Method and device for automatically actuating a locking element of a vehicle

US8688325B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Richard Wolf · Stuttgart, DE
• Bernd Ette · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05Y2900/546
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

In order to automatically actuate a locking element of a vehicle, movement of an object in a region surrounding the vehicle is detected. If the detected movement corresponds to at least one predefined movement profile, the locking element is automatically actuated. If the detected movement does not correspond to the at least one predefined movement profile, a further predefined movement profile is produced depending on the detected movement.