Onboard device
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorNorichika OOMI
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Abstract
The present invention provides an onboard device capable of further enhancing safety of an occupant aboard a vehicle. The onboard device controlling locking of a vehicle door includes an occupant detector detecting the occupant inside a vehicle, a shut door determiner determining whether the vehicle door is closed, and a locking controller locking the vehicle door when the shut door determiner determines that the vehicle door is closed and the occupant detector detects the occupant. By locking the vehicle door UDR a third party can be prevented from entering the vehicle through the vehicle door, for example, and the safety of the occupant aboard the vehicle can be further enhanced.
Claims6
An onboard device which controls locking of a vehicle door, the onboard device comprising:
- an occupant detector configured to detect an occupant inside a vehicle;
- a shut door determiner configured to determine whether the vehicle door is closed;
- an open door determiner configured to determine whether the vehicle door is open;
- a clocking portion configured to measure time after the open door determiner determines that the vehicle door is open and until the shut door determiner determines that the vehicle door is closed;
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- a locking controller configured, when the shut door determiner determines that the vehicle door is closed and the occupant detector detects the occupant, to lock the vehicle door when the time measured by the clocking portion is less than a predetermined time and to not lock the vehicle door when the time measured by the clocking portion is at least the predetermined time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.