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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Yoshitaka Hane, Kyoto, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A pushcart includes a main body, a pair of main wheels, a supporter, an auxiliary wheel, a blocking unit, a switching lever, a slope angle sensor, a gyrosensor, a driver unit, and a supporter rotary encoder. The supporter rotary encoder detects an intersecting angle which is an angle formed by the main body and the supporter, and outputs the detected result to a controller. The gyrosensor detects an angular velocity of the main body in a pitch direction and outputs the detected result to the controller. The controller performs inverted pendulum control in a first control mode based on the detected results of the gyrosensor and the supporter rotary encoder. The controller performs inverted pendulum control in a second control mode based on the detected result of the gyrosensor.