Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operation device and vehicle door
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Application No.: US17438758Application Date: 2020-03-13
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Publication No.: US11951920B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Jinichi Tanabe , Takayoshi Ito , Kazumasa Narita , Yuma Miyamoto , Akihito Kobayashi , Kodai Matsumoto
- Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Asaka
- Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Asaka
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Priority: JP 19154106 2019.08.26 JP 19172943 2019.09.24
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/011033 2020.03.13
- International Announcement: WO2020/184702A 2020.09.17
- Date entered country: 2021-09-13
- Main IPC: B60R16/037
- IPC: B60R16/037 ; B60Q3/267 ; B60Q3/64 ; B60Q3/80 ; E05B81/76 ; E05F15/695 ; E05F15/73

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an operation device which can be easily installed on a vehicle door, and a vehicle door comprising the operation device. An operation device of the present invention comprises: a gripper provided on an inner surface of a door of a vehicle; an operation interface provided on an inner side surface of the gripper for receiving an operation input entered by an occupant to operate at least one in-vehicle device; a first sensor provided on an outer side surface of the gripper for detecting a finger of the occupant; a second sensor provided on at least one of the inner side surface and an upper surface of the gripper for detecting a finger of the occupant; and a controller connected to the operation interface, the first sensor, the second sensor, and the at least one in-vehicle device. The controller controls the at least one in-vehicle device based on a signal from the operation interface when both the first sensor and the second sensor detect the occupant, and prohibits the at least one in-vehicle device from being controlled based on a signal from the operation interface when at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor does not detect the occupant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220153214A1 OPERATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE DOOR Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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