Vehicle access system
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBernd ETTE, Rico PETRICK
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Abstract
A method for an access system for a vehicle includes the steps of recording a first optical information in a specific area surrounding the vehicle and detecting an object approaching the vehicle as a function of the recorded first optical information. As a function of detecting the approaching object, a second optical information in the surrounding area is recorded, and gesture information of the object is identified as a function of the second optical information. A locking device or door opening device of the access system is triggered as a function of gesture information.
Claims13
A method for an access system for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting a first optical information in a specific area surrounding the vehicle;
- identifying an object approaching the vehicle as a function of the recorded first optical information;
- detecting the second optical information in the surrounding area as a function of the identification of the object approaching;
- identifying gesture information of the object as a function of the second optical information;
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- activating a locking mechanism or a door opening mechanism of the access system as a function of gesture information.
An access system for a vehicle comprising:
- an optical sensor recording optical information in a specific area surrounding the vehicle;
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- a processing apparatus coupled with the optical sensor and detects a first optical information via a sensor to detect an object approaching the vehicle as a function of the first optical information, to detect a second optical information in the surrounding area via a sensor as a function of the detecting the approaching object, and to identify gesture information of the object as a function of the second optical information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.