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A method and apparatus for use in locating a vehicle driver, passenger or object in the vehicle for controlling vehicle systems including the positioning of vehicle sid eview mirrors in relation to the driver's eyes to maximize the view of traffic on either side of the vehicle or the characteristics of vehicle airbag deployment. The location of a driver's or pass enger's eyes or the location of an infant's seat is derived from the adjustment by the driver (o r passenger, if capable of doing so) of adjustable light beam(s) emanating from light source(s) or illuminated indicia, until it (or they) intersect the driver's or passenger's eyes or illumi nate a target, e.g. a child or an infant's seat, in the front passenger's seat. From the angles of adj ustment of the light beam(s) and other known coordinates of the vehicle, the location of the dr iver's or passenger's eyes or the target may be computationally derived as a set of Cartes ian coordinates. The determined eye location of the driver may be used together with the known mounting locations of the driver's and passenger's sideview mirror assemblies to derive exterior sideview mirror pitch and azimuth adjustment signal sets correlated to the vehicle blind spots. The adjustment signals are applied to servo motors operating in a f eedback control loop to correct the actual driver's side and passenger's side sideview m irror pitch and settings to properly reflect images of the driver's side and passenger's side ve hicle blind spots to the driver's eyes. The determined eye locations of the driver and passenger or the target location of the infant's seat may be also or alternatively employed i n the control of the airbag deployment system and in other vehicle safety and comfort systems. Th e relative fore-aft distance away from the airbag and the height of the person or target ca n be computed, and airbag deployment force and/or duration adjusted to compensate for deviation from the standard height and fore-aft distance
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