Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method to automatically set the height of the torso section of a seat belt
-
Application No.: US16448932Application Date: 2019-06-21
-
Publication No.: US11420579B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Michael Baltaxe , Ruben Mergui , Gila Kamhi
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: B60R22/20
- IPC: B60R22/20 ; B60R21/015 ; B60R21/01

Abstract:
A vehicle, system and a computer-implemented method for setting a height of a seat belt in a vehicle. The system includes a computer vision module, a motor and a controller. The computer vision module determines a seatbelt-neck distance (SND) and a seatbelt-shoulder distance (SSD) for an occupant of the vehicle. The motor adjusts the height of the seat belt. The controller control the motor to set the height of the seat belt based on the SND and the SSD.
Information query