Methods and systems employing orientation of phone to adjust physical objects and/or employing phone proximity to select parts of physical objects for adjustment

• Main Authors: Yetukuri, Arjun V, Hein, David A, Hanlon, Samuel
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.04.2020
• Subjects: BEDS; CALCULATING; CHAIRS; COFFEE MILLS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; SIGNALLING; SOFAS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILARSIGNALS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A method and system involve a controller receiving from a phone an orientation signal indicative of an orientation of the phone and adjusting an object according to the orientation of the phone. The controller may select one of the parts of the object according to an initial orientation of the phone and adjust the selected part of the object in correspondence with the orientation of the phone as the orientation of the phone changes. The selected part may be selected in response to the phone being in the proximity of the selected part. The controller may receive from the phone a control signal indicative of a user input to the phone and adjust the object according to the user input. The object may be a vehicle seat having a first part in the form of a seat bottom and a second part in the form of a seat back.