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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2008
Toshio Fuwa, Nisshin, JP;
Toshio Fuwa, Nisshin, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
An inverted wheel type moving body that can enhance convenience and a method of controlling the same. The inverted wheel type moving body includes a right chassis and a left chassis rotationally supporting a right driving wheel and a left driving wheel, motors rotationally driving the right driving wheel and the left driving wheel, a body rotatably supported on the right chassis and the left chassis through a right arm and a left arm, a pressure-sensitive sensor provided to judge whether a transportation object dismounts, and a control unit controlling the motors to reduce velocity upon judgment that the transportation object dismounts based on the output from the pressure-sensitive sensor when the moving body travels faster than a certain velocity, in which overturn preventing operation is executed after an absolute value of the velocity is lower than a threshold value.