Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Vehicle subsystem or accessory control
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-29
2011-03-29
Black, Thomas G (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Vehicle subsystem or accessory control
C701S037000, C701S038000, C297S284900
Reexamination Certificate
active
07917264
ABSTRACT:
A seat apparatus for a vehicle having a side support portion that is controlled depending on a road condition, includes a distance calculating means for calculating a distance of a straight portion between a first curve, on which a vehicle is supposed to be driven, and a second curve, on which the vehicle is supposed to be driven after the first curve, based on an electronic map data, a first controlling level calculating means for calculating a first controlling level at which the side support portion is controlled when the vehicle is driven on the first curve, a second controlling level calculating means for calculating a second controlling level at which the side support portion is controlled when the vehicle is driven on the straight portion, and a driving means for operating the side support portion based on the first controlling level and the second controlling level.
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Aoki Koji
Hattori Koji
Hozumi Soichiro
Maeda Toshiro
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Black Thomas G
Nolan Peter D
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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