Assembly module for a motor vehicle with an optical sensor system for monitoring a detection region and an actuation region

US9919678B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 20, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C2209/64
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly module (20) for a motor vehicle (1), comprising an optical sensor system (30) which is suitable for: a) monitoring a detection region (150) lying outside of the motor vehicle (1) in order to determine the proximity of a user (10), b) in the event of a detection of the user (10) in the detection region (150), monitoring an activation region (160) arranged within the detection region (150) in order to determine whether the user (10) is located within the activation region (160), and c) in the event of a detection of the user (10) in the activation region (160), triggering a signal for the execution of an action at the motor vehicle (1).