System and method for operating a vehicle function
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSascha Groetzki, Fabian Herbst, Lucien Stemmelen, Regina Wielsch
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Abstract
A system for operating a vehicle function of a motor vehicle includes a sensor module. The sensor module is configured to detect, at a plurality of times during an idle state of the motor vehicle, a rain condition and a brightness at the location of the motor vehicle via a sensor system. The sensor module is also configured to store information about the detected rain conditions and brightnesses. The sensor module is also configured to operate a vehicle function of the motor vehicle depending on the stored information.
Claims8
A system for operating a vehicle function of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor module that is configured to:
- detect, at a plurality of times during an idle state of the motor vehicle, a rain condition and a brightness at the location of the motor vehicle via a sensor system;
- store information about the detected rain conditions and brightnesses;
- and
- operate a vehicle function of the motor vehicle depending on the stored information, wherein the sensor module is also configured to wake up the sensor system from an energy-saving standby mode before each of the plurality of times in order to enable detection of the rain condition and the brightness.
A system for operating a vehicle function of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor module that is configured to:
- detect, at a plurality of times during an idle state of the motor vehicle, a rain condition and a brightness at the location of the motor vehicle via a sensor system;
- store information about the detected rain conditions and brightnesses;
- and
- operate a vehicle function of the motor vehicle depending on the stored information, wherein the sensor module is also configured to send the stored information to a control device configured to control the vehicle function when the motor vehicle is woken up from the idle state.
A system for operating a vehicle function of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor module that is configured to:
- detect, at a plurality of times during an idle state of the motor vehicle, a rain condition and a brightness at the location of the motor vehicle via a sensor system;
- store information about the detected rain conditions and brightnesses;
- and
- operate a vehicle function of the motor vehicle depending on the stored information, wherein the sensor system is arranged in a region of a windshield of the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.