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Posture-Adaptive Servo Tilt-

Lean Drivers Seat

Driverless Vehicles A Human Factors

Design Perspective

Nicholas Robinson, M.IEEE, M.IMechE, ARCA

April 2013 1Nicholas Robinson Design T. +44 (0) 1482 845129


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Are our vehicle drivers seats killing us

slowly - and killing us quickly?

So, whats wrong with

vehicle seating? Hint: Ask me Im also a keendriver and motorcyclist

slowly by poor health

and wellness from

static posture

maintenance

quickly by poor arousal

and vigilance

maintenance

quickly by poor accident

impact resistance and

protection

April 2013 email: [email protected] nicholasrobinsondesign.com 2
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Should we retain the driver in the loop?

Will there not always be a requirement

for manual override?

Driverless Technology

April 2013 3(P) Applied for 5/2012, Nicholas Robinson Design, T. +44 (0) 1482 845129


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The needs of the one sometimes

outweigh the needs of the many!

Take the one as

driver me for

example

Take the many as

other road users

incl. passengers I love driving

April 2013 4


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V/T Graph

48 N +/- static baseline and dynamic force

on controls determines seat tilting angle

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/* Pseudo-code C programme language - based

fragment from control module 50 in Fig. 4 */

#define TRUE 1 include seat_control_lib.h

/* main.c process - poll for change to hazard

detected h */

Void main()

Static Extern h = FALSE, p = TRUE; /* set external variable h

writable to by hazard detector 50 and Presence p senses ifdriver present */

{

Do

{

if (( r.t. >= 1.00 ) OR (r.b.d. = 0.00))

/* whilst manual collision avoidance possible*/

{ brake(mode_man, V);

tilt_seat_back(decel_demand, airbags =

FALSE, brace = FALSE); }

if ((r.t. = 100) && (r.b.d.


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Tilt lean seat gimballed

suspension mechanisms also

facilitate combined smarter

methods of feet-free

operation and driver attentive

sate-monitoring via

orthogonal force sensing

applied to rotationaldisplacement controls, seat

and workstation surfaces

Greater degrees of freedom of movement



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Sit-stand tall dynamic posture workstation- for use in other means of transport incl. ships, large aircraft, LGVs

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Operating mechanisms

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Integrated suspension,

height adjustment,

ingress / egress, fore-

aft impact resistance,

feet-free braking /

throttle



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Systems integration -

continued

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The spine is a good shock

absorber (and support) for

the head, when stressed in

compression by shocks.


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Im seeking collaborage: -

To work with in an advisory/consultancy capacity and/or inemployment internationally to support and work with/alongside

to help build, develop, prototype and evaluate test models to

realise profit from the multiple advantages of my novel innovation: -

Automotive Seating Designer-Manufacturer and Supplier

Corporate Automotive Design Engineer (interiors, contacts, advice)

Automotive Manufacturer (vehicles, automobiles, aerospace R&D)

Sponsor (investor commercial, technical and/or non-technical)

Product Champion (motorsport racing, innovations and team)

Mechanical / Human factors crash-test engineering facility (with automotive

and seating crash-testing laboratory resources)

Aerospace Manufacturer (passenger aircraft cockpits, ships bridges, LGVs,

other applications)

Driverless Systems and GPS Navigation Systems Developer e.g. Google

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