US 12,280,741 B2
Control apparatus and method for locking or unlocking door
Bing Le Cong, Yantai (CN); Jing Song Sun, Yantai (CN); and Xu Qiang Sun, Yantai (CN)
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 Feb. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,972.
Claims priority of application No. 202211501605.X (CN), filed on Nov. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0051498 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/34 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2014.01); E05B 83/36 (2014.01)
CPC B60R 25/245 (2013.01) [B60R 25/34 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2013.01); E05B 83/36 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus of locking or unlocking a door, the control apparatus comprising:
a smart key including a door locking and unlocking button provided thereon and configured for transmitting a control signal for locking or unlocking the door through the door locking and unlocking button;
a smart key check module configured to determine whether the smart key is in a vehicle; and
a door control module configured to:
determine whether the vehicle is in a started state or a turned-off state,
determine whether to receive the control signal for locking or unlocking the door from the smart key, according to a result of the determining of whether the smart key is in the vehicle when the vehicle is in the started state, and
control a corresponding door of the vehicle when receiving the control signal for locking or unlocking the door from the smart key,
wherein the door control module is configured to receive the control signal for locking or unlocking the door from the smart key when the smart key check module concludes that the smart key is in the vehicle when the vehicle is in the started state, and
wherein the door control module is configured not to receive the control signal for locking or unlocking the door from the smart key when the smart key check module concludes that the smart key is not in the vehicle when the vehicle is in the started state.