Method for selectively opening at least one entrance of a vehicle
AssigneeMercedes-Benz Group AG
InventorsÖzgür Mutlu, Michael Seidel
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Abstract
An entrance of a vehicle is selectively opened by an ID transponder having an authorization ID for vehicle access. A simplified and more precise selective opening emerges in that an associated trigger zone on the vehicle is predetermined for at least one of the at least one entrances of the vehicle and a vector reflecting a direction of movement of the ID transponder is determined. An entrance is opened if a line extending the vector in a straight line meets the trigger zone associated with the entrance.
Claims20
A method for selectively opening at least one entrance of a vehicle by an ID transponder having an authorization ID for access to the vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining a vector representing a direction of movement of the ID transponder, wherein for at least one of the at least one entrances of the vehicle, an associated trigger zone is predetermined in a region of a handle of the entrance on an outer shell of the vehicle;
- extending the vector by a straight line;
- determining an impact area of the extended straight line on the vehicle;
- and
- opening the entrance associated with the trigger zone responsive to the impact area overlapping with the trigger zone,
- wherein the vector is used to detect whether the ID transponder is approaching the vehicle and whether the vector is parallel to an X-axis of a vehicle coordinate system of the vehicle, and
- wherein the extended straight line is only determined when the ID transponder is approaching the vehicle and the vector does not run parallel to the X-axis.
A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program product for selectively opening at least one entrance of a vehicle by an ID transponder having an authorization ID for access to the vehicle, which when executed, performs:
- determining a vector representing a direction of movement of the ID transponder, wherein for at least one of the at least one entrances of the vehicle, an associated trigger zone is predetermined in a region of a handle of the entrance on an outer shell of the vehicle;
- extending the vector by a straight line;
- determining an impact area of the extended straight line on the vehicle;
- and
- opening the entrance associated with the trigger zone responsive to the impact area overlapping with the trigger zone,
- wherein the vector is used to detect whether the ID transponder is approaching the vehicle and whether the vector is parallel to an X-axis of a vehicle coordinate system of the vehicle, and
- wherein the extended straight line is only determined when the ID transponder is approaching the vehicle and the vector does not run parallel to the X-axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.