Abstract
In this investigation, the authors have taken five automotive seats and shown the relationship that exists between the end users' subjective comfort response versus an objective body pressure distribution (BPD) measure. Using psychometric methods, each participant evaluated the comfort of five automotive seats. Through such an investigation a continuous comfort scale is created. With a precise comfort scale the authors have successfully correlated end user comfort responses to BPD. This methodology successfully evaluated automotive seating comfort, identified comfort benchmarks, quantified potential improvements to automotive seats, and illustrated the relationship between a psychometric comfort score and BPD. (A)