EP1143092B1 - System for unlocking or opening part(s) of a vehicle especially motor vehicle in particular trunk opening system - Google Patents

System for unlocking or opening part(s) of a vehicle especially motor vehicle in particular trunk opening system Download PDF

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EP1143092B1
EP1143092B1 EP01400859A EP01400859A EP1143092B1 EP 1143092 B1 EP1143092 B1 EP 1143092B1 EP 01400859 A EP01400859 A EP 01400859A EP 01400859 A EP01400859 A EP 01400859A EP 1143092 B1 EP1143092 B1 EP 1143092B1
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    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
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    • G07C2009/00365—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks in combination with a wake-up circuit
    • G07C2009/00373—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks in combination with a wake-up circuit whereby the wake-up circuit is situated in the lock
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    • G07C2009/00769—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys with data transmission performed by wireless means
    • G07C2009/00793—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys with data transmission performed by wireless means by Hertzian waves
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    • G07C2209/64—Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle using a proximity sensor

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  • the means of detection of presence consist mostly of means which, as is the case in particular for capacitive sensors, require manipulation on the part of the user or at least a hand contact of it.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a system for unlocking or opening vehicle doors allowing a user to have access to said vehicle without having to perform any manipulation as an alternative to the state of the art.
  • WO-A-9966158 discloses an unlocking system according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • These sensors are used for two functions: when the driver maneuver his vehicle, they are used for parking assistance; when the vehicle is stopped, they are used to trigger the opening or unlocking of an opening.

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La présente invention est relative aux systèmes de déverrouillage ou d'ouverture d'ouvrants de véhicules, notamment automobiles.The present invention relates to unlocking systems or opening of opening of vehicles, including automobiles.

Elle trouve en particulier avantageusement application dans les systèmes de types « mains libres » permettant à un utilisateur (conducteur ou autres personnes) de commander le déverrouillage du coffre ou des portières d'un véhicule sans avoir à effectuer d'autres opérations que celles consistant à manipuler une poignée d'ouvrant, les systèmes mains libres étant totalement transparents pour les utilisateurs.It finds particularly advantageous application in systems of "hands-free" types allowing a user (driver or other persons) to control the unlocking of the trunk or doors of a vehicle without having to perform other operations than those consisting of handle a sash handle, hands-free systems being completely transparent to users.

De tels systèmes utilisent classiquement des transpondeurs qui sont portés par les utilisateurs et qui sont interrogés par des moyens d'émission/réception du véhicule pour permettre la vérification d'un code d'authentification.Such systems conventionally use transponders which are worn by the users and which are interrogated by transmission / reception means of the vehicle to enable verification of an authentication code.

Toutefois, pour des raisons tenant notamment à la pollution électromagnétique que cela pourrait engendrer, ainsi qu'à la consommation d'énergie que cela représenterait, il n'est pas possible d'envisager de laisser les moyens d'émission/réception du véhicule émettre en permanence un signal d'interrogation à destination des transpondeurs susceptibles de se trouver à proximité du véhicule.However, for reasons relating in particular to the electromagnetic pollution that this could cause, as well as to the energy consumption that this would represent, it is not possible to envisage allowing the transmission / reception means of the vehicle to emit permanently a interrogation signal for transponders likely to be near the vehicle.

C'est pourquoi il est généralement prévu sur le véhicule un dispositif qui permet de détecter la présence d'un individu à proximité d'une portière ou du coffre et qui déclenche le réveil des moyens d'émission/réception interrogeant les transpondeurs lorsqu'il détecte une telle présence.This is why it is generally provided on the vehicle a device that can detect the presence of an individual near a door or the trunk and triggers the awakening of the transmitting / receiving means interrogating the transponders when detects such presence.

Les moyens de détection de présence généralement prévus consistent la plupart du temps en des moyens qui, comme c'est le cas notamment pour des capteurs capacitifs, nécessitent une manipulation de la part de l'utilisateur ou à tout le moins un contact avec la main de celui-ci.The means of detection of presence generally provided consist mostly of means which, as is the case in particular for capacitive sensors, require manipulation on the part of the user or at least a hand contact of it.

Comme on le comprend aisément, ceci rend le système peu satisfaisant dans le cas où la personne qui veut avoir accès au véhicule a les mains encombrées.As is easily understood, this makes the system unsatisfactory in the case where the person who wants access to the vehicle has cluttered hands.

Un but de l'invention est de proposer un système de déverrouillage ou d'ouverture d'ouvrants de véhicules permettant à un utilisateur d'avoir accès audit véhicule sans avoir à effectuer une quelconque manipulation en alternative à l'état de la technique. Le document WO-A-9966158 décrit un système de déverrouillage selon le préambule de la revendication 1.An object of the invention is to provide a system for unlocking or opening vehicle doors allowing a user to have access to said vehicle without having to perform any manipulation as an alternative to the state of the art. WO-A-9966158 discloses an unlocking system according to the preamble of claim 1.

A cet effet, l'invention propose un système de déverrouillage ou d'ouverture d'ouvrants de véhicule, notamment automobile, de type « mains libres » selon l'objet de la revendication 1.To this end, the invention proposes a system for unlocking or opening vehicle doors, particularly automobile, type "hands-free" according to the subject of claim 1.

Ce système est avantageusement complété par les différentes caractéristiques suivantes, prises seules ou selon toutes leurs combinaisons techniquement possibles :

  • il comporte des moyens pour activer ledit dispositif lorsque le véhicule est à l'arrêt ;
  • il comporte des moyens pour traiter le signal réfléchi et en déduire une information sur la distance à laquelle se trouve un utilisateur qui constitue un obstacle ;
  • il comporte des moyens pour comparer une information de distance déduite du signal d'écho à une distance seuil et pour déclencher l'émission du signal d'interrogation lorsque cette information de distance est inférieure à ladite distance seuil ;
  • la distance seuil est de l'ordre de 30cm ;
  • il comporte des moyens pour ouvrir automatiquement un ouvrant du véhicule tel que le coffre lorsque la présence d'un individu a été détectée et qu'un signal renvoyé par les moyens portés par cet individu a permis l'identification de celui-ci.
This system is advantageously completed by the following different characteristics, taken alone or in all their technically possible combinations:
  • it comprises means for activating said device when the vehicle is stationary;
  • it comprises means for processing the reflected signal and deriving information on the distance to which a user who is an obstacle lies;
  • it comprises means for comparing a distance information derived from the echo signal at a threshold distance and for triggering the transmission of the interrogation signal when this distance information is less than said threshold distance;
  • the threshold distance is of the order of 30 cm;
  • it comprises means for automatically opening an opening of the vehicle such as the trunk when the presence of an individual has been detected and a signal returned by the means worn by this individual has allowed the identification thereof.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront encore de la description qui suit, laquelle est purement illustrative et non limitative et qui doit être lue en regard de la figure unique annexée sur laquelle on a représenté schématiquement le principe d'un système conforme à un mode de réalisation possible pour l'invention.Other features and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, which is purely illustrative and not limiting and which should be read in conjunction with the single figure attached to which is schematically represented the principle of a system according to a possible embodiment for the invention.

Plus précisément, on a représenté sur cette figure un véhicule V présentant un coffre à bagages C et muni en sa partie arrière de moyens de détection d'obstacles 1, du type de ceux qui sont classiquement utilisés pour les systèmes d'aide au parking.More specifically, there is shown in this figure a vehicle V having a luggage compartment C and provided in its rear part obstacle detection means 1, of the type that are conventionally used for parking assistance systems.

De tels moyens 1 comportent notamment des moyens d'émission de signaux ultrasonores et des moyens de réception aptes à détecter la réflexion de ces signaux ultrasonores et à en déduire une information notamment sur la présence d'un obstacle et sur la distance à laquelle cet obstacle se trouve par rapport au véhicule.Such means 1 comprise in particular means for transmitting ultrasonic signals and receiving means able to detect the reflection of these ultrasonic signals and to deduce information including the presence of an obstacle and the distance at which this obstacle is in relation to the vehicle.

Des moyens de détection de ce type ont par exemple été décrits dans la demande de brevet WO 98/20364 de la société ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, demande de brevet à laquelle on pourra avantageusement se reporter.Detection means of this type have, for example, been described in the patent application WO 98/20364 of the company ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, a patent application to which reference may advantageously be made.

D'autres variantes de capteurs de détection d'obstacles pourraient bien entendu être envisagées et notamment des capteurs radar dont on détecte l'écho.Other variants of obstacle detection sensors could of course be envisaged, including radar sensors whose echo is detected.

Le système proposé comporte quant à lui des moyens de gestion 2 qui activent ces capteurs 1 de détection d'obstacles lorsque le véhicule est à l'arrêt.The proposed system comprises management means 2 which activate these sensors 1 obstacle detection when the vehicle is stopped.

Lesdits capteurs 1 permettent alors de détecter le mouvement d'une personne se rapprochant du coffre, ainsi que de déterminer la distance à laquelle cette personne se trouve par rapport au véhicule et le sens de son déplacement (effet Doppler), des signaux relativement à cette détection et à cette détermination étant transmis aux moyens de gestion par lesdits capteurs.Said sensors 1 then make it possible to detect the movement of a person approaching the trunk, as well as to determine the distance to which this person is in relation to the vehicle and the direction of its movement (Doppler effect), signals relative to this detection and this determination being transmitted to the management means by said sensors.

Lorsqu'il est détecté qu'une personne qui se rapproche du véhicule se trouve à une distance égale ou inférieure à une distance seuil, le système réveille des moyens d'émission/réception radiofréquence que comporte le véhicule.When it is detected that a person who approaches the vehicle is at a distance equal to or less than a threshold distance, the system wakes radio transmission / reception means that includes the vehicle.

Ce réveil déclenche l'émission par lesdits moyens d'un message d'interrogation à destination de moyens d'émission/réception 3 portés par l'utilisateur, lesquels moyens d'émission/réception sont par exemple constitués par un transpondeur intégré à un badge ou un élément analogue porté par l'utilisateur.This alarm triggers transmission by said means of an interrogation message intended for transmission / reception means 3 carried by the user, which transmission / reception means are for example constituted by a transponder integrated with a badge. or a similar element worn by the user.

La réception de ce message d'interrogation par ces moyens déclenche la procédure d'authentification des moyens d'émission/réception portés par l'utilisateur.The reception of this interrogation message by these means triggers the authentication procedure of the transmitting / receiving means carried by the user.

Le signal émis par le véhicule et le signal émis par le transpondeur 3 peuvent être des signaux de fréquences différentes.The signal emitted by the vehicle and the signal emitted by the transponder 3 may be signals of different frequencies.

Par exemple, le transpondeur 3 émet des signaux HAUTE fréquence, tandis que le véhicule émet des signaux BASSE fréquence.For example, the transponder 3 transmits HIGH frequency signals, while the vehicle transmits LOW frequency signals.

Bien entendu, les signaux émis par le transpondeur 3 et par le véhicule V pourraient être dans les deux cas des signaux basse fréquence.Of course, the signals transmitted by the transponder 3 and the vehicle V could in both cases be low frequency signals.

Une fois le transpondeur 3 - ou de façon plus générale les moyens d'émission/réception portés par l'utilisateur - authentifiés par le véhicule, le les moyens de gestion déverrouillent le coffre.Once the transponder 3 - or more generally transmitting / receiving means carried by the user - authenticated by the vehicle, the management means unlock the trunk.

En variante ou en complément, ils peuvent également déclencher automatiquement son ouverture par un système d'aide à l'ouverture.As a variant or in addition, they can also automatically trigger its opening by an opening aid system.

Par contre, si le transpondeur n'est pas reconnu ou si la personne en mouvement n'est pas porteuse de moyens d'émission/réception adéquats, le coffre à bagages reste fermé.On the other hand, if the transponder is not recognized or if the person in motion does not carry adequate transmission / reception means, the luggage compartment remains closed.

Comme on l'aura compris, l'invention qui vient d'être ici décrite dans le cas d'un coffre à bagages s'applique de façon plus générale au déverrouillage et/ou à l'ouverture de tout ouvrant. Il suffit à cet effet de disposer sur la carrosserie du véhicule des moyens de détection d'obstacles similaires à ceux décrits dans WO 98/20364 selon une configuration leur permettant de détecter le fait qu'une personne approche de l'ouvrant concerné.As will be understood, the invention that has just been described here in the case of a luggage compartment applies more generally to the unlocking and / or opening of any opening. It is sufficient for this purpose to have on the vehicle body means for detecting obstacles similar to those described in WO 98/20364 in a configuration allowing them to detect the fact that a person is approaching the opening concerned.

Comme on l'aura compris, un des avantages du dispositif qui vient d'être décrit tient en ce qu'il permet d'utiliser ces capteurs d'aide au parking pour détecter l'approche d'une personne par rapport au véhicule et déclencher en conséquence l'ouverture ou le déverrouillage d'un ouvrant.As will be understood, one of the advantages of the device that has just been described is that it makes it possible to use these parking assist sensors to detect the approach of a person to the vehicle and to trigger consequently the opening or unlocking of an opening.

Ces capteurs sont donc utilisés pour deux fonctions : lorsque le conducteur manoeuvre son véhicule, ils servent à l'aide au parking ; lorsque le véhicule est à l'arrêt, ils sont utilisés pour le déclenchement de l'ouverture ou le déverrouillage d'un ouvrant.These sensors are used for two functions: when the driver maneuver his vehicle, they are used for parking assistance; when the vehicle is stopped, they are used to trigger the opening or unlocking of an opening.

Le basculement d'une fonction à une autre se fait automatiquement, une unité dans le véhicule gérant les capteurs selon un mode ou un autre selon qu'elle détecte que le véhicule est en train d'être manoeuvré (utilisation de la vitesse marche arrière par exemple) ou que le véhicule est à l'arrêt (contact coupé par exemple).The switching from one function to another is done automatically, a unit in the vehicle managing the sensors in one mode or another depending on whether it detects that the vehicle is being operated (use of reverse gear by example) or that the vehicle is stopped (contact cut for example).

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  1. System for unlocking or opening one or more doors of a vehicle, particularly an automobile, of the "hands free" type, comprising a presence detection device, and means of emitting a query signal that are awakened when the said device detects the presence of an individual, the said presence detection device comprising means of emitting an ultrasound or a radioelectric signal, means of detecting an echo signal, and means of processing the signal thus detected, characterised in that the said emission and detection means and the processing means are means of an obstacle detection system used to help with parking, and in that the said door unlocking or opening system (1) comprises a unit that, in the condition in which the system is used, is inside the vehicle and manages the said emission and detection means and processing means according to a particular mode that depends on whether the unit detects that the vehicle is currently being manoeuvred or is stopped.
  2. System according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises means of activating the said device when the vehicle is stopped.
  3. System according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises means of activating the presence detection device automatically when the obstacle detection system is no longer being used for parking.
  4. System according to one of the above claims, characterised in that it comprises means of processing the echo signal and deducing information from it about the distance from a user forming an obstacle.
  5. System according to claim 4, characterised in that it comprises means of comparing distance information deduced from the echo signal with a threshold distance and of triggering emission of the query signal when this distance information is less than the said threshold distance.
  6. System according to claim 5, characterised in that the distance is of the order of 30 cm.
  7. System according to one of the previous claims, characterised in that it comprises means of automatically unlocking and / or opening at least one vehicle door when the presence of an individual has been detected and a signal sent by the means carried by the individual whose presence was detected enabled identification of this person.
  8. System according to one of the previous claims, characterised in that it comprises a system providing assistance in opening at least one door of the vehicle, capable of triggering automatic opening of the door when the presence of an individual is detected and a signal sent by the means carried by the individual whose presence was detected enabled identification of this person.
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