US 12,134,930 B2
Vehicle door opening/closing control system, vehicle door opening/closing method and recording medium recorded with door opening/closing program
Kazuma Uchibori, Kasugai (JP); and Hiroshi Mizobata, Seto (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,142.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-068437 (JP), filed on Apr. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0310295 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. E05F 15/76 (2015.01); E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B60N 2/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 15/76 (2015.01) [E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B60N 2/04 (2013.01); B60N 2/20 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/54 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/818 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/85 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door opening/closing control system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor connected to the memory, the processor being configured to:
set a communication range inside a vehicle cabin of a vehicle;
detect whether or not a mobile terminal of an occupant inside the vehicle cabin is positioned within the communication range, wherein the mobile terminal is a computer;
open and close a side door of the vehicle, wherein the door serves for entering and exiting of the occupant;
detect, as a specific operation of the mobile terminal, an operation in which the mobile terminal is moved from outside the communication range to within the communication range a plurality of times within a prescribed duration;
determine whether the door is in a closed state or an open state; and
in response to the mobile terminal having been detected as being positioned within the communication range and the specific operation having been detected, transition the door from the closed state to the open state or from the open state to the closed state.