Vehicle seat control system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9862290
SERIAL NO

15182715

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A vehicle seat control system includes: a driving control unit that switches a vehicle between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode; a changing unit that changes positions and facing directions of plural vehicle seats; and a control unit that controls the changing unit such that, in a case in which the driving control unit switches from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, a first seat in which a first occupant who is a driver sits faces in the vehicle traveling direction and is located in a predetermined driving position, and in a case in which the driving control unit switches from the manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode, the first seat faces the in vehicle traveling direction and one or both of the position and the facing direction of another seat is changed without the other seat interfering with the first seat.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Yamada, Yoshinori Nagakute, JP 123 1495

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