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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Owen Li, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Craig Elson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling a reconfigurable seating arrangement in a vehicle includes memory storing a plurality of cabin modes including a predetermined location and configuration for each of a plurality of moveable interior components, each stored as nodes in a network model. The nodes are connected by edges extending between ones of the nodes selected as possible successive cabin modes with associated edge cost values. A controller receives a selected one of the plurality of cabin modes and determines a first transition sequence between a current one of the cabin modes and the selected cabin mode by identifying a first one of the nodes that corresponds with the current cabin mode and a second one of the nodes that corresponds with the selected cabin mode. The controller moves at least one of the moveable interior components according to the first transition sequence.