Patent ID: 11938878
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the passenger related system is a load limiter connected to a belt reel of the seat belt and the passenger function is a holding force at which the belt reel holds the seat belt from unwinding from the belt reel during a collision of the vehicle, and wherein controlling the passenger function includes: reducing the holding force before or during the collision when the physical characteristic estimate generated is that the passenger is at or below the fifth percentile of mass of people; maintaining the holding force during the collision when the physical characteristic estimate generated is that the passenger is at or above the 95th percentile of mass of people; and reducing the holding force after the beginning of the collision if the physical characteristic estimate generated is that the passenger is above the fifth percentile of mass of people and below the 95th percentile of mass of people.