US Patent Issued to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES on July 21 for "System for managing a sensor for detecting an intention to open and/or unlock an opening panel of a motor vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,361, issued on July 21, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).

"System for managing a sensor for detecting an intention to open and/or unlock an opening panel of a motor vehicle" was invented by Olivier Gerardiere (Toulouse, France) and Maxime Rateau (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that is intended to be integrated into a motor vehicle, includes a medium-range detection module for measuring a current distance relative to a portable user authentication device; and an intention sensor for detecting an intention to open and/or unlock an opening panel of the motor vehicle. The medium-ra...