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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Kolich, Windsor, CA;
Amber LaVerne Hall, Oak Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G01G 19/415 (2006.01); G01G 19/44 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/44 (2006.01); G01L 5/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/64 (2006.01); G01G 19/414 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/02 (2013.01); B60N 2/64 (2013.01); G01G 19/4142 (2013.01); A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); B60N 2/0224 (2013.01); B60N 2/0232 (2013.01); B60N 2/4415 (2013.01); B60N 2002/0268 (2013.01); B60R 21/01516 (2014.10); G01G 19/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for customizing a vehicle seat includes a seat having a cushion and a back coupled thereto and a plurality of force sensors in respective locations along the cushion and the back. The apparatus further includes electronic circuitry coupled with the plurality of sensors and programmed to associate forces sensed by ones of the plurality of force sensors with the respective locations thereof and to output the sensed forces and associated areas.