Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Brian Karl Lickfelt

Kentaro Yoshimura

Chyuan Y Muh

Kevin Lamm

Hideaki Arai

Tomonori Watanabe

Wesley Wonchul Kim

Spencer A Kennedy

Tyler J Rupp

Douglas R Reed

Nicky Strock

Emanuel Ulises Perez Zenteno

Thomas G Kracker

Jason David DiSalvo

John Sgueglia

Ulrich Stetter

Bharath Kumar Parasurama

Michael Spannbauer

Dirk Groeger

Katsuyasu Yamane

Shinichi Ueda

Takashi Mori

Dave Jaeyeong Choi

Dave Peterson

Joseph P W Whinnery

Masashi Sugita

Andrew M Bucci

David G Peterson

Trevor Scott Whitten

Arai Hideaki

Jason D Disalvo

A system and method for a squat-responsive mirror and seat control for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a control circuitry configured to receive, from a sensor system, sensor information indicative of a squat condition of the vehicle. The squat condition is caused by a load on a towed trailer coupled to the vehicle. The control circuitry further determines a first position of a mirror assembly or a seat assembly of the vehicle. Based on the sensor information, the control circuitry determines an offset by which the mirror assembly or the seat assembly is to be moved with reference to the first position. Further, the control circuitry controls a movement of at least one of the mirror assembly or the seat assembly from the first position to a second position that is different from the first position.

Squat-responsive mirror and seat control for a vehicle

A sensor system and method for a dynamic change in a touch response time of a door hand touch sensor is provided. The sensor system receives a first communication associated with an actuation setting of the door via the in-vehicle communication bus. The actuation setting includes an option to trigger lock or unlock operations of the door based on a movement of a portable device towards or away from the vehicle. Thereafter, the sensor system controls the touch sensing unit to change a touch response time of the touch sensing unit from a first value to a second value. The change is performed based on the first communication.

Dynamic change in touch response time of door hand touch sensor

A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include determining if a portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of a vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the portable device is stationary for a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle and determining if the portable device is located outside of at least one door area zone of the vehicle, wherein the at least one door area zone of the vehicle includes a space that is occupied by the at least one vehicle door. The system and method supplying an amount of power to a motor associated with the at least one vehicle door to open or close the at least one vehicle door.

System and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door

A keyless entry device and method for powering the keyless entry system, such as a key fob, are disclosed. The keyless entry device has a charging battery, a rechargeable battery, at least one long range function button for a long range function, and at least one short range function button for a short range function. The method includes charging the rechargeable battery using the charging battery, wherein the rechargeable battery has a larger burst current delivery capacity than the charging battery. The method further includes sending a short range transmission from the keyless entry device using at least one of: the charging battery, and the rechargeable battery, when the at least one short range function button is actuated, sending a long range transmission from the keyless entry device at least one of: the charging battery, and the rechargeable battery, when the at least one long range function button is actuated.

Keyless entry device and method for powering the keyless entry device

A system and method for determining at least one zone associated with automatic control of a barrier that include determining a traveling direction of a vehicle with respect to the barrier. The system and method also include determining at least one dynamic status zone associated with the barrier based on the traveling direction of the vehicle. The system and method additionally include determining at least one barrier control zone associated with the barrier based on the at least one dynamic status zone.

System and method for determining at least one zone associated with automatic control of a barrier

A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include determining if a portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of a vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the portable device is stationary for a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle. The system and method further include supplying an amount of power to a motor associated with the at least one vehicle door to open or close the at least one vehicle door if it is determined that the portable device is stationary for the predetermined period of time.

A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include receiving at least one polling response signal that is sent by a portable device and analyzing the at least one polling response signal to determine a signal strength of the at least one polling response signal. The system and method additionally include determining if the portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle based on a comparison of the signal strength of the at least one polling response signal to at least one local area threshold value that is specifically associated with at least one transceiver of the vehicle that receives the at least one polling response signal with a highest signal strength and determining if the portable device is stationary for a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle.

A system and method for automatically controlling movement of a barrier that include determining at least one zone associated with the barrier. The system and method also include determining a current state of the barrier. The system and method additionally include sending a barrier control signal to remotely control movement of the barrier. The system and method further include presenting the current state of the barrier, wherein the current state of the barrier is updated based on remotely controlling the movement of the barrier.

System and method for automatically controlling movement of a barrier

A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include determining if a portable device is located outside of at least one door area zone and determining if the portable device is stationary for a predetermined period of time within at least one local area polling zone. The system and method also include supplying a first amount of power to a motor associated with the at least one vehicle door to initiate powered closure of the at least one vehicle door. The system and method further include determining if the portable device is being moved towards and is located at a predetermined distance of the at least one door area zone and supplying a second amount of power to the motor associated with the at least one vehicle door to stop powered closure of the at least one vehicle door.

A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include determining if a portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of a vehicle. The system and method additionally include determining if the portable device is stationary for a first period of a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle and providing a notification of a remaining duration of the predetermined period of time to instruct an individual carrying the portable device to remain in a stationary position to allow the portable device to remain stationary for the remaining duration of the predetermined period of time. The system and method further include supplying an amount of power to open or close the at least one vehicle door if it is determined that the portable device remains stationary for the predetermined period of time.

A system and method for managing autonomous operation of a plurality of barriers that include sending at least one barrier control signal from a vehicle to a barrier controller associated with a first barrier of the plurality of barriers to traverse the first barrier. The system and method also include sending at least one barrier control signal from the vehicle to a barrier controller associated with a second barrier of the plurality of barriers to traverse the second barrier. The system and method additionally include sending at least one barrier status update request signal to the barrier controller associated with the first barrier to determine an updated state of the first barrier. The system and method further include sending at least one barrier status update request signal to the barrier controller associated with the second barrier to determine an updated state of the second barrier.

System and method for managing autonomous operation of a plurality of barriers

A system and method for communicating with a portable device that include sending a predetermined number of LF polling signals from a vehicle to reach an entirety of a predetermined proximity of the vehicle. The system and method also include determining if at least one of the LF polling signals is received by the portable device located within the predetermined proximity of the vehicle. The system and method further include sending a wireless communication signal from the vehicle to reach the entirety of the predetermined proximity of the vehicle upon determining that the at least one of the LF polling signals is not received by the portable device.

System and method for communicating with a portable device in an electrically noisy environment

A keyless entry device and method for powering the keyless entry system, such as a key fob, are disclosed. The keyless entry device has a charging battery, a rechargeable battery, at least one long range function button for a long range function, and at least one short range function button for a short range function. The method includes charging the rechargeable battery using the charging battery, wherein the rechargeable battery has a larger burst current delivery capacity than the charging battery. The method further includes sending a short range transmission from the keyless entry device using at least one of: the charging battery, and the rechargeable battery, when the at least one short range function button is actuated. The method further includes sending a long range transmission from the keyless entry device at least one of: the charging battery, and the rechargeable battery, when the at least one long range function button is actuated.

A system and method for providing a countdown notification relating to a movement of a barrier that include measuring a duration of the movement of the barrier. The system and method also include determining a current state of the barrier and sending at least one barrier control signal to remotely control movement of the barrier. The system and method further include presenting the countdown notification relating to the movement of the barrier.

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Brian Karl Lickfelt