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:
- an operation for automatically closing the tailgate of the vehicle is conditioned upon;
detecting the presence of an element in the detection zone; and
detecting a departure of said element from the detection zone,wherein the method further comprises a preliminary step of receiving a command to automatically close the trunk of the vehicle, andwherein the method further comprises;
immediately after receiving the automatic command to automatically close the trunk of the vehicle, triggering a first countdown of a first duration; and
if no element presence is detected in the detection zone after the first countdown, canceling the operation for automatically closing the vehicle tailgate.
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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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15 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:
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an operation for automatically closing the tailgate of the vehicle is conditioned upon; detecting the presence of an element in the detection zone; and detecting a departure of said element from the detection zone, wherein the method further comprises a preliminary step of receiving a command to automatically close the trunk of the vehicle, and wherein the method further comprises; immediately after receiving the automatic command to automatically close the trunk of the vehicle, triggering a first countdown of a first duration; and if no element presence is detected in the detection zone after the first countdown, canceling the operation for automatically closing the vehicle tailgate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. 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:
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an operation for automatically closing the tailgate of the vehicle is conditioned upon; detecting the presence of an element in the detection zone; and detecting a departure of said element from the detection zone, wherein the detection zone consists of two detection sub-zones, and wherein the detection of the presence of an element in the detection zone comprises; immediately after the automatic command to automatically close the trunk of the vehicle is received, triggering a third countdown of a first duration; if no element presence has been detected in the first detection sub-zone on completion of the third countdown, canceling the operation to automatically close the vehicle tailgate. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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