Arrangement for operating one or more windows installed in a vehicle
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorsAnnette Hebling, Alexander Heinrich
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Abstract
An arrangement for operating one or more windows (S1-S4, SF, SH), which are installed in a vehicle (FZ) and in particular delimit a passenger compartment (FGZ) and whose optical properties can be changed by electrical actuation, comprises a position-determining device (ZGA) for determining the position (P1-P3) of an object (IDG1) which is located outside the vehicle (FZ). In addition, the arrangement has a control device (STG, AST) which is configured to actuate the one or more windows (S1-S4, SF, SH) as a function of the position, determined by the position-determining device, and in particular the distance.
Claims16
A method for operating one or more windows, which are installed in a vehicle and delimit a passenger compartment and whose optical properties can be changed by electrical actuation, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- determining position of an object located outside the vehicle, wherein the determining of the position of the object is performed by at least one of an optical sensor and a radio module, wherein the radio module emits interrogation signals, as low frequency radio signals, for triggering transmission of object-side radio signals and receives the object-side radio signals, as high frequency radio signals, which contain position data of the object outside the vehicle;
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- actuating the one or more windows as a function of distance between the vehicle and the object and time interval of change of window translucency from parked state into driving mode state in reaction to actuation in such a way that translucency of the one or more windows is increased with decreasing distance of the object from the vehicle, the translucency is decreased with increasing distance of the object from the vehicle, and the change from the parked state into the driving mode state is completed with high probability when the object arrives at the vehicle.
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