Method for generating an operator control message when an operator control event occurs
First Claim
1. A method for generating an operator control message when an operator control event occurs, a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor element in the form of a proximity sensor and a sensor controller for generating the operator control message when the operator control event is present being provided,the sensor controller being used, in operator control event monitoring, to monitor the sensor measured values of at least one sensor element, in particular cyclically, for the occurrence of a behavior of the sensor measured values which is characteristic of the operator control event,wherein the sensor controller is used, in disruptive situation monitoring, to monitor the sensor measured values of the at least one proximity sensor cyclically for the occurrence of a behavior of the sensor measured values which is characteristic of a disruptive situation,in that the sensor controller is used to generate an operator control message only when an operator control event, and not a disruptive situation, is present according to the two monitoring operations, andin that a “
- disruptive indicator”
variable is increased cyclically in the disruptive situation monitoring when a disruptive sign is detected at a respective monitoring time, and in that a disruptive situation is deemed to be detected in the sensor controller when a predetermined threshold value for the disruptive indicator is exceeded.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for detecting an operator control event using a sensor arrangement having at least one proximity sensor and a sensor controller, the operator control event being generated by a user of a vehicle. A first coarse evaluation of the sensor measured values for the occurrence of an operator control sign is carried out, that a predetermined number of the respective last sensor measured values of at least one sensor element are buffered, that the detection of an operator control sign triggers a fine evaluation of the sensor measured values for verifying the occurrence of an operator control event at a triggering time, and that the fine evaluation is based on the buffered sensor measured values and on the temporally subsequent sensor measured values, with the result that sensor measured values both before and after the triggering time are included in the fine evaluation.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for generating an operator control message when an operator control event occurs, a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor element in the form of a proximity sensor and a sensor controller for generating the operator control message when the operator control event is present being provided,
the sensor controller being used, in operator control event monitoring, to monitor the sensor measured values of at least one sensor element, in particular cyclically, for the occurrence of a behavior of the sensor measured values which is characteristic of the operator control event, wherein the sensor controller is used, in disruptive situation monitoring, to monitor the sensor measured values of the at least one proximity sensor cyclically for the occurrence of a behavior of the sensor measured values which is characteristic of a disruptive situation, in that the sensor controller is used to generate an operator control message only when an operator control event, and not a disruptive situation, is present according to the two monitoring operations, and in that a “ - disruptive indicator”
variable is increased cyclically in the disruptive situation monitoring when a disruptive sign is detected at a respective monitoring time, and in that a disruptive situation is deemed to be detected in the sensor controller when a predetermined threshold value for the disruptive indicator is exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
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15. A closure element arrangement of a motor vehicle having a motor-adjustable closure element, a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor element in the form of a proximity sensor and a sensor controller being provided for the purpose of generating an operator control message when an operator control event occurs, motorized adjustment of the closure element being able to be triggered by the operator control message,
the sensor controller, in operator control event monitoring, monitoring the sensor measured values of at least one sensor element for the occurrence of a behavior of the sensor measured values which is characteristic of the operator control event to be detected wherein the sensor controller, in disruptive situation monitoring, monitors the proximity sensor measured values of at least one sensor element, cyclically for the occurrence of a behavior of the sensor measured values which is characteristic of a disruptive situation, in that the sensor controller generates an operator control message only when an operator control event, and not a disruptive situation, is present according to the two monitoring operations, and in that the sensor controller, in the disruptive situation monitoring, increases a “ - disruptive indicator”
variable, cyclically when a disruptive sign is detected at a respective monitoring time, and in that a disruptive situation is deemed to be detected in the sensor controller when a predetermined threshold value for the disruptive indicator is exceeded.
- disruptive indicator”
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