Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Corporation

Hideyuki Kanie

Naoya Ishida

A vehicle door opening device includes a lock control device configured to switch a door lock device to an unlocked state when an operation on a first operation member is detected, and a latch control device configured to: when an operation on a second operation member is detected while the door lock device is in the unlocked state, switch the latch mechanism to an unlatched state; when the operation on the second operation member is detected while the door lock device is in a locked state and when the operation on the first operation member is detected, switch the latch mechanism to the unlatched state; and, when the operation on the second operation member is detected while the door lock device is in the locked state and when the operation on the first operation member is not detected, maintain the latch mechanism in a latched state.

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Kariya, Japan

Hideyuki Kanie