Patent ID: 8616654
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A method for adjusting a seat of a vehicle, wherein the seat comprises two sensors that detect pressure exerted by a user on a backrest of the seat, in spatially separate regions of the backrest, the method comprising the acts of: detecting a first pressure by a first one of the two sensors for the backrest, detecting a second pressure by a second one of the two sensors for the backrest, calculating a first pressure ratio of the first pressure to the second pressure, comparing the first pressure ratio with a first predetermined ergonomic pressure ratio, and adjusting, via an electric drive, a position of the seat with respect to the vehicle based on the comparing of the first pressure ratio with the first predetermined ergonomic ratio, wherein: the acts are repeated until the first pressure ratio is within a predetermined range of tolerance of the first predetermined ergonomic pressure ratio, the first pressure is an average of pressures exerted by the user on at least a first position and a second position within an upper region of the backrest, wherein the first position is spatially separated from the second position, and the second pressure is an average of pressures exerted by the user on at least a third position and a fourth position within a lower region of the backrest, wherein the third position is spatially separated from the fourth position.