Seat Mode Control Using Adjacent Seat State Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing seat control systems face challenges in minimizing interference between target seats and adjacent seats during mode changes, requiring excessive communication and control settings, which leads to increased complexity and communication load.
Innovation Solution
A seat control apparatus and method that identify the operating mode from user input, control adjacent seats based on specific states, and allow the target seat to change modes while considering the state of adjacent seats, including features like sliding, reclining, and cushion angle adjustments, with optional notification functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If interlocking control is applied to adjacent seats to prevent interference during mode changes, then seat operation reliability is improved, but device complexity increases due to excessive control settings and communication requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines real-time locations of seats and driving devices before mode changes occur, and pre-calculates whether adjacent seats need to be controlled. This preliminary assessment avoids the need for complex real-time interlocking control during mode changes, reducing control system complexity while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of applying uniform interlocking control to all adjacent seats, the system selectively controls only those adjacent seats that would actually interfere with the target seat's mode change based on their real-time relative locations. This localized approach reduces unnecessary control settings and communication overhead.
2Measurement precision
If real-time location determination and communication between seats is implemented to identify relative locations, then seat control precision is improved, but communication load increases excessively
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential location information needed for mode change control from the full real-time location data. Instead of continuous communication between all seats, only the relevant relative location data required for determining interference potential is transmitted and processed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs location determination and communication only partially - specifically when mode changes are initiated or anticipated - rather than continuously. This selective timing reduces the overall communication load while maintaining sufficient precision for safe operation.
Data Source
AI summary
A seat control apparatus includes an input device, a driving device, a memory that stores instructions, and a control device electrically connected to the input device, the driving device, and the memory. The seat control apparatus identifies an operating mode included in an operation input when receiving the operation input to a target seat through the input device, identifies a specified state of at least one adjacent seat adjacent to the target seat based on the operating mode, allows the at least one adjacent seat to be in the specified state by using the driving device, and allows the target seat to be in the operating mode by using the driving device.