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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Strattec Security Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John Michael Sohn, Gross Pointe, MI (US);
Ervin Colic, Troy, MI (US);
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting a potential object for a powered door of a vehicle. The system includes an electronic control unit and a noncontact sensor, the noncontact sensor having a field-of-view substantially including an obstacle detection zone defined for a powered door. The electronic control unit is configured to receive data from the noncontact sensor, determine, based on the data received from the noncontact sensor, an object located at a position within the field-of-view of the noncontact sensor, determine whether the position of the object is within the obstacle detection zone defined for the powered door, and in response to the position of the object being within the obstacle detection zone for the powered door, perform an automatic action with respect to the powered door before the powered door contacts the object.