Patent ID: 11945342
Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon for adjusting a seat in a vehicle, the program code executed by a processor and comprising:
program code to adjust the seat from an initial position to a passenger adjusted position based on receiving an input from a passenger;
program code to determine the passenger exited the vehicle after adjusting the seat;
program code to monitor a location of the passenger after the passenger exited the vehicle;
program code to predict, in accordance with monitoring the location of the passenger, a likelihood of the passenger returning to the vehicle based on a distance between a current location of the passenger and a location of the vehicle in accordance with monitoring the location of the passenger;
program code to selectively adjust the seat to the initial position based on the likelihood of the passenger returning to the vehicle, the seat being adjusted to the initial position in accordance with the likelihood being less than a passenger returning threshold and the seat being maintained in the passenger adjusted position in accordance with the likelihood being greater than the threshold;
program code to determine an identity of a person approaching the vehicle, after the passenger exited the vehicle, based on one or more facial features of the person, the one or more facial features being identified via an image captured by an image sensor of the vehicle; and
program code to adjust the seat from a current position to a position associated with the identity of the person.