The present disclosure relates to methods and system for acquiring and analyzing biosignals or physiological signals of a person sitting in a vehicle and predicting (in real-time) time-varying attention, engagement level or alertness level using the biosignals. The biosignals may be acquired using one or more clusters of electrodes together with a wearable user device or from a sensing device that is embedded in the seat of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the biosignals may be utilized to predict restedness level of the subject, to monitor or predict physiological state of the subject, to detect a distress situation and to adapt a vehicle control accordingly. In some other embodiments, the biosignals can be transformed into communication, for example, speech signals or instructions for the vehicle. One or more actions may be triggered based on the analysis of the biosignals including engaging the person, generating alerts, or adapting the vehicle control.

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion that is rotatably joined to a floor portion of a vehicle such that a rotation axis of the seat cushion extends vertically, the seat cushion being configured to support a buttocks of a seated vehicle occupant. The vehicle seat also includes a footrest that is joined to the seat cushion and is configured to support soles of feet of the seated vehicle occupant, the footrest being placed in a raised position in which, when seen in a seat side view, the footrest slopes rearwardly upwards such that heels of the seated vehicle occupant are raised up, and a rear portion of the footrest is placed vertically below a front end of the seat cushion.

A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend in an upward direction away from the seat bottom. The vehicle seat further includes an electronics system.

A seat control apparatus includes an input device, a driving device, a memory that stores one or more instructions, and a controller operatively connected to the input device, the driving device, and the memory. The controller is configured to execute the one or more instructions to receive a specified input regarding a location control of a seat through the input device. The controller is also configured to identify an output current required for controlling the seat from a current state to a target state corresponding to the specified input by using the driving device. The controller is also configured to determine an operation sequence of one or more motors included in the driving device, based on the output current. The controller is also configured to control the seat to the target state by using the driving device, based on the determined operation sequence.

A slidable center console for a vehicle includes a console actuator for changing a slide position of the center console, a selector switch provided on the center console for changing an operation mode of the vehicle, and a console adjustment switch for adjusting the slide position of the center console by using the console actuator.

A seat control system for setting a driving posture and a seat control method is provided, in which body shape information indicating a body shape is input. Posture range information corresponding to the input body shape information is extracted from body shape posture range correspondence information, in which the body shape information and posture range information indicating a posture range of a vehicle seat corresponding to a driving posture range correspond to each other. A posture of the vehicle seat is controlled such that the posture of the vehicle seat falls within the posture range of the vehicle seat indicated by the extracted posture range information.

A method for operating electrical drive units of seat components in a motor vehicle during a detected pre-crash situation. The method moves a passenger to a target position for an impending crash based on an actual position of the passenger. The method also determines a control strategy for coordinating an adjustment of the seat components in order to actuate at least two of the drive units simultaneously or immediately successively such that the required power of the drive units is minimized.

A seat reclining position control device includes: a seat on which an occupant of a vehicle sits; an adjustment part configured to adjust an angle of a backrest of the seat; a sleep state detection unit configured to detect a sleep state of the occupant; a control unit that operates the adjustment unit to control the angle; and a vehicle interior detection unit configured to detect a vehicle interior state of the vehicle. The control unit implements a seat angle control to adjust the angle of the backrest for the occupant in the sleep state based on the vehicle interior state to a suitable sleeping angle suitable for sleeping when the sleep state detection unit detects the sleep state of the occupant.

A method for the automatic adjustment of a cockpit inside a road vehicle comprising the steps of determining anthropometric data of a driver; processing an ergonomic position of a model of the driver sitting on board the road vehicle; processing an optimal configuration of the cockpit; operating a plurality of actuator systems so as to cause the cockpit to reach the optimal configuration; wherein the ergonomic position of the model is processed in association with a minimum ground visibility; a minimum visibility of a control panel; and at least one first comfort angle of a body joint of the driver.

The present disclosure relates to methods and system for acquiring and analyzing biosignals or physiological signals of a person sitting in a vehicle and predicting (in real-time) time-varying attention, engagement level or alertness level using the biosignals. The biosignals may be acquired using one or more clusters of electrodes together with a wearable user device or from a sensing device that is embedded in the seat of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the biosignals may be utilized to predict restedness level of the subject, to monitor or predict physiological state of the subject, to detect a distress situation and to adapt a vehicle control accordingly. In some other embodiments, the biosignals can be transformed into communication, for example, speech signals or instructions for the vehicle. One or more actions may be triggered based on the analysis of the biosignals including engaging the person, generating alerts, or adapting the vehicle control.