Seat adjuster
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1. An adjustment system for adjusting a vehicle seat in response to a gesture applied by a user to the vehicle seat, the adjustment system comprising:
- one or more sensors located in the vehicle seat configured to detect input provided by the user in the form of user-gestures and to generate a sensor signal reflecting characteristics of one of the user-gestures, andmeans for determining the type of user-gesture intended by the user based on characteristics of the sensor signal, including load spike magnitude, duration, and count, mapping the determined gesture to a corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, and encoding a vehicle seat adjustment signal based on the corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, and transmitting the vehicle seat adjustment signal to an actuation unit configured to adjust the vehicle seat in accordance with the vehicle seat adjustment signal.
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Abstract
A vehicle seat may be adjusted to reposition the vehicle seat within a vehicle or a seat back with respect to a seat bottom of the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat may slide longitudinally relative to a floor of the vehicle. The seats back may fold toward or away from the seat bottom and the seat bottom may fold toward or away from the vehicle floor. Adjustments may be initiated electronically or manually.
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1. An adjustment system for adjusting a vehicle seat in response to a gesture applied by a user to the vehicle seat, the adjustment system comprising:
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one or more sensors located in the vehicle seat configured to detect input provided by the user in the form of user-gestures and to generate a sensor signal reflecting characteristics of one of the user-gestures, and means for determining the type of user-gesture intended by the user based on characteristics of the sensor signal, including load spike magnitude, duration, and count, mapping the determined gesture to a corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, and encoding a vehicle seat adjustment signal based on the corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, and transmitting the vehicle seat adjustment signal to an actuation unit configured to adjust the vehicle seat in accordance with the vehicle seat adjustment signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An adjustment system for adjusting a vehicle seat in response to a gesture applied by a user to the vehicle seat, the adjustment system comprising:
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one or more sensors located in the vehicle seat configured to detect input provided by the user in the form of user-gestures and to generate a sensor signal reflecting characteristics of one of the user-gestures, and means for determining the type of user-gesture intended by the user based on characteristics of the sensor signal, mapping the determined gesture to a corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, and encoding a vehicle seat adjustment signal based on the corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, and transmitting the vehicle seat adjustment signal to an actuation unit configured to adjust the vehicle seat in accordance with the vehicle seat adjustment signal, wherein the means for determining the type of gesture, mapping the determined gesture to a corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, encoding the vehicle seat adjustment signal, and transmitting the vehicle adjustment signal comprises; a gesture controller having one or more processors for receiving the sensor signal from the one or more sensors and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in which is stored computer code that when executed on the one or more processors causes the adjustment system to; receive input from the one or more sensors, the input based on the user-gesture, identify gesture-determining characteristics in the signal, establish from the identified gesture-determining characteristics the intended user-gesture, map, using a database stored in the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the intended user-gesture to the corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, encode the vehicle seat adjustment signal for transmission to the actuation unit, and transmit the signal to the actuation unit, thereby causing the actuation unit to initiate the corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, wherein the gesture-determining characteristics contain load parameters and a single load spike corresponds to a fixed rotational or linear vehicle seat adjustment selected from multiple memory positions, multiple load spikes in a single gesture correspond to adjustments through multiple memory positions, and two load spikes in a gesture correspond to a vehicle seat adjustment to a maximum excursion position. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An adjustment system for adjusting a vehicle seat in response to a gesture applied by a user to the vehicle seat, the adjustment system comprising:
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one or more sensors located in the vehicle seat configured to detect input provided by the user in the form of user-gestures and to generate a sensor signal reflecting characteristics of one of the user-gestures, and means for determining the type of user-gesture intended by the user based on characteristics of the sensor signal, mapping the determined gesture to a corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, and encoding a vehicle seat adjustment signal based on the corresponding vehicle seat adjustment, and transmitting the vehicle seat adjustment signal to an actuation unit configured to adjust the vehicle seat in accordance with the vehicle seat adjustment signal, wherein the intended user-gesture is sensed by a force sensor and the gesture-determining characteristics include load parameters, wherein the load parameters include load spike magnitude and load spike duration, and the load spike magnitude corresponds to adjustment speed and load spike duration corresponds to linear or angular distance of the adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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