AUTOMATIC VEHICLE DOOR MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A control system for controlling an automatic vehicle door movement control system comprising:
- a plurality of signaling devices each adapted to generate an instruction signal;
a controller for receiving the instruction signal generated by the plurality of signaling devices; and
at least one door actuator for opening and closing at least one vehicle door in accordance with the instruction signal from the signaling devices, the controller being configured to selectively mask a redundant instruction signal received within a predetermined mask time of a primary instruction signal.
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Abstract
A controller and control method for an automatic vehicle door movement control system which includes a plurality of signaling devices and at least one door actuator for opening and closing at least one vehicle door in accordance with an instruction signal from the signaling devices is configured to selectively mask a redundant instruction signal. The redundant instruction signal is an instruction signal received after the receipt of a primary instruction signal and prior to the completion of an automatic door movement operation. The redundant instruction signal is masked when it is determined to be against an ascertained user intent or when the primary instruction signal is determined to be more indicative of the ascertained user intent.
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21 Claims
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1. A control system for controlling an automatic vehicle door movement control system comprising:
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a plurality of signaling devices each adapted to generate an instruction signal; a controller for receiving the instruction signal generated by the plurality of signaling devices; and at least one door actuator for opening and closing at least one vehicle door in accordance with the instruction signal from the signaling devices, the controller being configured to selectively mask a redundant instruction signal received within a predetermined mask time of a primary instruction signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automatic vehicle door movement control system for automatically controlling movement of a vehicle door and comprising a controller and a plurality of signaling devices configured to output a door movement instruction signal, the controller further comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive door movement instruction signals from each of the plurality of signaling devices; and an input mask section configured to selectively mask a redundant instruction signal received after a primary instruction signal and prior to completion of an automatic door movement operation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for controlling automatic vehicle door movement, comprising
receiving a primary door movement instruction signal; -
beginning an automatic vehicle door movement operation in accordance with the primary door movement instruction signal; and selectively masking a redundant door movement instruction signal, such that the automatic vehicle door movement operation in accordance with the primary instruction signal is allowed to continue when the redundant door movement instruction signal is masked. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for selectively masking a redundant door movement instruction signal when a primary door movement instruction signal and the redundant door movement instruction signal are received by an automatic door movement controlling system, comprising:
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receiving the primary door movement instruction signal and a subsequent redundant door movement instruction signal; masking the redundant door movement instruction when a direction instruction associated with the primary door movement instruction signal is the same as a direction instruction associated with the redundant door movement instruction signal, the primary door movement instruction signal and redundant door movement instruction signal originate from different signaling devices, a time lapse between receipt of the primary door movement instruction signal and receipt of the redundant door movement instruction signal is less than a predetermined time, and a time required for completion of the automatic door movement operation is greater than the mask time.
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