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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Orhan Demirovic, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Mingyang Yang, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Bongkyu Park, Rochester, MI (US);
Jaywan Kim, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system to limit adjustment capabilities of a vehicle seat, the system including: a controller; a camera located in a vehicle configured to record images of a visual content, where the visual content is at least a portion of the vehicle seat; the vehicle seat being capable of being remotely controlled to be adjusted between an upright arrangement and a folded arrangement; a sensor configured to produce an output when a seatbelt tongue is inserted into a corresponding seatbelt buckle; where executable instructions enable the controller to: operate the camera to record images of the visual content; determine whether an object exists in the visual content; determine whether the sensor has produced an output; and when at least one object exists in the visual content or the sensor has produced an output, limit the vehicle seat adjustment capabilities such that the vehicle seat is restricted to the upright arrangement.