Patent ID: 11959324
Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 11:
12. A control apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to
acquire, from a contact sensor configured to detect contact between an operation body and a door handle, a contact detection signal indicating that the contact is detected,
acquire, from a force sensor configured to detect a force applied by the operation body to the door handle, a force detection signal indicating that the force is detected, the force detection signal being a force transmitted to a second end portion of a rod-shaped transmitting member from a first end portion of the rod-shaped transmitting member via a fulcrum between the first end portion and the second end portion, the rod-shaped transmitting member being disposed in the door handle, and
control operation of a door when the contact detection signal and the force detection signal are acquired.