US Patent 10946772 Apparatus and method for controlling headrest of vehicle seat

An apparatus for controlling a headrest for a vehicle seat includes: a headrest disposed at an upper side of a vehicle seat and that moves to an upper end or a lower end; a slider that moves the seat forward or rearward; a recliner that rotates the seat forward or rearward; a drive unit that operates the headrest, the slider and the recliner; a sensor unit connected to the drive unit and that detects a position of the headrest, a position of the slider and a rotation angle of the recliner; an input unit that receives an inputted operation instruction to operate the slider and the recliner from a user; and a control unit that controls the drive unit based on the inputted operation instruction and operates the headrest upward or downward in accordance with the detected position and the detected rotation angle.