Systems and methods for reactively reorienting a moving vehicle
AssigneesToyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Yasuda, Andrea Michelle Rios Lazcano
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Abstract
Systems and methods described herein relate to reactively reorienting a moving vehicle. In one embodiment, a reactive moving-vehicle reorientation system detects automatically, at an over-actuated vehicle, a predetermined situation while the over-actuated vehicle is traveling on a roadway. The system also controls automatically the wheels of the over-actuated vehicle to rotate the cabin of the over-actuated vehicle sideways at an angle relative to the direction of travel of the over-actuated vehicle in response to detecting the predetermined situation. Multiple applications of this capability are described herein.
Claims20
A system for reactively reorienting a moving vehicle, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- detect automatically, at an over-actuated vehicle, a predetermined situation while the over-actuated vehicle is traveling on a roadway, wherein the over-actuated vehicle is a vehicle whose wheels can be independently propelled and steered;
- and
- control automatically the wheels of the over-actuated vehicle to rotate a cabin of the over-actuated vehicle sideways at an angle relative to a direction of travel of the over-actuated vehicle in response to detecting the predetermined situation, wherein the wheels continue to roll in the direction of travel as the over-actuated vehicle continues to travel along the roadway with the cabin rotated at the angle.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for reactively reorienting a moving vehicle and storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- detect automatically, at an over-actuated vehicle, a predetermined situation while the over-actuated vehicle is traveling on a roadway, wherein the over-actuated vehicle is a vehicle whose wheels can be independently propelled and steered;
- and
- control automatically the wheels of the over-actuated vehicle to rotate a cabin of the over-actuated vehicle sideways at an angle relative to a direction of travel of the over-actuated vehicle in response to detecting the predetermined situation, wherein the wheels continue to roll in the direction of travel as the over-actuated vehicle continues to travel along the roadway with the cabin rotated at the angle.
A method, comprising:
- detecting automatically, at an over-actuated vehicle, a predetermined situation while the over-actuated vehicle is traveling on a roadway, wherein the over-actuated vehicle is a vehicle whose wheels can be independently propelled and steered;
- and
- controlling automatically the wheels of the over-actuated vehicle to rotate a cabin of the over-actuated vehicle sideways at an angle relative to a direction of travel of the over-actuated vehicle in response to detecting the predetermined situation, wherein the wheels continue to roll in the direction of travel as the over-actuated vehicle continues to travel along the roadway with the cabin rotated at the angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.