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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Yuma Matsumoto, Susono, JP;
Hirotaka Saito, Sunto-gun, JP;
Yuka Shiraiwa, Fuji, JP;
Takahiro Uchida, Susono, JP;
Shuji Moriyama, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 5/04 (2013.01); H02P 23/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 5/04 (2013.01); H02P 23/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric power assist device includes a processor including hardware. The processor assists human power input from a user to a drive member with power of a motor, determines whether a current position is located outdoors using a signal from a sensor, and when determination is made that the current position is located outdoors, reduces an assist amount by the motor as compared with a case where the current position is located indoors.