Patent ID: 8433482

Claim:
A method for automatically adjusting a headrest of a motor vehicle seat, wherein the headrest is individually adjustable for a passenger occupying the motor vehicle seat with a sensor array and an electronically controlled adjusting device configured to adjust the headrest to an adjusted position defined as optimal as possible for absorbing acceleration forces acting on a head of the passenger in a case of crash, wherein the adjusting device is controllable via a control unit which evaluates at least one signal of at least one sensor in order to control the adjustment of the headrest with the adjusting device, and wherein at least one signal from the at least one sensor serves to detect an occupation of the motor vehicle seat by a passenger, the method comprising: transferring the headrest to a predetermined safety position in response to at least one first signal received by the control unit, the safety position being independent of a position of a passenger's head, wherein the safety position is different from a prior adjusted position or the same as a prior adjusted position; and adjusting the headrest in response to at least one second signal individually to the position of the passenger's head and depending on the occupation of the motor vehicle seat associated with the headrest.