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

Claim 0:
1. A door drive device for at least one of adjusting and locking a vehicle door -relative to a vehicle body, the door drive device comprising:
an adjustment member;
a drive element operatively coupled to the adjustment member such that the adjustment member is movable with respect to the drive element to move the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body;
a sensor device configured to measure a measuring quantity indicative of a movement of the vehicle door and to provide a sensor signal; and
a control device configured to,
control an operation of the door drive device, and
compute, from the sensor signal obtained from the sensor device, an acceleration value indicative of an acceleration of the vehicle door,

wherein the control device is further configured to evaluate 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.