Seat cushion length extender with sensor
First Claim
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat assembly with a cushion length extender extending from a seat base;
a sensor in the seat assembly configured to sense a position of a user'"'"'s leg relative to the seat base;
circuitry to store a user setting to control positioning the cushion length extender of the seat assembly, wherein the circuitry is operatively connected to the sensor and configured to determine if the position of the user'"'"'s leg from a front of the seat base is greater than a predetermined distance,if a gap between the user'"'"'s leg and the cushion length extender is greater than the predetermined distance, the cushion length extender operating to extend the seat base until the position is less than or equal to the predetermined distance.
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Abstract
Seats and methods for controlling a seat are described. A position of the user'"'"'s leg is sensed relative to the position of the front of the seat. A determination is made as to if the position of the user'"'"'s leg from a front of the seat is greater than a gap minimum. If the gap is greater than the gap minimum, a cushion length extender portion of the seat is moved until the sensed position is less than or equal to the gap minimum. In an example, the remainder of seat base is held in a fixed position within the vehicle environment. In an example, sensing can include capacitively sensing a position of the user'"'"'s leg. In an example, sensing can use at least one of a thermal sensor, a light sensor, a radio frequency sensor, a microwave sensor or combinations thereof to sense the position of the user'"'"'s leg. The gap minimum can be with the cushion length extender portion in slight contact with the user'"'"'s leg. The sensor can be at a front face of seat. The sensor can be on the cushion length extender portion of the seat.
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1. A vehicle seat comprising:
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a seat assembly with a cushion length extender extending from a seat base; a sensor in the seat assembly configured to sense a position of a user'"'"'s leg relative to the seat base; circuitry to store a user setting to control positioning the cushion length extender of the seat assembly, wherein the circuitry is operatively connected to the sensor and configured to determine if the position of the user'"'"'s leg from a front of the seat base is greater than a predetermined distance, if a gap between the user'"'"'s leg and the cushion length extender is greater than the predetermined distance, the cushion length extender operating to extend the seat base until the position is less than or equal to the predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle seat comprising:
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a seat assembly with a cushion length extender configured to extend a seat base; a sensor in the seat configured to sense a gap between a user'"'"'s leg relative to a front of the seat base; circuitry operatively connected to the sensor configured to determine if a position of the user'"'"'s leg from the front of the seat base has a sensed gap greater than a predetermined gap, if the sensed gap is greater than the predetermined gap, moving the cushion length extender of the seat until the sensed gap is less than or equal to the predetermined gap. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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