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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Daisuke Ishii, Sunto-gun Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Daisuke Sato, Susono, JP;
Hiroki Izu, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroki Morita, Hiratsuka, JP;
Kei Sato, Toyota, JP;
Masaki Nanahara, Toyota, JP;
Kazumi Serizawa, Toyota, JP;
Hironobu Tanaka, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo-to, JP;
Shunsuke Mogi, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Akihiro Kusumoto, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle equipped with a plurality of omni-directional wheels includes a grounding part that supports the vehicle by grounding to a ground surface, a moving mechanism to protrude the grounding part from the bottom of the vehicle toward the ground surface, and a controller for controlling the moving mechanism so as to ground said grounding part to the ground surface. The controller is configured to control the moving mechanism so as to ground the grounding part to the ground surface when the vehicle is detected to have stopped.