Arrangement for controlling a component having multiple states includes a device that generates a signal at a frequency that enables it to be conducted through a human body, and a conductive surface coupled to the device, situated in a position accessible by a part of the human, and which enables proximity or contact of the part of the human to the conductive surface to develop a reactive coupling between the human and the conductive surface. The component has multiple, different states and is controlled by the human to change from a first state to a second state upon completion of an electrical circuit including the component, the conductive surface and the device upon developing reactive coupling between the human and the conductive surface when the device is generating the signal conducted through the human. The component may be a vehicular component such as a door or window.

The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, a program, and a mobile object which are capable of improving convenience. Pressure distributions for a plurality of measurement ranges of a seat on which a user is seated, and time variations of the pressure distributions are measured, and operation of a device or the seat is controlled according to the measurement result. Furthermore, it is determined that a behavior of the user is a gesture for a predetermined operation input, and control according to the gesture is performed. At this time, it is determined whether it is a gesture of the user intended to be the operation input or a posture change of the user not intended to be the operation input. The present technique is applicable to, for example, a control processing device that performs control processing for a seat for vehicle.

A vehicle gesture system includes a processor connected to a transceiver and programmed to detect a wireless device associated with a vehicle feature settings interface for a first vehicle feature. The processor is further programmed to detect the wireless device based on received user input at the vehicle feature settings interface of the first vehicle feature. The processor is further programmed to control a setting for the first vehicle feature based on received data associated with one or more gestures made using the wireless device.

Provided is a seat system which can change a surrounding environment of a user including illumination according to the movement of the user's body. A seat system comprises a seat body on which a user can be seated; a plurality of sensors provided on or in the seat body or on a structure arranged around the seat body and configured to detect a touch operation by the user seated on the seat body; an output device configured to output at least one of sound, light, and vibration; and a control device configured to control the output device such that, when one or more of the sensors detect a touch operation, the control device causes the output device to generate a corresponding predetermined output.

A system for controlling a vehicle includes: an occupant gaze recognition unit to recognize a gaze of an occupant in the vehicle; a point of interest determination unit to determine the point of interest among an external object visible through a side window of the vehicle based on the gaze of the occupant; and a seat position control unit to change a seat position of the occupant to enable a continuous stare at the point of interest according to a movement of the vehicle.

A motor vehicle having a passenger compartment with a forward region, a central region, and a rearward region, a floor, a seating rail system positioned on the floor and extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a plurality of seating assemblies arranged in the passenger compartment in a first row, a second row, and a third row. Each seating assembly has a seat base coupled to the seating rail system, a seat movably coupled to the seat base, a seat back movably coupled to the seat base, and seat actuators configured to activate the seating assemblies. The vehicle has a center console on a center console rail system extending longitudinally, a center console actuator, and a controller that receives an input commanding a selected passenger compartment arrangement and controls the actuators to position the seat assemblies and center console in the commanded passenger compartment arrangement.

It is provided a drive apparatus for adjusting an interior assembly of a vehicle comprises an electromotive adjustment drive for producing an adjustment force, a self-locking adjustment kinematic mechanism for transmitting an adjustment force produced by the adjustment drive to the interior assembly, which adjustment kinematic mechanism can be driven by means of the adjustment drive, and a control device for controlling the adjustment drive. The control device is configured to activate an adjustment mode for adjustment of the interior assembly depending on at least one trigger criterion and, when the adjustment mode is activated, to actuate the adjustment drive with a support current of a magnitude such that the interior assembly can put into motion by means of a user force produced manually on the interior assembly by a user, overcoming the self-locking of the adjustment kinematic mechanism.

A seat position control device for automatically adjusting the seat position of at least one occupant in a vehicle includes a sensor device configured to detect an action of the occupant for starting a media content on smart glasses and subsequently a seat position intention of the at least one occupant, a control device configured to process the data of the sensor device and to adjust the seat position of the at least one occupant to a predefined seat position based on the processed data. Also disclosed is a seat position control method and a vehicle with the seat position control device.

A motor vehicle includes a passenger compartment, a steering wheel configured to be moveable between a use position and a stowed position, a floor, a seating rail system positioned on the floor and extending along a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, and a plurality of seating assemblies arranged in the passenger compartment in a first row, a second row, and a third row and configured to be actuated to a plurality of positions. Also included is a center console on a center console rail system extending longitudinally on the floor. A controller is configured to receive an input commanding a selected passenger compartment arrangement. The controller controls the actuators to position the seat assemblies, the center console and the steering wheel in the commanded passenger compartment arrangement.

A method, a control device and/or a motor vehicle causing at least one actuator unit of the motor vehicle to be controlled by a control device configured to establish a user of the motor vehicle, establish at least one behavior and/or body language parameter of the user, and assign the at least one established user on basis of the behavior and/or body language parameter to a user-specific player category among multiple player categories. On basis of the user-specific player category of the at least one established user, the control device determines a set of actuator parameters assigned to the user-specific player category for the at least one actuator unit of the motor vehicle, and upon establishing starting of a computer game in the motor vehicle, generates an actuator signal that describes the set of actuator parameters, and transmits the generated actuator signal to the at least one actuator unit.