US 11,959,324 B2
Control system, control apparatus, and control method
Masahiro Takata, Miyagi (JP); Takeshi Masaki, Tokyo (JP); Kazuhito Oshita, Miyagi (JP); and Satoru Takizawa, Miyagi (JP)
Assigned to ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,444.
Application 17/172,444 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/008664, filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-169214 (JP), filed on Sep. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0164281 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 81/76 (2014.01); E05F 15/41 (2015.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01)
CPC E05F 15/41 (2015.01) [E05B 81/76 (2013.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); B60R 25/1001 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system comprising:
a contact sensor configured to detect contact between an operation body and a door handle;
a force sensor configured to detect a force applied by the operation body to the door handle;
a controller configured to control operation of a door when the contact is detected by the contact sensor and the force is detected by the force sensor; and
a rod-shaped transmitting member,
wherein the rod-shaped transmitting member is disposed in the door handle, has a first end portion, a second end portion, and a fulcrum between the first end portion and the second end portion, and is configured to transmit the force from the first end portion to the second end portion, and
wherein the force sensor detects the force transmitted to the second end portion.