To open or close a door glass by the occupant's will while preventing undesirable intrusion of rainwater through the opening in the door glass left open.
A door glass control device for a vehicle is equipped with a raindrop sensor 33 to sense rainfall, an occupant sensing means 34 to sense any occupant in the cabin, an occupant existence judging means 35 to judge whether an occupant exists in the cabin on the basis of the sensing result of the occupant sensing means 34, an opening/closing means 31 to open and close the door glass, and a controlling means 32 to control the operation of the opening/closing means 31. In case rainfall is sensed, the controlling means 32 closes the door glass if judgement is such that no occupant exists in the cabin, and if any in the cabin, refrains from closing, so that it is possible to prevent the door glass opened according to the occupant' will from being closed against his will while the rainwater is certainly prevented from intruding into the cabin from the opening in the door glass which is left open unintentionally.
ODATE SHOTARO
SATO FUMITADA
IJIMA SHINJI
Kazuaki Niki