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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt, Hallstadt, DE;
Bernd Herthan, Michelau, DE;
Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt, DE;
Abstract
An object detection device for a vehicle monitors the surroundings at the rear of the vehicle. The object detection device has a radar sensor for generating a radar signal containing information about a distance between the vehicle and a vehicle user or another object in the surroundings. The radar sensor mounts on a vehicle component pointing toward the surroundings to the rear of the vehicle. Furthermore, the object detection device contains a control and evaluation unit for determining a movement pattern of the vehicle user on the basis of the radar signal, and to compare the movement pattern with a predefined reference pattern and to actuate a servomotor which has the purpose of actuating the tailgate between an open position and a closed position when the movement pattern corresponds to the reference pattern. Furthermore, a vehicle ideally has such an object detection device.