체압 분포 측정에 의한 자동차 시트의 승차감 향상에 관한 연구

This paper discusses design parameters for automotive seats intended to meet the design objective: comfort. For comfort, various ergonomic and human factors considerations has been discussed. The ride comfort is the most important indices which decide the performance of automotive seats. The improvement of automotive seating systems, particularly for the driver, has been the subject of intense interest. In our study we have attempted to determine a method for objectively evaluating seating comfort. Seven different driver seats are subjectively evaluated for seating comfort under static conditions. The following objective data for these seats, body pressure distribution, is investigated and compared with the subjective evaluation. The pattern and ratio of the body pressure distribution are found to well correlate with the difference between comfortable and uncomfortable seats. The result is that an evaluation for seating comfort is possible using the objective method of body pressure distribution pattern and ratio.