US 12,257,998 B2
Body-size class specification device, body-size class specification method, driving-position setting device, and driving-position setting method
Kosuke Noguchi, Aki-gun (JP); Yoshito Hirata, Aki-gun (JP); Hiroki Uemura, Aki-gun (JP); and Tomonori Ohtsubo, Aki-gun (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,324.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-093107 (JP), filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388429 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B62D 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 40/08 (2013.01) [B60N 2/0273 (2023.08); B62D 1/18 (2013.01); B60N 2/0268 (2023.08); B60W 2540/221 (2020.02)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A body-size class specification device, comprising:
a memory to memorize class feature-quantity information to correlate plural classes for classifying a body size of a person according to a dimension ratio of prescribed parts of a body of the person with plural prescribed feature quantities for characterizing the plural classes, wherein the body size of the person is classified from one or more of aspects of sexualities, races, regions, or nations;
a circuit to:
acquire feature quantity of the person to be specified for a class, wherein the feature quantity of the person incudes standing height of the person and an upper-body-length ratio of upper body's length of the person to leg's length of the person; and
specify the class corresponding to the feature quantity of the person acquired by said circuit based on the class feature-quantity information memorized by said memory; and
one or more electromotive mechanism coupled to the circuit to move a position of a vehicle seat based on the acquired feature quantity and specified class corresponding to the acquired feature quantity of the person.