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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Schlittenbauer, Ingolstadt, DE;
Marcus Kuehne, Ingolstadt, DE;
Ulrich Mueller, Ingolstadt, DE;
Megan McClain, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathaniel Paffett-Lugassy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2015.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60R 22/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/02 (2013.01); B60R 2022/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method operates a seat belt system in a motor vehicle. The method uses a 3-D imaging system to determine when a tongue of the seat belt system is approaching a buckle of the seat belt system. A buckle presenter extends the buckle from a seat of the motor vehicle, toward an occupant of the motor vehicle when the 3-D imaging system determines that the tongue is approaching the buckle.