Car door opening pre-detection system

• US 9,845,048 B1
• Filed: 12/07/2016
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Original Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Inventors: Tseng, Ying-Che, Wu, Tung-Heng
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): Adnan, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US15/371,775
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/324 for signalling that a door is open or intended to be opened
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/50 for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/525 automatically indicating risk of collision between vehicles in traffic or with pedestrians, e.g. after risk assessment using the vehicle sensor data
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2400/50 Projected symbol or information, e.g. onto the road or car body
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/008 for anti-collision purposes
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2103/60 Projection of signs from lighting devices, e.g. symbols or information being projected onto the road
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/931 of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9315 Monitoring blind spots
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/932 using own vehicle data, e.g. ground speed, steering wheel direction
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/9323 Alternative operation using light waves
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2013/93272 in the back of the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/58 Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/64 using a proximity sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00174 Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys mechanical locks with electric permutation E05B49/00; arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/01 Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled G08G1/07 - G08G1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/167 Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection

Abstract

A car door opening pre-detection system for a car includes a first detecting module, a second detecting module and a control module. The first detecting module is installed within the car. The first detecting module issues a motion detecting signal according to a result of detecting a motion of a palm. The second detecting module is installed outside the car. When the car is stopped, the second detecting module is enabled to selectively provide a first detection range or a second detection range. The control unit judges whether a car door of the car is about to be opened according to the motion detecting signal. When the car is stopped and the control module judges that the car door is about to be opened, the second detecting module provides the second detection range to detect whether there is a moving object behind the car.

Claims

1. A car door opening pre-detection system for a car, the car door opening pre-detection system comprising:

a first detecting module installed in an interior portion of the car, wherein the first detecting module issues a motion detecting signal according to a result of detecting a motion of a palm;

a second detecting module installed on an exterior portion of the car, wherein when the car is stopped, the second detecting module is enabled to selectively provide a first detection range or a second detection range; and

a control module electrically connected with the first detecting module and the second detecting module, wherein the control unit receives the motion detecting signal and judges whether a car door of the car is about to be opened according to the motion detecting signal,

wherein when the car is stopped and the control module judges that the car door is about to be opened, the first detection range of the second detecting module is switched to the second detection range under control of the control module, and the second detecting module provides the second detection range to detect whether a moving object behind the car is close to the car within the second detection area,

wherein the second detection range has a larger detecting angle than the first detection range and a smaller detecting distance than the first detection range.

2. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 1, wherein the first detecting module is an optical detecting module or a pneumatic/micro-vibration detecting module.

3. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 1, wherein the first detecting module is installed on a steering wheel of the car or installed on a door handle in the interior portion of the car.

4. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 3, wherein if the first detecting module detects that a distance between the palm and the door handle is within a predetermined distance, the control 18 module judges that the car door is about to be opened.

5. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined distance is 2 centimeters.

6. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 3, wherein if the first detecting module detects that door handle is touched by the palm, the control module judges that the car door is about to be opened.

7. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 1, wherein the second detecting module is a radar detecting module or a lidar detecting module.

8. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 1, wherein when the second detecting module provides the first detection range, a detecting angle is 130 degrees and a detecting distance is between 50 and 100 meters.

9. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 1, wherein when the second detecting module provides the second detection range, a detecting angle is 160 degrees and a detecting distance is 5 meters.

10. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 1, further comprising a projecting module, wherein the projecting module is electrically connected with the control module and projects an image.

11. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 10, wherein the projecting module is installed on the exterior portion of the car, and the projecting module projects the image on a road behind the car, wherein the image is a warning signal.

12. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 10, wherein the projecting module is installed on the interior portion of the car, and the projecting module projects the image on any door window of the car, wherein the image is a warning signal.

13. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 12, further comprising an image pickup module, wherein the image pickup module is electrically connected with the control module, and the image pickup module captures a scene image behind the car, wherein the scene image is projected on any door window of the car through the projecting module.

14. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 1, wherein if the second detecting module provides the second detection range and the moving object is detected by the second detecting module, the control module locks the car door for a predetermined time period.

15. The car door opening pre-detection system according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined time period is between 20 seconds and 200 seconds.