpit devices to determine a desired setting of the various devices. The position constraints are determined using positioning data obtained from an occupant. An exploratory search routine is used to determine the candidate arrangements with the cockpit devices being moved to each candidate arrangement so that the occupant can be queried concerning the desirability of each such arrangement. The occupant'"'"'s responses are then stored for later retrieval. Thereafter, a plurality of recommended arrangements of the cockpit devices are determined using a meta-heuristic pattern search along with a neural network search accelerator that permits screening of each recommended arrangement. The occupant can then select one of the recommended arrangements as a final positioning arrangement of the cockpit devices.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for adjusting a plurality of vehicle cockpit devices, comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining position from an occupant, determining a plurality of position constraints using the positioning data obtained from the occupant, and moving the cockpit devices to initial positions; (b) searching for a plurality of candidate arrangements of the cockpit devices that satisfy the position constraints, moving the cockpit devices to positions specified by each candidate arrangement, and querying the occupant concerning the desirability of each candidate arrangement, with the occupant'"'"'s responses being stored for later retrieval; and (c) determining a plurality of recommended arrangements of the cockpit devices using the candidate arrangements and at least some of the occupant'"'"'s responses, moving the cockpit devices to positions specified by each recommended arrangement and querying the occupant concerning the desirability of each recommended arrangement and selecting one of the recommended arrangements as a final positioning arrangement of the cockpit devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for adjusting a plurality of vehicle cockpit devices, comprising the steps of:
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(a) obtaining positioning data from an occupant; (b) determining a plurality of position constraints for the vehicle cockpit devices using the positioning data and moving the cockpit devices to initial positions; (c) performing a plurality of iterations of (c1) to (c4) using an exploratory search algorithm; (c1) searching for a candidate arrangement of the cockpit devices that satisfies the position constraints; (c2) moving the cockpit devices to a position specified by the candidate arrangement; (c3) querying the occupant concerning the desirability of the candidate arrangement; (c4) storing candidate arrangement and the occupant'"'"'s response; (d) performing a plurality of iterations of (d1) to (d4) using a pattern search algorithm; (d1) determining a recommended arrangement of the cockpit devices using data concerning at least some of the stored candidate arrangements or other recommended arrangements as well as data concerning one or more of the occupant responses; (d2) moving the cockpit devices to a position specified by the recommended arrangement; (d3) querying the occupant concerning the desirability of the recommended arrangement; and (d4) storing the recommended arrangement and the occupant'"'"'s response; and (e) enabling the occupant to identify one of the recommended arrangements as a final positioning of the cockpit devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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