System, methodologies, and components acquiring, analyzing, and using occupant body specifications for improved seating structures and environment configuration

摘要

Equipment and processes generate a seating solution by obtaining occupant data, calculating body dimensions from the occupant data, and calculating a best-fit body arrangement for an occupant. Occupant data may be obtained in various ways using available computational devices and software or by manually measuring the relevant dimensions on the occupant. A user interface for inputting occupant metrics and/or occupant measurements may be provided in a mobile terminal included in the vehicle or separate from the vehicle, thus giving users increased flexibility while maximizing simplicity and usability for the user or other personnel obtaining the data. Once an occupant's best-fit body arrangement is determined, it may be altered by changing the predetermined criteria to achieve optimum comfort, safety, and therapeutic benefit as well as used for providing improved comfort on a continuous basis and/or in response to detected or predicted vehicle, road, or atmospheric conditions.

主权项

1. An occupant support system comprising a configuration control system for a seat, the configuration control system comprising:
an interface configured to obtain occupant data associated with an occupant; and computer means for receiving the occupant data, calculating a set of body ratios using the occupant data, calculating external body dimensions using the set of body ratios and the occupant data, calculating internal body dimensions using at least the external body dimensions, and calculating a best-fit body arrangement of the occupant using the internal body dimensions and predetermined criteria so that the occupant's comfort and/or safety is increased when the occupant's body is in the best-fit body arrangement, and an actuator adapted to move the seat to the best-fit body arrangement.