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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Yokohama, JP;
Gecom Corporation, Greensburg, IN (US);
MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Yokohama, JP;
GECOM CORPORATION, Greensburg, IN (US);
Abstract
An opening and closing system includes a first human detection sensor configured to detect a vehicle user who enters a first area defined on a periphery of a vehicle body, a lamp visible by the vehicle user who enters the first area, and a control device configured to control an unlocking operation of the lock device, a closing operation of the striker device, a pop-up operation of the striker device, and switching on and off of the lamp. The control device switches on the lamp when the vehicle user is detected by the first human detection sensor and starts the controlling of the unlocking operation of the lock device and the closing operation and the pop-up operation of the striker device in response to the lamp being switched on.