IP Library Granted Patent US 12,291,918
Granted Patent B2
US 12,291,918 · App. 17/858,491 · Granted May 6, 2025

Control device, control method, and storage medium

Inventors: Toshihiro Tsutsui (Aichi, JP); Shingo Mochizuki (Aichi, JP); Hibiki Ogura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO; MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
E05F15/659E05F15/662
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Patent No.
US 12,291,918
App. No.
17/858,491
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes a control section configured to control opening and closing of a structure. the control section controls an opening operation or a closing operation of the structure to match an operation direction of the structure obtained by a sensor provided to the structure, and the control section further controls the closing operation of the structure until the structure is fully closed when the operation direction of the structure obtained by the sensor is a closing direction, and controls the opening operation of the structure until the structure is fully opened when the operation direction of the structure obtained by the sensor is an opening direction.

Claims (27)

1. A control device comprising a processor configured to control opening and closing of a structure, wherein

the processor controls an opening operation or a closing operation of the structure to match an operation direction of the structure obtained by a first sensor provided to the structure,

the processor further controls the closing operation of the structure until the structure is fully closed when the operation direction of the structure obtained by the first sensor is a closing direction, and controls the opening operation of the structure until the structure is fully opened when the operation direction of the structure obtained by the first sensor is an opening direction,

when a second sensor different from the first sensor provided to the structure detects a user's contact with the structure, and the first sensor obtains information related to the operation direction of the structure, the processor controls the opening operation or the closing operation of the structure to match the operation direction,

the first sensor is an accelerator sensor,

the second sensor includes a touch sensor,

the structure includes a door,

the door is mounted on a movable body, and

when a value detected by the acceleration sensor is a threshold or more, the processor performs the opening operation or the closing operation of the structure.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor controls the opening operation or the closing operation of the structure when the first sensor obtains information related to the operation direction of the structure as a motion from a state where the structure stops.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the state where the structure stops includes a state where the structure stops at a halfway position of the opening operation or the closing operation of the structure.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the second sensor does not detect the user's contact, and the first sensor obtains the information related to the operation direction of the structure, the processor performs control for stopping an operation of the structure.

5. A control method that is executed by a computer, the control method comprising controlling an opening operation or a closing operation of a structure to match an operation direction of the structure obtained by a first sensor provided to the structure, further controlling the closing operation of the structure until the structure is fully closed when the operation direction of the structure obtained by the first sensor is the closing operation, controlling the opening operation of the structure until the structure is fully opened when the operation direction of the structure obtained by the first sensor is the opening direction, when a second sensor different from the first sensor provided to the structure detects a user's contact with the structure, and the first sensor obtains information related to the operation direction of the structure, controlling the opening operation or the closing operation of the structure to match the operation direction,

the first sensor is an accelerator sensor,

the second sensor includes a touch sensor,

the structure includes a door,

the door is mounted on a movable body, and

when a value detected by the acceleration sensor is a threshold or more, the processor performs the opening operation or the closing operation of the structure.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program stored therein, the program causing a computer to realize a control function configured to control opening and closing of a structure, wherein

the control function controls an opening operation or a closing operation of the structure to match an operation direction of the structure obtained by a first sensor provided to the structure,

the control function further controls the closing operation of the structure until the structure is fully closed when the operation direction of the structure obtained by the first sensor is a closing direction, and controls the opening operation of the structure until the structure is fully opened when the operation direction of the structure obtained by the first sensor is an opening direction,

when a second sensor different from the first sensor provided to the structure detects a user's contact with the structure, and the first sensor obtains information related to the operation direction of the structure, the control function controls the opening operation or the closing operation of the structure to match the operation direction,

the first sensor is an accelerator sensor,

the second sensor includes a touch sensor,

the structure includes a door,

the door is mounted on a movable body, and

when a value detected by the acceleration sensor is a threshold or more, the processor performs the opening operation or the closing operation of the structure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
To: HI-LEX ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074954/0366 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: TSUTSUI, TOSHIHIRO; MOCHIZUKI, SHINGO; OGURA, HIBIKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO; MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060412/0805 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-128270 · Aug 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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