Patent ID: 6846019

Claim:
A seatbelt apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a webbing for restraining a passenger seated on a seat; a retractor for winding and rewinding the webbing; a first pretensioner for winding the webbing to the retractor by a first tension; a second pretensioner for applying a second tension to the webbing in an emergency about the vehicle to restrain the passenger; a manipulated brake detecting unit for detecting a manipulated amount of a brake pedal of the vehicle; an obstacle detecting unit for detecting an obstacle in front of the vehicle; and a control unit for controlling the first tension by the first pretensioner in accordance with at least one of a tension control based on detection data by the manipulated brake detecting unit and another tension control based on detection data by the obstacle detecting unit, wherein the control unit adopts the tension control based on the detection data by the manipulated brake detecting unit while taking precedence over the tension control based on the detection data by the obstacle detecting unit.