US 12,280,696 B2
Intelligent seat systems
Ian Main, Calgary (CA); and Melissa Elizabeth Remus Jones, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to XSENSOR Technology Corporation, Calgary (CA)
Filed by XSENSOR Technology Corporation, Calgary (CA)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,590.
Application 18/378,590 is a continuation of application No. 17/717,038, filed on Apr. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,787,312.
Application 17/717,038 is a continuation of application No. 16/741,662, filed on Jan. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,370,328, issued on Jun. 28, 2022.
Application 16/741,662 is a continuation of application No. 15/469,415, filed on Mar. 24, 2017, granted, now 10,562,412, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/313,054, filed on Mar. 24, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083306 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60N 2/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/16 (2006.01); B60N 2/22 (2006.01); B60N 2/64 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/04 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); B60N 2/0022 (2023.08); B60N 2/0023 (2023.08); B60N 2/0025 (2023.08); B60N 2/0027 (2023.08); B60N 2/0273 (2023.08); B60N 2/16 (2013.01); B60N 2/22 (2013.01); B60N 2/643 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); B60N 2/0268 (2023.08); B60N 2210/40 (2023.08); B60N 2220/10 (2023.08); B60N 2220/20 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
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1. A seating system for a vehicle, the seating system comprising:
a support seat configured to support an occupant;
one or more pressure sensors carried by the support seat, the pressure sensors configured to measure pressure values;
a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more pressure sensors; and
memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive the pressure values measured by the one or more pressure sensors;
determine a pressure distribution across the one or more pressure sensors;
determine, based on the pressure distribution, one or more pressure zones corresponding to the occupant, wherein at least one of the pressure zones is a high pressure zone that has a pressure value higher than a threshold; and
identify a change in the one or more pressure zones in response to the vehicle changing from a current driving environment to an imminent driving environment.