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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Tetsuya Taira, Toyota, JP;
Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Akihito Nakai, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Nobuyasu Tomokuni, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Kohei Okabe, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Christian Ott, Munich, DE;
Tomoyuki Takahata, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Tetsuya Taira, Toyota, JP;
Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Akihito Nakai, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Nobuyasu Tomokuni, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Kohei Okabe, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Christian Ott, Munich, DE;
Tomoyuki Takahata, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a vehicle having high operability and its control method. A vehicle includes a passenger seat on which a passenger rides on, a chassis that support the passenger seat, wheels that move the chassis, a force sensor that outputs a measurement signal according to a force exerted on a seat surface of the passenger seat, a drive unit that drives the passenger seat so as to change an angle of the seat surface of the passenger seat, and a control calculation unit that calculates a reference input used to drive the wheels and the drive unit based on a drive amount of the drive unit, a balanced position posture of the passenger seat, and the measurement signal from the force sensor.