Patent ID: 7224136

Claim:
A control apparatus for a closure device comprising: a drive means that opens and closes an opening/closing member; a movement detecting means that detects a movement of the opening/closing member opened and closed by the drive means; and a pinch detecting means that calculates a variation degree of the movement detected by the movement detecting means and detects a foreign body being pinched by the opening/closing member when the variation degree reaches a predetermined threshold value, characterized by further comprising: a vehicle speed detecting means that detects a running speed of a vehicle; a threshold value setting means that sets the threshold value; and a disturbance detecting means that detects a load larger than a predetermined value and is applied to the opening/closing member in a closing direction on the basis of the variation degree, wherein the threshold value setting means sets the threshold value at a second threshold value, which is reduced in a detection sensitivity of pinch as compared with a first threshold value set when the vehicle is stationary, when the vehicle speed detecting means determines that the vehicle is running, and sets the threshold value at a third threshold value, which is reduced in the detection sensitivity of pinch as compared with the second threshold value when the disturbance detecting means detects that a load not smaller than a predetermined value is applied to the opening/closing member.