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US 12,546,146 · App. 18/648,509 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Control method for vehicle door and apparatus, vehicle and computer storage medium

Inventors: Shoufa Qiu (Shenzhen, CN); Nan Lai (Shenzhen, CN); Xiuxia Wu (Shenzhen, CN); Qianqian Zhou (Shenzhen, CN); Fangcheng Li (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
E05B81/78E05B81/77E05B85/103E05B85/107
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Patent No.
US 12,546,146
App. No.
18/648,509
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a control method for vehicle door and apparatus, a vehicle and a computer storage medium, and the control method for vehicle door includes: in response to a touch signal of a first touch area is collected, acquiring vehicle state information and key position information; in response to determine that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is a guard mode off request signal according to the vehicle state information and the key position information, controlling the vehicle to turn off a guard mode and driving door handles of the vehicle to stretch out; and after the door handles stretch out, in response to a touch signal of a second touch area corresponding to any door handle is collected, determining that the touch signal of the second touch area is valid according to the vehicle state information, and controlling a vehicle door corresponding to the door handle to unlock.

Claims (50)

1 . A method for controlling a vehicle door, comprising:

in response to a touch signal of a first touch area being collected, acquiring vehicle state information and key position information;

in response to determine that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is a guard mode off request signal according to the vehicle state information and the key position information, controlling a vehicle to turn off a guard mode and driving door handles of the vehicle to stretch out; and

after the door handles stretch out, in response to a touch signal of a second touch area corresponding to any door handle being collected, determining that the touch signal of the second touch area is valid according to the vehicle state information, and controlling a vehicle door corresponding to the door handle to unlock.

2 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 1 , after acquiring the vehicle state information and the key position information, the method further comprising:

in response to determine that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is a guard mode on request signal according to the vehicle state information and the key position information, controlling the vehicle to turn on the guard mode and driving the door handles of the vehicle to get back.

3 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is a guard mode off request signal according to the vehicle state information and the key position information comprises:

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that a key is outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is the guard mode off request signal.

4 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 2 , wherein the determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is a guard mode on request signal according to the vehicle state information and the key position information comprises:

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in a locked state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that a key is outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is the guard mode on request signal.

5 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 1 , after acquiring the vehicle state information and the key position information, the method further comprising:

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state and the vehicle doors are in an unlocked state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in a locked state and the vehicle is not in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in

a locked state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that a key is not outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is not in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that the key is not outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid.

6 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 2 , after controlling the vehicle to turn off the guard mode or turn on the guard mode and before driving the door handles of the vehicle to stretch out or get back, the method further comprising:

determining that door handle motors of the vehicle are not in a thermal protection state.

7 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein the determining that the touch signal of the second touch area is valid according to the vehicle state information comprises:

in response to determine that the vehicle door corresponding to the door handle is in a locked state and a guard mode off state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the second touch area is valid.

8 . A vehicle, comprising a memory, a processor, and a vehicle door control program stored in the memory which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to implement a method for controlling a vehicle door comprising:

in response to a touch signal of a first touch area being collected, acquiring vehicle state information and key position information;

in response to determine that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is a guard mode off request signal according to the vehicle state information and the key position information, controlling a vehicle to turn off a guard mode and driving door handles of the vehicle to stretch out; and

after the door handles stretch out, in response to a touch signal of a second touch area corresponding to any door handle being collected, determining that the touch signal of the second touch area Is valid according to the vehicle state information, and controlling a vehicle door corresponding to the door handle to unlock.

9 . A non-transitory computer storage medium, storing a vehicle door control program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement a method for controlling a vehicle door comprising:

in response to a touch signal of a first touch area being collected, acquiring vehicle state information and key position information;

in response to determine that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is a guard mode off request signal according to the vehicle state information and the key position information, controlling a vehicle to turn off a guard mode and driving door handles of the vehicle to stretch out; and

after the door handles stretch out, in response to a touch signal of a second touch area corresponding to any door handle being collected, determining that the touch signal of the second touch area Is valid according to the vehicle state information, and controlling a vehicle door corresponding to the door handle to unlock.

10 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 2 , wherein the determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is a guard mode off request signal according to the vehicle state information and the key position information comprises:

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that a key is outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is valid and is the guard mode off request signal.

11 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 2 , after acquiring the vehicle state information and the key position information, the method further comprising:

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state and the vehicle doors are in an unlocked state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in a locked state and the vehicle is not in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state

information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in a locked state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that the key is not outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is not in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that the key is not outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid.

12 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 3 , after acquiring the vehicle state information and the key position information, the method further comprising:

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state and the vehicle doors are in an unlocked state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in a locked state and the vehicle is not in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in a locked state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that the key is not outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is not in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that the key is not outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid.

13 . The method for controlling a vehicle door according to claim 4 , after acquiring the vehicle state information and the key position information, the method further comprising:

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state and the vehicle doors are in an unlocked state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in a locked state and the vehicle is not in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode off state, the vehicle doors are in a locked state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that the key is not outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is not in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid; or

in response to determine that the vehicle is in a guard mode on state and the vehicle is in an OFF gear state according to the vehicle state information and determining that the key is not outside the vehicle according to the key position information, determining that the touch signal of the first touch area is invalid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2024
From: QIU, SHOUFA; LAI, NAN; WU, XIUXIA; ZHOU, QIANQIAN; LI, FANGCHENG
To: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067247/0835 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111649687.8 · Dec 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022141901 · Dec 26, 2022
Related Publication 20240271470A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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