Patent ID: 11897369
Assignee: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. The system according to claim 1, wherein
the system further comprises a monitoring unit that is coupled to the control unit in order to receive and emit signals and is configured so as to monitor whether a vehicle occupant is capable of perceiving a situation external to the vehicle, and to emit a positive monitoring signal to the control unit upon determining that the vehicle occupant is capable of perceiving the situation external to the vehicle, and to emit a negative monitoring signal to the control unit upon determining that the vehicle occupant is incapable of perceiving the situation external to the vehicle,
wherein the vehicle seat system is further configured so as to at least one of:
receive seat adjustment signals for the vehicle seat on which the respective vehicle occupant is sitting, or
adjust the vehicle seat on which the respective vehicle occupant is sitting only upon determining that a negative monitoring signal is present, and

wherein the display unit is further configured so as to at least one of receive or to display signals for the respective vehicle occupant only if upon determining that a negative monitoring signal is present.