Patents Assigned to GM GIOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
  • System and method for controlling an automatic liftgate in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10676979
    Abstract: A method for controlling an automatic liftgate in a vehicle includes detecting a garage door frame of a garage using a front camera or a rear camera mounted on the vehicle, determining a garage height of the garage door frame, determining whether the vehicle has entered the garage, and setting a custom height to which the automatic liftgate can open to the garage height of the garage door frame when the vehicle has entered the garage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GM GIOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Allan K. Lewis, Michael T. Chaney, Jr.