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Patent No.:

US 10662697 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2015

Method for detecting an object in an opening area of a door of a motor vehicle, driver assistance system, and motor vehicle

Applicant:

Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Inventor:

Alice Frapsauce, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Assignee:

Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;

Attorney:

Osha Liang LLP

Primary Examiner:

Hovhannes Baghdasaryan

Assistant Examiner:

Amie M Ndure

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/73 (2015.01); G01S 15/04 (2006.01); G01S 15/88 (2006.01); G01S 15/87 (2006.01); E05F 15/43 (2015.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/08 (2006.01); G01S 15/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05F 15/43 (2015.01); G01S 7/52004 (2013.01); G01S 15/04 (2013.01); G01S 15/08 (2013.01); G01S 15/87 (2013.01); G01S 15/88 (2013.01); G01S 15/931 (2013.01); E05F 2015/763 (2015.01); E05Y 2400/53 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01); G01S 2015/937 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for detecting an object in an opening area of a first door () of a motor vehicle () using at least one first distance sensor (), the at least one first distance sensor () being arranged in and/or on the first door () and having a detection area (), in which a current opening angle (α) of the first door () is detected and the detection area () is adapted on the basis of the detected opening angle (α), a state variable of at least one component of the motor vehicle () which differs from the first door () being determined, the state variable describing a position and/or an operational setting of the at least one component, and the detection area () of the at least one first distance sensor () additionally being adapted on the basis of the determined state variable.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Frapsauce, Alice. (2020). Method for detecting an object in an opening area of a door of a motor vehicle, driver assistance system, and motor vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 10662697). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10662697

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