US 12,485,930 B2
Device and method for controlling a vehicle seat
Dae Young Kim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,267.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0163223 (KR), filed on Nov. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169288 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/0053 (2020.02) [B60N 2/0248 (2013.01); B60N 2/0268 (2023.08); B60N 2210/24 (2023.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for controlling travel of a vehicle, the device comprising:
a storage medium configured to store at least one of a first seat location before an autonomous driving, a second seat location set by a driver, or a third seat location in a current state, wherein the third seat location is stored when a steering wheel is in hand on state; and
a controller configured to control a seat of the vehicle based on a seat location stored in the storage medium when a driving state of the vehicle is switched from an autonomous driving state to a manual driving state by transferring a control right of the vehicle to the driver,
wherein the controller is configured to
request the driver to set the second seat location to be used when the travel control right is transferred to the driver, and
output that the seat location is set to the second seat location by the driver when i) the seat location is set to the second seat location by the driver and ii) the control right transfers from the vehicle to the driver.