JPS6294417A - Controller for getting on/off car - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate getting on and off by increasing the head clearance by opening a door and a roof by a power generating mechanism according to the signals supplied from a signal generator on getting on and off, and closing the roof according to the signals after getting on and off. CONSTITUTION:A computer 42 for control discriminates the control conditions set previously on the basis of the signals supplied from switches 44, 46, and 48, and control signals are inputted into a roof opening/closing apparatus 16 and a door opening apparatus 10 according to the result of the judgement. At this time, the switch 44 is closed through manual operation when a door is in opened state. The switch 46 is closed by the operation of a door handle. Further, the switch 48 is turned ON and OFF according to the opening and closing of the door. Therefore, when a driver gets on and off from a car, the head clearance is increased by automatically opening a door 12 and a roof 18, and after the driver gets on and off the car, the roof 18 is automatically closed. Therefore, the getting on and off from the car is facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a control device that facilitates getting on and off each time the roof is opened and closed in conjunction with the opening and closing of the IA of an automatic car.

(Prior art) In an ordinary car with a roof, for getting on and off the vehicle,
Generally, an opening/closing door provided on the side of the vehicle body is used.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, because the belly button clearance is insufficient when getting on and off, the user may have to tilt their head or lower their back sufficiently when getting on and off. There must be. This tendency is particularly strong in cars with low vehicle height.

An object of the present invention is to provide a boarding/exiting control device that solves these problems.

(Structure of the Invention) Therefore, the present invention provides a boarding/exiting control device for an automobile, including a door that can be opened and closed by manual operation and at least opened by an acting force generated by a power generating mechanism. a roof opening/closing device capable of opening and closing an adjacent portion of the vehicle roof by means of an acting force generated by a power generating mechanism; and a signal generator generating an opening signal to open said lA and said roof opening/closing device. , a detector that detects the closing of the door and generates a detection signal for closing the roof opening/closing device.

(Function and Effect) According to the feature of the configuration-L, for example, when trying to get out of the vehicle, the opening signal generated by the signal generator causes the roof opening/closing device to open the roof opening/closing device by its power generation mechanism. It is opened by the generating mechanism and the head'
Increase clearance to make disembarkation easier. Furthermore, if the signal generator issues a release signal 41- when the vehicle is about to get on the vehicle, the clearance 1' at the time of getting on the vehicle is expanded, making it easier to get on the vehicle.

On the other hand, when the door is closed manually, for example, after getting on or off the vehicle, the generator 4i generates a detection signal to close the roof opening/closing device. For this reason, the roof is quickly closed after getting on or off the vehicle, and does not remain open undesirably.

Note that the signal generator that generates the above-mentioned opening signal is used when getting off or getting on the vehicle, and for example, when an inside door handle (or an outside door handle) for manually opening the door is operated. In this case, if this is detected by a switch and the roof opening/closing device is not activated when this is detected, only the door can be opened when no passengers are getting on or off the vehicle.

(Example) The attached drawings are for explaining one example of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the boarding/exiting control device in a block diagram.

Reference numeral 10 is an electrically operated door opening device which may be of any known type and is operatively connected to the vehicle door 12. The door 12 is also connected to an operating mechanism 14 which is mechanically connected to a door handle (not shown) and which opens and closes the door 12 by manual operation of a 1° handle.

A roof opening/closing device 16 opens and closes a movable roof 18. Second
As shown in the drawings and FIG. 3, the patient-side movable roof 18 is rotatably supported by a hinge 22 at a portion of the fixed roof 20 adjacent to the door. The movable roof 18 allows the opening 24 in the upper part of the fixed roof 20 to be opened and closed. The roof opening/closing device 16 is
It is composed of a motor 26 disposed at the lower part of the right pillar of the vehicle body, a guard cable 28 that transmits the driving force of the motor 26, and a mechanism that converts the driving force into an opening/closing force for the movable roof 18.

The right seat side movable roof 18A is arranged symmetrically with the passenger side movable roof 18, and includes a motor 26A disposed at the bottom of the right pillar of the vehicle body and a guard cable 2 that transmits its driving force.
8A and a mechanism that converts the driving force into opening/closing force for the movable roof 18A. In this embodiment, the human cancer side movable roof 18 will be described as a representative.

In FIG. 3, a slider 30 is arranged to be reversibly movable along a guide rail 32, and the gear l' cable is coupled to the slider 30. Further, one end of a link arm 36 is rotatably fixed to the slider 30, and the other end of the link arm 36 is attached to the movable roof 16.
It is rotatably and slidably coupled to a coupling member 34 fixed thereto.

By the driving force that the slider 30 receives from the guard cable, the link arm 36 pushes up the movable roof 18 to open the movable roof 18 or pulls down the movable roof 18 to close the movable roof 18. Fixed roof 200 facing striker 18 provided on movable roof 18
An elastic locking member 40 is provided at the portion, and when the movable roof 18 is pulled down to the fully open position shown by the solid line, the striker 3B engages with the locking member 40 to fix the movable roof 18. Note that the two-dot chain line indicates the position of the movable roof 18 in the open state.

The roof opening/closing device 16 and the door opening device 10 are connected so as to be driven by a control signal from a control computer 42, as shown in FIG.
2 determines preset control conditions based on switch signals from the switch groups 44, 46, 48, and provides control signals to the roof opening/closing device 16 and the door opening device 10 in accordance with the determination results.

In the switch group, the open switch 44 is a switch that is manually operated and closed when it is desired to open the door, and is arranged so that it can be operated, for example, inside the vehicle interior.

The door handle switch 46 is a switch that closes when a manually operated door handle is operated to manually open or close the door.

The door opening/closing detection switch 48 is a switch that closes when the door is opened and opens when the door is closed.

The control computer 42 is composed of a microcomputer that executes arithmetic processing according to a preset control program, and a combination of appropriate input/output circuits.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of a control program executed by the control computer 42, and the operation of the ζ control computer 42 will be explained below according to this control program, as well as the overall operation of the boarding/exiting control device. do.

The control computer 42 is always connected to an on-board battery (not shown), and starts executing this program from start step 100 when it is first connected to the on-board battery.In addition, at start step 100, internal variables and output The control signal output from the terminal is set to a predetermined state.

The program is structured as a repeating routine starting at step 101, and the computer 42
01, the state of the open switch 44 is checked, and when this switch is in the closed state, a series of steps 102 to 104 for controlling the opening number are executed.

That is, when the switch 44 is operated and an opening signal is generated, the door opening device 10 is activated to open the door 12 in step 102.
A control signal is given to open the

Next, in step 103, it is checked that the door opening/closing detection switch 48 changes from closed to open (that is, the door 12 is opened), and when the door 12 starts to be opened, step 104 is executed.

In step 104, the movable roof 1 is connected to the roof opening/closing device 16.
A control signal for opening 8 is provided.

When the generation of the opening signal by the switch 44 is confirmed in step 101, the computer 42 controls the door opening device 10 and the roof opening/closing device 16 to open the door 12 and open the movable roof 18. Thus,
The door 12 is automatically opened while ensuring head clearance for getting off (getting on) the vehicle.

With the door 12 opened in this manner, the computer 42 returns from step 105 to step 101 and repeats the routine via steps 107 and 105. That is, if the door 12 remains open, the door opening device 10 and the roof opening/closing device 16
is on standby with the door 12 and movable roof 18 open.

In this standby state, when the door 12 is manually closed, a change in the door open detection switch 48 from closed to open is detected in step 105, and step 106 is executed. In step 106, a control signal is applied to the roof opening/closing device 16 to close the movable roof 18. Upon receiving this control signal, the roof control device 16 controls the movable roof 1.
6 is closed.

Note that step 107 is a check step for the door handle switch 46, and when attempting to manually open the door 12 without using the door release switch 44, steps 102 to 104 are not executed, and step 105 is not performed.
is not executed, so no control signal is applied to the roof control device 16 in steps 104 and 106. For this reason, this device does not move the movable roof 18 when opening the door 12 manually.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it goes without saying that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited only to this embodiment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The attached drawings represent one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the overall configuration, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of a movable roof and a roof opening/closing device, and FIG. 3 corresponds to FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the control program of the control computer shown in FIG. 1. 10... Door opening device, 12... Door, 14...
Operation mechanism, 16... Roof opening/closing device, 18... Movable roof, 42... Control computer, 44... Door opening switch (signal generator), 48... Door opening/closing detection switch (detector) ).

Claims (1)

[Claims] A door that can be opened and closed by manual operation and at least by an action force generated by a power generation mechanism, and an action force generated by the power generation mechanism that opens a portion of the vehicle roof adjacent to the door. a signal generator that generates an opening signal that opens the door and the roof opening/closing device; and a signal generator that detects the closing of the door and closes the roof opening/closing device. A control device for getting on and off a car, comprising: a detector that generates a detection signal;