Patent ID: 7049940

Claim:
A door opening/closing device for a vehicle comprising: a door handle operated for opening/closing a vehicle door; a door lock mechanism for locking and unlocking the vehicle door; a light-emitting means included in the door handle and visible from an outside of the door handle; a control mechanism for recognizing the opening/closing operation of the vehicle door based upon the operation of the door handle, operating the door lock mechanism so as to unlock the vehicle door when the opening operation of the vehicle door is recognized, operating the door lock mechanism so as to lock the vehicle door when the closing operation of the vehicle door is recognized, and controlling the light-emitting means to light-emit in response to the opening and closing operation of the vehicle door; wherein the control mechanism recognizes the vehicle door opening operation based upon the operation of the door handle under a condition that a portable station carried by a user is close to the vehicle from a vehicle outside, and recognizes the vehicle door closing operation based upon the operation of the door handle and recognition of the portable station moved from a vehicle inside to the vehicle outside; wherein the door handle includes at least a first light-emitting means and a second light-emitting means, and the first and second light-emitting means are controlled individually; and wherein the control mechanism controls the second light-emitting means to light-emit upon the door unlock operation of the door lock mechanism and controls the first light-emitting means to light-emit upon the door lock operation thereof.