US 12,404,705 B2
Vehicle door control device and vehicle door handle device
Shun Ishii, Kanagawa (JP); and Hiroaki Sakakura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to ALPHA CORPORATION, Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/907,086
Filed by Alpha Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/002918
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/215062, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-077691 (JP), filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0212891 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 81/76 (2014.01); E05B 81/56 (2014.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/77 (2013.01) [E05B 81/56 (2013.01); E05B 85/10 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door control device for controlling opening and closing of a door of a vehicle,
wherein the vehicle door control device comprises:
a handle member attached to the door;
an entry detection sensor for detecting entry of an object into a space between the door and the handle member;
an external force detection sensor for detecting application of an external force to the handle member,
the entry detection sensor and the external force detection sensor disposed together with the external force detection sensor closer to an outer surface of the handle and the entry detection sensor closer an inner surface of the handle; and
a circuit portion connected to the entry detection sensor and the external force detection sensor, the circuit portion signals a drive assembly to release a latch of the door when the door is unlocked, and the external force detection sensor detects the application of the external force and the entry detection sensor detects the entry of the object,
wherein the circuit portion unlocks the door when the entry detection sensor detects the entry of the object while the door is locked.