Etiquette-based vehicle having pair mode and smart behavior mode and control systems therefore
AssigneePiaggio Fast Forward Inc.
InventorsGreg Lynn, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Mitchell Weiss
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Abstract
A self-powered vehicle comprises a mechanical drive system, a set of sensors, and a controller coupled to the mechanical drive system to move the vehicle. The self-powered vehicle can operate in a plurality of modes, including a training mode and a smart behavior mode. In the training mode, the vehicle follows a trajectory of a user, and stores the trajectory in memory. In the smart behavior mode the vehicle autonomously traverses the stored trajectory.
Claims18
A method of operating a self-powered vehicle, the vehicle comprising a set of sensors, a mechanical drive system to cause movement of the vehicle, a controller coupled to the mechanical drive system, to manage movement of the vehicle, and a memory, the method comprising:
- initiating a training mode on the vehicle at a starting location;
- following, by the vehicle in the training mode, with hysteresis dynamics, a trajectory of a user from the starting location to an ending location;
- storing, by the vehicle in the training mode, a velocity-versus-position profile over the trajectory along which the vehicle shall have followed the user;
- ending the training mode at the ending location;
- storing, to the memory, the starting location, the trajectory of the user, and the ending location;
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- entering, by the self-powered vehicle, a smart behavior mode, in which the vehicle autonomously traverses the trajectory of the user using the stored velocity-versus-position profile.
A self-powered vehicle comprising,
- a set of sensors;
- a mechanical drive system to cause movement of the vehicle,
- a controller, coupled to the mechanical drive system and the set of sensors, to manage movement of the vehicle, and
- a memory coupled to the controller;
- wherein the controller is configured:
- to initiate a training mode on the vehicle at a starting location;
- to drive the vehicle to follow, in the training mode with hysteresis dynamics, a trajectory of a user from the starting location to an ending location;
- to end the training mode at the ending location;
- to store, in the training mode to the memory, the starting location, the trajectory of the user, a velocity-versus-position profile over the trajectory along which the vehicle shall have followed the user, and the ending location;
- to enter a smart behavior mode, in which the vehicle autonomously traverses the trajectory of the user using the stored velocity-versus-position profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.