METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE REAR DOOR

摘要

A vehicle rear door control system and method of controlling a vehicle rear door, such as a hatch or trunk is provided. The method detects the opening of a side door of a vehicle and senses with a plurality of proximity sensors movement of an object such as a driver or passenger of the vehicle exiting the vehicle and moving from a side to a rear of the vehicle. The method controls an actuator to open the rear door of the vehicle in response to the detected opening of the side door followed by the sensed movement of the driver or passenger from the side to the rear of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a vehicle rear door comprising:
detecting opening of a side door of a vehicle; sensing with a plurality of proximity sensors movement of a person moving along an outer side of the vehicle to a rear of the vehicle; and controlling an actuator to open the rear door of the vehicle in response to the detected opening of the side door followed by the sensed movement of the person.