Patent ID: 7592896
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: B60R,E05B,E05C,E05F,E05Y,G07C

Abstract:
1. A door control apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus communicative with a handheld unit held by a user, the apparatus comprising: an actuator configured to change a rotation angle of a door of the vehicle to thereby rotate the door to be opened or closed in a use for the user to ride in or get out the vehicle; a verification unit configured to obtain an ID code of the handheld unit to verify an accordance between the obtained ID code and a registered ID code; a manipulation detection unit configured to detect a manipulation by the user to an unlock switch in a door handle of the door; an unlock unit configured to unlock the door when the accordance is verified and the manipulation to the unlock switch is detected; an instruction detection unit configured to detect a pop-up instruction, which is issued by the user approaching the door for activating a pop-up operation; and a control unit configured to perform the pop-up operation by driving the actuator to rotate the door to a predetermined rotation angle, which is smaller than a fully opened angle, after a pop-up condition is satisfied, the pop-up condition that the pop-up instruction is detected while the door is unlocked and closed.