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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Yohei Kume, Osaka, JP;

Tomohiro Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;

Akihiro Ohta, Osaka, JP;

Shohei Tsukada, Hyogo, JP;

Hideo Kawakami, Osaka, JP;

Tohru Nakamura, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Yohei Kume, Osaka, JP;

Tomohiro Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;

Akihiro Ohta, Osaka, JP;

Shohei Tsukada, Hyogo, JP;

Hideo Kawakami, Osaka, JP;

Tohru Nakamura, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B62D 51/00 (2006.01); B62D 51/04 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01); B62B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 15/2036 (2013.01); B62D 51/001 (2013.01); B62D 51/002 (2013.01); B62D 51/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 2200/16 (2013.01); B60L 2200/34 (2013.01); B60L 2220/46 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2250/10 (2013.01); B60L 2250/24 (2013.01); B60L 2260/28 (2013.01); B60L 2260/34 (2013.01); B60L 2270/145 (2013.01); A61G 5/043 (2013.01); A61G 5/046 (2013.01); A61G 2203/14 (2013.01); B62B 5/0069 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electric vehicle which travels by driving actuators includes: a monitor unit which monitors external environment or internal environment of the electric vehicle; an alarm unit which outputs, based on monitoring information obtained by the monitoring unit, a vibration velocity signal indicating velocity which changes in a cycle; a travel information generation unit which calculates a target travel velocity based on a steering direction and a control input provided by an operator of the electric vehicle, and generates travel control information for controlling the actuators based on the target travel velocity; and a control unit which controls the actuators based on the travel control information. The travel information generation unit regenerates the travel control information by adding the vibration velocity signal to the target travel velocity upon receiving the vibration velocity signal.


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