Patent ID: 7430467

Claim:
A method for adjusting a motor vehicle seat, the method comprising the acts of: determining an ideal seat position associated with a vehicle user; recording the ideal seat position in a seat data memory; identifying the vehicle user via an identification device, and associating the ideal seat position of said user therewith; determining a first actual seat position of said vehicle user via a stereoscopic optical element in conjunction with an associated image data computer; adjusting the motor vehicle seat to a first motor vehicle seat position such that the first motor vehicle seat position corresponds at least approximately to the ideal seat position; determining a second actual seat position of said vehicle user via the stereoscopic optical element in conjunction with the associated image data computer; and adjusting the motor vehicle seat to a second motor vehicle seat position such that the second motor vehicle seat position corresponds at least approximately to the ideal seat position, wherein the first and second motor vehicle seat positions are different seat positions.