IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,499,127
Granted Patent B2
US 9,499,127 · App. 14/728,052 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

Swipe and tap verification for entry system

Inventors: Mirko Pribisic (North York, CA); Timothy DeZorzi (South Lyon, MI); Kurt M. Schatz (Uxbridge, CA)
Assignee: Magna Closures Inc.
B60R25/2045B60R25/23H03K17/9622H03K2217/96058H03K2217/960755
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Patent No.
US 9,499,127
App. No.
14/728,052
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for providing access to a vehicle operation includes a first user-input interface, a second user-input interface, and a vehicle controller. The first user-input interface is configured to interact with a user via a swipe-up input. The second user-input interface is configured to interact with the user via an application independent of the swipe-up input. The vehicle controller is configured to control the vehicle operation in response to detecting a first swipe-type user-input via the first user-input interface and a second user-input via the second user-input interface within a predetermined time.

Claims (29)

1. A system for providing access to a component to actuate a vehicle operation, comprising:

a user-accessible first user-input interface associated with an exterior of the vehicle and configured to sense a first user input based on an upwardly directed swipe motion, the first user-input interface including two separate sensors;

a second user-input interface external to the vehicle, the second user-input interface configured to sense a second user input, wherein the second user-input interface is associated with the first user-input interface;

a controller configured to allow activation of the component only if the sensors of the first user-input interface receive the first user input in a predetermined sequence and the first user-input interface also receives the first user input within a predetermined time of the second user input being received at the second user-input interface.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first user-input interface is defined by a capacitive touch device including the sensors.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first user-input interface and the second user-input interface are associated by physical proximity of the first user-input interface and the second user-input interface external to the vehicle.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the component in accordance with the second user input received at the second user-input interface provided the first user-input interface receives the first user input within the predetermined time before the second user input is received at the second user-input interface.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the component in accordance with the second user input consisting of a single temporal action.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls a plurality of components in accordance with the second user input received at the second user-input interface provided the first user-input interface also receives the first user input within the predetermined time of the second user input.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle operation is at least one of moving a window, unlocking a latch associated with the vehicle's door, starting the vehicle, and automatically opening the vehicle's door.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first user-input interface and the second user-input interface are provided on a keypad accessible externally of the vehicle.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the sensors of the first user-input interface are vertically aligned capacitive touch devices, wherein the second user-input is defined by a capacitive touch device, and wherein the capacitive touch device providing the second user input can be at least one of the vertically aligned capacitive touch devices of the first user-input interface.

10. The system according to claim 1 wherein the first user-input interface comprises capacitive touch pads including the sensors.

11. The system according to claim 1 wherein the second user input is based on an applied force.

12. A system for actuating a power release of a vehicle lift gate, comprising:

a user-accessible first user-input interface associated with an exterior of the vehicle and configured to sense a first user input based on an upwardly directed swipe motion, the first user-input interface including two separate sensors;

a second user-input interface external to the vehicle, the second user-input interface configured to sense a second user input, wherein the second user-input interface is associated with the first user-input interface;

a controller configured to allow activation of the lift gate power release only if the sensors of the first user-input interface receive the first user input in a predetermined sequence and the first user-input interface also receives the first user input within a predetermined time of the second user input being received at the second user-input interface.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the first user-input interface is defined by a capacitive touch device including the sensors.

14. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the first user-input interface and the second user-input interface are associated by physical proximity of the first user-input interface and the second user-input interface external to the vehicle.

15. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller controls the component in accordance with the second user input received at the second user-input interface provided the first user-input interface receives the first user input within the predetermined time before the second user input is received at the second user-input interface.

16. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller controls a plurality of components in accordance with the second user input received at the second user-input interface provided the first user-input interface also receives the first user input within the predetermined time of the second user input.

17. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the first user-input interface and the second user-input interface are provided on a keypad accessible externally of the vehicle.

18. The system according to claim 17 , wherein the sensors of the first user-input interface are vertically aligned capacitive touch devices, wherein the second user-input is defined by a capacitive touch device, and wherein the capacitive touch device providing the second user input can be at least one of the vertically aligned capacitive touch devices of the first user-input interface.

19. The system according to claim 12 wherein the first user-input interface comprises capacitive touch pads including the sensors.

20. A system for actuating a closure member of a vehicle, wherein the closure member is capable of being locked, unlocked and/or released, comprising:

a user-accessible first user-input interface associated with an exterior of the vehicle and configured to sense a first user input based on an upwardly directed swipe motion, the first user-input interface including two separate sensors;

a second user-input interface external to the vehicle, the second user-input interface configured to sense a second user input, wherein the second user-input interface is associated with the first user-input interface;

a controller configured to allow activation of the closure member only if the sensors of the first user-input interface receive the first user input in a predetermined sequence and the first user-input interface also receives the first user input within a predetermined time of the second user input being received at the second user-input interface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2015
From: PRIBISIC, MIRKO; DEZORZI, TIMOTHY; SCHATZ, KURT M.
To: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
Reel/Frame 035762/0980 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62012751 · Jun 16, 2014
Related Publication 20150360646A1 · Dec 17, 2015