# US 2026/0097318 A1 · Racing simulation using active seatbelt tensioner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0097318 A1 - Document ID: US20260097318A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/908,544 - Filed: 2024-10-07 - Published: 2026-04-09 - Earliest claimed: 2024-10-07 - Assignees: Lenovo (United States) Inc. - Applicants: Lenovo (United States) Inc. - Inventors: James LaCroix; Axel Ramirez; Nicolas Allebrodt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260097318A1 ## CPC - A63F 13/803: Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks - A63F 13/245: specially adapted to a particular type of game, e.g. steering wheels - A63F 13/285: Generating tactile feedback signals via the game input device, e.g. force feedback - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract In one aspect, a device includes a processor system and storage accessible to the processor system. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor system to facilitate a racing simulation. The instructions are also executable to, as part of facilitating the racing simulation, control a seatbelt tensioner in real time as the racing simulation transpires. The seatbelt tensioner is controlled in real time based on one or more variable inputs associated with the racing simulation, such as virtual vehicle drifting, virtual vehicle braking, or virtual vehicle turning. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device, comprising: a processor system; and storage accessible to the processor system and comprising instructions executable by the processor system to: facilitate a racing simulation; as part of facilitating the racing simulation, control a seatbelt tensioner in real time as the racing simulation transpires, the seatbelt tensioner controlled in real time based on one or more variable inputs associated with the racing simulation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the seatbelt tensioner comprises a five-point seatbelt tensioner, the seatbelt tensioner couplable to a seat of an electronic race car at five different locations on the seat. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, comprising the seatbelt tensioner and seat. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, comprising the electronic race car. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to: as part of facilitating the racing simulation, control the seatbelt tensioner to tighten a first strap of the seatbelt tensioner a first amount and to concurrently tighten a second strap of the seatbelt tensioner a second amount, the first strap being different from the second strap. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The device of claim 5, wherein the first amount is different from the second amount. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The device of claim 5, wherein the instructions are executable to: execute a model to receive the one or more variable inputs and to generate, based on the one or more variable inputs, an inference indicating the first amount and the second amount. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein a first variable input of the one or more variable inputs relates to virtual vehicle drifting in the racing simulation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein a first variable input of the one or more variable inputs relates to virtual vehicle braking in the racing simulation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein a first variable input of the one or more variable inputs relates to a virtual vehicle collision in the racing simulation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein a first variable input of the one or more variable inputs relates to virtual vehicle traction loss in the racing simulation due to virtual inclement weather. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the one or more variable inputs are provided by a simulation engine that executes the racing simulation. ### Claim 13 A method, comprising: facilitating a racing simulation; as part of facilitating the racing simulation, dynamically controlling a seatbelt tensioner as the racing simulation transpires, the seatbelt tensioner dynamically controlled based on one or more variable inputs associated with the racing simulation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, comprising: dynamically controlling the seatbelt tensioner by reducing tension in one or more straps of the seatbelt tensioner responsive to virtual vehicle braking in the racing simulation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, comprising: dynamically controlling the seatbelt tensioner by increasing tension in one or more straps of the seatbelt tensioner responsive to virtual vehicle acceleration in the racing simulation. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, comprising: executing a model to receive the one or more variable inputs and to generate, based on the one or more variable inputs, an inference indicating a configuration of the seatbelt tensioner to apply in response to an event in the racing simulation. ### Claim 17 At least one computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the at least one CRSM comprising instructions executable by a processor system to: facilitate a racing simulation; as part of facilitating the racing simulation, control a seatbelt tensioner in real time as the racing simulation transpires, the seatbelt tensioner controlled in real time based on one or more inputs associated with the racing simulation. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The at least one CRSM of claim 17, wherein the instructions are executable to: execute a model to receive the one or more inputs and to generate, based on the one or more inputs, an inference indicating a configuration of the seatbelt tensioner to apply in response to an event in the racing simulation. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The at least one CRSM of claim 18, wherein the model is an artificial intelligence (AI) model. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The at least one CRSM of claim 18, wherein the configuration of the seatbelt tensioner comprises a left-side strap of the seatbelt tensioner being shorter than a right-side strap of the seatbelt tensioner.