Safety system for preventing a vehicle door from opening into traffic
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPrasanna Kumar Ganeshan, Marcus Walter Koch
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Abstract
A system for preventing a door of a vehicle from opening into an object includes a detection module configured to identify an object within a danger zone of the vehicle and detect the opening of the door. The system further includes a locking mechanism coupled to the detection module and configured to lock the door in a partially open position if the object is identified within the danger zone and the opening of the door is detected.
Claims17
A system for preventing a door of a vehicle from opening into an object, comprising:
- a detection module configured to:
- identify the object within a danger zone of the vehicle;
- and
- detect the opening of the door;
- and
- a locking mechanism coupled to the detection module and configured to lock the door in a partially open position if the object is identified within the danger zone and the opening of the door is detected,
- wherein the locking mechanism unlocks the door from the partially open position if the detection module does not identify the object within the danger zone or after a predetermined time has elapsed or both.
A system for preventing a door of a vehicle from opening into an object, comprising:
- a detection module configured to:
- detect a position of a vehicle door;
- detect a condition of an ignition;
- and
- identify the object within a door zone of the vehicle door;
- and
- a locking mechanism coupled to the detection module and configured to lock the door for a time period if the object is identified within the door zone,
- wherein the locking mechanism is further configured to unlock the door after the time period elapses.
A safety system for opening a door of a vehicle, comprising:
- a body control module (BCM), the BCM being configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- a traffic sensor coupled to the BCM and configured to capture traffic data;
- a door sensor coupled to the BCM and configured to detect a door position;
- a locking mechanism coupled to the BCM and configured to lock the door,
- wherein the BCM is further configured to
- define a door zone,
- receive the traffic data from the traffic sensor,
- detect an object in the traffic data,
- determine if the object is within the door zone,
- receive the door position from the door sensor,
- determine if the door position is a closed position,
- transmit instructions to the locking mechanism to lock the door, if the object is within the door zone and the door position is the closed position, and
- transmit instructions to the locking mechanism to unlock the door if the object is no longer within the door zone or a predetermined time has elapsed, or both;
- and
- an emergency switch coupled to the BCM and configured to unlock the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.