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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Aisin Technical Center of America, Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Koji Nagase, Novi, MI (US);
Daisuke Yamada, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC., Northville, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2006.01); H03K 17/955 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05F 15/41 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2013.01); E05F 15/41 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); H03K 17/955 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/858 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
An occupant step apparatus and method for a vehicle, includes a powered occupant step, a kick sensor mounted to the occupant step, and a controller having processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects a kick gesture signal from the kick sensor, controls operation of the powered occupant step to move the occupant step, and upon detection of a step gesture signal from the kick sensor while the occupant step is being operated, halts operation of the occupant step.