EP2009217A1 - Verfahren zum automatischen Schließen eines Öffnungsflügels eines Fahrzeugs und entsprechende Vorrichtung - Google Patents

Verfahren zum automatischen Schließen eines Öffnungsflügels eines Fahrzeugs und entsprechende Vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP2009217A1
EP2009217A1 EP08159021A EP08159021A EP2009217A1 EP 2009217 A1 EP2009217 A1 EP 2009217A1 EP 08159021 A EP08159021 A EP 08159021A EP 08159021 A EP08159021 A EP 08159021A EP 2009217 A1 EP2009217 A1 EP 2009217A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/70—Power-operated mechanisms for wings with automatic actuation
    • E05F15/79—Power-operated mechanisms for wings with automatic actuation using time control
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/70—Power-operated mechanisms for wings with automatic actuation
    • E05F15/73—Power-operated mechanisms for wings with automatic actuation responsive to movement or presence of persons or objects
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
    • E05F15/40—Safety devices, e.g. detection of obstructions or end positions
    • E05F15/42—Detection using safety edges
    • E05F15/43—Detection using safety edges responsive to disruption of energy beams, e.g. light or sound
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2400/00—Electronic control; Electrical power; Power supply; Power or signal transmission; User interfaces
    • E05Y2400/10—Electronic control
    • E05Y2400/44—Sensors not directly associated with the wing movement
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2400/00—Electronic control; Electrical power; Power supply; Power or signal transmission; User interfaces
    • E05Y2400/80—User interfaces
    • E05Y2400/85—User input means
    • E05Y2400/852—Sensors
    • E05Y2400/854—Switches
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2400/00—Electronic control; Electrical power; Power supply; Power or signal transmission; User interfaces
    • E05Y2400/80—User interfaces
    • E05Y2400/85—User input means
    • E05Y2400/856—Actuation thereof
    • E05Y2400/858—Actuation thereof by body parts, e.g. by feet
    • E05Y2400/86—Actuation thereof by body parts, e.g. by feet by hand
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/73—Multiple functions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/53—Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/546—Tailboards, tailgates or sideboards opening upwards

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  • the present invention relates to a method of automatically closing an opening of a motor vehicle.
  • the invention essentially aims to facilitate for a motor vehicle user, an operation of closing an opening of his vehicle.
  • the term "opening" designates any element attached to the body of the vehicle considered by a hinge, for example hinge type, able to be opened by the user of the vehicle.
  • a hinge for example hinge type, able to be opened by the user of the vehicle.
  • an opening concerned by the invention the vehicle doors, the trunk of the vehicle, or the bonnet of the vehicle.
  • the present invention will be described more particularly, but without limitation, in the case where the opening considered is the trunk of the vehicle.
  • the field of the invention is, in a general manner, the so-called devices for comfort of use of motor vehicles, intended to facilitate for a user different interventions that he performs on his vehicle.
  • these devices there are known for example central locking devices of the doors and the trunk, electric closing devices of the windows, but also different devices for automatic closing of doors, for example doors or trunk.
  • the doors of certain vehicles there are sliding doors whose closure is controlled by a pressure of the user on a particular button, present for example on a device type identifier, also likely to serve as a start key of the vehicle, or directly on the vehicle.
  • a button most often located at the most accessible end of the trunk when it is in the open position, to cause the immediate closure of said trunk.
  • a button dedicated to the automatic closing of the tailgate a pressure by a user, placed under the tailgate, on this dedicated button immediately triggers the closing of the tailgate.
  • a first problem lies in the fact that the triggering of the closing operation is immediate: the user is still under the tailgate when the closing operation begins. He may be frightened by the triggering of the movement, and has, in any case, only a short time to get out of the trajectory of the tailgate when it closes.
  • Some devices provide shock sensors that stop the movement of the trunk when it comes into contact with an obstacle. But such devices are not satisfactory with regard to comfort of use.
  • a second problem lies in the fact that it is necessary for the user to have at least one free hand to actuate the closing mechanism.
  • a user who would like for example to unload his car trunk can not use such an automatic closure device because once he has his hands loaded, he can no longer exert pressure on the dedicated control button.
  • This impossibility is reinforced by the fact that the dedicated control button is placed at the end of the tailgate, either in height, above the level of the head.
  • the object of the invention proposes a solution to the problems just mentioned.
  • means for making the closing operations of vehicles opening less restrictive than those just mentioned for this purpose, it is proposed to make available to a user a timed closing device of a vehicle opening: in the invention, the user communicates to the vehicle an intention to close one of the opening of the vehicle, but the closing operation is not implemented immediately.
  • the detection of a particular event to effectively trigger the closure of the opening considered.
  • a man-machine interface is advantageously proposed to make the implementation of such a timed closing function of a vehicle opening particularly user-friendly.
  • the present invention also relates to a motor vehicle equipped with a device according to the invention for automatically closing a vehicle door.
  • an immediate closing sensor 5 is present: a pressure by a user on this sensor allows the immediate closure of the trunk.
  • the intention sensor 8 is disposed inside the trunk, on one side or on the other, and halfway up.
  • the intention sensor can be activated manually, by a pressure of the user on the button embodying the intention sensor, or by means of an identifier type device 9.
  • the intention sensor 8 coincides with the immediate closure sensor 5.
  • Such an embodiment has the advantage of limiting the number of control buttons available to the user.
  • different control signals are applied to the immediate closing sensor to indicate whether it is the immediate closing function or the delayed closing function that must be activated. For example, a short pressure, especially less than one second, triggers the immediate closure function, while a longer pressure triggers the delayed closing function.
  • the figure 2 shows a flowchart illustrating a particular example of implementation of the method according to the invention.
  • a first step 200 consists in receiving a closure command of the opening considered, the hatchback type of boot in the example described.
  • a decision step 201 then follows, in which the tailgate closing command is interpreted to determine whether it is an immediate or delayed closing command.
  • the closing of the tailgate is immediately started / started in a step 202.
  • closing the tailgate is timed, and a step 203 waiting for a trigger event then begins.
  • a next step 204 is a decision step in which it is interpreted whether a cancellation command of the timed closing operation is received.
  • a command may for example consist of a new pressing on the intention sensor, or by issuing a new signal by means of the remote control. If such a cancel command is received, then the closing operation of the tailgate, in a step 205, is canceled.
  • a decision step 206 is performed, in which it is interpreted whether an event triggering the closing of the tailgate occurs.
  • a trigger element may for example reside in the detection of an absence of obstacle-type or individual elements in a detection zone, in particular an area where closure of the tailgate would cause an entry into contact with the element in question.
  • a zone is also defined as a protection zone.
  • sensors 10 usually used for parking assistance, arranged at the level of the bumper. Any other sensor system, for example camera based, can also be used to determine the presence or absence of such an element.
  • Another trigger may for example be the end of a countdown that would have begun when taking into account the timed closing command. Such a countdown may, for example, be between 5 and 15 seconds.
  • the closing of the tailgate is carried out in a step 207.
  • a decision step 208 a control of a time elapsed since the command timed closing trip was received. If the delay is greater than a threshold value, for example 15 seconds, and the triggering event has not been detected, then in step 209, the timed closing function is canceled. As long as the threshold value has not been reached, the method resumes at step 204 to detect whether a cancel command has been passed and, if not, to detect the triggering event.
  • a threshold value for example 15 seconds
  • means are used in the form of equipment of the type microprocessors, microcontrollers and conventional communication buses to interpret the different commands received and convey, between the various bodies involved, the appropriate signals .
  • These electronic devices notably make it possible to manage the detection, delay or immediate closure functions involved in the process described.
  • the intention sensor can be realized in the form of a translucent push button, under which are disposed light sources, for example of light emitting diode type. These light sources thus make it easy to locate the intention sensor.
  • the LEDs come on to indicate that the delayed closing function is available. For example, activation of the function may cause the light sources to blink to indicate to the user that the delayed closing command has been taken into consideration, and that it is in a waiting phase of the triggering event.
  • the receipt and acceptance of a timed closing command of the opening is materialized by a blinking of the light sources. This blinking may for example be slow.
  • Different types of visual indications always based on the use of the light sources associated with the intention sensor, optionally involving light sources of different colors, can then intervene to signal for example the cancellation of the delayed closing command, the effective triggering of the closing operation of the opening, or the detection of an element in the protection zone.
  • Audible alarms can also be used in addition to, or instead of, visual indicators to signal these different events.

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