| 摘要 |
<p>A door handle apparatus (1) for opening and closing a vehicle door (2), the door handle apparatus (1) includes an informing portion (11) for visually informing a state of the vehicle door (2), including a locking/unlocking state thereof, to a user by a decorative light, which is a visible light, an operation detecting portion for optically detecting an active-direct operation to the door handle apparatus (1) by the user based on changes in an detection light, and an optical waveguide (6) for transmitting the decorative light and the detection light, which is inputted from a first end portion of the optical waveguide (6), to a second end portion of the optical waveguide (6), the optical waveguide (6) functioning as the informing portion (11) by leaking the decorative light on a transmission path so as to be outwardly emitted and as the operation detecting portion (12) by outputting the detection light from the second end portion of the optical waveguide (6).</p> |
