Patent ID: 11959328
Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 14:
15. A method of operating a door drive device for at least one of adjusting and locking a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body, the method comprising:
measuring, by a sensor device, a measuring quantity indicative of a movement of the vehicle door to provide a sensor signal to a control device; and
controlling, using the control device, operation of the door drive device, wherein the controlling step includes,
computing, by the control device, from the sensor signal, an acceleration value indicative of an acceleration of the vehicle door, and
evaluating, by the control device, the acceleration value to distinguish movement of the vehicle door caused by a gravity force from movement of the vehicle door caused by a user action.