Device for adjusting seat components

• US 7,740,096 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2005
• Issued: 06/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Freienstein, Heiko, Trinh, Hoang, Schedler, Christian, Bothe, Hans-Dieter, Engelberg, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): To; Toan C
• Application Number:
  US10/593,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20080246318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,987 Days
• Field of Search: 280/735, 701/45
• US Class Current: 180/268
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0252 with relations between different adjustments, e.g. height of headrest following longitudinal position of seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0268 using sensors or detectors for adapting the seat or seat part, e.g. to the position of an occupant
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01538 for image processing, e.g. cameras or sensor arrays
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01552 detecting position of specific human body parts, e.g. face, eyes or hands
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/201 with the belt anchor connected to a slider movable in a vehicle-mounted track for passive restraint systems B60R22/06

Abstract

A device for adjusting seat components as a function of a signal from a video sensor system. Furthermore, a safety belt is adjusted as well as a function of the signal. This adjustment is carried out as a function of the occupant class, the occupant volume, the occupant pose, and the head position.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a video sensor system for generating a signal as a function of an occupant class, an occupant volume, an occupant pose, and a head position; and

an arrangement for adjusting seat components and at least one safety belt as a function of the signal from the video sensor system.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment of the seat components and of the safety belt is carried out independently of changes in the occupant pose that occur briefly over a predefined first time period.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is configured for a continuous adjustment of the seat components.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one second time period is predefined during which the adjustment takes place.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the at least one second time period is predefined by a user.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment is made when one of an environment and a crash sensor system indicates a situation.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is adapted to be connected to a memory in which body measurements for occupant classes as well as seat and belt data are stored.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment of the seat components and of the safety belt is carried out independently of changes in the occupant pose that occur briefly over a predefined first time period, and wherein the device is configured for a continuous adjustment of the seat components.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein at least one second time period is predefined during which the adjustment takes place, and wherein the at least one second time period is predefined by a user.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the adjustment is made when one of an environment and a crash sensor system indicates a situation, and wherein the device is adapted to be connected to a memory in which body measurements for occupant classes as well as seat and belt data are stored.

11. The device according to claim 8, wherein the adjustment is made when one of an environment and a crash sensor system indicates a situation, and wherein the device is adapted to be connected to a memory in which body measurements for occupant classes as well as seat and belt data are stored.