Door opening inhibitor into oncoming traffic
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1. A method for inhibiting a vehicle side door from opening into an oncoming traffic lane comprising:
- determining a location and side of street that the vehicle is parked on based on GPS information collected by a door control module when the location of a transmitting device is greater than a predetermined distance;
combining compass information obtained by the door control module with the GPS information to identify which vehicle doors to inhibit from fully opening in response to a door open command; and
inhibiting the identified vehicle doors from fully opening based on preset features when the combined compass and GPS information indicates that the identified vehicle doors will open into the oncoming traffic lane.
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Abstract
A method for inhibiting a vehicle side door from opening into an oncoming traffic lane includes sending a remote door open command to the vehicle and detecting if a location of the transmitting device is greater than a predetermined distance from the vehicle to verify safe conditions to execute the command. If the transmitting device is determined to be at a location greater than a predetermined distance from the vehicle to verify safe conditions then GPS and on-board compass information is used to identify which vehicle doors should be inhibited from fully opening in the traffic lane to prevent causing damage to the vehicle.
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1. A method for inhibiting a vehicle side door from opening into an oncoming traffic lane comprising:
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determining a location and side of street that the vehicle is parked on based on GPS information collected by a door control module when the location of a transmitting device is greater than a predetermined distance; combining compass information obtained by the door control module with the GPS information to identify which vehicle doors to inhibit from fully opening in response to a door open command; and inhibiting the identified vehicle doors from fully opening based on preset features when the combined compass and GPS information indicates that the identified vehicle doors will open into the oncoming traffic lane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for inhibiting a vehicle side door from opening into an oncoming traffic lane comprising:
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determining a location and side of street that the vehicle is parked on based on GPS information collected by a door control module when the location of a transmitting device is greater than a predetermined distance; combining compass information obtained by the door control module with the GPS information to identify which vehicle doors to inhibit from fully opening in response to the door open command; inhibiting the identified vehicle doors from fully opening based on preset features when the combined compass and GPS information indicates that the identified vehicle doors will open into the oncoming traffic lane; and opening the identified vehicle doors a predetermined safe distance based on a first preset feature when the combined compass and GPS information indicates that the identified vehicle doors will open into the oncoming traffic lane. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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