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Method and system for contactless obstacle detection for a motor vehicle having a front side door and a rear side door

US12227978B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Stabilus GmbH · DE

Inventors

Tim Bartsch · Stewartville, US
Markus Link · Koblenz, DE
Willibald Reitmeier · Hohenschambach, DE
Philippe Grass · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2022
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 2, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/531
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method and a system for contactless obstacle detection for a motor vehicle having a front side door and a rear side door, using a single primary obstacle sensor provided on the motor vehicle, preferably in the form of a ToF sensor, which is configured to monitor an opening region of the front side door, and, at least as long as the front side door is closed, also to monitor an opening region of the rear side door, the method comprising the following step, which is carried out repeatedly: determining a current maximum allowed opening angle for the rear side door based on an output of a monitoring of the opening region of the rear side door by the primary obstacle sensor and taking into account a current opening state of the front side door.

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