An occupant customized seat control apparatus and method are provided. The method includes recognizing, by a camera, an occupant that approaches a vehicle, controlling a display to move based on a height of the recognized occupant, determining whether the recognized occupant is an infant, and when the recognized occupant is determined to be an infant, determining whether a booster seat needs to be controlled based on the height of the recognized occupant, and when at least one of the booster seat, a footrest, or the combination thereof needs to be controlled, converting a value of the recognized height into a booster seat actuator movement amount value, and controlling the booster seat to move based on the converted actuator movement amount value.

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.

A system for seat motion planning includes a seat installable in an environment, the seat including a plurality of adjustable components, a plurality of actuators configured to move the adjustable components, and a seat controller configured to operate the plurality of actuators. The system further includes a motion planner communicatively coupled to the seat controller configured to access a seat motion plan from a plurality of seat motion plans stored in memory, access a model of the environment including at least one object affecting the seat motion plan, and modify the seat motion plan to account for the at least one object. In embodiments, the motion planner is implemented as an application executable by a processor configured to execute other, separate seat-related applications.

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 virtual image plane is determined with respect to a reference eyebox. A virtual image projected into the virtual image plane is visible in the reference eyebox. An occupant eyebox is determined from sensor data. A first adjustment is performed of the virtual image plane based on the occupant eyebox so that the virtual image projected into the virtual image plane is visible in the occupant eyebox.

A system and method for a squat-responsive mirror and seat control for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a control circuitry configured to receive, from a sensor system, sensor information indicative of a squat condition of the vehicle. The squat condition is caused by a load on a towed trailer coupled to the vehicle. The control circuitry further determines a first position of a mirror assembly or a seat assembly of the vehicle. Based on the sensor information, the control circuitry determines an offset by which the mirror assembly or the seat assembly is to be moved with reference to the first position. Further, the control circuitry controls a movement of at least one of the mirror assembly or the seat assembly from the first position to a second position that is different from the first position.

A vehicle including a sensor unit and a processor is disclosed. The sensor unit may be configured to capture inputs associated with vehicle interior and exterior portions. The processor may be configured to determine a presence of a glare on a user face associated with a user or an object located in a vehicle interior portion based on the inputs captured by the sensor unit. The processor may further determine a source of glare based on the inputs, responsive to determining the presence of the glare. The processor may further identify a remedial action to reduce the glare based on the source of glare, and output a notification including an information associated with the remedial action.

A state of a contracting member (e.g., a shape memory material member) in an actuator can be monitored. When activated, the actuator can be configured to morph into an activated configuration in which a dimension of the actuator increases. A sensor can be configured to acquire sensor data. The sensor can be a strain gauge. The contracting member can operatively engage the sensor. One or more processors can be operatively connected to monitor a state of the shape memory material member based on the sensor data.

A control unit of an agricultural machine which is configured to receive sensor data of a sensor system, to analyse the sensor data to determine a need of adaption of at least one moveable display and to control an actuator to adapt the at least one moveable display.

Vehicles and related systems and methods are provided for calibrating a sensing arrangement within an interior compartment of the vehicle. One method involves initiating operation of an interior component of the vehicle, obtaining one or more signals from the sensing arrangement within the interior compartment of the vehicle, wherein a characteristic of the one or more signals is influenced by the operation of the interior component, determining a measured position of the interior component based at least in part on the characteristic of the one or more signals, obtaining a reference position associated with the interior component, and determining a calibration offset for a reference axis associated with the sensing arrangement based on a relationship between the measured position and the reference position, wherein subsequent operation of the vehicle is influenced by the calibration offset associated with the sensing arrangement.