Smart self-driving systems with motorized wheels
AssigneeLingdong Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd
InventorsOu Qi, Zhaoqiang Chen, Xingyu Lian, Guorong Ren, Bin Fan
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Abstract
A smart self-driving system includes a body, such as a piece of luggage, supported by a plurality of wheel assemblies. At least one wheel assemblies includes a wheel rotating motor configured to rotate a wheel of the wheel assembly to move the luggage in a given direction. At least one wheel assemblies includes a wheel orientation sensor configured to measure the orientation of the wheel. At least one wheel assembly includes a wheel orientation motor configured to orient the wheel in the given direction. The smart self-driving system is configured to move in forward direction that is different than a head direction of the body.
Claims27
A luggage system, comprising:
- a piece of luggage configured to store items for transport;
- three or more wheel assemblies coupled to the luggage and configured to rotate and roll in a given direction, wherein two or more of the wheel assemblies include a wheel rotating motor configured to rotate a wheel of the wheel assembly to move the luggage in the given direction;
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- a central processing unit configured to instruct a wheel control module to increase, decrease, or stop input current to the wheel rotating motors when the wheel applies a force to the luggage that is in a direction different than the given direction.
A self-driving system, comprising:
- a body;
- three or more wheel assemblies coupled to the body and configured to rotate and roll in a given direction, wherein two or more of the wheel assemblies include a wheel rotating motor configured to rotate a wheel of the wheel assembly to move the body in the given direction;
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- a central processing unit configured to instruct a wheel control module to increase, decrease, or stop input current to the wheel rotating motors when the wheel applies a force to the body that is in a direction different than the given direction.
A luggage system, comprising:
- a piece of luggage configured to store items for transport;
- and
- three or more wheel assemblies coupled to the luggage and configured to rotate and roll in a given direction, wherein two or more of the wheel assemblies include a wheel rotating motor configured to rotate a wheel of the wheel assembly to move the luggage in the given direction, and wherein the wheel assemblies are configured to move the luggage along a forward direction that is different than a head direction of the luggage.
A self-driving system, comprising:
- a body;
- and
- three or more wheel assemblies coupled to the body and configured to rotate and roll in a given direction, wherein two or more of the wheel assemblies include a wheel rotating motor configured to rotate a wheel of the wheel assembly to move the body in the given direction, and wherein the wheel assemblies are configured to move the body along a forward direction that is different than a head direction of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.