Identification of the installation position of a seat in a vehicle

1 . A vehicle seat for variable installation at different installation positions in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, comprising: an electronic seat control unit which is designed, following or during an installation of the vehicle seat at one of the installation positions in the vehicle, to determine at least the adopted installation position of the vehicle seat via a resistance measurement and/or a contactless measurement by means of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensor or a Near-Field Communications (NFC) sensor,

wherein, at each installation position an electric contact element, including a plug or a socket, for contacting a corresponding electric contact element, including a socket or a plug, is provided on the vehicle seat in order to provide a power supply for the seat control unit, wherein a resistance is arranged in the electric contact element of the installation position.

2 . The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein seat-specific information is exchangeable via the RFID sensor and/or the NFC sensor.

3 . The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electronic seat control unit is further designed to output the adopted installation position.

4 . The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electronic seat control unit is further designed to determine an installation direction of the vehicle seat and/or to determine whether the vehicle seat is being used and/or whether a safety belt is being used.

5 . The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the electronic seat control unit is designed to determine, by a weight measurement, whether the vehicle seat is being used.

6 . The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the electronic seat control unit is designed to determine, via a contact closure measurement, whether the safety belt is being used.

7 . A vehicle having a vehicle interior and the vehicle seat, as claimed in claim 1 , which is variably installable at various installation positions in the vehicle interior.

8 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising at least one seat longitudinal adjustment device, comprising at least one pair of rails made up of an upper rail and a lower rail, which are movable relative to one another, wherein the electronic seat control unit further comprises a resistance measurement device by means of which at least one resistance, which is arranged in the upper rail, is measurable.

9 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein an RFID sensor and/or an NFC sensor is arranged on the vehicle seat or in the vehicle, including in a region of a seat longitudinal adjustment device, which sensor is in each case couplable to the seat control unit at least for signalling purposes, wherein the RFID sensor and/or NFC sensor is configured, when the vehicle seat is being installed at one of the installation positions in the vehicle interior, to identify the adopted installation position, to generate an identification signal about the adopted installation position and to forward this to the seat control unit.

10 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the RFID sensor and/or NFC sensor is arranged on the vehicle seat, wherein RFID transponders and/or NFC transponders and/or NFC transmitters are arranged at the installation positions in the vehicle.

11 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 9 , wherein RFID sensors and/or NFC sensors are arranged at the installation positions in the vehicle, wherein an RFID transponder and/or NFC transponder and/or NFC transmitter is arranged on the vehicle seat.

12 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein in each case at least one resistance that is detectable by a resistance measurement device is arranged at each installation position, wherein each of the resistances differs from each of the other resistances in terms of its resistance value.

13 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the electronic seat control unit is designed to output the adopted installation position of the vehicle seat.

14 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electronic seat control unit is designed to exchange electronic signals with a central unit and/or an output unit via a connection between the socket and the plug, and/or to transfer recorded measurement data and information and/or messages derived therefrom to the central unit and/or output unit.

15 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the output unit is formed as a display unit in a dashboard.

16 . The vehicle as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the information relates to the installation position of the vehicle seat, to an occupied vehicle seat and/or to a fastened safety belt.

17 . A method for identifying an installation position of a vehicle seat in a vehicle, comprising:

determining an adopted installation position as one of multiple possible installation positions for an installable vehicle seat in a vehicle by using a resistance and/or by a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensor and/or by a Near-Field Communications (NFC) sensor at the multiple possible installation positions, and

contacting, at each installation position, an electric contact element and a corresponding electric contact element, which are either a socket or a plug, to provide a power supply for a seat control unit, wherein the resistance is in the electric contact element of the adopted installation position.

18 . A method for installing a removable vehicle seat at at least one of various installation positions in a vehicle, comprising:

determining an adopted installation position as one of multiple possible installation positions for an installable vehicle seat in a vehicle by using a resistance and/or by a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensor and/or by a Near-Field Communications (NFC) sensor at the multiple possible installation positions, and

contacting, at each installation position, an electric contact element and a corresponding electric contact element, which are either a socket or a plug, to provide a power supply for a seat control unit, wherein the resistance is in the electric contact element of the adopted installation position, and

installing the removable vehicle seat in the determined adopted installation position.