US 12,264,529 B2
System for automatically closing a trunk lid of a vehicle
Jonathan Johansson, Gothenburg (SE); and Erik Lindberg Nilsson, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN); and ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed by Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN); and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,991.
Application 17/870,991 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/073979, filed on Jan. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20154647 (EP), filed on Jan. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412150 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. E05F 15/76 (2015.01); E05F 15/79 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/76 (2015.01) [E05F 15/79 (2015.01); E05F 2015/763 (2015.01); E05F 2015/767 (2015.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/456 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/548 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automatically closing a trunk lid of a vehicle, the system comprising:
a trunk sensor system configured for detecting items in a luggage trunk,
a trunk lid actuator for automatic closing of the trunk lid,
a control unit connected to the trunk sensor system and to the trunk lid actuator, wherein said control unit is arranged for:
statistically determining, based on a set of observations of a trunk interior space by means of the trunk sensor system in connection with termination of a set of vehicle travels, one or more items or combination of items that are statistically predicted to remain in the luggage trunk after completed travel,
detecting opening of the trunk lid,
detecting current items in the luggage trunk by means of the trunk sensor system, and controlling the trunk lid actuator for automatic closing of the trunk lid when the current items correspond to said one or more items or combination of items that are statistically predicted to remain in the luggage trunk after a journey.