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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Arjun V. Yetukuri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
David A. Hein, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Samuel Hanlon, Livonia, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and system involve a controller receiving from a phone an orientation signal indicative of an orientation of the phone and adjusting an object according to the orientation of the phone. The controller may select one of the parts of the object according to an initial orientation of the phone and adjust the selected part of the object in correspondence with the orientation of the phone as the orientation of the phone changes. The selected part may be selected in response to the phone being in the proximity of the selected part. The controller may receive from the phone a control signal indicative of a user input to the phone and adjust the object according to the user input. The object may be a vehicle seat having a first part in the form of a seat bottom and a second part in the form of a seat back.