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

Claim 0:
1. A method for adjusting a seat in a vehicle, comprising:
adjusting the seat from an initial position to a passenger adjusted position based on receiving an input from a passenger;
determining the passenger exited the vehicle after adjusting the seat;
monitoring a location of the passenger after the passenger exited the vehicle;
predicting, 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;
selectively adjusting 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;
determining 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
adjusting the seat from a current position to a position associated with the identity of the person.