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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2024
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/976 (2018.02); B60N 2/0272 (2023.08); B60N 2/0278 (2023.08);
Abstract
A seat control apparatus receives a user input from a user through an input part. The seat control apparatus may identify, among a plurality of input devices included in the input part, a type of an input device corresponding to the user input, and determine whether the massage function is to be performed, based on information of at least one of the identified type of the input device, a state of a host vehicle, a location state of the seat, a compulsory driving setting state of the massage function, or any combination thereof.