Automotive vehicle seat adjusting system

Claim 2

An automotive vehicle seat adjusting system comprising: a drive circuit for moving an automotive vehicle seat; a detection circuit for detecting a moving speed of the seat; a feeling signal input means for inputting a signal indicative of the feeling of a driver to the moving speed of the seat; a rule memory with speed decision rules stored therein; a fuzzy inference processor for performing fuzzy inference in accordance with one of the rules stored in the rule memory to decide an optimal seat moving speed on the basis of the moving speed detected by the detection circuit and the signal inputted by the feeling signal input means; and a controller for controlling the drive circuit so that the seat can move at the optimal moving speed decided by the fuzzy inference processor.

Claim 3

The system of claim 1, wherein the drive circuit moves the seat by driving a motor provided in a seat drive unit.

Claim 4

The system of claim 2, wherein the detection circuit detects drive pulses for the motor and, based on the drive pulses, detects the moving speed of the seat.

Claim 5

The system of claim 1, wherein said feeling signal input means comprises a microphone for inputting voice and a voice recognition processor for performing recognition of the voice inputted through the microphone and outputting the same as a voice signal.

Claim 6

An automotive vehicle seat adjusting system comprising: a drive circuit for moving an automotive vehicle seat; a detection circuit for detecting a position and moving speed of the seat; a feeling signal input means for inputting a signal indicative of the feeling of a driver to the moving speed of the seat; a data memory with seat position data stored therein; a rule memory with speed decision rules stored therein; a fuzzy inference processor for performing fuzzy inference in accordance with one of the rules stored in the rule memory to decide an optimal seat moving speed on the basis of the moving speed detected by the detection circuit and the signal inputted by the feeling signal input means; and a controller for writing the position of the seat, which has been detected by the detection circuit, as a position datum in the data memory, for reading a position datum stored in the data memory and then to control the drive circuit to move the seat to the position of the position datum, and also for controlling the drive circuit so that the seat can move at the optimal moving speed decided by the fuzzy inference processor.

Claim 7

An automotive vehicle seat adjusting system comprising: a drive circuit for moving an automotive vehicle seat; a detection circuit for detecting a position and moving speed of the seat; a feeling signal input means for inputting a signal indicative of the feeling of a driver to the moving speed of the seat; a data memory with seat position data stored therein; a rule memory with speed decision rules stored therein; a fuzzy inference processor for performing fuzzy inference in accordance with one of the rules stored in the rule memory to decide an optimal seat moving speed on the basis of the moving speed detected by the detection circuit and the signal inputted by the feeling signal input means; and a controller for writing the position of the seat, which has been detected by the detection circuit, as a position datum in the data memory, for reading a position datum stored in the data memory and then to control the drive circuit to move the seat to the position of the position datum, and also for controlling the drive circuit so that the seat can move at the optimal moving speed decided by the fuzzy inference processor.

Claim 8

The system of claim 5, wherein the drive circuit moves the seat by driving a motor provided in a seat drive unit.

Claim 9

The system of claim 6, wherein the detection circuit detects drive pulses for the motor and, based on the drive pulses, detects the position and moving speed of the seat.

Claim 10

The system of claim 5, wherein said feeling signal input means comprises a microphone for inputting voice and a voice recognition processor for performing recognition of the voice inputted through the microphone and outputting the same as a voice signal.

Claim 11

The system of claim 5, further comprising a first input means for instructing storage of a position datum of the seat and a second input means for instructing movement of the seat to the position of the position datum, wherein the controller writes the position datum in the data memory in accordance with an input signal from the first input means, reads the position datum stored in the data memory in accordance with the input signal from the second input means and controls the drive circuit to move the seat to the position.

Claim 12

The system of claim 5, further comprising a third input means for instructing movement of the seat, wherein the controller controls the drive circuit to move the seat in accordance with an input signal from said third input means.

Claim 13

A vehicle seat adjustment system comprising: a plurality of manually operable switches by which control signals may be entered by a user; a drive circuit for moving the vehicle seat; a controller coupled to said switches and said drive circuit; and an inference processor coupled to the controller.

Claim 14

A vehicle seat adjustment system comprising: a plurality of manually operable switches by which control signals may be entered by a user; a drive circuit for moving the vehicle seat; a controller coupled to said switches and said drive circuit; and an inference processor coupled to the controller.

Claim 15

The system of claim 11 further comprising: an input circuit for inputting data for use by the inference processor, the data concerning the speed of seat movement desired by the user.

Claim 16

The system of claim 12 wherein said input circuit includes a voice receptor and a voice recognition processor coupled thereto.

Claim 17

The system of claim 11 further comprising a rule memory coupled to the inference processor.

Claim 18

The system of claim 11 further comprising a speed detector for determining the speed of seat movement, coupled to the inference processor.

Claim 19

The system of claim 11 wherein said controller includes a microprocessor and the system further comprises a speed detector coupled to the microprocessor for determining the speed of seat movement.

Claim 20

The system of claim 16 further comprising: an input circuit for inputting data for use by the inference processor, the data concerning the speed of seat movement desired by the user, wherein said input circuit includes a voice receptor and a voice recognition processor coupled thereto; a rule memory coupled to the inference processor; and a speed detector for determining the speed of seat movement, coupled to the inference processor.