Vehicle and vehicle door clearance notification system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorGrant A. Compton
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Abstract
A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a door and a controller. The door is configured to transition to a partially opened position between a fully opened position and a closed position. The controller is programmed to issue an insufficient door clearance notification in response to an object being detected within a swing radius of the door between the closed position and the partially opened position. The controller may be further programmed to issue the insufficient door clearance notification in response to an object being detected within an egress path from the partially opened position of the door.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a door, having a swing radius, configured to transition to a first partially opened position between a fully opened position and a closed position;
- and
- a controller programmed to, in response to an object being detected within the swing radius of the door between the closed position and the first partially opened position, issue a first insufficient door clearance notification.
A vehicle comprising:
- a door having a swing radius;
- a detent arm configured to retain the door in at least one partially opened position;
- and
- a controller programmed to, in response to an object being detected within the swing radius of the door between a closed position and a first partially opened position, issue a first insufficient door clearance notification.
A method of warning a user of an obstruction between an object and a vehicle door that is configured to transition to a first partially opened position:
- issuing a first insufficient door clearance notification in response to an object being detected within a swing radius of the door between a closed position and the first partially opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.