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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Michael D. Oakley, Jerome City, OH (US);
Craig T. Kline, Bellefontaine, OH (US);
Dean A. Scott, Jr., Marysville, OH (US);
Hideaki Arai, Powell, OH (US);
Joseph P. Whinnery, Marysville, OH (US);
Saeed Namakydoost, Powell, OH (US);
Yoshitomo Ihashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Trevor Scott Whitten, East Liberty, OH (US);
Makoto Watanabe, Dublin, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for controlling an automatic operation of a power door of a vehicle is presented. An actuation of an interior switch by a user is detected and, upon detecting the actuation of the interior switch, whether at least one door of the vehicle is locked is determined. When the at least one door of the vehicle is locked, whether a vehicle security is set is determined. When the at least one door of the vehicle is locked and the vehicle security is set, the automatic operation of the power door is prohibited. When the at least one door of the vehicle is not locked or the vehicle security is not set, the automatic operation of the power door is permitted.