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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst Gmbh & Co. KG, Velbert, DE;
Christof Hache, Velbert, DE;
Helmut Schumacher, Coesfeld, DE;
Norbert Heller, Grefrath, DE;
Oliver Müller, Velbert, DE;
Bernd Ette, Wolfsburg, DE;
Nadine Sticherling, Essen, DE;
Alexander Ziegler, Wülfrath, DE;
Jean Malabo Yomkil, Essen, DE;
Stefan Mönig, Schwelm, DE;
Iko Lindic, Essen, DE;
Mirko Schindler, Velbert, DE;
Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG, Velbert, DE;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method () for preparing an operating signal for a motor vehicle (), the method involving the following steps: (a) obtaining a signal indicating that an authorized user () has been authenticated; (b) monitoring an actuating region () located outside the motor vehicle () by means of an optical sensor system (); (c) measuring a distance (a) between an object () in the actuating region () and an optical sensor () by means of the optical sensor system (); (d) comparing the distance (a) with a default by means of the optical sensor system (); and (e) preparing an operating signal if the default is satisfied.