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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 27, 2018
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Baek Hee Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Min Hyuk Kwak, Seoul, KR;

Jin Hee Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 31/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/66 (2006.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 31/126 (2013.01); A61H 9/0078 (2013.01); B60N 2/0244 (2013.01); B60N 2/665 (2015.04); B60N 2/666 (2015.04); A61H 2201/0149 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5071 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5092 (2013.01); A61H 2230/625 (2013.01); B60N 2002/026 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0268 (2013.01); B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a system for correcting a passenger's posture in an autonomous vehicle, wherein the system includes a camera configured to measure a distance between a headrest and a head of the passenger, a plurality of body pressure sensors configured to be uniformly embedded across an entire area of the seat and sense body pressures of the passenger, a pressurizing device configured to be expandably installed inside a seatback and press between T10 and T12 of a thoracic spine of the passenger, and a controller configured to control an operation of the pressurizing device on the basis of the distance measured by the camera and a scapular pressure of the passenger, which is sensed by the plurality of body pressure sensors.


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