Method for actuating a closure element arrangement, in particular of a motor vehicle

US9283994B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt · DE

Inventors

• Frank Holzberg · Luckau, DE
• Udo Geuther · Bamberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03K2217/96078
• WIPO field: Basic communication processes
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for actuating a closure element arrangement, of a vehicle, wherein the closure element arrangement has a control system having a controller and a sensor arrangement. The sensor arrangement has at least one elongate distance sensor with a sensor extent, wherein a distance A from a user B can be detected with respect to the sensor extent with the distance sensor, which user B is located at a longitudinal position along the sensor extent. At least two elongate sensor sections, of the at least one distance sensor are provided, which sensor sections are each configured to detect a distance A from a user B, that the sensor sections have changing sensor configurations along the sensor extent, and that the longitudinal position of the user B is determined as a function of the sensor measured values of the at least two sensor sections by means of the controller.