Patent ID: 7233080

Claim:
A method for locking/unlocking at least one vehicle opening comprising control means able to lock/unlock said opening and processing means ( 10 ) provided to take into account environmental information, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a detection signal ( 52 ) from at least one detection zone ( 6 , 7 , 42 ) disposed on an automobile vehicle, receiving environmental information concerning the at least one vehicle opening, sending an activation signal to the control means when the detection signal ( 52 ) has not been ignored, said activation signal being sent by the processing means ( 10 ), wherein the environmental information relates to the state of locking of an openable panels ( 41 ) of the vehicle, wherein, when the environmental information fulfills predetermined conditions, the detection signal is interpreted as having to be ignored, and wherein the signal from the detection zone is ignored by one of disabling the means of reading the signal from the detection zone, replacing the signal by a constant signal of true Boolean value, and replacing the result of any check performed on this signal in the form of checks of detection and also checks of absence of detection with a constant signal of true Boolean value.