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

Claim 12:
13. A vehicle comprising:
seat belts, each including a lap portion and a sash portion;
belt markers positioned on each seat belt, the belt markers on each seat belt comprising a sash marker on the sash portion and a lap marker on the lap portion, wherein the sash marker and the lap marker are each one of a series of belt markers on the seat belt that begin at an end of the seat belt that is connected to the vehicle, wherein a first one of the series of belt markers is offset by an offset distance from the end of the seat belt, and each of the belt markers includes a unique identifier that is indicative of a distance from the end of the seat belt;
a camera system having a fish-eye lens camera mounted in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, the camera having a field of view that includes a view of the belt markers of each seat belt, the camera system producing marker position data indicative of the position of each belt marker and including data related to one of the unique identifiers;
a physical characteristic estimator that is communicatively coupled to the camera system, wherein the physical characteristic estimator is configured to receive the marker position data from the camera system and to produce, based at least in part on the marker position data including the distance of the marker from the end of the seat belt and the offset distance, physical characteristic estimates of physical characteristics of passengers using the seat belts, the physical characteristic estimate generated using a ratio of the positions of the sash marker and the lap marker; and
a passenger related system having a passenger function, the passenger related system controlling the passenger function based at least in part on the physical characteristic estimates.