Patent application EP18170651A (EP), filed 2018-05-03
Publication number: EP3401179A1
Title: A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A MANEUVER OF A VEHICLE
Abstract: A device is used for controlling a maneuver of a vehicle (8) in or out of a park area (5) secured by a remotely controlled access system (4).  The device comprises a module adapted to monitor said maneuver as long as a user action is detected on an electronic device (2) and to control the operation of the access system (4).
IPC codes: B60W  30/    06            A I
G07C   9/    00            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A device for controlling a maneuver of a vehicle (8; 108) in or out of a park area (5; 105) secured by a remotely controlled access system (4; 104), said device comprising a module (12; 52; 130) suited to monitor said maneuver as long as a user action is detected on an electronic device (2; 102) and to control the operation of the access system (4; 104).
number: 2
text: The device according to claim 1, wherein the module (12; 52; 130) is suited to control the operation of the access system (4; 104) by instructing a communication circuit (14; 58; 132) to transmit a wireless instruction to a mechanism (6; 66; 106) for controlling the access system (4; 104).
number: 3
text: The device according to claim 2, wherein the communication circuit (14; 132) is suited to establish a wireless data link with said mechanism (6; 106) and to transmit said wireless instruction via said wireless data link.
number: 4
text: The device according to claim 2, wherein the communication circuit (58) is suited to transmit the wireless instruction by generating a sub GHz radiofrequency signal.
number: 5
text: The device according to claim 4, wherein the vehicle (8) includes a button (56) suited to send a given instruction via a bus (40) to the communication circuit (58), the communication circuit (58) generating said radiofrequency signal upon receiving the given instruction, and wherein the module (52) is also adapted to send the given instruction to the communication circuit (58) via the bus (40).
number: 6
text: The device according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the module (12; 52) is suited to receive data confirming the detection of the user action via a wireless communication established with the electronic device (2).
number: 7
text: The device according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the module (130) is embedded in the electronic device (102) and suited to detect the user action via a user interface (134) of the electronic device (102) and to control said maneuver by sending a corresponding instruction to an electronic control unit (112) inside the vehicle (108).
number: 8
text: The device according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the maneuver is performed by an automatic parking unit (20; 120) controlled by said module (12; 52; 130).
number: 9
text: The device according to claim 8, wherein the automatic parking unit (20; 120) includes at least one sensor (26; 126) for capturing data related to the vehicle environment, a processing circuit (24; 124) for processing data captured by the sensor (26; 126) and a control circuit (22; 122) for controlling a vehicle motion control mechanism (28; 128) based on the processed data.
number: 10
text: The device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the automatic parking unit (20; 120) is suited to compute an appropriate time to operate the access system (4; 104).
number: 11
text: The device according to any of claims 1 to 10, wherein said module is suited to control a remotely controlled comfort equipment.
number: 12
text: The device according to any of claims 1 to 11, wherein said module (12) is suited to control the access system (4) to close after the maneuver is completed.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-11-14
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
inventive_step_epc_56
Prior art cited: ref_id: WO2016185151A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: WO2016185151A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2014320263A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
ref_id: US2014320263
ref_type: patent
severity: obviousness
ref_id: WO2016185151
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
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ref_type: npl
severity: novelty_destroying
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ref_type: npl
severity: novelty_destroying
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ref_type: npl
severity: novelty_destroying
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2018-11-14)