The present disclosure includes systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for controlling a door. In various embodiments, exemplary systems may include a controller that may initialize and/or reset a limit count. A controller may initialize and/or reset a limit count in response to detection by a first position sensor of a first target. A controller may further initialize and/or reset a limit count by incrementing the limit count in response to a signal from a gear tooth sensor until a second position sensor detects a second target, whereupon the controller may store the limit count.

Systems, components, and methods are provided for operating a movable barrier operator are provided. A movable barrier operator includes a motor operably coupled to a movable barrier to control a position of the movable barrier; and control circuitry including wall controller inputs configured to be electrically coupled to a wall controller through a wall controller input circuit, wherein the control circuitry is configured to: receive a signal from the wall controller input circuit; determine that the wall controller is present in the wall controller input circuit based on the signal received from the wall controller input circuit; control the motor to operate in a first operating mode when the wall controller is determined to be present relative to the received signal; control the motor to operate in a second operating mode when the wall controller is determined to be absent relative to the received signal; and control the motor to operate in the first operating mode when the wall controller is absent and an additional criterion is met.

Method and systems are provided for alerting a driver of a vehicle that a garage door has been left open. The method includes: determining that a vehicle is parked inside a garage by detecting activation of an onboard transmitter in the vehicle that is configured to operate the garage door; determining that the vehicle has departed from inside the garage; processing data available at the vehicle and, based on the processing, determining that the garage door is left open; and in response to determining that the garage door is left open, providing a response selected from activating an alert device in the vehicle signaling a garage door is left open or automatically activating the onboard transmitter to close the garage door.

In one respect, a method of controlling a movable barrier operator including receiving, via communication circuitry of an in-vehicle device, a wireless signal indicating communication of a state change request to the movable barrier operator, the state change request configured to cause the movable barrier operator to move a movable barrier from a first state toward a second state; presenting, via a user interface of the in-vehicle device, a notification of the communication of the state change request and an option to cancel the state change request; receiving, via the user interface of the in-vehicle device, a user input to cancel the state change request; and effecting cancelation of the state change request in response to the user interface receiving the user input to the cancel the state change operation.

A vehicle including a tailgate, a sensor system, and a processor is disclosed. The sensor system may be configured to capture inputs associated with the tailgate. The processor may be configured to obtain a trigger signal, and determine an object presence on the tailgate based on the inputs obtained from the sensor system responsive to obtaining the trigger signal. The processor may further prevent a tailgate movement responsive determining the object presence.

A method of controlling a door of a cargo compartment mounted at the rear of a cab includes detecting whether a digital key is away from the vehicle by a predetermined distance or more via communication between a short range communication terminal provided in the vehicle and a mobile device used by a user of the vehicle as a digital key, setting a flag value when the digital key is away from the vehicle by the predetermined distance or more, and determining whether the cargo compartment is mounted at the rear of the cab, When it is determined that the cargo compartment is mounted at the rear of the cab, and when it is determined that the vehicle is stopped, the door is in the open state, and the flag value is set, closing the door. The method further includes notifying the user whether the door is closed.

Systems, components, and methods are provided for operating a movable barrier operator are provided. A movable barrier operator includes a motor operably coupled to a movable barrier to control a position of the movable barrier; and control circuitry including wall controller inputs configured to be electrically coupled to a wall controller through a wall controller input circuit, wherein the control circuitry is configured to: receive a signal from the wall controller input circuit; determine that the wall controller is present in the wall controller input circuit based on the signal received from the wall controller input circuit; control the motor to operate in a first operating mode when the wall controller is determined to be present relative to the received signal; control the motor to operate in a second operating mode when the wall controller is determined to be absent relative to the received signal; and control the motor to operate in the first operating mode when the wall controller is absent and an additional criterion is met.

The present disclosure relates to an actuating mechanism for actuating, in particular opening, vehicle doors, wherein the actuating mechanism comprises the following: an actuating element, which is transfer-able from a home position into an actuating position in order to generate an electrical actuation signal and into a second actuating position for manual actuation of the vehicle doors; a first flat spring, which is connected to the actuating element in such a way that the first flat spring generates haptic and/or acoustic feedback when the actuating element is transferred into the first actuating position and that the first flat spring preferably biases the actuating element into the home position; and a second spring, in particular a second flat spring, which is connected to the actuating element.

A method of operating a movable barrier operator, the method including: affecting a user override to a movable barrier operator to cause the movable barrier operator to operate in a first operating mode while control circuitry of the movable barrier operator is electrically uncoupled from a wired wall controller, wherein the movable barrier operator operates in a second operating mode different from the first operating mode when the control circuitry is electrically uncoupled from a wired wall controller and the user override is not affected; and after affecting the user override, controlling, via a wireless controller, the movable barrier operator in the first operating mode.

The present disclosure provides a method of protection for a passenger of a vehicle. The method may include determining, via a first sensor of the vehicle, that a door on a first side of the vehicle is ajar. The first side of the vehicle may be associated with a passenger of the vehicle. The method may further include: based on determining that the door of the vehicle being ajar, determining, via a second sensor of the vehicle, whether an object is approaching from a rear side of the vehicle on the first side of the vehicle; and performing, based on determining that the object is approaching, a passenger exit control.