US 11,725,449 B2
Vehicle door opening and closing control system and method based on weather state detected by rain sensor
Kwan Hui Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Chang Woo Sohn, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,218.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0044469 (KR), filed on Apr. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316257 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/659 (2015.01); E05B 81/78 (2014.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); E05F 15/71 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/659 (2015.01) [E05B 81/78 (2013.01); E05F 15/71 (2015.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door opening and closing control system comprising:
an antenna provided at a vehicle and configured to wirelessly communicate with a user's mobile device to recognize a location of the user's mobile device;
a door opening and closing device configured to open or close a door of the vehicle;
a rain sensor configured to detect a rainy weather state outside the vehicle; and
a controller configured to control an operation of the door opening and closing device based on the location of the mobile device recognized by the antenna or the rainy weather state outside the vehicle detected by the rain sensor,
wherein the rain sensor includes:
an electrode detecting contact with raindrops in rainy weather; and
a circuit board connected to the electrode and the controller and configured to convert a signal of the electrode into an electrical signal, and
wherein the rain sensor further includes a sensor housing and the electrode and the circuit board are received inside the sensor housing, and
wherein an inside of the sensor housing is filled with a filler.