Mobile Device Seat Control via Physical Characteristic Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Adjusting the position of conventional seats, such as car seats or massage chairs, often involves a trial-and-error process to find a comfortable setting.
Innovation Solution
A method using a mobile device to communicate with a database containing physical characteristic data and seat setting data, allowing the device to identify matching data sets and control the seat settings automatically or provide user options for adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional seat adjustment methods are used, then the seat can be adjusted manually, but the process requires trial and error which consumes time and reduces efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-stores multiple seat setting data sets in the database, each associated with specific physical characteristic data. When a user inputs their physical characteristics, the system can immediately retrieve and apply the matching seat settings without requiring trial and error adjustment, thus resolving the contradiction between adjustment efficiency and time consumption.
2Productivity
If automatic seat control is implemented, then adjustment efficiency is improved, but the device complexity increases due to database and mobile device requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system leverages the mobile device's existing database and processing capabilities to store and retrieve seat setting data, rather than requiring a dedicated control unit. This multi-functional approach allows the mobile device to serve both as a communication tool and a control system, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining automatic control functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device acts as an intermediary between the user and the seat control system. It receives user input, queries the database for matching seat settings, and transmits the appropriate control signals to the seat, thereby simplifying the control architecture while enabling automatic adjustment.
3Ease of operation
If personalized seat settings are provided, then user comfort is improved, but the need for accurate physical characteristic matching increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes a feedback mechanism where user physical characteristics serve as input, the database provides matching seat settings, and the system learns from user selections to refine future recommendations. This feedback loop enables personalized comfort settings while managing data matching complexity through iterative learning rather than complex real-time processing.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for controlling a seat is performed by a mobile device in cooperation with a database. The database contains at least one reference data set which contains a physical characteristic data and a seat setting data. The method includes the steps of: a) upon receipt of an input, searching the database to identify which one(s) of the at least one reference data set contains the physical characteristic data that matches the input, the one(s) serving as candidate data set(s); and b) when a total number of the candidate data set(s) identified in step a) is one, outputting, to the seat, the seat setting data contained in the candidate data set for controlling the seat.