US 12,252,907 B2
Door control device, storage medium storing computer program for door control, and method for door control
Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Nagoya (JP); Hiromitsu Urano, Numazu (JP); and Takefumi Goto, Gotemba (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/169,269.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-042858 (JP), filed on Mar. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295963 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 77/02 (2014.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC E05B 77/02 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); B60K 35/10 (2024.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a door configured to open and close;
an open button for opening the door;
a speed sensor configured to indicate a speed of the vehicle; and
a door control device comprising a processor programmed to:
determine whether or not the open button has been operated by a user;
determine, in response to determining that the open button has been operated by the user, whether or not an emergency situation has occurred in the vehicle based on predetermined conditions;
when (i) the open button has been operated by the user, (ii) it is determined that the emergency situation has not occurred, and (iii) a signal output by the speed sensor indicates that the vehicle is stopped, cause the door to open so that the user may exit the vehicle; and
when (i) the open button has been operated by the user and (ii) it is determined that the emergency situation has occurred, cause the door to open so that the user may exit the vehicle.