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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Systems Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Brian Burtch, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 9/005 (2013.01); B60J 5/0493 (2013.01); B60Q 9/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for assisting in the opening of a vehicle door includes a camera disposed on the vehicle for obtaining a plurality of images of an object at the periphery of the vehicle. The example system includes a controller which is configured to determine a distance between the object and a door of the vehicle based on the plurality of images and to initiate a vehicle response based on the distance.