Patent ID: 8864232

Claim:
A vehicle-seat control apparatus comprising: an operation determination device configured to determine whether a passenger operates a vehicle equipment that is provided forward of a vehicle seat in a vehicle, the vehicle seat being disposed in a vicinity of a doorway of the vehicle, the vehicle seat including a seat cushion and a seat back; an exit determination device configured to determine whether the passenger exits the vehicle; a forward/rearward adjusting device configured to move the vehicle seat rearward in a case where the exit determination device determines the passenger exits the vehicle and to move the vehicle seat forward in a case where the operation determination device determines the passenger operates the vehicle equipment; and a height adjusting device configured to move a rear part of the seat cushion to an upward state or to move a front part of the seat cushion to a downward state so as to shorten a distance between the passenger and the vehicle equipment in a period of time from a timing when the exit determination device determines the passenger exits the vehicle to a timing when the operation determination device determines the passenger operates the vehicle, wherein the height adjusting device is configured to move the rear part of the seat cushion to the upward state or to move the front part of the seat cushion to the downward state when the exit determination device determines the passenger exits the vehicle, and wherein the height adjusting device is configured to maintain a state where the rear part of the seat cushion is moved to the upward state or a state where the front part of the seat cushion is moved to the downward state until the operation determination device determines the passenger operates the vehicle.