This disclosure describes vehicle climate control systems and methods for more intelligently controlling an occupant comfort level within a vehicle interior in a manner that minimizes energy usage of the vehicle. The climate control system may be automatically controlled in an economical mode (i.e., ECO mode) when certain vehicle conditions are met. For example, the decision to activate the ECO mode of the climate control system may be a function of one or more variables including, but not limited to, vehicle speed, vehicle speed differentials, ambient temperatures, temperature differentials, battery state of charge, predicted low battery state of charge, etc.

An ECU device which estimates a length of a lower limb of a seated person who is seated in a vehicle seat is shown. The ECU device includes the following. A thigh angle information obtainer obtains information regarding a thigh angle of the seated person. A back knee angle information obtainer obtains information regarding a back knee angle of the seated person. An estimator estimates the length of the lower limb of the seated person based on the information regarding the thigh angle obtained by the thigh angle information obtainer and information regarding the back knee angle obtained by the back knee angle information obtainer.

An embodiment method for dynamic sun shielding via seat adjustment in a motor vehicle includes determining if an eye region of a vehicle occupant is currently or foreseeably exposed to glaring light incident through a window of the motor vehicle, and adjusting a vehicle seat occupied by the vehicle occupant such that the glaring light is at least reduced in the eye region of the vehicle occupant, the determining and adjusting being performed without input of the vehicle occupant.

A detachable vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion including a seat latch for selectively securing the seat cushion to a vehicle body, and a seat control device for selectively unlatching the seat latch; a seatback pivotally attached to the seat cushion via a recliner device, the recliner device including a recliner control device configured to selectively cause the recliner device to be in a first state for locking the seatback in an upright position and a second state for locking the seatback in a stowage position; a first connecting element connecting the recliner device to the seat control device so that the seat latch can be unlatched only when the recliner device is in the second state; and a second connecting element connecting the seat latch to the recliner control device so that the recliner device can take the first state only when the seat latch is fully latched.

Provided is an electric seat control apparatus for a vehicle including: a first rail and a second rail mounted at a constant interval on the floor surface of a vehicle body in the forward and rearward directions of a seat; a first movement unit provided with a first motor and mounted between the first rail and the lower surface of the seat to move linearly along the first rail; a second movement unit provided with a second motor and mounted between the second rail and the lower surface of the seat to move linearly along the second rail; and a control unit that simultaneously receives the RPM and a rotational position signal of the first motor and the RPM and a rotational position signal of the second motor to synchronize the RPMs and rotational positions of the first motor and the second motor to match each other.

Systems and methods are provided herein for managing a vehicle fleet based on compliance regulations, and, in some embodiments, involve blockchain or other distributed ledger technologies. Systems and methods for managing a vehicle fleet based on compliance regulations may include receiving a service request, wherein the service request is a request for a passenger ride or a request for a cargo transport, receiving first information for a first node, wherein the first information comprises a vehicle size, a vehicle weight, and/or a number of seats, receiving second information comprising a first threshold number of vehicle occupants and/or a first threshold vehicle occupant weight limit, determining that the first threshold number of vehicle occupants or the first threshold vehicle occupant weight limit are exceeded, and sending an indication that the first node has not accepted the service request.

A device for operating a seating arrangement that can be folded out of or into a vehicle. Includes a control unit that receives and executes an activation command by an authorized vehicle user and third parties for folding the seating arrangement out of a region inside the vehicle into a region accessible from outside the vehicle.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for optimized driver seat and pedal positioning using ulna length. An example method may include determining, at a first time and using a sensor of a vehicle, an ulna length of a vehicle user. The example method may also include automatically adjusting a seating position of the vehicle user to a first seating position based on the ulna length of the vehicle user.

An apparatus and a method for controlling an interior of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus for controlling the interior of the vehicle may include an interface configured to receive, at predetermined cycles, information on at least one of video of an inside of the vehicle collected by a camera or sound of the inside of the vehicle collected from a microphone, and a processor configured to determine a relationship between passengers in the vehicle based on the information, and control the interior of the vehicle based on the relationship between the passengers. When determining the relationship between passengers, a passenger relationship estimation algorithm used may be a neural network model generated through machine learning, and may be stored in a memory in the apparatus for controlling the interior of the vehicle, or may be provided via a server in an artificial intelligence environment through a 5G network.

A ventilation device of a vehicle includes an air outflow opening disposed on an upper side of a backrest of a seat of the vehicle such that an airflow from the air outflow opening flows in a direction of a roof of the vehicle. A plurality of air guiding elements are pivotably mounted in a region of the air outflow opening where an air volume of a front partial airflow and a rear partial airflow is settable by the plurality of air guiding elements. A further air guiding element is disposed on the roof in a region of the airflow where the airflow is dividable and deflectable by the further air guiding element.