Patent ID: 11938855
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle comprising:
a seat comprising:
a seat base configured to support an occupant,
a sensor associated with the seat base and configured to generate sensor data associated with a mass of the occupant, and
a seatback associated with the seat base and configured to provide support to a back of the occupant, the seatback comprising a first portion facing a back of the occupant, a second portion opposite the back of the occupant and spaced a distance from the first portion, a rigid element disposed between the first portion and the second portion, the rigid element and the second portion at least partially defining a volume within the seatback, and a variable resistance support disposed in the volume, the variable resistance support being configurable between a plurality of configurations to vary a resistance to forces applied by the back of the occupant to the seatback;

a controller configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving sensor data from the sensor, and
determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, the mass of the occupant;
configuring, based at least in part on the mass of the occupant exceeding a threshold value for a mass, the variable resistance support in a first configuration of the plurality of configurations; and
configuring, based at least in part on the mass of the occupant being less than or equal to the threshold value of the mass, the variable resistance support in a second configuration of the plurality of configurations.