Patent ID: 8676450

Claim:
A steering wheel position control system for a vehicle having a steering wheel and an electric power seat for a driver, the steering wheel position control system comprising: a head position acquisition part for acquiring a position of a head part of the driver, the head position acquisition part includes a camera mounted on a part of a steering device including the steering wheel for imaging the head part of the driver; a seat movement detection part for detecting movement of the electric power seat; a steering wheel position calculation part for calculating a position of the steering wheel based on the position of the head part acquired by the head position acquisition part, when the movement of the electric power seat is detected by the seat movement detection part; a steering wheel position change part for moving the steering wheel to the position calculated by the steering wheel position calculation part; and a check part for checking whether a combination of the position of the head part acquired by the head position acquisition part and the position of the steering wheel is within a predetermined allowable range, wherein the steering wheel position calculation part calculates, based on an image taken by the camera, the position of the steering wheel as a distance from a base of an arm of the driver to the steering wheel; and the steering wheel position change part changes the steering wheel position only when the combination is determined to be outside the predetermined allowable range.