CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPENING/CLOSING ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control apparatus of a vehicle opening/closing member that allows a user to be aware of the operation process up until operation or actuation of the opening/closing element to thereby prevent the user from being put in a confused situation. Provided are a user authentication unit that authenticates the user, a physical expression detecting unit that detects a physical representation of the user, an operation determining unit that determines an operating state of at least one of the user authentication unit and the physical expression detecting unit, and a notification unit that notifies of a determination result of the operating state.