Actuation of restraint surface adjustment safety system

A method comprising:

• receiving, from one or more sensors of a vehicle, data indicating a trajectory of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is bidirectional;
• detecting, based at least in part on the trajectory of the vehicle, at least one of a collision or a predicted collision;
• determining a direction of travel associated with the vehicle;
• determining that a bench seat of the vehicle is facing in the direction of travel, wherein the bench seat includes multiple seating positions for occupants and is one of multiple bench seats of the vehicle each facing a respective different direction;
• and
• based at least in part on detecting the at least one of the collision or the predicted collision, actuating a restraint surface adjustment mechanism of the bench seat of the vehicle facing in the direction of travel to adjust at least one of a height, an angle, or a rigidity of a front portion of a restraint surface associated with a first seating position of the bench seat independently of a second seating position of the bench seat,
• wherein the actuating the restraint surface adjustment mechanism of the bench seat of the vehicle occurs when a back of the bench seat of the vehicle is generally upright.

A method comprising:

• receiving, from one or more sensors of a vehicle, data corresponding to a condition associated with the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is bidirectional;
• detecting, based at least in part on the data, a collision or a predicted collision;
• determining a direction of collision associated with the collision or the predicted collision;
• determining a bench seat of the vehicle facing in the direction of collision, wherein the bench seat includes multiple seating positions for occupants;
• and
• activating, based at least in part on the direction of collision, a restraint surface adjustment mechanism of the bench seat to adjust at least one of a height, an angle, or a rigidity of a front portion of a restraint surface associated with a first seating position of the bench seat independently of a second seating position of the bench seat;
• wherein the activating the restraint surface adjustment mechanism of the bench seat of the vehicle occurs when a back of the bench seat of the vehicle is generally upright and activating the restraint surface comprises transitioning at least a portion of the restraint surface between a first state and a second state, wherein the second state has a greater rigidity than the first state.