WO2025252561A1 - Method for adapting a vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a vehicle user and vehicle - Google Patents

Method for adapting a vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a vehicle user and vehicle

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WO2025252561A1
WO2025252561A1 PCT/EP2025/064724 EP2025064724W WO2025252561A1 WO 2025252561 A1 WO2025252561 A1 WO 2025252561A1 EP 2025064724 W EP2025064724 W EP 2025064724W WO 2025252561 A1 WO2025252561 A1 WO 2025252561A1
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Elise Bunouf
Axel Giboulot
Aliza Leb
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Valeo Comfort and Driving Assistance SAS
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  • An aspect of the invention relates to a method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a user of the vehicle based on a three-dimensional body model of the body of the user. Further aspects of the invention relate to a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, to a system with such a vehicle, to a computing unit and to a storage device, to such a computing unit as well as to a computer program comprising commands, which, when they are executed by such a computing unit, cause it to perform method steps of the method according to the invention.
  • the invention comprises a computer-readable storage medium with such a computer program.
  • vehicle parameters of a vehicle in particular of a motor vehicle, for example of a passenger car, can be adapted to physical characteristics of a user or driver of the vehicle.
  • a fatigue-proof body posture in the vehicle can for example arise or be allowed for the driver.
  • the adaptation of the vehicle parameters can for example include that seat adjustments of a driver's seat are adapted to a body size of the driver.
  • a steering wheel adjustment and/or a mirror adjustment of interior and/or exterior mirrors of the vehicle can also be performed to adapt the position and/or orientation thereof to the body size of the driver.
  • the driver of the vehicle manually performs these and further adaptations in the vehicle when he is sitting in the vehicle and before he begins a trip.
  • inaccuracies can occur such that the driver has to readjust in the course of the trip, whereby his attention is distracted from the current traffic situation.
  • the process of the adaptation is time consuming and is often perceived as annoying such that overhasty action and thus insufficiently adapted vehicle parameters increasingly occur here.
  • the driver if he for example changes the vehicle or else if multiple drivers share one vehicle, the corresponding adaptation has to be over and over again performed for each driver.
  • a body of a vehicle occupant can be recognized by an interior camera. Based on the camera data, a morphological characteristic of the body can be recognized, which can be used for calculating a three- dimensional representation of the body. Based on the three-dimensional representation of the body, vehicle adjustments can then be performed.
  • the calculation of the representation is expensive and can only serve as an approximation to the true body shape of the vehicle occupant since only an incomplete view of the body of the vehicle occupant can be captured by the interior camera. This results in inaccuracies in the adaptation of the vehicle adjustments.
  • An object, which underlies the present invention, is in improving the adjustment of vehicle parameters and the adaptation thereof to physical characteristics of a driver.
  • the invention relates to a method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a user of the vehicle based on a three-dimensional body model of the body of the user, for example of the driver of the vehicle.
  • a command for creating a body model is first generated and communicated to a control device of the vehicle.
  • the command can be generated by the user by operating an input interface of the vehicle.
  • the user operates an application on his smart phone for generating and communicating the command, which can be coupled to the input interface of the vehicle.
  • the coupling can for example be established by an USB connection or also by a Bluetooth connection.
  • the input interface in the vehicle can for example be an operating element, for example a button on a touchscreen in the vehicle, by the operation of which the command for creating the body model can be generated.
  • the input interface can also include a connection interface of a communication connection (for example USB or Bluetooth) between a mobile device, for example the smart phone of the user, and the control device of the vehicle.
  • a mobile device for example the smart phone of the user
  • the control device of the vehicle the user can generate the command for creating the body model by operating a user interface of a software application (app) on the smart phone and communicate it to the control device of the vehicle.
  • apps software application
  • the control device receives the command and then controls at least one vehicle's own environmental sensor of the vehicle based on the command. In other words, the control device activates the at least one vehicle's own environmental sensor based on the command.
  • the at least one environmental sensor of the vehicle which can for example include a lidar sensor arrangement and/or an exterior camera of the vehicle
  • body data is then captured outside of the vehicle according to the control by the control device, which describes a body shape of the body of the user.
  • a body scan of the body of the user is effected outside of the vehicle.
  • a whole-body scan of the user is effected, who can for example move into a capturing range of the environmental sensor hereto.
  • the user can for example be instructed by the control device of the vehicle, where he is to position himself hereto with respect to the vehicle in the capturing range of the environmental sensor.
  • the capturing range can for example include a range in front of the hood of the vehicle such that the user has to place himself in front of the hood of the vehicle for the body scan.
  • the instruction hereto can be output for the user for example on a display device of the vehicle or also on a screen of his smart phone.
  • the user can be instructed in this manner to move in the capturing range, for example to rotate once around his own axis, such that the environmental sensor can capture the body of the user from all directions.
  • the thus captured body data is then communicated to a computing device, by which the three-dimensional body model is created based on the body data.
  • the computing device can be located internal to vehicle or also external to vehicle.
  • the raw data of the body scan thus a raw version of the body data
  • the computing device can for example include at least one processor of the smart phone of the user.
  • the creation of the body model can be effected on the smart phone.
  • the computing device can also be located in a server environment external to vehicle and be in communication with the control device of the vehicle via an internet-based communication connection. It can also be provided that the smart phone of the user is incorporated in this communication in the sense of a distributed computing environment and for example initiates forwarding of the raw data to the computing device.
  • the three-dimensional body model is provided to the control device, which, considering the same, controls actuators in the vehicle for adapting the at least one vehicle parameter to the body of the user.
  • the three-dimensional body model can be retrieved from the computing device or a storage device associated with it by the control device and be used to adapt the vehicle parameter.
  • the body model can first be transferred from the computing device to a storage device of the smart phone of the user, from where it can be communicated to the control device or from where the control device can retrieve it.
  • the body model can be stored in a storage device of the server device external to vehicle, from where it can be retrieved by the control device of the vehicle.
  • the control device can retrieve the body model from the storage device only after effected authorization by the user.
  • the body model When the body model is present in the control device, it can for example ascertain an arm length and/or a leg length and/or a torso length and/or further physical characteristics of the user from the body model and for example adapt a seat adjustment of the vehicle to these characteristics in that is controls the corresponding actuators in the vehicle.
  • the whole-body scan according to the invention outside of the vehicle allows a particularly realistic representation of the body of the user in the three-dimensional body model.
  • body parts do not have to be approximated since all of the body parts of the body of the user can be directly captured by the at least one environmental sensor of the vehicle.
  • the accuracy of the body model improves with reduction of the computing effort for the creation thereof at the same time compared to the known methods.
  • the invention includes further embodiments, by which additional advantages arise.
  • the body data is at least in parts captured outside of the vehicle by at least one radar sensor and/or by at least one lidar sensor and/or by at least one ultrasonic sensor and/or by at least one camera sensor of the vehicle.
  • the body data can also be captured by any combination of the mentioned sensors.
  • the sensors can all be a part of an environmental sensor system of the vehicle as it can typically also be employed for operating different driver assistance systems of the vehicle, for example for operating a parking assistance system.
  • additional sensors do not have to be installed in the vehicle to perform the method according to the invention, whereby it can inexpensively also be realized as a retrofit solution for the existing vehicle fleet.
  • a respective sensor for capturing the body data is selected according to current environmental conditions of the vehicle.
  • the lidar sensor can preferably be selected in darkness since the environmental brightness might be insufficient for the capture by the camera sensor.
  • a further embodiment provides that length ratios of differently long limbs of the body of the user are calculated among other things for creating the three-dimensional body model.
  • the body model can be created based on the method of "Oyster Body Tracking".
  • a further embodiment provides that a body size of the user and/or proportions of different body parts of the user to each other and/or a body weight of the user are derived from the three-dimensional body model.
  • a digital twin of the user can be created based on the body model. Based on the digital twin, it can be virtually emulated how the user can be optimally positioned in the vehicle and how movable components in the vehicle can be adjusted to the user to allow him sitting in the vehicle as fatigue-proof as possible. Further data can underlie or be incorporated in the virtual emulation of the user.
  • Such further data can for example be specified by the user in creating the command for capturing the body data.
  • the at least one vehicle parameter can be adapted in automated manner before entering the vehicle by the user.
  • all of the adjustments in the vehicle have already been performed when the user takes a seat in the vehicle and he can start driving without time delay.
  • the adaptation can also be performed only when the user takes a seat in the vehicle. For example, this can be recognized by a seat occupancy sensor in the driver's seat. Thus, it is exactly comprehensible for the user, which adjustments have been made.
  • a further embodiment provides that constructional characteristics of the vehicle are additionally taken into account in adapting the at least one vehicle parameter.
  • This embodiment is based on the realization that seat adjustment parameters for a vehicle seat for example differ in their basic type, according to in which vehicle type a respective vehicle seat is installed. This is primarily due to the geometry of the respective vehicle type. Thus, the geometry of a sports car for example differs from the geometry of an off- road vehicle or even of a truck. In other words, different adaptations of the vehicle parameters have to be performed in different vehicle types depending on the three- dimensional body model of one and the same user to arrive at a comparably comfortable sitting position of the user in the respective vehicle.
  • critical geometry parameters are provided in a database, which the control device of a respective vehicle can access.
  • a critical geometry parameter can for example be a leg room depth and/or a height of an side mirror above the roadway surface.
  • certain physical characteristics which can be derived from the body model, for example a ratio of arm length to leg length of the user or length of the torso, can then be associated with certain geometry parameters in the database, wherein a factor can be stored for the respective geometry parameter in the database, which recommends the adaptation depending on a respective vehicle type.
  • a long torso in a sports car for example requires a different adaptation of the vehicle parameters than in an off-road vehicle. This is taken into account by the described embodiment.
  • a further embodiment provides that the body data and/or the three-dimensional body model are stored in a storage device internal to vehicle or external to vehicle and are there provided to the control device of the vehicle and/or to a control device of at least one further vehicle.
  • the body data and/or the three-dimensional body model can thus be provided to the control devices of any further vehicles for adapting the vehicle parameters thereof to the body of the user.
  • the storage device can include a memory of a mobile terminal or smart phone of the user and/or a memory of a server device external to vehicle.
  • the user can take along his digital twin from one vehicle to another vehicle.
  • the user can access his digital twin from multiple different vehicles.
  • the body data does not have to be again captured by the other vehicle since it is already present, for example in a user profile, which can be stored in an application on the smart phone of the user.
  • a user profile which can be stored in an application on the smart phone of the user.
  • different vehicles can be registered in the application, which the user regularly uses.
  • the control device of this vehicle can then receive a command for adapting the at least one vehicle parameter depending on the three-dimensional body model from the application, retrieve the body model from the storage device and perform the adaptation without a new body scan being required.
  • Such a design is for example advantageous for field representatives of a company, who often change between always the same vehicles of the fleet of the company.
  • the at least one vehicle parameter can for example be a backrest adjustment of a driver's seat of the vehicle and/or a seating surface adjustment of the driver's seat of the vehicle and/or a headrest adjustment of the driver's seat of the vehicle and/or a steering wheel adjustment of the steering wheel of the vehicle and/or a mirror adjustment of at least one interior and/or exterior mirror of the vehicle.
  • a further embodiment provides that an adaptation of the at least one vehicle parameter effected for the first time based on the three-dimensional body model is captured in the computing device and associated with the user, wherein the adaptation effected for the first time is taken into account in a new adaptation.
  • the computing device can be trained with the adaptation effected for the first time such that a learning effect arises for the new adaptations.
  • an efficiency of the described method can be improved.
  • manual readjustments of the user to the already adapted vehicle parameter can also be captured and be used for the training of the computing device or the adaptation algorithm in the computing device.
  • a further embodiment provides that after adapting the at least one vehicle parameter to the body of the user, a sitting position of the user in the vehicle is observed by at least one interior sensor of the vehicle, the sitting position is analyzed considering the three- dimensional body model of the body of the user, wherein the analysis includes that a deviation of the sitting position from a sitting position optimum for the three-dimensional body model is recognized and a measure for changing his sitting position is proposed to the user considering the deviation.
  • the accurate knowledge of the physical characteristics of the user which is present based on the three-dimensional body model, can additionally be used to provide custom-made recommendations for the user, which aid him in arriving at an optimum sitting position.
  • the previous isolated consideration by interior sensors can hereby be considerably extended and improved.
  • the interior sensor can for example be an interior camera, a seat occupancy sensor, a weight distribution sensor in the form of a pressure sensor pad in a seating surface of the driver's seat or the like.
  • the interior sensor can also include a pressure sensor arrangement along an outer circumferential surface of a steering wheel of the vehicle such that it can be determined if the user loosely or tensely encompasses the steering wheel.
  • the three-dimensional body model can be used to represent the user as the driver of the vehicle as well as the passenger of the vehicle.
  • the proposed measure includes at least breathing exercises, finger exercises, shoulder circles and/or erecting the torso.
  • the measure can be demonstrated by an avatar of the user such that the user can intuitively imitate the measure.
  • the avatar can also be created based on the three-dimensional body model for the user and have phenotypical features of the user such that the user can identify himself with the avatar.
  • the avatar can for example have the hair color and/or the eye color of the user.
  • the avatar can also be used for gamification and/or personalization of further applications in the vehicle.
  • the avatar can for example be shown to the user by means of a head-up display in the vehicle such that the user can easily observe, which measure the avatar demonstrates to him.
  • an error message and/or a request for inputting a user feedback are output and/or a default setting and/or a predetermined initial state are adjusted according to the method.
  • a further aspect of the invention relates to a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising at least one environmental sensor, at least one interior sensor, a control device and an input interface, wherein the input interface is configured to receive an input command of a user and to generate a command for creating a three-dimensional body model based on the input command and to communicate it to the control device.
  • the input interface can be directly embedded in the vehicle environment in the form of an operating element or for example also be provided by a smart phone, which can be coupled to the control device of the vehicle, for example via an USB coupling and/or a wireless connection, for example using a near field communication (NFC) technology, for example Bluetooth.
  • NFC near field communication
  • the control device of the vehicle according to the invention is configured to control the at least one environmental sensor based on the command, which is in turn configured to capture body data outside of the vehicle according to the control by the control device, which describes a body shape of the body of the user, and to communicate it to a computing device, by which the three-dimensional body model is created based on the body data.
  • the computing device can be formed internal to vehicle or also external to vehicle.
  • the control device of the vehicle according to the invention is further configured to control actuators in the vehicle for adapting at least one vehicle parameter to the body of the user considering the three-dimensional body model.
  • a development of the vehicle provides that the at least one interior sensor is configured to observe a sitting position of the user in the vehicle after adapting the at least one vehicle parameter to the body of the user.
  • the control device is configured to analyze the sitting position considering the three-dimensional body model of the body of the user, wherein the analysis includes that a deviation of the sitting position from a sitting position optimum for the three-dimensional body model is recognized.
  • a measure for changing his sitting position can be proposed to the user considering the deviation by the control device.
  • the proposal can for example be communicated via a display device of the vehicle, in particular a head-up display.
  • a further aspect of the invention relates to a system comprising a vehicle according to the invention according to any one of the described embodiments, a computing device external to vehicle or internal to vehicle and a storage device external to vehicle or internal to vehicle, wherein the system or the components thereof are configured to perform method steps of a method according to any one of the described embodiments.
  • a further aspect of the invention relates to a computing device for such a system.
  • the computing device can include one or more computing units.
  • a computing unit can for example be understood as a data processing device with processing circuits.
  • a computing unit can perform computing operations to process data.
  • the computing operations can also include indexed accesses to a data structure, for example a look-up table, LUT.
  • a computing unit can include one or more computers, one or more microcontrollers and/or one or more integrated circuits, for example one or more application-specific integrated circuits, ASIC, one or more field-programmable gate arrays, FPGA, and/or one or more systems on a chip, SoC.
  • the computing unit can also include one or more processors, for example one or more microprocessors, one or more central processing units, CPU, one or more graphics processing units, GPU, and/or one or more signal processors, in particular one or more digital signal processors, DSP.
  • the computing unit can also include a physical or virtual cluster of computers or others of the mentioned units.
  • a computing unit can also include one or more hardware and/or software interfaces and/or one or more storage units.
  • a storage unit can be designed as a volatile data memory, for example as a dynamic random access memory, DRAM, or static random access memory, SRAM, or as a non-volatile data memory, for example as a read-only memory, ROM, as a programmable read-only memory, PROM, as an erasable programmable read-only memory, EPROM, as an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM, as a flash memory or flash EEPROM, as a ferroelectric random access memory, FRAM, as a magnetoresistive random access memory, MRAM, or as a phase-change random access memory, PCRAM.
  • ROM read-only memory
  • PROM programmable read-only memory
  • EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory
  • EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
  • FRAM ferroelectric random access memory
  • MRAM magnetoresistive random access memory
  • PCRAM phase-change random access memory
  • FIG. 1 Further aspects of the invention relate to a computer program and to a computer-readable storage medium with such a computer program, which includes commands, which, when they are executed by a computing device, cause it to perform method steps according to a method according to the invention.
  • the invention thus also relates to a computer program with commands.
  • the commands When the commands are executed by at least one computing device, the commands cause the at least one computing device or one of its computing units to perform a method according to the invention.
  • the commands can for example be present as a program code.
  • the program code can for example be provided as a binary code or assembler and/or as a source code of a programming language, for example C, and/or as a program script, for example Python.
  • a computer-readable storage medium which stores a computer program according to the invention.
  • the computer program and the computer-readable storage medium are each computer program products with the commands.
  • a component of the system according to the invention in particular the computing device of the system or one of its computing units, is configured, formed, adapted or the like to execute or realize a certain function, to achieve a certain effect or to serve a certain purpose
  • this can be understood such that the component is concretely and actually capable of executing or realizing the function, achieving the effect or serving the purpose by a corresponding adaptation, programming, physical configuration and so on beyond the principal or theoretical usability or suitability of the component for this function, effect or purpose.
  • Fig. 1 a schematic representation of a vehicle and of a user, wherein an environmental sensor of the vehicle performs a body scan of the body of the user;
  • Fig. 2 a schematic representation of a vehicle constellation of multiple vehicles, wherein the three-dimensional body model of the user is transferred from a first one of the vehicles to a second one of the vehicles;
  • Fig. 3 a schematic representation of an input interface in the vehicle;
  • Fig. 4 a schematic representation of an output of a recommendation for action for the user of the vehicle on a head-up display of the vehicle to improve his sitting position in the vehicle;
  • FIG. 5 schematic representations of various application interfaces of a software application for a smart phone of the user.
  • Fig. 6 a schematic representation of a method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a user of the vehicle based on a three- dimensional body model of the body of the user.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a vehicle 10, in particular of a motor vehicle or passenger car.
  • the vehicle 10 comprises an environmental sensor system with at least one environmental sensor 12.
  • the environmental sensor 12 can be a camera sensor, which comprises a capturing range 14.
  • the environmental sensor 12 can capture objects within the capturing range 14 or within its viewing range.
  • the environmental sensor system can be a system of environmental sensors 12, which are also in use in operating different driver assistance systems of the vehicle 10, for example in operating a parking assistance system.
  • the vehicle 10 includes a control device 16, which is formed to control or to activate the environmental sensor 12.
  • the control device 16 can perform this depending on a command, which it for example obtains from a user 18 of the vehicle 10 via an input interface 32 not illustrated here (see Fig. 3).
  • the user 18 can activate the at least one environmental sensor 12 by means of an input command via the control device 16 of the vehicle 10.
  • the environmental sensor 12 scans a body of the user 18 outside of the vehicle 10 as a result of the input command.
  • the user 18 is positioned within the capturing range 14. In order to perform a whole-body scan of the user 18, he can rotate around his own axis according to the movement arrow 20 in the course of the scan.
  • a luminous signal can be output to the user 18 via a lighting device of the vehicle 10 when the scan has been successfully completed.
  • body data 22 of the user 18 is captured, which can describe a body shape of the user 18.
  • the body data 22 can then be transferred to the control device 16, where it can be stored as raw data.
  • a copy of the body data 22 can be communicated to a computing device 24 external to vehicle, where a three-dimensional body model 26 of the user 18 can be created based on the body data 22.
  • the body data 22 can also be processed to the body model 26 of the user 18 internal to vehicle, wherein the finished body model 26 can be stored internal to vehicle or external to vehicle in a storage device not illustrated here in each of the described cases.
  • the body model 26 can be retrieved from the storage device by the control device 16 of the vehicle 10 to adapt at least one vehicle parameter of the vehicle 10 considering the same.
  • the control device 16 can control actuators 28 of the vehicle 10, for example seat adjustment actuators, which can establish a respective seat component adjustment. In this manner, a seating surface adjustment and/or a backrest adjustment of a vehicle seat of the vehicle 10 can in particular be performed depending on the body model 26.
  • Fig. 2 shows a situation, in which the body model 26 is to be used by two vehicles 10, 10'.
  • the body scan of the user 18 is first performed by the environmental sensor system of the vehicle 10 as described.
  • the body data 22 captured therein is communicated from the control device 16 of the vehicle 10 to the computing device 24 external to vehicle, where the body model 26 is calculated based on the body data 22.
  • the body model 26 is then transferred to a storage device of a smart phone 30 of the user 18.
  • a control device 16' of the vehicle 10' can retrieve the body model 26 to then control its actuators 28' for vehicle parameter adjustment based on the body model 26.
  • control device 16' can additionally consider critical vehicle geometry parameters of the vehicle 10', which can deviate from the vehicle geometry parameters of the vehicle 10, because the two vehicles 10, 10' are for example different vehicle types.
  • the vehicle 10 can be a truck as the vehicle type and the vehicle 10' can be a sports car as the vehicle type.
  • Fig. 3 shows an exemplary configuration of an input interface 32 in the vehicle 10.
  • the input interface 32 can be an operating element in a vehicle interior.
  • the input interface 32 is a touch-sensitive screen in the vehicle interior, via which the user 18 in the vehicle 10 can for example select that a body model 26 is to be generated. Via the screen, it can also be selected, which vehicle parameter is to be adapted depending on the body model 26.
  • the user 18 can navigate in a menu by means of the input interface 32, which offers him different options for using the body model 26.
  • the smart phone 30 of the user 18 can also serve as the input interface 32, which can be connected to the control device 16 of the vehicle 10 via a communication connection.
  • the communication connection can for example be a wireless connection based on an NFC (near field communication) technology.
  • Fig. 4 shows a schematic representation of an output of such a measure in the form of a recommendation for action for the user 18 of the vehicle 10 on a head-up display 34 of the vehicle 10. In the shown example, it is a representation of an avatar of the user 18, which performs shoulder circles to improve the sitting position of the user 18 in the vehicle 10.
  • a smart phone 30 of the user 18 can be used as the input interface 32.
  • Fig. 5 shows schematic representations of various application interfaces of a software application for the smart phone 30 of the user 18.
  • a start area 35 can for example be arranged.
  • one of multiple recorded vehicles 10 can be selected for the user 18 in a list 36 in a next step.
  • user information 38 and a selected vehicle parameter 40 for example a vehicle seat, can be selected.
  • the currently selected vehicle 10 can be displayed for the user 18.
  • a request can be displayed in a next step, to position himself in front of the environmental sensor 12 of the vehicle 10 and to rotate in the capturing range 14 of the environmental sensor 12.
  • the successfully completed body scan can also be displayed on the user interface of the smart phone 30.
  • a menu 44 can be displayed, in which the user 18 can for example select different vehicle parameters 40 for adaptation.
  • further buttons 46 can be displayed here, via the selection of which the vehicle type can be selected, or also further adaptations or a storage operation can be performed.
  • a confirmation 48 can be displayed to the user 18 on the screen of the smart phone 30.
  • Fig. 6 shows a schematic representation of a method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter 40 of a vehicle 10 to a body of a user 18 of the vehicle 10 based on a three- dimensional body model 26 of the body of the user 18.
  • a command for creating the body model 26 is generated and communicated to a control device 16 of the vehicle 10, which controls at least one vehicle's own environmental sensor 12 of the vehicle 10 based on the command, wherein according to the control by the control device 16, the environmental sensor 12 captures body data 22 outside of the vehicle 10, which describes a body shape of the body of the user 18.
  • a lidar sensor and/or a camera sensor and/or a radar sensor of the vehicle 10 can be employed as the environmental sensor 12.
  • the body data 22 is communicated to a computing device 24, for example to a processor of a smart phone 30 of the user 18.
  • a computing device 24 for example to a processor of a smart phone 30 of the user 18.
  • the three-dimensional body model 26 is created based on the body data 22 and provided to further applications.
  • the three-dimensional body model 26 can be provided to the control device 16, which, considering the same, controls actuators 28 in the vehicle 10 for adapting the at least one vehicle parameter 40 to the body of the user 18.
  • the body model 26 or the body data 22 can be provided to other vehicles 10' to adapt the vehicle parameters 40 there.
  • the body model 26 can also be used for interior monitoring or a driver monitoring system (DMS, IMS) in connection with a 3D camera to recommend measures to the user 18 how he can further improve his sitting position.
  • DMS driver monitoring system
  • IMS driver monitoring system
  • an avatar can be generated for the user 18 based on the body model 26, which also externally resembles him.
  • the experience in the vehicle 10 can be further personalized.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for adapting a parameter (40) of a vehicle (10) to a body of a user (18) based on a three-dimensional body model (26) of the body. Therein, a command for creating the body model (26) is generated and communicated to a control device (16) of the vehicle (10), which controls a vehicle's own environmental sensor (12) based on the command. By the sensor (12), body data (22) is captured outside of the vehicle (10), which describes a body shape of the body of the user (18). The body data (22) is communicated to a computing device (24), which creates the body model (26) based on the body data (22). Finally, the body model (26) is provided to the control device (16), which, considering the same, controls actuators (28) in the vehicle (10) for adapting the at least one vehicle parameter (40).

Description

Method for adapting a vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a vehicle user and vehicle
An aspect of the invention relates to a method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a user of the vehicle based on a three-dimensional body model of the body of the user. Further aspects of the invention relate to a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, to a system with such a vehicle, to a computing unit and to a storage device, to such a computing unit as well as to a computer program comprising commands, which, when they are executed by such a computing unit, cause it to perform method steps of the method according to the invention. In addition, the invention comprises a computer-readable storage medium with such a computer program.
It is basically known that vehicle parameters of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, for example of a passenger car, can be adapted to physical characteristics of a user or driver of the vehicle. Hereby, a fatigue-proof body posture in the vehicle can for example arise or be allowed for the driver. The adaptation of the vehicle parameters can for example include that seat adjustments of a driver's seat are adapted to a body size of the driver. A steering wheel adjustment and/or a mirror adjustment of interior and/or exterior mirrors of the vehicle can also be performed to adapt the position and/or orientation thereof to the body size of the driver.
Usually, the driver of the vehicle manually performs these and further adaptations in the vehicle when he is sitting in the vehicle and before he begins a trip. Therein, inaccuracies can occur such that the driver has to readjust in the course of the trip, whereby his attention is distracted from the current traffic situation. In addition, the process of the adaptation is time consuming and is often perceived as annoying such that overhasty action and thus insufficiently adapted vehicle parameters increasingly occur here.
Moreover, the driver, if he for example changes the vehicle or else if multiple drivers share one vehicle, the corresponding adaptation has to be over and over again performed for each driver.
From US 9 694 770 B2, it is known to create an ergonomic profile for a user, based on which certain ergonomic parameters can be adapted in a vehicle of a certain model. From US 10 507 774 B2, it is known to evaluate sensor data to recognize, which adjustments have been performed by a user of a vehicle. Based on the sensor data, it can be learned by a system if the performed adjustments have contributed to the satisfaction of the user.
From US 2016/0368509 A1 , it is known that a body of a vehicle occupant can be recognized by an interior camera. Based on the camera data, a morphological characteristic of the body can be recognized, which can be used for calculating a three- dimensional representation of the body. Based on the three-dimensional representation of the body, vehicle adjustments can then be performed. The calculation of the representation is expensive and can only serve as an approximation to the true body shape of the vehicle occupant since only an incomplete view of the body of the vehicle occupant can be captured by the interior camera. This results in inaccuracies in the adaptation of the vehicle adjustments.
An object, which underlies the present invention, is in improving the adjustment of vehicle parameters and the adaptation thereof to physical characteristics of a driver.
The object is solved by the subject matters of the independent claims. Advantageous developments of the invention are described in the dependent claims, the description as well as the figures.
The invention relates to a method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a user of the vehicle based on a three-dimensional body model of the body of the user, for example of the driver of the vehicle.
According to the invention, a command for creating a body model is first generated and communicated to a control device of the vehicle. For example, the command can be generated by the user by operating an input interface of the vehicle. Alternatively or additionally, it is conceivable that the user operates an application on his smart phone for generating and communicating the command, which can be coupled to the input interface of the vehicle. The coupling can for example be established by an USB connection or also by a Bluetooth connection. Thus, the input interface in the vehicle can for example be an operating element, for example a button on a touchscreen in the vehicle, by the operation of which the command for creating the body model can be generated. The input interface can also include a connection interface of a communication connection (for example USB or Bluetooth) between a mobile device, for example the smart phone of the user, and the control device of the vehicle. In the latter case, the user can generate the command for creating the body model by operating a user interface of a software application (app) on the smart phone and communicate it to the control device of the vehicle.
The control device receives the command and then controls at least one vehicle's own environmental sensor of the vehicle based on the command. In other words, the control device activates the at least one vehicle's own environmental sensor based on the command.
By the at least one environmental sensor of the vehicle, which can for example include a lidar sensor arrangement and/or an exterior camera of the vehicle, body data is then captured outside of the vehicle according to the control by the control device, which describes a body shape of the body of the user. In other words, a body scan of the body of the user is effected outside of the vehicle. Preferably, a whole-body scan of the user is effected, who can for example move into a capturing range of the environmental sensor hereto. The user can for example be instructed by the control device of the vehicle, where he is to position himself hereto with respect to the vehicle in the capturing range of the environmental sensor. The capturing range can for example include a range in front of the hood of the vehicle such that the user has to place himself in front of the hood of the vehicle for the body scan. The instruction hereto can be output for the user for example on a display device of the vehicle or also on a screen of his smart phone. In addition, the user can be instructed in this manner to move in the capturing range, for example to rotate once around his own axis, such that the environmental sensor can capture the body of the user from all directions.
The thus captured body data is then communicated to a computing device, by which the three-dimensional body model is created based on the body data. Therein, the computing device can be located internal to vehicle or also external to vehicle. For example, it can be provided that the raw data of the body scan, thus a raw version of the body data, is communicated to a computing device external to vehicle, where the three-dimensional body model of the user is generated therefrom. The computing device can for example include at least one processor of the smart phone of the user. In other words, the creation of the body model can be effected on the smart phone. The computing device can also be located in a server environment external to vehicle and be in communication with the control device of the vehicle via an internet-based communication connection. It can also be provided that the smart phone of the user is incorporated in this communication in the sense of a distributed computing environment and for example initiates forwarding of the raw data to the computing device.
Then, the three-dimensional body model is provided to the control device, which, considering the same, controls actuators in the vehicle for adapting the at least one vehicle parameter to the body of the user. In other words, the three-dimensional body model can be retrieved from the computing device or a storage device associated with it by the control device and be used to adapt the vehicle parameter. For example, the body model can first be transferred from the computing device to a storage device of the smart phone of the user, from where it can be communicated to the control device or from where the control device can retrieve it. Alternatively or additionally, the body model can be stored in a storage device of the server device external to vehicle, from where it can be retrieved by the control device of the vehicle. Preferably, the control device can retrieve the body model from the storage device only after effected authorization by the user.
When the body model is present in the control device, it can for example ascertain an arm length and/or a leg length and/or a torso length and/or further physical characteristics of the user from the body model and for example adapt a seat adjustment of the vehicle to these characteristics in that is controls the corresponding actuators in the vehicle.
The whole-body scan according to the invention outside of the vehicle allows a particularly realistic representation of the body of the user in the three-dimensional body model. In particular, body parts do not have to be approximated since all of the body parts of the body of the user can be directly captured by the at least one environmental sensor of the vehicle. Hereby, the accuracy of the body model improves with reduction of the computing effort for the creation thereof at the same time compared to the known methods.
The invention includes further embodiments, by which additional advantages arise.
An embodiment provides that the body data is at least in parts captured outside of the vehicle by at least one radar sensor and/or by at least one lidar sensor and/or by at least one ultrasonic sensor and/or by at least one camera sensor of the vehicle. The body data can also be captured by any combination of the mentioned sensors. The sensors can all be a part of an environmental sensor system of the vehicle as it can typically also be employed for operating different driver assistance systems of the vehicle, for example for operating a parking assistance system. Thus, additional sensors do not have to be installed in the vehicle to perform the method according to the invention, whereby it can inexpensively also be realized as a retrofit solution for the existing vehicle fleet. Preferably, a respective sensor for capturing the body data is selected according to current environmental conditions of the vehicle. Thus, the lidar sensor can preferably be selected in darkness since the environmental brightness might be insufficient for the capture by the camera sensor.
A further embodiment provides that length ratios of differently long limbs of the body of the user are calculated among other things for creating the three-dimensional body model. In other words, the body model can be created based on the method of "Oyster Body Tracking".
A further embodiment provides that a body size of the user and/or proportions of different body parts of the user to each other and/or a body weight of the user are derived from the three-dimensional body model. In other words, a digital twin of the user can be created based on the body model. Based on the digital twin, it can be virtually emulated how the user can be optimally positioned in the vehicle and how movable components in the vehicle can be adjusted to the user to allow him sitting in the vehicle as fatigue-proof as possible. Further data can underlie or be incorporated in the virtual emulation of the user. Thus, it can for example be taken into account if the user suffers an orthopedic disorder or deformity, for example a deformation of the backbone (scoliosis), which is not immediately apparent based on the body posture of the user, but requires a certain seat adjustment. Such further data can for example be specified by the user in creating the command for capturing the body data.
Preferably, the at least one vehicle parameter can be adapted in automated manner before entering the vehicle by the user. In this manner, all of the adjustments in the vehicle have already been performed when the user takes a seat in the vehicle and he can start driving without time delay. Alternatively, the adaptation can also be performed only when the user takes a seat in the vehicle. For example, this can be recognized by a seat occupancy sensor in the driver's seat. Thus, it is exactly comprehensible for the user, which adjustments have been made.
A further embodiment provides that constructional characteristics of the vehicle are additionally taken into account in adapting the at least one vehicle parameter. This embodiment is based on the realization that seat adjustment parameters for a vehicle seat for example differ in their basic type, according to in which vehicle type a respective vehicle seat is installed. This is primarily due to the geometry of the respective vehicle type. Thus, the geometry of a sports car for example differs from the geometry of an off- road vehicle or even of a truck. In other words, different adaptations of the vehicle parameters have to be performed in different vehicle types depending on the three- dimensional body model of one and the same user to arrive at a comparably comfortable sitting position of the user in the respective vehicle. In order to be able to consider the different vehicle geometries in the adaptation of the vehicle parameters, it can be provided that critical geometry parameters are provided in a database, which the control device of a respective vehicle can access. A critical geometry parameter can for example be a leg room depth and/or a height of an side mirror above the roadway surface. Then, certain physical characteristics, which can be derived from the body model, for example a ratio of arm length to leg length of the user or length of the torso, can then be associated with certain geometry parameters in the database, wherein a factor can be stored for the respective geometry parameter in the database, which recommends the adaptation depending on a respective vehicle type. In other words, a long torso in a sports car for example requires a different adaptation of the vehicle parameters than in an off-road vehicle. This is taken into account by the described embodiment.
A further embodiment provides that the body data and/or the three-dimensional body model are stored in a storage device internal to vehicle or external to vehicle and are there provided to the control device of the vehicle and/or to a control device of at least one further vehicle. In other words, the body data and/or the three-dimensional body model can thus be provided to the control devices of any further vehicles for adapting the vehicle parameters thereof to the body of the user. Preferably, the storage device can include a memory of a mobile terminal or smart phone of the user and/or a memory of a server device external to vehicle. In other words, the user can take along his digital twin from one vehicle to another vehicle. In other words, the user can access his digital twin from multiple different vehicles. Thus, the body data does not have to be again captured by the other vehicle since it is already present, for example in a user profile, which can be stored in an application on the smart phone of the user. Preferably, different vehicles can be registered in the application, which the user regularly uses. In this manner, the user can select the vehicle currently desired by him in a list selection in the application. The control device of this vehicle can then receive a command for adapting the at least one vehicle parameter depending on the three-dimensional body model from the application, retrieve the body model from the storage device and perform the adaptation without a new body scan being required. Such a design is for example advantageous for field representatives of a company, who often change between always the same vehicles of the fleet of the company. The at least one vehicle parameter can for example be a backrest adjustment of a driver's seat of the vehicle and/or a seating surface adjustment of the driver's seat of the vehicle and/or a headrest adjustment of the driver's seat of the vehicle and/or a steering wheel adjustment of the steering wheel of the vehicle and/or a mirror adjustment of at least one interior and/or exterior mirror of the vehicle.
A further embodiment provides that an adaptation of the at least one vehicle parameter effected for the first time based on the three-dimensional body model is captured in the computing device and associated with the user, wherein the adaptation effected for the first time is taken into account in a new adaptation. In other words, the computing device can be trained with the adaptation effected for the first time such that a learning effect arises for the new adaptations. Hereby, an efficiency of the described method can be improved. Preferably, manual readjustments of the user to the already adapted vehicle parameter can also be captured and be used for the training of the computing device or the adaptation algorithm in the computing device.
A further embodiment provides that after adapting the at least one vehicle parameter to the body of the user, a sitting position of the user in the vehicle is observed by at least one interior sensor of the vehicle, the sitting position is analyzed considering the three- dimensional body model of the body of the user, wherein the analysis includes that a deviation of the sitting position from a sitting position optimum for the three-dimensional body model is recognized and a measure for changing his sitting position is proposed to the user considering the deviation. In other words, the accurate knowledge of the physical characteristics of the user, which is present based on the three-dimensional body model, can additionally be used to provide custom-made recommendations for the user, which aid him in arriving at an optimum sitting position. The previous isolated consideration by interior sensors, which can for example recognize fatigue symptoms based on a facial expression of the user, can hereby be considerably extended and improved. The interior sensor can for example be an interior camera, a seat occupancy sensor, a weight distribution sensor in the form of a pressure sensor pad in a seating surface of the driver's seat or the like. For example, the interior sensor can also include a pressure sensor arrangement along an outer circumferential surface of a steering wheel of the vehicle such that it can be determined if the user loosely or tensely encompasses the steering wheel. A further embodiment provides that the three-dimensional body model can be used to represent the user as the driver of the vehicle as well as the passenger of the vehicle. Preferably, the proposed measure includes at least breathing exercises, finger exercises, shoulder circles and/or erecting the torso. Preferably, the measure can be demonstrated by an avatar of the user such that the user can intuitively imitate the measure. The avatar can also be created based on the three-dimensional body model for the user and have phenotypical features of the user such that the user can identify himself with the avatar. Thus, the avatar can for example have the hair color and/or the eye color of the user. The avatar can also be used for gamification and/or personalization of further applications in the vehicle. The avatar can for example be shown to the user by means of a head-up display in the vehicle such that the user can easily observe, which measure the avatar demonstrates to him.
For application cases or application situations, which can arise in a method according to the invention and which are not explicitly described herein, it can be provided that an error message and/or a request for inputting a user feedback are output and/or a default setting and/or a predetermined initial state are adjusted according to the method.
A further aspect of the invention relates to a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising at least one environmental sensor, at least one interior sensor, a control device and an input interface, wherein the input interface is configured to receive an input command of a user and to generate a command for creating a three-dimensional body model based on the input command and to communicate it to the control device. The input interface can be directly embedded in the vehicle environment in the form of an operating element or for example also be provided by a smart phone, which can be coupled to the control device of the vehicle, for example via an USB coupling and/or a wireless connection, for example using a near field communication (NFC) technology, for example Bluetooth.
The control device of the vehicle according to the invention is configured to control the at least one environmental sensor based on the command, which is in turn configured to capture body data outside of the vehicle according to the control by the control device, which describes a body shape of the body of the user, and to communicate it to a computing device, by which the three-dimensional body model is created based on the body data. Therein, the computing device can be formed internal to vehicle or also external to vehicle. The control device of the vehicle according to the invention is further configured to control actuators in the vehicle for adapting at least one vehicle parameter to the body of the user considering the three-dimensional body model.
A development of the vehicle provides that the at least one interior sensor is configured to observe a sitting position of the user in the vehicle after adapting the at least one vehicle parameter to the body of the user. According to the described development, the control device is configured to analyze the sitting position considering the three-dimensional body model of the body of the user, wherein the analysis includes that a deviation of the sitting position from a sitting position optimum for the three-dimensional body model is recognized. Finally, a measure for changing his sitting position can be proposed to the user considering the deviation by the control device. The proposal can for example be communicated via a display device of the vehicle, in particular a head-up display.
A further aspect of the invention relates to a system comprising a vehicle according to the invention according to any one of the described embodiments, a computing device external to vehicle or internal to vehicle and a storage device external to vehicle or internal to vehicle, wherein the system or the components thereof are configured to perform method steps of a method according to any one of the described embodiments.
A further aspect of the invention relates to a computing device for such a system. The computing device can include one or more computing units. In the present disclosure, a computing unit can for example be understood as a data processing device with processing circuits. Thus, a computing unit can perform computing operations to process data. The computing operations can also include indexed accesses to a data structure, for example a look-up table, LUT.
In particular, a computing unit can include one or more computers, one or more microcontrollers and/or one or more integrated circuits, for example one or more application-specific integrated circuits, ASIC, one or more field-programmable gate arrays, FPGA, and/or one or more systems on a chip, SoC. The computing unit can also include one or more processors, for example one or more microprocessors, one or more central processing units, CPU, one or more graphics processing units, GPU, and/or one or more signal processors, in particular one or more digital signal processors, DSP. The computing unit can also include a physical or virtual cluster of computers or others of the mentioned units. A computing unit can also include one or more hardware and/or software interfaces and/or one or more storage units. Therein, a storage unit can be designed as a volatile data memory, for example as a dynamic random access memory, DRAM, or static random access memory, SRAM, or as a non-volatile data memory, for example as a read-only memory, ROM, as a programmable read-only memory, PROM, as an erasable programmable read-only memory, EPROM, as an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, EEPROM, as a flash memory or flash EEPROM, as a ferroelectric random access memory, FRAM, as a magnetoresistive random access memory, MRAM, or as a phase-change random access memory, PCRAM.
Further aspects of the invention relate to a computer program and to a computer-readable storage medium with such a computer program, which includes commands, which, when they are executed by a computing device, cause it to perform method steps according to a method according to the invention. In other words, the invention thus also relates to a computer program with commands. When the commands are executed by at least one computing device, the commands cause the at least one computing device or one of its computing units to perform a method according to the invention.
The commands can for example be present as a program code. The program code can for example be provided as a binary code or assembler and/or as a source code of a programming language, for example C, and/or as a program script, for example Python.
According to a further aspect of the invention, a computer-readable storage medium is specified, which stores a computer program according to the invention.
The computer program and the computer-readable storage medium are each computer program products with the commands.
Further embodiments of the further aspects according to the invention immediately follow from the different configurations of the method according to the invention and vice versa. In particular, individual features and corresponding explanations as well as advantages with respect to the different embodiments to the method according to the invention can be analogously transferred to corresponding embodiments of the further aspects according to the invention. In particular, the system according to the invention or the components thereof are formed or programmed for performing a method according to the invention. In particular, the system according to the invention or the components thereof perform the method according to the invention. Within the scope of the present disclosure, if there is talk about the fact that a component of the system according to the invention, in particular the computing device of the system or one of its computing units, is configured, formed, adapted or the like to execute or realize a certain function, to achieve a certain effect or to serve a certain purpose, thus, this can be understood such that the component is concretely and actually capable of executing or realizing the function, achieving the effect or serving the purpose by a corresponding adaptation, programming, physical configuration and so on beyond the principal or theoretical usability or suitability of the component for this function, effect or purpose.
Further features of the invention are apparent from the claims, the figures and the description of figures. The features and feature combinations mentioned above in the description as well as the features and feature combinations mentioned below in the description of figures and/or shown in the figures can be encompassed by the invention not only in the respectively specified combination, but also in other combinations. In particular, implementations and feature combinations can also be encompassed by the invention, which do not comprise all of the features of an originally formulated claim. Moreover, implementations and feature combinations can be encompassed by the invention, which extend beyond or deviate from the feature combinations set forth in the relations of the claims.
In the following, the invention is explained in more detail based on specific embodiments and associated schematic drawings. In the figures, identical or functionally identical elements can be provided with the same reference characters. Optionally, the description of identical or functionally identical elements is not necessarily repeated with respect to different figures.
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Fig. 1 a schematic representation of a vehicle and of a user, wherein an environmental sensor of the vehicle performs a body scan of the body of the user;
Fig. 2 a schematic representation of a vehicle constellation of multiple vehicles, wherein the three-dimensional body model of the user is transferred from a first one of the vehicles to a second one of the vehicles; Fig. 3 a schematic representation of an input interface in the vehicle;
Fig. 4 a schematic representation of an output of a recommendation for action for the user of the vehicle on a head-up display of the vehicle to improve his sitting position in the vehicle;
Fig. 5 schematic representations of various application interfaces of a software application for a smart phone of the user; and
Fig. 6 a schematic representation of a method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter of a vehicle to a body of a user of the vehicle based on a three- dimensional body model of the body of the user.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a vehicle 10, in particular of a motor vehicle or passenger car. The vehicle 10 comprises an environmental sensor system with at least one environmental sensor 12. In the example shown in Fig. 1 , the environmental sensor 12 can be a camera sensor, which comprises a capturing range 14. In other words, the environmental sensor 12 can capture objects within the capturing range 14 or within its viewing range. The environmental sensor system can be a system of environmental sensors 12, which are also in use in operating different driver assistance systems of the vehicle 10, for example in operating a parking assistance system.
In addition, the vehicle 10 includes a control device 16, which is formed to control or to activate the environmental sensor 12. The control device 16 can perform this depending on a command, which it for example obtains from a user 18 of the vehicle 10 via an input interface 32 not illustrated here (see Fig. 3). In other words, the user 18 can activate the at least one environmental sensor 12 by means of an input command via the control device 16 of the vehicle 10. In the example described here, the environmental sensor 12 scans a body of the user 18 outside of the vehicle 10 as a result of the input command. Hereto, the user 18 is positioned within the capturing range 14. In order to perform a whole-body scan of the user 18, he can rotate around his own axis according to the movement arrow 20 in the course of the scan. For example, a luminous signal can be output to the user 18 via a lighting device of the vehicle 10 when the scan has been successfully completed. Thus, the desire of the user 18 can underlie the situation illustrated in Fig. 1 that a scan of his body is created by the at least one environmental sensor 12. In the course of the scan, body data 22 of the user 18 is captured, which can describe a body shape of the user 18. The body data 22 can then be transferred to the control device 16, where it can be stored as raw data. A copy of the body data 22 can be communicated to a computing device 24 external to vehicle, where a three-dimensional body model 26 of the user 18 can be created based on the body data 22. Alternatively, the body data 22 can also be processed to the body model 26 of the user 18 internal to vehicle, wherein the finished body model 26 can be stored internal to vehicle or external to vehicle in a storage device not illustrated here in each of the described cases.
The body model 26 can be retrieved from the storage device by the control device 16 of the vehicle 10 to adapt at least one vehicle parameter of the vehicle 10 considering the same. Hereto, the control device 16 can control actuators 28 of the vehicle 10, for example seat adjustment actuators, which can establish a respective seat component adjustment. In this manner, a seating surface adjustment and/or a backrest adjustment of a vehicle seat of the vehicle 10 can in particular be performed depending on the body model 26.
With reference to the components denoted and described in context of Fig. 1 , Fig. 2 shows a situation, in which the body model 26 is to be used by two vehicles 10, 10'. Hereto, the body scan of the user 18 is first performed by the environmental sensor system of the vehicle 10 as described. The body data 22 captured therein is communicated from the control device 16 of the vehicle 10 to the computing device 24 external to vehicle, where the body model 26 is calculated based on the body data 22. In the shown example, the body model 26 is then transferred to a storage device of a smart phone 30 of the user 18. From there, a control device 16' of the vehicle 10' can retrieve the body model 26 to then control its actuators 28' for vehicle parameter adjustment based on the body model 26. Therein, the control device 16' can additionally consider critical vehicle geometry parameters of the vehicle 10', which can deviate from the vehicle geometry parameters of the vehicle 10, because the two vehicles 10, 10' are for example different vehicle types. For example, the vehicle 10 can be a truck as the vehicle type and the vehicle 10' can be a sports car as the vehicle type.
With reference to the components denoted and described in context of Fig. 1 and 2, Fig. 3 shows an exemplary configuration of an input interface 32 in the vehicle 10. The input interface 32 can be an operating element in a vehicle interior. In the shown example, the input interface 32 is a touch-sensitive screen in the vehicle interior, via which the user 18 in the vehicle 10 can for example select that a body model 26 is to be generated. Via the screen, it can also be selected, which vehicle parameter is to be adapted depending on the body model 26. In other words, the user 18 can navigate in a menu by means of the input interface 32, which offers him different options for using the body model 26.
Alternatively or additionally, the smart phone 30 of the user 18 can also serve as the input interface 32, which can be connected to the control device 16 of the vehicle 10 via a communication connection. The communication connection can for example be a wireless connection based on an NFC (near field communication) technology.
The body model 26 cannot only be used to adapt a vehicle parameter for the user 18. Rather, alternatively or additionally, at least one interior sensor of the vehicle 10 can observe the user 18 in the vehicle 10, wherein a measure for optimizing a sitting position for the user 18 can then be created based on the observation and the body model 26. Hereto, Fig. 4 shows a schematic representation of an output of such a measure in the form of a recommendation for action for the user 18 of the vehicle 10 on a head-up display 34 of the vehicle 10. In the shown example, it is a representation of an avatar of the user 18, which performs shoulder circles to improve the sitting position of the user 18 in the vehicle 10.
As described, a smart phone 30 of the user 18 can be used as the input interface 32. In this context, Fig. 5 shows schematic representations of various application interfaces of a software application for the smart phone 30 of the user 18.
Beginning on the left side of Fig. 5, the start screen of the software application is shown. Here, a start area 35 can for example be arranged. After start of the software application, one of multiple recorded vehicles 10 can be selected for the user 18 in a list 36 in a next step. In the central area of the screen of the smart phone 30, user information 38 and a selected vehicle parameter 40, for example a vehicle seat, can be selected. In the upper area 42, the currently selected vehicle 10 can be displayed for the user 18. After the user 18 has selected the desired vehicle 10 from the list 36, a request can be displayed in a next step, to position himself in front of the environmental sensor 12 of the vehicle 10 and to rotate in the capturing range 14 of the environmental sensor 12. The successfully completed body scan can also be displayed on the user interface of the smart phone 30. Thereafter, a menu 44 can be displayed, in which the user 18 can for example select different vehicle parameters 40 for adaptation. Apart from that, further buttons 46 can be displayed here, via the selection of which the vehicle type can be selected, or also further adaptations or a storage operation can be performed. After successful completion of the adaptation of the selected vehicle parameters 40, a confirmation 48 can be displayed to the user 18 on the screen of the smart phone 30.
Fig. 6 shows a schematic representation of a method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter 40 of a vehicle 10 to a body of a user 18 of the vehicle 10 based on a three- dimensional body model 26 of the body of the user 18.
In a step S1 , a command for creating the body model 26 is generated and communicated to a control device 16 of the vehicle 10, which controls at least one vehicle's own environmental sensor 12 of the vehicle 10 based on the command, wherein according to the control by the control device 16, the environmental sensor 12 captures body data 22 outside of the vehicle 10, which describes a body shape of the body of the user 18. Here, a lidar sensor and/or a camera sensor and/or a radar sensor of the vehicle 10 can be employed as the environmental sensor 12.
In a step S2, the body data 22 is communicated to a computing device 24, for example to a processor of a smart phone 30 of the user 18. There, the three-dimensional body model 26 is created based on the body data 22 and provided to further applications.
Finally, in a step S3, the three-dimensional body model 26 can be provided to the control device 16, which, considering the same, controls actuators 28 in the vehicle 10 for adapting the at least one vehicle parameter 40 to the body of the user 18.
In addition or alternatively, the body model 26 or the body data 22 can be provided to other vehicles 10' to adapt the vehicle parameters 40 there. The body model 26 can also be used for interior monitoring or a driver monitoring system (DMS, IMS) in connection with a 3D camera to recommend measures to the user 18 how he can further improve his sitting position. Hereto, an avatar can be generated for the user 18 based on the body model 26, which also externally resembles him. Thus, the experience in the vehicle 10 can be further personalized.
Overall, the examples show, how the adjustment of vehicle parameters and the adaptation thereof to physical characteristics of a user can be improved based on a three- dimensional body model of the user of a vehicle.

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1 . A method for adapting at least one vehicle parameter (40) of a vehicle (10) to a body of a user (18) of the vehicle (10) based on a three-dimensional body model (26) of the body of the user (18), wherein
- a command for creating the body model (26) is generated and communicated to a control device (16) of the vehicle (10), which controls at least one vehicle's own environmental sensor (12) of the vehicle (10) based on the command,
- body data (22), which describes a body shape of the body of the user (18), is captured outside of the vehicle (10) by the at least one vehicle's own environmental sensor (12) of the vehicle (10) according to the control by the control device (16),
- the body data (22) is communicated to a computing device (24), by which the three-dimensional body model (26) is created based on the body data (22), and
- the three-dimensional body model (26) is provided to the control device (16), which, considering the same, controls actuators (28) in the vehicle (10) for adapting the at least one vehicle parameter (40) to the body of the user (18).
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the body data (22) is at least in parts captured by at least one of the following environmental sensors (12) of the vehicle (10):
- radar sensor,
- lidar sensor,
- ultrasonic sensor,
- camera sensor.
3. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein length ratios of differently long limbs of the body of the user (18) are calculated among other things for creating the three-dimensional body model (26).
4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a body size of the user (18) and/or proportions of different body parts of the user (18) to each other and/or a body weight of the user (18) are derived from the three-dimensional body model (26).
5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein constructional characteristics of the vehicle (10) are additionally taken into account in adapting the at least one vehicle parameter (40).
6. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the body data (22) and/or the three-dimensional body model (26) are stored in a storage device internal to vehicle or external to vehicle and are provided there to the control device (16) of the vehicle (10) and/or to a control device (16‘) of at least one further vehicle (10‘).
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the storage device includes a memory of a mobile device (30) of the user (18) and/or a memory of a server device external to vehicle.
8. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one vehicle parameter (40) is one of the following:
- a backrest adjustment of a driver's seat of the vehicle (10),
- a seating surface adjustment of the driver's seat of the vehicle (10),
- a headrest adjustment of the driver's seat of the vehicle (10),
- a steering wheel adjustment of the steering wheel of the vehicle (10),
- a mirror adjustment of at least one interior and/or exterior mirror of the vehicle (10).
9. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein an adaptation of the at least one vehicle parameter (40) effected for the first time based on the three- dimensional body model (26) is captured in the computing device (24) and is associated with the user (18), wherein the adaptation effected for the first time is taken into account upon a new adaptation.
10. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein
- after adapting the at least one vehicle parameter (40) to the body of the user (18), a sitting position of the user (18) in the vehicle (10) is observed by at least one interior sensor of the vehicle (10), - the sitting position is analyzed considering the three-dimensional body model (26) of the body of the user (18), wherein the analysis includes that a deviation of the sitting position from a sitting position optimum for the three-dimensional body model (26) is recognized, and
- a measure for changing his sitting position is proposed to the user (18) considering the deviation.
11 . The method according to claim 10, wherein the proposed measure includes at least one of the following:
- breathing exercises,
- finger exercises,
- shoulder circles,
- erecting the torso.
12. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein, based on the three-dimensional body model (26), an avatar is created for the user (18), which has phenotypical features of the user (18).
13. A vehicle (10) comprising at least one environmental sensor (12), at least one interior sensor, a control device (16) and an input interface (32), wherein
- the input interface (32) is configured to receive an input command of a user (18) and to generate a command for creating a three-dimensional body model (26) based on the input command and to communicate it to the control device (16),
- the control device (16) is configured to control the at least one environmental sensor (12) based on the command,
- the at least one environmental sensor (12) is configured to capture body data (22), which describes a body shape of the body of the user (18), outside of the vehicle (10) according to the control by the control device (16) and to communicate it to a computing device (24), by which the three-dimensional body model (26) is created based on the body data (22), and wherein
- the control device (16) is further configured to control actuators (28) in the vehicle (10) for adapting at least one vehicle parameter (40) to the body of the user (18) considering the three-dimensional body model (26).
14. The vehicle (10) according to claim 13, wherein - the at least one interior sensor is configured to observe a sitting position of the user (18) in the vehicle (10) after adaptation of the at least one vehicle parameter (40) to the body of the user (18),
- the control device (16) is configured to analyze the sitting position considering the three-dimensional body model (26) of the body of the user (18), wherein the analysis includes that a deviation of the sitting position from a sitting position preset by the three-dimensional body model (26) is recognized, and wherein
- the control device (16) is further configured to propose a measure for changing his sitting position to the user (18) considering the deviation.
15. A system comprising
- a vehicle (10) according to any one of claims 13 or 14,
- a computing device (24) external to vehicle or internal to vehicle, and
- a storage device external to vehicle or internal to vehicle, wherein the system is configured to perform a method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
16. A computing device (24), comprising at least one computing unit, for a system according to claim 15.
17. A computer program comprising commands, which, when they are executed by a computing device (24), in particular by a computing device (24) according to claim 16, cause it to perform method steps according to a method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
18. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program according to claim 17 is stored.
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