SECURE METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLOSING A MOTOR VEHICLE TAILGATE
First Claim
1. A secure method of automatically closing a motor vehicle tailgate equipped with at least one sensor detecting the presence of an element in a detection zone, said detection zone having at least one shadow zone, the method comprising:
- conditioning the operation for automatically closing the tailgate of the vehicle on completion of the following various operations;
detecting the presence of an element in the detection zone; and
detecting a departure of said element from the detection zone.
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Abstract
The subject of the invention is a secure method for automatically closing a motor vehicle tailgate (200) fitted with at least one presence sensor (201; 202; 203; 204) of an element in a detection zone (206), the said detection zone having at least one shadow zone (207; 208; 209; 210), characterized in that it comprises the step consisting in making the automatic operation of closing the vehicle tailgate conditional upon the completion of the following various operations: —detecting (301) the presence of an element in the detection zone; —detecting (304) a departure of the said element from the detection zone.
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17 Claims
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1. A secure method of automatically closing a motor vehicle tailgate equipped with at least one sensor detecting the presence of an element in a detection zone, said detection zone having at least one shadow zone, the method comprising:
conditioning the operation for automatically closing the tailgate of the vehicle on completion of the following various operations; detecting the presence of an element in the detection zone; and detecting a departure of said element from the detection zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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