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Adjustment device for ergonomically setting a vehicle seat with several adjustable seat components

  • US 9,079,510 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2012
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adjustment device for ergonomically setting at least one of a vehicle seat having adjustable seat components and defined vehicle components adjustable as a function of a position of the vehicle seat, the adjustment device comprising:

  • a control unit operatively configured to automatically set at least one of a selection for an adjustable seat component and a selection for a defined vehicle component as a function of vehicle occupant data;

    wherein the control unit includes a memory in which the vehicle occupant data or data derivable from the vehicle occupant data is storable, said data enabling an automatic setting of at least one of the components;

    a read-in unit, by which the data is readable into the memory from a mobile data medium separate from the vehicle, the mobile data medium obtaining the vehicle occupant data in a form of a defined two dimensional image from a digital image acquisition system, the image being taken in a predefined way; and

    an input unit in a form of a manually operable touch screen on which defined positions of body parts are settable in a superposed manner on the defined two dimensional image shown on the touch screen via a user displaceable marking bar,wherein the control unit comprises an algorithm configured to output the automatic setting of the at least one of the components based on determining proportions of the body parts from the defined two-dimensional image vehicle occupant data.

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