Patent ID: 7677636
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a folding roof, the method which comprises: providing a motor vehicle configuration, including: determining, with the electronic control unit, a total number of roof actuation requests for actuating the folding roof in a period when the engine of the motor vehicle configuration is off; comparing, with the electronic control unit, the total number of roof actuation requests occurring in the period with the engine of the motor vehicle configuration being off to a given maximum number; blocking, with the electronic control unit, a roof actuation request for moving the folding roof from the closed position to the open position if the total number of roof actuation requests occurring in the period with the engine of the motor vehicle configuration being off has reached the given maximum number; and providing the driver alert information on the display of the motor vehicle configuration if the total number of roof actuation requests occurring in the period with the engine of the motor vehicle configuration being off has reached the given maximum number.