[54] ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DRIVER'S SEAT
[75] Inventors: Kuniyoshi Harada, Takahama;
Naofumi Fujie, Tokyo, both of Japan
[73] Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, Japan
[21] Appl. No.: 235,173
[22] Filed: Feb. 17, 1981
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Mar. 31, 1980 [JP] Japan 55/41338
[51] Int. CI.' B60N 1/02; G06F 15/20
[52] U.S. CI 364/425; 296/65 R;
318/466; 364/706
[58] Field of Search 364/425, 715, 706;
296/65 R; 297/346; 318/466, 467
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
3,597,554 8/1971 Siegal 318/466 X
3,626,130 12/1971 Siegal 318/466 X
3,979,058 9/1976 Katz et al 364/706
4,037,092 7/1977 Osborne et al 364/706
4,204,255 5/1980 Cremer 364/425
Primary Examiner—Edward J. Wise
An attitude control system for driving and controlling an attitude controlling mechanism associated with a driver's seat. A semiconductor read-only memory stores attitude establishing standard data corresponding to values of a physical stature and an input/output controlling program data associated with a microcomputer. When a value of the stature is inputted into the microcomputer from a keyboard, the microcomputer reads attitude establishing standard data which corresponds to the stature value inputted from the semiconductor read-only memory, and controls the energization of the attitude controlling mechanism until an attitude indicated by such data is reached. An adjustment of the attitude is possible by a key operation. Data representing the prevailing attitude of the attitude controlling mechanism can be stored in a non-volatile semiconductor memory in association with a driver identification code. When an identification code is inputted, the microcomputer reads attitude data from the nonvolatile semiconductor memory and controls the energization of the attitude controlling mechanism until an attitude indicated by such data is reached.
7 Claims, 12 Drawing Figures
