Control system for a motor-displaceable cargo compartment device of a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10774575-B2
Application number	US-201615749448-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2016
Priority date	Jul 31, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A control system for a motor-displaceable cargo compartment device of a motor vehicle, wherein the cargo compartment device comprises a motor-displaceable closure element, wherein an operator occurrence sensor is provided, wherein a control arrangement monitors the operator occurrence sensor to determine whether a predetermined operator occurrence exists and, upon detection of such a predetermined operator occurrence, displaces the cargo compartment device with the aid of a motor, wherein the control arrangement displaces the closure element in the opening direction with the aid of a motor upon detection of a primary operator occurrence via the operator occurrence sensor. Further the cargo compartment device comprises at least one motor-displaceable cargo compartment component and the control arrangement displaces at least one such cargo compartment component with the aid of a motor upon detection, via the operator occurrence sensor, of a secondary operator occurrence following the primary operator occurrence.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control system for a motor-displaceable cargo compartment device of a motor vehicle,
wherein the motor-displaceable cargo compartment device comprises a motor-displaceable closure element, the control system comprises:
a control arrangement that monitors the operator occurrence sensor to determine whether a predetermined operator occurrence exists and, upon detection of such a predetermined operator occurrence, displaces the motor-displaceable cargo compartment device motorically,
wherein the control arrangement motorically displaces the motor-displaceable closure element in an opening direction upon detection of a primary operator occurrence via the operator occurrence sensor, and
wherein the motor-displaceable cargo compartment device comprises at least one motor-displaceable cargo compartment component and the control arrangement displaces at least one such motor-displaceable cargo compartment component motorically upon detection, via the operator occurrence sensor, of a secondary operator occurrence following the primary operator occurrence.

2. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control arrangement displaces the motor-displaceable cargo compartment component upon detection of the secondary operator occurrence only under the condition that the secondary operator occurrence follows the primary operator occurrence within a predetermined pause time.

3. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control arrangement displaces the motor-displaceable cargo compartment component upon detection of the secondary operator occurrence in order to avoid collisions only under the condition that a release state has been detected by the control arrangement.

4. The control system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the detection of the release state includes a query of at least one state sensor.

5. The control system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the detection of the release state includes a query of a seat occupancy sensor and/or a seat-belt lock sensor and/or an interior space monitoring sensor.

6. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motor-displaceable cargo compartment component, which is displaceable by the control arrangement, comprises a seat arrangement, including a seat part, and including a backrest, and wherein the seat arrangement can be motorically unlocked or moved, in entirety or in sections and/or wherein the backrest of the seat arrangement can be motorically unlocked or moved, in entirety or in sections, and/or wherein the backrest comprises a through-load opening which can be motorically unlocked or moved, and/or wherein the backrest comprises at least one headrest which can be motorically unlocked or moved.

7. The control system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein, upon detection of the secondary operator occurrence following the primary operator occurrence, the control arrangement motorically unlocks or moves the seat arrangement, in entirety or in sections and/or motorically unlocks or moves the backrest of the seat arrangement, in entirety or in sections, and/or motorically unlocks or moves the through-load opening and/or motorically unlocks or moves the at least one headrest.

8. The control system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the secondary operator occurrence is defined in at least two variants and wherein the control arrangement carries out a different displacement of the at least one motor-displaceable cargo compartment component depending on which variant of the secondary operator occurrence has been detected.

9. The control system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the backrest of the seat arrangement is divided and comprises a left backrest section and a right backrest section, each of which can be displaced motorically, and wherein the control arrangement moves the left backrest section or the right backrest section depending on which variant of the secondary operator occurrence has been detected.

10. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, upon detection of the secondary operator occurrence following the primary operator occurrence, the control arrangement carries out the displacement of the at least one motor-displaceable cargo compartment component in such a way that a cargo compartment is expanded.

11. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motor-displaceable cargo compartment component is a cargo compartment cover which can be moved into an open position motorically and wherein, upon detection of the secondary operator occurrence following the primary operator occurrence, the control arrangement extends the cargo compartment cover into the open position, and/or wherein the motor-displaceable cargo compartment component is a cargo compartment floor which can be extended, motorically, out of a body opening assigned to the motor-displaceable closure element into a loading position and wherein, upon detection of the secondary operator occurrence following the primary operator occurrence, the control arrangement extends the cargo compartment floor into the loading position.

12. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operator occurrence cycles of the primary operator occurrence and of the secondary operator occurrence are defined differently and can be distinguished from each other by the control arrangement, or wherein the operator occurrence cycles of the primary operator occurrence and of the secondary operator occurrence are defined to be identical to each other.

13. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operator occurrence cycle of the primary operator occurrence and/or of the secondary operator occurrence are/is defined as a movement of a body part of the operator.

14. The control system as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the operator occurrence cycle of the primary operator occurrence and/or of the secondary operator occurrence is defined as a to-and-fro movement of the body part of the operator.

15. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operator occurrence sensor is designed to measure distance longitudinally and transversely to the longitudinal extension thereof.

16. The control system as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the operator occurrence sensor, in the installed state, is situated in or on a body component of the motor vehicle.

17. The control system as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the operator occurrence sensor, in the installed state, is in or on a lower cladding part of the motor vehicle.

18. A motor vehicle comprising a motor-displaceable cargo compartment device and comprising a control system assigned to the motor-displaceable cargo compartment device as claimed in claim 1 .

19. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operator occurrence sensor is a distance sensor.

20. A method for controlling a motor-displaceable cargo compartment device of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor-displaceable cargo compartment device comprises a motor-displaceable closure element, the method comprises:
providing contactless detection of operator occurrences in a form of operator occurrence cycles using an operator occurrence sensor,
monitoring the operator occurrence sensor in order to determine whether a predetermined operator occurrence exists and, upon detection of such a predetermined operator occurrence, motorically displacing the motor-displaceable cargo compartment device, motorically displacing the motor-displaceable closure element in the opening direction upon detection of a primary operator occurrence, and
wherein the motor-displaceable cargo

Assignees

• Brose Fahrzeugteile

Inventors

• Spangler Martin
• Kieser Sandra
• Uebel Wolfgang

Classifications

• B60N2210/12

  Capacitive; Electric field · CPC title

• B60N2210/24

  Cameras · CPC title

• B60N2/0279

  for detecting objects outside the vehicle, e.g. for user identification · CPC title

• B60N2/0228

  Hand-activated mechanical switches (B60N2/0229 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E05Y2800/10

  Additional functions · CPC title