Patent ID: 6344642
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: E05F,E05Y,G01S

Abstract:
Door control apparatus for vehicles comprising:at least one sensor viewing at least one region in the vicinity of a door; logic circuitry responsive to said at least one sensor for providing at least one region clear output signal; automatic door opening and door closing apparatus responsive at least to the absence of a region clear output signal to cause opening of said door and responsive at least to the presence of a region clear output signal to cause closing of said door; and wherein said automatic door opening and door closing apparatus is responsive at least to the absence of a first region clear output signal in respect of a first region to cause opening of said door and responsive at least to the presence of a second region clear output signal, different from the first region clear output signal, in respect of a second region different from said first region, to cause closing of said door.