Patent ID: 8521369

Claim:
A method for control or regulation of a restraint system in a vehicle, the method comprising: determining, by an evaluation unit, whether a situation exists; adjusting, by a setting device, a belt retraction force acting on a safety belt of the restraint system based on the determined situation, wherein the adjustment sets at least one of an operation function of the restraint system that supports an occupant of the vehicle when donning and taking off the safety belt and a convenience function that sets an individual wearing level of the safety belt, and wherein the determined situation is operation of a central locking system of the vehicle and the adjustment is reducing the belt retraction force, the determined situation is driving with an open folding roof and the adjustment is raising the belt retraction force, or the determined situation is setting of a sports driving mode and the adjustment is setting the belt retraction force in relation to the occupant's seating position within the vehicle.