Control system and control method for a moveable wing assembly and a convertible roof assembly of a convertible road vehicle and related road vehicle

A control system (20) for a movable wing assembly (10) and a roof assembly (3) of a road vehicle (1), the movable wing assembly (10) and the roof assembly (3) being at least partially adjacent to each other along a direction transverse to a standard direction (D) of travel of the road vehicle (1);

• the roof assembly (3) comprising at least a roof (4) retractable into a compartment (6) and a cover (11) delimiting the compartment (6) at the top;
• the cover (11) being movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration so as to selectively allow access or egress of the roof (4) from the compartment (6);
• the system (20) comprises:
• a main electronic control unit (21);
• an electronic control unit (22) of the movable wing assembly (10) in communication with the main electronic control unit (21) and configured for generating an output (AP, APF) indicative of an operating condition of the movable wing assembly (10);
• and
• an electronic control unit (23) of the roof assembly (3), in particular of the cover (11), in communication with the main electronic control unit (21) and designed to generate an output (CS) indicative of an operating condition of the roof assembly (3), in particular of the cover (11),
• where the main electronic control unit (21) is configured for:
• receiving and processing the respective outputs (AP, APF, CS) of the electronic control unit (22) of the movable wing assembly (10) and the electronic control unit (23) of the roof assembly (3), particularly of the cover (11), to determine the presence of a potential interference between the operating conditions of the movable wing assembly (10) and of the roof assembly (3), particularly of the cover (11);
• generating an inhibition output (CE, AE), by means of the main electronic control unit 21, if a potential interference condition is determined to be present between the operating conditions of the movable wing assembly (10) and the roof assembly (3), in particular of the cover (11);
• and
• transmitting the inhibition output (CE, AE) alternately to the electronic control unit (22) of the movable wing assembly (10) or to the electronic control unit (23) of the roof assembly (3) in particular of the cover (11), so as to prevent the switching of the operating condition of the movable wing assembly (10) or the roof assembly (3), in particular of the cover (11), so as to prevent a collision between the movable wing assembly (10) and the roof assembly (3), in particular the cover (11).