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Automatic driving position adjustment control system and method

  • US 8,145,388 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2005
  • Issued: 03/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automatic driving position adjustment system for use in a vehicle, comprising:

  • (a) a first adjustable component adjustable by an operator, the first adjustable component configured to adjust in a plurality of bi-directions;

    (b) a plurality of additional adjustable components each configured to adjust in a plurality of bi-directions;

    (c) a controller configured to receive vehicle signals and determine at least an interlocked state, wherein the vehicle is not considered to be moving, and a non-interlocked state, wherein the vehicle is considered to be moving, from the vehicle signals;

    (d) a plurality of movement-distance sensors, one movement-distance sensor associated with each bi-direction that the first adjustable component can move, wherein the movement-distance sensors each generates an output signal indicative of a distance and direction moved to achieve a new position of the first adjustable component, wherein the controller, when in the interlocked state, is responsive to the output signal of the movement-distance sensors and is configured to compute a new position of each of the plurality of additional adjustable components on the basis of the distance and direction moved to achieve the new position of the first adjustable component, and based on each new position, calculates the distance and direction each additional adjustable component must move to achieve the new position, and wherein the controller, when in the non-interlocked state, is not responsive to the output signal of the at least one movement-distance sensor; and

    (e) a motor associated with each bi-direction of each adjustable component, wherein the controller actuates each of the motors associated with the additional adjustable components when in the interlocked state, to move the additional adjustable components in the calculated direction the calculated distance to obtain the new positions.

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