To provide a new and improved control device, control method, and storage medium capable of detecting with higher accuracy whether an object exists in an opening/closing range of a door.

A control device includes a control unit configured to perform a control of calculating position information of an object, on the basis of distances between a distance measurement sensor provided on a hinge-type door and the object, the distances being obtained by the distance measurement sensor at two or more positions in an opening/closing range of the door.

A door arrangement monitoring method, a safety device (5) and a door arrangement (1), including the safety device (5), are provided. The method monitors a monitored area positioned in front of a door opening, offset and parallel to a door closing plane, and performs a failure routine when an object (6) is detected in the monitored area and there is a risk of a collision of the object (6) with a door leaf (2). A current position of the object (6), and of a leading edge (23) of the door leaf (2), are detected. A direction of movement of the door leaf (2) is detected. The failure routine is initiated as a function of the current position of the object (6) and the leading edge (23) of the door leaf (2) as well as the direction of movement of the door leaf (2).

A tailgate deactivation system. A switch includes two terminals configured to be electrically coupled to a tailgate power circuit that supplies power to at least a portion of a tailgate of a vehicle, and an actuator configured to electrically couple the two terminals in an on state to allow power to flow in the tailgate power circuit, and to electrically decouple the two terminals in an off state to inhibit power from flowing in the tailgate power circuit.

A pneumatic control device of auto door includes a first directional control valve configured to control a direction of a compressed air supplied to a door cylinder for opening and closing a door, a door detection sensor configured to detect an open/close state of the door, first and second exhaust lines respectively connected to first and second outlet ports of the first directional control valve, and second directional control valves installed in the first and second exhaust lines respectively to operably exhaust the compressed air exhausted from the first and second outlet ports according to an emergency stop signal, and capable of changing positions to reduce an exhaust speed of the compressed air in case that the door is not completely open or closed when an operation signal is generated after the emergency stop signal.

A vehicle hatch clearance determining system includes a plurality of cameras disposed at the vehicle and a control having a processor for processing image data captured by the cameras. During a parking event, and responsive to processing of captured image data, the system detects objects, gathers information pertaining to detected objects exterior the vehicle and generates an environmental model based at least in part on the gathered information. With the vehicle parked, the system determines location of the vehicle relative to at least one detected object of the environmental model and determines if the model includes an object in a region that would be swept by a hatch of the parked vehicle when the hatch is being opened or closed. Responsive to determination that the object is in the region that would be swept by the hatch, the system stops movement of the hatch to avoid impact with the object.

A system for adjusting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body including an electromotive adjusting device, a control device configured to control the adjusting device and receive an operating command and control the adjusting device based on the receipt of the operating command for adjusting the vehicle door. A sensor device for detecting an object, the control device configured for collision protection monitoring, in order to recognize an object detected by the sensor device in a recognition area as a collision obstacle. The control device is configured to limit an adjustment of the vehicle door on recognition of a collision obstacle to an adjustment path dependent on the location of the collision obstacle, in that the control device determines a projection of the collision obstacle and defines the adjustment path in dependence on the projection.

A system for a vehicle comprises first and second closure panels of the vehicle that are operable between open and closed positions, and at least one sensor coupled to the first closure panel that detects an obstruction in a pivot path of the second closure panel. The first closure panel forms at least a portion of a rear gate assembly of the vehicle. A controller receives data from the at least one sensor and prompts a vehicle action based on the received data.

A system for a vehicle includes a first closure panel of the vehicle operable between open and closed positions, a second closure panel of the vehicle operable between open and closed positions, at least one sensor that is coupled to the first closure panel and that detects precipitation, and a controller that prompts movement of the first closure panel from a first open position to a second open position based on the detected precipitation.

A door assist system of a vehicle may handle a remotely triggered operation of a power door of the vehicle. The door assist system receives from an off-board system a door closure signal requesting the door assist system to activate closing of a power door of the vehicle. The door assist system further determines with input from one or more surroundings detecting sensors adapted to capture a surrounding proximate the vehicle, that an obstacle is in vicinity of the vehicle. Moreover, the door assist system refrains from activating closing of the power door when the obstacle is determined to interfere and/or potentially interfere with a projected closing path of the power door. A door assist system, and a vehicle comprising such a door assist system may perform the foregoing remotely triggered operation.

A control system for controlling vehicle door movement along a door sweep trajectory between a first position and a second position, can include one or more controllers, the control system configured to: receive a sensor signal; based on the sensor signal, generate an obstacle detection map of a sensor region in the vicinity of the vehicle, the obstacle detection map comprising a location of an obstacle if present; determine an overlap of the obstacle detection map and a projected door sweep region defined by the door sweep trajectory; and generate an output signal based on the determined overlap.