MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD RELATING TO THE TURNING OFF OF A DRIVE DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has a drive device, a control device for starting and turning off the drive device and a detection device for monitoring the presence of a person in the motor vehicle. The control device is designed to turn off the drive device if the detection device signals that the person leaves or has left the motor vehicle. The control device is also set up to restart the drive device, after it has been previously detected that the person has gotten out of the motor vehicle, if the detection device signals the presence of a person again.
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29 Claims
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10. A method for controlling a drive device in a motor vehicle using a control device, comprising:
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starting by the control device, the drive device if it is detected that a starting device has been operated by a driver; monitoring by a detection device, whether the driver is present in a predetermined monitoring area of the motor vehicle and whether the driver has left the motor vehicle; automatically turning off, by the control device, the drive device; monitoring, by the detection device, whether the driver again becomes present in the predetermined monitoring area; and restarting, by the control device, the drive device if the detection device signals that the driver is again present in the predetermined monitoring area, wherein monitoring is terminated if a vehicle door has been locked after the driver has left the motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for controlling a drive device in a motor vehicle using a control device, comprising:
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starting by the control device, the drive device if it is detected that a starting device has been operated by a driver; monitoring by a detection device, whether the driver is present in a predetermined monitoring area of the motor vehicle and whether the driver has left the motor vehicle; automatically turning off, by the control device, the drive device; monitoring, by the detection device, whether the driver again becomes present in the predetermined monitoring area; and restarting, by the control device, the drive device if the detection device signals that the driver is again present in the predetermined monitoring area, wherein an identity check is performed on a person in a vicinity of the motor vehicle, and if the person becomes present in the predetermined monitoring area, the drive device is restarted only if the person is authorized to use the motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A motor vehicle comprising:
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a drive device; a detection device to monitor whether a person is present in a predetermined monitoring area of the motor vehicle; and a control device to; start the drive device if it is detected that a starting device has been operated by a driver; turn off the drive device if the detection device detects that the driver has gotten out of the motor vehicle; restart the drive device, after it has been detected that the driver has gotten out of the motor vehicle, if the detection device signals that the driver is again present in the predetermined monitoring area, wherein the detection device stops monitoring whether a person is present in the predetermined monitoring area if a vehicle door has been locked after the driver has left the motor vehicle.
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29. A motor vehicle comprising:
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a drive device; a detection device to monitor whether a person is present in a predetermined monitoring area of the motor vehicle; and a control device to; start the drive device if it is detected that a starting device has been operated by a driver; turn off the drive device if the detection device detects that the driver has gotten out of the motor vehicle; restart the drive device, after it has been detected that the driver has gotten out of the motor vehicle, if the detection device signals that the driver is again present in the predetermined monitoring area, wherein an identity check is performed before restarting the drive device, and the drive device is restarted only if the identity check shows that an authorized user is present in the predetermined monitoring area.
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