Emergency operating device for an interior compartment of a vehicle
First Claim
1. An emergency operating device for a release mechanism that opens a lock mechanism of an interior compartment of a vehicle, in which a living being could be locked, said living being consisting of a human or an animal, said emergency operating device comprisingsensor means arranged in the interior compartment, the sensor means including means for monitoring the interior compartment to detect the presence of the living being in the interior compartment and means for generating and transmitting sensor signals that differ according to whether or not the living being is present in the interior compartment;
- evaluation means for receiving and analyzing the sensor signals from the sensor means, the evaluation means including means for ascertaining whether or not the living being is present in the interior compartment from the sensor signals and for generating an operating signal for automatic activation of the release mechanism if the living being is present in the interior compartment;
a vehicle travel sensor comprising means for ascertaining whether or not the vehicle is stationary or moving, means for generating vehicle travel signals accordingly and means for transmitting said vehicle travel signals to said evaluation means for evaluation in said evaluation means, wherein said vehicle travel sensor is an anti-locking brake system sensor or an electronic stability program sensor; and
means for deactivating, or reducing an activation degree of said monitoring of the interior compartment for the presence of the living being during travel of the vehicle in accordance with said vehicle travel signals from said vehicle travel sensor and wherein the activation degree is varied according to a vehicle speed measured by said vehicle travel sensor.
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Abstract
The emergency operating device for releasing a trunk lock mechanism of a motor vehicle, in which a human, especially a small child, or an animal could be locked, includes a sensor device in the trunk and an evaluation device connected to the sensor device. The sensor device generates and transmits sensor signals that indicate whether or not the human or animal is present in the trunk. The evaluation device receives and evaluates or analyzes the sensor signals to ascertain whether or not the human or animal is present in the trunk. The evaluation device generates an operating signal for automatic activation of the release mechanism if the human or animal is present in the trunk.
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16 Claims
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1. An emergency operating device for a release mechanism that opens a lock mechanism of an interior compartment of a vehicle, in which a living being could be locked, said living being consisting of a human or an animal, said emergency operating device comprising
sensor means arranged in the interior compartment, the sensor means including means for monitoring the interior compartment to detect the presence of the living being in the interior compartment and means for generating and transmitting sensor signals that differ according to whether or not the living being is present in the interior compartment; -
evaluation means for receiving and analyzing the sensor signals from the sensor means, the evaluation means including means for ascertaining whether or not the living being is present in the interior compartment from the sensor signals and for generating an operating signal for automatic activation of the release mechanism if the living being is present in the interior compartment;
a vehicle travel sensor comprising means for ascertaining whether or not the vehicle is stationary or moving, means for generating vehicle travel signals accordingly and means for transmitting said vehicle travel signals to said evaluation means for evaluation in said evaluation means, wherein said vehicle travel sensor is an anti-locking brake system sensor or an electronic stability program sensor; and
means for deactivating, or reducing an activation degree of said monitoring of the interior compartment for the presence of the living being during travel of the vehicle in accordance with said vehicle travel signals from said vehicle travel sensor and wherein the activation degree is varied according to a vehicle speed measured by said vehicle travel sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An emergency operating device for a release mechanism that opens a lock mechanism of an interior compartment of a vehicle, in which a living being could be locked, said living being consisting of a human or an animal, said emergency operating device comprising
sensor means arranged in the interior compartment, the sensor means including means for monitoring the interior compartment to detect the presence of the living being in the interior compartment and means for generating and transmitting sensor signals that differ according to whether or not the living being is present in the interior compartment; -
evaluation means for receiving and analyzing the sensor signals from the sensor means, the evaluation means including means for ascertaining whether or not the living being is present in the interior compartment from the sensor signals and for generating an operating signal for automatic activation of the release mechanism if the living being is present in the interior compartment;
a vehicle travel sensor, and wherein said vehicle travel sensor includes means for ascertaining whether or not the vehicle is stationary or moving, means for generating vehicle travel signals accordingly and means for transmitting said vehicle travel signals to said evaluation means for evaluation by said evaluation means; and
means for deactivating, or reducing en activation degree of, said monitoring of the interior compartment for the presence of the living being during travel of the vehicle in accordance with said vehicle travel signals from said vehicle travel sensor and wherein the activation degree is varied according to a vehicle speed measured by said vehicle travel sensor.
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