APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SEAT OF A VEHICLE

A vehicle seat is controlled by an apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a processor to control a movement position of a first-row seat according to whether a passenger is seated thereon and to then perform relaxation control of a second-row seat, positioned behind the first-row seat, in response to a relaxation control command input for the second-row seat. The apparatus includes a storage to store data and algorithms driven by the processor. A sliding moving section of the first-row seat includes a seating section capable of being sat on and a non-seating section not capable of being sat on. The processor is configured to control movement of the first-row seat to a reference position, which is a frontmost position in the seating section, and an extended position, which is a frontmost position in the non-seating section, according to whether a passenger is seated on the first-row seat.