System, methodologies, and components acquiring, analyzing, and using occupant body specifications for improved seating structures and environment configuration

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9889770
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15627590

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Equipment and processes generate a seating solution by obtaining occupant data, calculating body dimensions from the occupant data, and calculating a best-fit body arrangement for an occupant. Occupant data may be obtained in various ways using available computational devices and software or by manually measuring the relevant dimensions on the occupant. A user interface for inputting occupant metrics and/or occupant measurements may be provided in a mobile terminal included in the vehicle or separate from the vehicle, thus giving users increased flexibility while maximizing simplicity and usability for the user or other personnel obtaining the data. Once an occupant's best-fit body arrangement is determined, it may be altered by changing the predetermined criteria to achieve optimum comfort, safety, and therapeutic benefit as well as used for providing improved comfort on a continuous basis and/or in response to detected or predicted vehicle, road, or atmospheric conditions.

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FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING LLC2800 HIGH MEADOW CIRCLE AUBURN HILLS MI 48326

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Baudu, Samuel Boulogne Billancourt, FR 20 398
Brncick, Gregory Holland, US 15 655
Fitzpatrick, Robert C Holland, US 36 510
Hotary, James T Holland, US 24 1282
Lowell, Dana R Holland, US 8 298

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