Method for controlling at least one vehicle function of a vehicle assembly, and vehicle assembly
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
InventorToni Nagler
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Abstract
A method for controlling at least one vehicle function of a vehicle assembly having a vehicle and a roof rack which is mounted on a roof of the vehicle, wherein a communication link is produced between the roof rack and the vehicle, wherein at least one piece of information comprising the mounting state of the roof rack is transmitted to the vehicle via the communication link, and wherein the piece of information is taken into account in the control of the at least one vehicle function.
Claims16
A method for controlling at least one vehicle function of a vehicle assembly comprising a vehicle and a roof rack that is mounted on the roof of the vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a communication link between the roof rack and the vehicle;
- transmitting, via the communication link, at least one piece of information comprising a mounting state of the roof rack to the vehicle;
- and
- controlling, based on the piece of information, at least one vehicle function,
- wherein the piece of information indicates that the roof rack is mounted,
- wherein the roof rack is mountable on the roof of the vehicle in at least a first mounting position and a second mounting position,
- wherein the piece of information further indicates whether the roof rack is in the first mounting position or the second mounting position,
- wherein the controlling of the at least one vehicle function includes control of a degree of opening of a motor-adjustable hatch of the vehicle, and
- wherein the control of the degree of opening of the motor-adjustable hatch at the first mounting position of the roof rack is different from the control of the degree of opening of the motor-adjustable hatch at the second mounting position of the roof rack.
A method for controlling at least one vehicle function of a vehicle assembly comprising a vehicle and a roof rack that is mounted on the roof of the vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a communication link between the roof rack and the vehicle;
- transmitting, via the communication link, at least one piece of information comprising a mounting state of the roof rack to the vehicle;
- and
- controlling, based on the piece of information, at least one vehicle function,
- wherein the piece of information indicates a type of the roof rack,
- wherein the controlling of the at least one vehicle function includes control of a degree of opening of a motor-adjustable hatch of the vehicle, and
- wherein the control of the degree of opening of the motor-adjustable hatch is different depending upon the type of the roof rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.