Emblem for a motor vehicle with a sensor system for monitoring a detection region and an actuation region and method thereto

US10336295B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Heller · Grefrath, DE
• Helmut Schumacher · Coesfeld, DE
• Mirko Schindler · Velbert, DE
• Oliver Müller · Paderborn, DE
• Bernd Ette · Wolfsburg, DE
• Nadine Sticherling · Essen, DE
• Alexander Ziegler · Wülfrath, DE
• Jean Malabo Yomkil · Essen, DE
• Stefan Mönig · Schwelm, DE
• Iko Lindic · Essen, DE
• Christof Hache · Velbert, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05Y2900/546
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an emblem (80) for a motor vehicle (1), comprising an optical sensor system (30) which is suitable for a) monitoring a detection region (21) lying outside of the motor vehicle (1), b) triggering a signal for starting an authentication check between an ID transmitter (13) and the motor vehicle (1) in the event that a user (10) is detected in the detection region (21), c) monitoring an actuation region (22) which lies outside of the motor vehicle (1) and which differs from the detection region (21), and d) providing an operating signal for the motor vehicle (1) in the event that a user (10) is detected in the actuation region (22).