Vehicle Seat Adjustment System Using Camera Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle seat adjustment systems do not allow a driver seated in the front seat to safely and accurately adjust the positions of seats behind them without physically moving to the rear seats, limiting convenience and safety.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle seat adjustment system that includes a camera to capture and display the seat arrangement on a screen, an input device for user adjustments, and an actuator to move the seats based on user inputs, allowing remote control of seat positions while ensuring safety by detecting objects through sensors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the driver adjusts seat positions manually by moving to the rear seats, then the adjustment can be performed directly, but the driver's time and convenience are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera and display screen as intermediary devices between the driver and the rear seats. The camera captures images of the rear seat area, and the display screen presents these images to the driver in the front seat, enabling the driver to see and adjust rear seat positions without physically moving to the rear.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical action of the driver physically moving to the rear seat with an optical-electronic system consisting of a camera, display screen, and control unit. This substitution allows the driver to perform seat adjustment operations remotely from the front seat position.
2Ease of operation
If the driver adjusts rear seats from the front seat position, then convenience is improved, but safety risks increase due to inability to see the adjustment area
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a visual feedback system where the camera continuously captures images of the rear seat area and displays them on the screen in real-time. This allows the driver to monitor the adjustment process and see the actual position of seats and any objects in the adjustment path, enabling informed control decisions for safe operation.
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AI summary
Vehicle seat adjustment systems including cameras are disclosed. The vehicle seat adjustment system includes a camera configured to capture a seat arrangement of a front seat of a vehicle and one or more seats behind the front seat, a screen, communicatively coupled to the camera, configured to display the seat arrangement captured by the camera, an input device configured to receive an input from a user for adjusting positions of the one or more seats, an actuator communicatively coupled to the input device and configured to adjust positions of the one or more seats, and a controller communicatively coupled to the camera, the screen, the input device and the actuator. The controller receives the input from the input device and instruct the actuator to adjust the positions of the one or more seats based on the input from the user.