Patent ID: 9007196
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling movement of a vehicle door relative to a primary vehicle structure, the system comprising: at least one dual use ultrasonic sensor configured to detect a distance from a vehicle to an object in the vicinity of a vehicle and to provide input to a vehicle automatic parallel parking system and to the system for controlling movement of a vehicle door whereby data from the at least one dual use ultrasonic sensor can be used for automatic parallel parking and for controlling movement of a vehicle door; a door brake configured to prevent a vehicle door from opening beyond a variable maximum distance; wherein the system utilizes a plurality of detected distances to a detected object detected by the at least one dual use ultrasonic sensor at different times before a vehicle stops and a plurality of vehicle positions or velocities at different times before a vehicle stops corresponding to the times at which the detected distances are taken to determine a lateral location of the detected object relative to the vehicle door after the vehicle has stopped; and wherein: the system utilizes the detected distances to a detected object taken at different times before a vehicle stops to selectively actuate the door brake after the vehicle has stopped to prevent the vehicle door from contacting the detected object as the door is opened.