Electric mobility vehicle system in a facility
AssigneeWHILL, Inc.
InventorsYusuke Takei, Seiya Shimizu, Keisuke Kawahara
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Abstract
An electric mobility vehicle in a facility includes a mobility body having a wheel, a driving unit driving the wheel, and a seat for the user, and sensors, and the mobility body has a controller which controls the driving unit for at least one of automatic driving and automatic stopping by using detected data of the sensor, the controller is configured to be able to set a detection cancel area, which is an area where a part of the user can exist in front of the user, the electric mobility vehicle further includes a lower side sensor which detects an object to be avoided from under a footrest surface or from a front end portion of a footrest portion.
Claims17
An electric mobility vehicle on which a user is to be seated to ride, the electric mobility vehicle comprising:
- a mobility body having a wheel, a motor for driving the wheel, and a seat on which the user is to be seated;
- and
- a sensor provided in the mobility body, wherein
- the mobility body comprises a controller which controls the motor by using detected data of the sensor for at least one of automatic driving, automatic stopping, or a combination of the automatic driving and the automatic stopping,
- the controller is configured to be able to set a detection cancel area, in the detected data,
- the sensor provided in the mobility body is constructed and arranged to sense objects in the detection cancel area,
- the detection cancel area is set at a front side area of the seat, and includes at least a front-side cancel area located at a front side relative to a footrest portion of the electric mobility vehicle,
- the electric mobility vehicle further includes a lower side sensor which is capable of detecting an object to be avoided in a lower side area from under a footrest surface for the user, from a front end portion of the footrest portion, or from under a lower surface of the electric mobility vehicle,
- the lower side area includes an area under the front-side cancel area, a lower side of the front-side cancel area, or a combination of the area under the front-side cancel area and the lower side of the front-side cancel area, and
- the controller controls the motor for an evading operation when the lower side sensor detects the object to be avoided in the lower side area.
An electric mobility vehicle on which a user is to be seated to ride, the electric mobility vehicle comprising:
- a mobility body having a wheel, a motor for driving the wheel, and a seat on which the user is to be seated;
- and
- a sensor provided in the mobility body to be positioned above an upper end of a front wheel, the front wheel being the wheel or another wheel, wherein
- the mobility body comprises a controller which controls the motor by using detected data of the sensor for automatic driving, automatic stopping, or a combination of the automatic driving and the automatic stopping,
- the controller is configured to be able to set a detection cancel area, in the detected data,
- the sensor provided in the mobility body is constructed and arranged to sense objects in the detection cancel area,
- the detection cancel area is set to include at least a front-side cancel area located at a front side relative to a footrest portion of the electric mobility vehicle or a footrest-portion cancel area located over the footrest portion,
- the electric mobility vehicle further includes a lower side sensor located below the upper end of the front wheel, wherein the lower side sensor is capable of detecting an object to be avoided in a lower side area from under a footrest surface for the user, from a front end portion of the footrest portion, or from under a lower surface of the electric mobility vehicle, the lower side area includes at least an area under the front-side cancel area or an area under the footrest-portion cancel area, and
- the controller controls the motor for an evading operation when the lower side sensor detects the object to be avoided in the lower side area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.