Door Assistance System for a Vehicle

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15519923

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The invention relates to a door assistance system (1) for a vehicle (F) for preventing damage to vehicle doors (T1-T4) and/or vehicle opening panels (T5) caused by external objects when vehicle doors (T1-T4) and/or vehicle opening panels (T5) are opened. Said system comprises: a calculation unit (7), which evaluates an environmental data model, detected by sensors, of the surroundings of the vehicle (F), in order to determine a space around the vehicle (F) that is free of external objects (H1, H2, O), and which calculates maximum possible open positions of the various vehicle doors (T1-T4) and/or vehicle opening panels (T5) of the vehicle (F) within the free space that has been determined; and a locking unit (8), which locks a vehicle door (T1-T4) and/or vehicle opening panel (T5) of the vehicle (F) when same is opened to the correspondingly calculated maximum permissible open position of the respective vehicle door (T1-T4) and/or vehicle opening panel (T5) in order to prevent contact with an external object and/or to provide entry or exit assistance.

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CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBHSIEBOLDSTRASSE 19 NUERNBERG 90411

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HASSENPFLUG, Christoph Lindau, DE 4 28

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