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Modular Car Seat for Monitoring the Pressure Distribution on Regions of Pan and Backrest

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Human Systems Engineering and Design III (IHSED 2020)

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Car driver and occupants monitoring is important for safety and comfort. The systems using vision sensors for monitoring the line of sight can be integrated with pressure sensors embedded in the seats to identify critical Out of Position conditions. A new modular car seat is here proposed to monitor the pressure distribution on different significant regions. The solution improves the limitations of existing technologies embedded in seats. The proportional and fast measurement enables online complex evaluations, while the layout reduces the risk of errors. The experiments proved the effectiveness of the prototype.

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  1. Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via P. Vivarelli, 10, 41125, Modena, Italy

    Alberto Vergnano & Andrea Piras

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  1. University of Central Florida, Winter Park, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  2. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  3. Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia

    Darko Etinger

  4. Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia

    Nikola Tanković

  5. Campus du Moulin de la Housse, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, GRESPI, Reims Cedex 2, France

    Redha Taiar

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Vergnano, A., Piras, A., Leali, F. (2021). Modular Car Seat for Monitoring the Pressure Distribution on Regions of Pan and Backrest. In: Karwowski, W., Ahram, T., Etinger, D., Tanković, N., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design III. IHSED 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1269. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58282-1_2

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