Vehicle access system with inadvertent actuation control
First Claim
1. A method for preventing inadvertent operation of a vehicle access system that includes a plurality of inputs, comprising:
- providing a keypad operable to output signals to actuate a vehicle door lock based on entry of a code via the inputs;
detecting when a predetermined code is inputted via the inputs and outputting a signal to actuate the vehicle door lock to control access to the vehicle; and
operating the keypad in a disabled mode wherein inputting said predetermined code does not result in outputting a signal to actuate the vehicle door lock, and wherein when the keypad is not in the disabled mode activation of an input results in a corresponding output signal being outputted and when the disabled mode is activated the output signals are not outputted.
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Abstract
In at least some implementations, a method for preventing inadvertant operation of a vehicle access system that includes a plurality of inputs involves providing a keypad operable to output signals to control a vehicle system based on entry of a code via the inputs, detecting when a predetermined access sequence is inputted via the inputs and outputting a signal to a vehicle system to allow access to the vehicle, and operating the keypad in a disabled mode wherein the keypad output signals are not outputted. The disabled mode may be activated either actively or passively or both, and the disabled mode may be terminated either actively or passively or both.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for preventing inadvertent operation of a vehicle access system that includes a plurality of inputs, comprising:
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providing a keypad operable to output signals to actuate a vehicle door lock based on entry of a code via the inputs; detecting when a predetermined code is inputted via the inputs and outputting a signal to actuate the vehicle door lock to control access to the vehicle; and operating the keypad in a disabled mode wherein inputting said predetermined code does not result in outputting a signal to actuate the vehicle door lock, and wherein when the keypad is not in the disabled mode activation of an input results in a corresponding output signal being outputted and when the disabled mode is activated the output signals are not outputted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A method for preventing inadvertent activation of a vehicle door lock by an access control device that includes multiple inputs that may be manually activated individually or collectively by a user to provide an output signal from the access control device to a controller communicated with the vehicle door lock to selectively change the state of the vehicle door lock, the method includes actively or passively activating a disabled mode of the access control device to prevent activation of the vehicle door lock by the access control device when the disabled mode is activated, wherein when the access control device is not in the disabled mode activation of an input results in a corresponding output signal being outputted and when the disabled mode is activated the output signals are not outputted from the access control device.
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