Patent ID: 11970088
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A seat control system for a vehicle, the seat control system comprising:
a seat comprising a seat cushion configured to support buttocks of an occupant of the vehicle and a seat back configured to support a back of the occupant;
a seat position changer configured to change a seat position that includes one or more of a height of the seat cushion, an inclination of the seat back, a front-rear position of the seat, and a swivel position of the seat;
a display; and
an occupant information controller configured to identify the occupant riding in the vehicle and to perform control based on information of the identified occupant, wherein the occupant information controller is configured to:
when an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off, i) read a get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant from a storage, and ii) change the seat position to the read get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant by controlling the seat position changer;
after a changing of the seat position to the read get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant, determine whether the seat position is changed to a modified get-out seat position different from the read get-out seat position by the occupant operating the seat position changer;
in response to a determination that the seat position is changed to the modified get-out seat position, store the modified get-out seat position in the storage as a temporary get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant,
when the ignition switch is turned on, determine whether the temporary get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant is stored in the storage;
in response to a determination that the temporary get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant is stored in the storage, output, via the display, a query asking whether the stored temporary get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant is to be stored as the get out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant,
after an outputting of the query, determine whether a first predetermined operation is performed by the information of the identified occupant;
in response to a determination that the first predetermined operation is performed by the occupant, i) store the stored temporary get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant in the storage as the get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant, and then ii) delete the stored temporary get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant from the storage;
in response to a determination that the first predetermined operation is not performed by the occupant, i) delete the stored temporary get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant from the storage, and ii) determine whether a second predetermined operation is performed by the occupant; and
in response to a determination that the second predetermined operation is performed by the occupant, store a current seat position in the storage as the get-out seat position associated with the information of the identified occupant.