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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 3/00 (2006.01); B62K 1/00 (2006.01); B62H 1/12 (2006.01); B60B 19/00 (2006.01); B60B 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 3/007 (2013.01); B62H 1/12 (2013.01); B62K 1/00 (2013.01); B60B 19/003 (2013.01); B60B 19/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a control device for controlling a plurality of electric motors, and a portable device, such as a portable telephone, for displaying a center-of-gravity display point indicating the position of a center of gravity and outputting a command for moving the vehicle. The control device controls a first actuator device and a second actuator device so as to move the vehicle according to the command output from the portable device and the tilting of an occupant boarding member. Such inverted pendulum type vehicle makes it possible to learn how to steer the inverted pendulum type vehicle.