Creating a Virtual Buffer to Avoid Contact Upon Opening a Car Door Based on Predicted Contact
DRIVE
April 16, 2026
An automated vehicle door control system is described that facilitates preventing contact between the door and an external object upon door opening. For example, a vehicle can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, comprise a contact zone component, an object monitoring component and a control component. The contact zone component generates a contact zone surrounding the vehicle wherein the contact zone comprises an area outside the vehicle when doors of the vehicle are fully extended. The object monitoring component that identifies a moving object not within the contract zone that is moving towards the contact zone. The control component determines a point in time when the moving object will enter the contact zone and limits the opening of the vehicle door to reduce the contact zone to avoid collision.
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