A seat assembly includes one or more adjustable components disposed in a seat portion or a seatback of the seat assembly. The adjustable components are operable between stowed and deployed positions. A controller is operably coupled to the adjustable components and configured to adjust the adjustable components towards the deployed position when a seat occupant is seated in the seat assembly. The controller moves one or more of the adjustable components towards the deployed position until a pressure force is detected by one or more sensors disposed in either the seat portion or the seatback, or both. The pressure forces are detected by the sensors as one or more of the adjustable components contacts a vehicle occupant. Movement of the adjustable components may cease immediately when a pressure value is detected and may also continue until a threshold pressure value is reached.

A vehicle seat apparatus includes a seat, an actuator, and a controller in which a posture control unit exercises a seat posture control over the actuator based on a lateral acceleration and a steering velocity, to change an orientation of at least a portion of the seat. The posture control unit is configured to activate the seat posture control when a magnitude of the lateral acceleration becomes greater than a first acceleration threshold value, as well as to activate the seat posture control on conditions that the steering velocity has a magnitude greater than a steering velocity threshold value and when the magnitude of the lateral acceleration becomes greater than a second acceleration threshold value of which a magnitude is smaller than the first acceleration threshold value and a direction is laterally opposite to a direction of the steering velocity.

An inference device detects, with a detection section, an electrical characteristic between plural predetermined detection points on a vehicle seat provided with a soft material that is conductive and that exhibits a change in an electrical characteristic according to a change in pressure imparted. An inference section employs a learning model to infer a posture state of an occupant of the vehicle seat from the electrical characteristic of the vehicle seat. The electrical characteristic when pressure has been imparted to the vehicle seat and the posture state information indicating the posture state of the occupant when imparting pressure to the vehicle seat are employed as training data for a learning model trained so as to be input with the electrical characteristic and output the posture state information, and trained so as to be input with the electrical characteristic and output the posture state of the occupant corresponding to the input electrical characteristic.

Systems and methods are provided for predicting a desired position of or adjustment to one or more accommodation devices of a vehicle, e.g., a seat, a steering wheel, a rearview mirror, etc. A user's position or adjustment preferences may be learned over time by measuring or obtaining data regarding the position or adjustment of accommodation devices. These learned position or adjustment preferences may be stored along with a corresponding day, time of day, and/or vehicle location during or at which the position or adjustment preferences were measured or obtained. During a subsequent occurrence of the day, time of day, and/or if the vehicle is at or traverses a location during which a previous position or adjustment was made, the same or similar position or adjustment can be effectuated. Whether or not the position or adjustment is effectuated can depend on how accurate the predicted position or adjustment may be.

A method for a vehicle includes using sensors in a vehicle seat to detect biometrics of a person sitting in the seat and a vehicle controller determining from the biometrics of the person whether the person requires medical attention. In response to the person requiring medical attention, a request for assistance for the person is broadcasted via a V2X transceiver of the vehicle to medical practitioners of a medical practitioner network who are near a location of vehicle during the broadcasting. The medical practitioner network includes the person as a subscriber and medical practitioners as providers. Alternately, in response to the person requiring medical attention, the vehicle controller uses an autonomous vehicle control system of the vehicle to drive the vehicle to a medical facility.

Various systems and methods for providing an occupant profiling system are described herein. A system for profiling a vehicle occupant includes a vehicle control system, comprising: a sensor fusion circuit coupled to a plurality of sensors installed a vehicle seat, the sensor fusion circuit to: determine that a human occupant is seated in the vehicle seat; sample a backrest sensor arrangement and a base cushion sensor arrangement of the vehicle seat to obtain backrest sensor data and base cushion sensor data, when the human occupant is determined to be seated in the vehicle seat; sample, when the human occupant is determined to be seated in the vehicle seat, a height sensor to obtain a height sensor value; and statistically determine from the backrest sensor data, the base cushion sensor data, and the high sensor data, whether the human occupant matches a reference profile.

The present disclosure provides a vehicle control system which is capable of setting sleep positions appropriate for a user in different vehicles. In the vehicle control system, a portable terminal receives inputs of sleep positions each of which is a seat position appropriate for the user to sleep in a corresponding vehicle, a storage stores the sleep positions associated with respective vehicles, and a sleep position transmission portion reads out, from the storage, the sleep position corresponding to the vehicle boarded by the user in response to a manipulation made by the user and transmits the readout sleep position to the corresponding vehicular device. Each vehicular device, in response to a reception of the sleep position from the portable terminal, sets the seat position to be appropriate for the user to sleep in accordance with the received sleep position.

A seat apparatus includes: a seat on which a passenger of a vehicle sits; an inputter which is operated by the passenger; a fixer which fixes a position of the seat until the inputter is operated by the passenger and allows the position of the seat to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the inputter is operated by the passenger; and a restrictor which restricts the movement of the seat when a predetermined condition related to a traveling state of the vehicle or an external environment of the vehicle is satisfied in comparison with a case in which the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

A car seat system for automatically displacing the movable components of the car seat. The car seat including sensors and a computing module to detect the measurements of a child placed in the car seat. The car seat system determines the current position of the movable components and displaces the movable components automatically based on the child's measurements or a desired amount. The car seat system automatically learns child's behaviors when the child is placed in the car seat. The car seat system learns schedules utilized by the child, routes taken by the driver of the car, and other data over a period of time. The behavioral, scheduling, routing, and other data obtained is stored by the car seat system and utilized to enhance the safety and comfortability of the child during a car ride. The car seat system also determines thickness of clothing worn by the child while placed in the car seat and adjusts the shoulder belts to accommodate for the clothing while providing a snug fit of the shoulder belts that fall within safety recommendations. The car seat also auto reclines to a desired angle and also rotates about itself to face the door. The car seat system includes an auto-incident detection mode. In this mode, the system detects an incident, such as an accident, hard braking, or another hazard, and automatically displaces the features in the car seat to make the car seat secure during the crash minimizing the effect of the incident on the child. The car seat also includes pretionsioners and motors to release, pull back, and lock the car seat belts.

An adjustable vehicle seat configured to support an occupant in a vehicle may include a seat cushion portion, a seat back portion including a backrest movable relative to the seat cushion portion, and a contour linkage linked to the seat cushion portion and the backrest. The contour linkage may be configured to impose force on the backrest upon movement of the seat cushion portion relative to the backrest in at least one of a fore/aft, vertical, and rotational direction. The backrest may be configured such that a backrest contour is altered based on force imposed by the contour linkage in response to movement of the seat cushion portion relative to the backrest. The backrest contour may include at least one of a contour angle of an occupant-side surface of the backrest, a maximum offset of the occupant-side surface, and vertical height of a contour apex.