DEPLOYABLE OTTOMAN FOR FOOTREST, CALF SUPPORT, STORAGE, AND INTERIOR CAMERAS AND PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS

DRIVE January 8, 2026
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Disclosed is a deployable ottoman operatively connected to an electric motor to move the deployable ottoman. The deployable ottoman may be connected to a floorboard of a vehicle and moved by the electric motor from a first position to a second position for use by an occupant of the vehicle. A vehicle may be provided with at least one internal camera and a microphone which may communicate with a control system to move the deployable ottoman in the vehicle based on determinations of an occupant's height, leg position, and seat position. The control system may move the deployable ottoman in response to voice commands or input to a control device.

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