Patent ID: 8442728

Claim:
A control system for a vehicle having an automatically opening and/or closing flap, the control system comprising: a programmable electronic control device; at least one programmable operating switch, the operating switch being a proximity sensor actuatable in a non-contact manner wherein, after actuation occurs, the operating switch generates an operation request signal as an input signal to the control device; wherein the control device is operatively programmed such that, in an event of receipt of the operation request signal and, as required, at least one further condition, the control device emits a command for opening or closing the flap; further wherein at least one of the control device and the operating switch is operatively programmed such that operation request signals are counted as long as at least a first defined condition has not yet been met, and still further wherein when a defined maximal counter reading is reached, the operation request signals will be ignored until at least a second defined condition has been met.