The invention relates to a safety system for a door in a motor vehicle, comprising an electronic unit that includes at least one first and a second sensor. Each sensor has its own monitoring zone on the motor vehicle door. The safety system further comprises a lock which is arranged on the motor vehicle door and can be switched between a locked position and an unlocked position, as well as a user-held identifier which can be brought into data communication with a transceiver unit in the motor vehicle for authentication purposes. The electronic unit is designed in such a way as to be able to generate a trigger signal by having the user execute at least one defined movement pattern within the monitoring zones, thus allowing the position of the lock to be switched.

A system for providing access to a vehicle includes first and second closure panels of the vehicle that are operable between open and closed positions. The system also includes a sensing system of the vehicle that senses at least one characteristic of a user positioned in an exterior environment of the vehicle. The system further includes a controller that determines a load carrying condition of the user based on the at least one characteristic of the user sensed by the sensing system. The controller prompts movement of the first closure panel from the closed position to the open position based on a determination of a first load carrying condition of the user. The controller also prompts movement of the first and second closure panels from the closed positions to the open positions based on a determination of a second load carrying condition of the user.

An ultra-high frequency-based method for activating a function of a vehicle with a portable item of user equipment having an accelerometer. The method including the following steps: Comparing signals from the accelerometer with a predetermined signature; Detecting a characteristic movement of the portable item of equipment, associated with a command to activate a function of the vehicle, performed by the user on the basis of the result of the comparison; Checking the establishment of ultra-high frequency communication between the portable item of equipment and the vehicle, i) If communication is established, then transmitting a command to activate the function of the vehicle to the vehicle in order to activate said function, ii) If not, if communication is not established within a predetermined time interval following detection of the characteristic movement, then the method is stopped.

A power door system for a vehicle including a plurality of power-operated doors is provided. The system includes a passive remote entry device configured to emit a signal to one or more cooperating vehicle receivers and a controller configured to cause the power door system to open the at least one power-operated door when the passive remote entry device signal is received and an individual is detected in a predefined activation zone for a predetermined period of time. The system further includes a vehicle-mounted user detection device. The passive remote entry device may be selected from the group consisting of a key fob, a smart key, a key card, a cellular telephone or smartphone configured with a phone-as-a-key function, a Bluetooth®-activated and vehicle-recognized cellular telephone, a Bluetooth®-activated and vehicle-recognized smartphone, and a Bluetooth®-activated and vehicle-recognized smartwatch. Methods for controlling a power door system for a vehicle are described.

The present invention includes: a vehicle exterior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle exterior image being an image of an external surrounding of a vehicle; a vehicle interior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle interior image being an image of an interior of the vehicle; a person recognition unit respectively recognizing, based on the vehicle exterior and interior images, motions of a person outside the vehicle and a person in the vehicle; and a door control unit controlling a state of a door of the vehicle, wherein, if a person outside the vehicle approaching the vehicle has been recognized based on a recognition result of the person recognition unit, the door control unit executes an opening operation on the door if it has been determined that the person in the vehicle has performed a specific motion determined in advance regarding the approaching person outside the vehicle.

The present invention includes: a vehicle exterior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle exterior image, a vehicle interior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle interior image, a person recognition unit recognizing, based on the vehicle exterior and interior images, a presence of a person in the vehicle and a motion of a person outside the vehicle, a door control unit controlling a state of a door of the vehicle, and a motion determination unit determining a specific motion to be carried out when the person outside the vehicle instructs an opening operation of the door, wherein the door control unit executes the opening operation when the person outside the vehicle has performed the specific motion, if the presence of a person in the vehicle has been recognized based on a recognition result of the person recognition unit.

Methods and systems are provided for an automated door system for a vehicle. In one example, the automated door system may include a set of manual actuating devices and a set of hands-free actuating devices for automatically unlocking and opening the doors of a commercial vehicle used for transporting cargo. The manual and hands-free actuating devices may be used in response to the operating state of the vehicle.

A vehicle control device of an embodiment includes a recognizer configured to recognize a peripheral situation of a vehicle and a controller configured to control a window portion of the vehicle, and the controller controls opening and closing of the window portion on the basis of a result of the recognizing has recognized a gesture which is performed by a user of the vehicle.

A gesture access system includes at least one wireless transceiver to be mounted to a motor vehicle having a powered door, a motor responsive to motor control signals to open the power door and a processor to process signals from the wireless transceiver to determine whether an object is exhibiting a predefined gesture and, if so, to control an unlocking actuator to unlock the powered door, to then continually monitor and process signals from the wireless transceiver to determine object parameters including a speed of movement of the object away from, and a distance of the object relative to, the powered door, determine a door opening speed based on the object parameters, and control the motor control signals to open the powered door at the determined door opening speed.

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.