A power assist device is provided herein. A motor is operatively coupled to a door of a vehicle. A controller controls the motor and a user-input device supplies to the controller one or more user-inputted selections for controlling door swing.

A fenestration automated operating system includes a fenestration frame, fenestration panel and one or both of a panel operating assembly or a panel latch assembly. The panel operating assembly is coupled with one or both of the fenestration frame or the fenestration panel. The panel operating assembly includes a panel actuator coupled with the panel actuator. A panel latch assembly is coupled with one or both of the fenestration frame or the fenestration panel. The panel latch assembly includes a latch and a latch actuator coupled with the latch. A fenestration controller is configured to operate each of the latch actuator and the panel actuator.

The present disclosure provides a method of opening a boarding door of a vehicle that provides use of a trunk room to a passenger reserving the trunk room. The method comprises keeping the boarding door closed until both a first condition and a second condition are satisfied and opening the boarding door or enabling the boarding door to be opened in response to both the first condition and the second condition being satisfied. Here, the first condition is that the passenger is in the vicinity of the boarding door. The second condition is that the trunk door is closed or that a reservation of the trunk room is cancelled.

A barrier operator system includes a remote server and a barrier operator configured to move a barrier. The remote server is configured to transmit a first communication to the barrier operator, receive a window acknowledgement from the barrier operator that indicates the barrier operator has initiated a window of time, and in response to receipt of the window acknowledgement transmit a barrier open request to the barrier operator. The barrier operator is configured to receive the first communication from the remote server, initiate the window of time in response to receipt of the first communication and transmit the window acknowledgement, receive the barrier open request, and in response to receipt of the barrier open request during the window of time, initiate a timer and close the barrier in response to expiration of the timer.

An electronic device and a method for remote control of vehicle features are provided. The electronic device receives a first user input indicative of a selection of a first vehicle from a set of vehicles associated with a user. The electronic device further receives, via a haptic device associated with the electronic device, a second user input including a tactile gesture. The second user input is indicative of an instruction to remotely control a first set of features on the selected first vehicle. The tactile gesture includes a first swipe input along a first direction associated with the haptic device and further includes a second swipe input along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The electronic device further controls the first set of features on the selected first vehicle based on the received second user input.

An apparatus comprising a baseplate configured to be coupled to a door configured to be positioned in an open door position, a closed door position, and a plurality of door positions in between the open position and closed position; a motor; a circuitry electrically coupled to the motor and configured to be in communication with a remote computing device; at least one proximity sensor electrically coupled to the circuitry and configured to determine the door position with respect to a door frame; a drive wheel coupled to the motor and the circuitry, the drive wheel comprising an external surface, the external surface of the drive wheel configured to rotatably contact a ground surface; and wherein the motor is configured to be remotely activated by the remote computing device to engage the drive wheel to rotatably contact the ground surface to reposition the door responsive to receipt of a signal.

A method includes determining that a closure device is in an opened position. The method includes determining, via processing of sensor data, that a user is not present and determining whether an object is present. Based on determination that the closure device is in the opened position, and based on determination that the user is not present, and based on determination that the object is not present, the method includes prompting the user to select a command to adjust the closure device from the opened position to the closed position. Based on the user selecting the command, the method includes operating the closure device to adjust the closure device from the opened position to the closed position.

A proxy device comprising a processor and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the processor. The communication interface configured to transmit information representative of a second security protocol to a remote control. The remote control operable to transmit communications to a movable barrier operator utilizing a first security protocol. In response to transmitting the information representative of the second security protocol to the remote control, the communication interface receives a first acknowledgement communication from the remote control indicating the remote control utilizes the second security protocol.

A method, apparatus and system is disclosed for automatically opening and closing a garage door without user intervention. A vehicle-mounted mobile transmitter autonomously and continuously transmits a repeating signal pattern when power is applied to the transmitter as a vehicle is started by a user. A movable barrier gateway device receives the signals from the mobile transmitter and compares an identification code contained in each of the signals to an identification code stored in memory. When a match is found, the movable barrier gateway device sends a signal to a movable barrier controller to open the garage door, and keep the door open as long as the movable barrier gateway continues to receive the signals from the mobile transmitter.

A method for carrying out a closing operation of a closing part device of a vehicle driven by an electric motor drive unit is disclosed. The method has the following steps: ascertaining friction force data that represent a current stiffness of the closing device using a machine learning method that has been trained with reference friction force data from past closing operations as input data, wherein the input data are transmitted to a server apparatus that is configured to ascertain the friction force data using the machine learning method, ascertaining target drive power data, taking the friction force data into consideration, for the drive unit, and operating the drive unit based on the ascertained target drive power data to carry out the closing operation in at least one subsequent closing operation.