A position controlling device controls the position of a loading platform. The loading platform includes a loading portion, a base portion, and a coupling portion. The base portion is provided below the loading portion in a manner of supporting the loading portion. The coupling portion couples the base portion and the loading portion with a restoring member between them. One of the upper part of the base portion and the lower part of the loading portion includes a spherical surface that is convex downward. The other one of the upper part of the base portion and the lower part of the loading portion includes a guide portion. The guide portion guides the base portion and the loading portion such that the base portion and the loading portion are movable relative to each other in a direction along the spherical surface.

The present invention relates to a military vehicle (V). Said military vehicle comprises an aiming device (D) and an aiming operation arrangement (A) for a vehicle operator (O) to operate the aiming device (D). Said aiming operation arrangement (A) comprises a support device (40) for providing support for the operator (O) when operating the aiming device (D). The support device (40) comprises one or more fixation devices (44A, 44B, 44C, 44D) operable between a non-fixated state and fixated state, said one or more fixation devices (44A, 44B, 44C, 44D) being configured to, in the fixated state, provide fixation of one or more body parts of the vehicle operator (O) so as to reduce influence of vehicle movement during aiming operation.

A profile for an occupant is stored. The profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions for the occupant in a seat and classifications of respective clusters as preferred or nonpreferred. Respective clusters are classified as preferred or nonpreferred based on sitting scores for the respective sitting positions in that cluster. A higher sitting score increases a likelihood of the classification being preferred. A series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of the occupant in the seat are received. The pressure maps include a current pressure map. One of the sitting positions is assigned to one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the sitting score of that sitting position being greater than a threshold score. A physical configuration of the seat is adjusted in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.

This vehicle control system comprises: a driving control section 1 that performs switching between autonomous driving and manual driving of a vehicle V; a seat 10 that can be changed to forms which are different during autonomous driving and during manual driving; and a seat control unit 2 that controls the operation of the seat 10 when changing the forms. If the seat 10 is in the form adopted during autonomous driving, the driving control unit 1 can perform control so that the switching from autonomous driving to manual driving of the vehicle V is not performed. Thus, it is possible to improve safety when switching from autonomous driving to manual driving.

A car sickness inhibition device includes: a memory and a processor connected to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire an acceleration a in a front-rear direction of a vehicle or angles of inclination θ of the head and upper body of an occupant sitting in a seat of the vehicle; and by using expression θ>tan.sup.−1(a/g).Math.(1), where g denotes gravitational acceleration, obtain from the acquired acceleration a an angle of inclination θ0 with which car sickness is inhibited, or obtain an acceleration a0 with which car sickness is inhibited.

An apparatus and method for monitoring a vehicle driver having at least one sensor for measuring pressure and/or humidity. The sensor includes at least one capacitor having at least two electrodes, which may be arranged horizontally on a flexible support material. At least one dielectric layer may be arranged between the electrodes. At least one electrode, and/or the dielectric layer, and at least one, at least partially liquid-permeable and/or liquid-absorbing moisture layer may be arranged on a side facing away from a support material. At least one electrode and/or the dielectric layer may be arranged transversely between the support material and the moisture layer. A capacitance may be changed by liquid on the dielectric layer, and a processing unit measures and/or stores values from the sensor, creating a capacitive humidity sensor. The processing unit may send the to a central CPU, wherein this data may be processed by the processing unit.

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control apparatus disposed in a vehicle and a control method of the vehicle. A vehicle control apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is a vehicle control apparatus disposed in a vehicle, and comprises: a camera for capturing an image of an object which approaches the vehicle; a seat driving unit for driving a seat disposed in the vehicle; and a processor for sensing information related to the object on the basis of the image captured through the camera and controlling the seat driving unit such that the seat is disposed at a predetermined position, on the basis of the sensed information related to the object.

A vehicle control method is disclosed which is a method for adjusting a seat inside a vehicle. The vehicle control method includes: monitoring the surroundings of a passenger sitting in the seat through a camera installed inside the vehicle; sensing an object around the passenger through the monitoring; sending information on the sensed object to a server; receiving a preset seat setting value corresponding to the object information from the server; and adjusting the position of the seat according to the seat setting value. One or more of an autonomous vehicle according to the present invention, a user terminal, and a server may be associated with artificial intelligence, a robot, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), etc.

An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes: a collision predictor configured to predict a collision of the vehicle; a main airbag configured to deploy toward an occupant from a front of the vehicle when the collision predictor predicts a collision of the vehicle; an occupant center-of-gravity detecting device configured to detect a position of a center of gravity of the occupant; an armrest moving device configured to move an armrest; and a deployment controller configured to cause, when the collision predictor predicts a collision of the vehicle, the armrest moving device to move the armrest upward to guide the center of gravity of the occupant into a proper range on the basis of the position of the center of gravity of the occupant detected by the occupant center-of-gravity detecting device, subsequently cause the armrest moving device to remove the armrest, and thereafter, cause the main airbag to deploy.

A method can be used for automatic lateral repositioning of a child safety seat on a back seat of a motor vehicle. The child safety seat is configured to move laterally across the back seat between lateral sides of the motor vehicle. The method includes determining the lateral position of the child safety seat on the back seat of the motor vehicle, determining a current or intended parking situation of the motor vehicle, deciding which lateral side of the motor vehicle is a preferred access side for the determined parking situation, and laterally repositioning the child safety seat to a preferred position at the preferred access side of the motor vehicle.