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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Takenaka, Saitama, JP;
Shinya Shirokura, Saitama, JP;
Hideo Murakami, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Araki, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inverted pendulum type vehicle with a tiltable rider mounting section has a first travel operation unit and a second travel operation unit, which are disposed with an interval provided therebetween in the longitudinal direction and which are capable of traveling in all directions. In a situation wherein a predetermined representative point of the vehicle or the first travel operation unit is to be moved rightward or leftward, the traveling operations of the first travel operation unit and the second travel operation unit are controlled such that the travel velocity of the first travel operation unit and the travel velocity of the second travel operation unit in the lateral direction are different from each other.