Patent ID: 7830245

Claim:
An automatic positioning system for a vehicle operator comprising: an operator's seat; an input device adapted to produce at least one input signal based on at least one biometric parameter; at least one processing element connected with said input device and adapted to process said at least one input signal based on a performance driving position to produce at least one output signal; wherein said performance driving position is based on at least one of a view of a vehicle travel surface and a vehicle instrument; and wherein said at least one output signal includes at least one control signal adapted to move said operator's seat to place an operator's eyes within a predefined eye ellipse and the operator's hips into a single predefined hip point determined by the at least one biometric parameter and a physical characteristic of the vehicle, the predefined eye ellipse and the predefined hip point at least partially defining the performance driving position; and the predefined eye ellipse is determined with reference to at least one characteristic of the vehicle.