Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Damian Ward

Harpreet Singh

Stephen Nicholls

Andrew Bradley

Kevin Cockings

Dirk Parker

Urmila Mistry

Hadric Khanu

Christopher Meredith

Immad Mir

The present invention relates to a vehicle access system () having a tracking means () for tracking a positional movement pattern of a user (D) relative to a vehicle (). A controller () is provided for controlling the opening and/or closing of a vehicle opening (). The controller () communicates with a storage device () and the tracking means (). The controller () has a comparator () for comparing the positional movement pattern with one or more pre-defined movement maps stored in the storage device (). The controller is configured to open the vehicle opening when the comparator () determines that the positional movement pattern corresponds to a first of the pre-defined movement maps. Alternatively, or in addition the controller can be configured to close the vehicle opening when the comparator () determines that the positional movement pattern corresponds to a second of said pre-defined movement maps. The invention also relates to a method of opening/closing a vehicle opening.

Vehicle access system and method

A system () for monitoring available space to maneuver a vehicle () to align a tow hitch () mounted to the vehicle with a trailer coupling () mounted to a trailer (). An imaging system () is provided to generate image data. A processor () is configured to analyze said image data to identify obstructions proximal to said vehicle and/or to said trailer and to determine if there is sufficient space available to maneuver the vehicle to align the tow hitch with the trailer coupling.

Vehicle hitch assistance system

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Damian Ward