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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiro Takata, Miyagi, JP;
Takeshi Masaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhito Oshita, Miyagi, JP;
Satoru Takizawa, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 81/76 (2014.01); E05F 15/41 (2015.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/41 (2015.01); E05B 81/76 (2013.01); E05F 15/77 (2015.01); B60R 25/1001 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control system includes a contact sensor configured to detect entry of an operation body into a recess formed between a door handle of a door handle apparatus and a body of the door handle apparatus by detecting contact between the operation body and an back face of the 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.