Alpha Corporation

Hiroaki Sakakura

Teruhisa Kato

Soh Saito

Kazuhiko Kaniwa

Kazuhisa Yabumoto

Kazuo Tsukada

Shun Ishii

A vehicle door control deviceaccording to the present invention relates to a vehicle door control devicefor controlling opening and closing of a door of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle door control devicecomprises: a handle memberattached to the door; an entry detection sensorfor detecting entry of an object into a space between the door and the handle member; an external force detection sensorfor detecting application of an external force to the handle member; and a circuit portionconnected to the entry detection sensorand the external force detection sensor, the circuit portionreleasing a latch of the door when the external force detection sensordetects the application of the external force and the entry detection sensordetects the entry of the object.

Vehicle door control device and vehicle door handle device

A vehicle monitoring device mounted on a vehicle includes an imaging unit for capturing images of a vehicle body side surface, a rear side and a diagonally backward of the vehicle, a storage unit that stores a reference image defining a reference state of the vehicle body side surface, and an image comparison unit that detects an abnormal state of the vehicle body by comparing the captured images captured by the imaging unit with the reference image read from the storage unit.

Vehicle monitoring device

A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes a first imaging unit that captures an image of a rear side and a diagonally backward, a distance detection unit that detects a distance from the vehicle to an object present in the rear side and the diagonally backward, based on the image captured by the first imaging unit, a course prediction unit that predicts a course of the object, based on transition of the distance to the object detected by the distance detection unit, and an entry prediction unit that predicts whether the object enters a door opening and closing area, based on the course of the object predicted by the course prediction unit and the door opening and closing area which is set on sides of the vehicle and defines a movable range in which side doors of the vehicle are opened and closed.

Vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus

There are provided a lock member configured to be displaced between a locking position for prohibiting rotation of a steering shaft and an unlocking position for permitting rotation of the steering shaft, a first detection switch (SW) for detecting a locked state of the steering shaft, a second detection switch (SW) and a third detection switch (SW) for detecting an unlocked state of the steering shaft, and an electric steering lock controller () configured to determine a position of the lock member, based on detection outputs from the first detection switch (SW) and the second detection switch (SW), and thus to control driving of the lock member. Lock and unlock information from the electric steering lock controller () and detection outputs from the second detection switch (SW) and the third detection switch (SW) are outputted to a vehicle-side controller ().

Electric steering lock device

An indicator () is provided, which displays that it is a locking confirmable period, for predetermined time after locking the door, in a vehicle door locking and unlocking system S, which locks or unlocks the vehicle door by performing communication between a controller (), which controls locking or unlocking of the vehicle door, and a portable machine ().

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Yokohama, Japan

Hiroaki Sakakura