Rear Door Vehicle Height Control for Easier Luggage Loading

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle height control systems do not adequately consider the user's convenience when loading and unloading luggage, particularly in vehicles with rear doors, leading to potential interference or difficulty in accessing the door.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle height control system that integrates a controller, back door open/close detector, and user detector to adjust vehicle height based on door opening and user presence, allowing personalized height adjustments for enhanced user convenience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the vehicle height is adjusted for user convenience, then loading and unloading becomes easier, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveloading and unloading luggageVSAvoidheight control system
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The height control system operates autonomously by detecting the back door open/closed state and automatically adjusting the vehicle body height without requiring manual user input. The control unit receives detection signals and autonomously commands the height adjustment unit, reducing interface complexity while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from the back door state detection unit to automatically control height adjustment. The control unit continuously monitors the back door state and adjusts the vehicle body height accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system that simplifies user interaction while achieving convenient loading and unloading.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20250222734A1Vehicle height control system
Publication Date: 2025.07.10 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
  • US20250222734A1 patent drawing
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AI summary

The vehicle height control system comprises: a controller configured to control a vehicle height; a back door open/close detector configured to detect opening and closing of a back door of a vehicle; and a user detector configured to detect a user outside the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to: receive information from the back door open/close detector and the user detector, and control the vehicle height when the back door is opened and the user is in a vicinity of the vehicle.