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US 11,959,324 B2Granted
Control system, control apparatus, and control method
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahiro Takata, Takeshi Masaki, Kazuhito Oshita, Satoru Takizawa
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Abstract
A control system includes 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, and a controller configured to control opening or closing of a door when the contact is detected by the contact sensor and the force is detected by the force sensor.
Claims15
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.
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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;
- and
- 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,
- wherein the operation of the door comprises a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation, the first operation, the second operation, and the third operation being controlled independently from each other,
- wherein the first operation is executed in response to the force sensor detecting a first force applied by the operation body to the door handle, the first force being applied in an opening direction,
- wherein the second operation is executed in response to the force sensor detecting a second force applied by the operation body to the door handle, the second force being applied in a closing direction, and
- wherein the third operation is executed in response to the force sensor detecting a third force applied by the operation body to the door handle, the third force being applied in a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
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A control apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to
- acquire, from a contact sensor configured to detect contact between an operation body and a door handle, a contact detection signal indicating that the contact is detected,
- acquire, from a force sensor configured to detect a force applied by the operation body to the door handle, a force detection signal indicating that the force is detected, the force detection signal being a force transmitted to a second end portion of a rod-shaped transmitting member from a first end portion of the rod-shaped transmitting member via a fulcrum between the first end portion and the second end portion, the rod-shaped transmitting member being disposed in the door handle, and
- control operation of a door when the contact detection signal and the force detection signal are acquired.
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A control method comprising:
- acquiring, from a contact sensor configured to detect contact between an operation body and a door handle, a contact detection signal indicating that the contact is detected;
- acquiring, from a force sensor configured to detect a force applied by the operation body to the door handle, a force detection signal indicating that the force is detected, the force detection signal being a force transmitted to a second end portion of a rod-shaped transmitting member from a first end portion of the rod-shaped transmitting member via a fulcrum between the first end portion and the second end portion, the rod-shaped transmitting member being disposed in the door handle;
- and
- controlling operation of a door when the contact detection signal and the force detection signal are acquired.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.