Patent ID: 8880297
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat controller comprising: a control unit that performs an away operation, which moves a vehicle seat toward the rear of a vehicle when a preset away condition is satisfied to improve a vehicle entering property, and performs a return operation, which moves the vehicle seat toward the front of the vehicle when a preset return condition is satisfied, wherein the return condition includes, as a first return condition, a vehicle door having been closed when a carried key is in the vehicle, the return condition includes, as a second return condition, at least one of an engine switch having been switched to an accessory mode, an engine having been started, and a seatbelt having been fastened, an operation for starting the engine includes operating a brake operation member, and the control unit invalidates the first return condition and validates only the second return condition when the position of the vehicle seat prior to the away operation is located behind a set position that is set in advance.