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US 12,709,163 B2Granted
Dismount controls for one-wheeled vehicle
AssigneeFuture Motion, Inc.
InventorsKyle Jonathan Doerksen, Daniel J. Wood
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Abstract
A control system for a tiltable vehicle may include a motor controller configured to respond to backward or reverse operation of the vehicle by hindering a responsiveness of the control system (e.g., proportionally) and/or eventually disengaging a drive motor of the vehicle. Accordingly, a user may intuitively and safely dismount the vehicle by selectively commanding reverse operation. In some examples, the backward direction may be user-defined.
Claims9
A method for operating a self-balancing electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a motor controller of a self-balancing electric vehicle, orientation information indicating an orientation of a frame of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises exactly one wheel and an electric hub motor configured to drive the wheel, and the frame is tiltable about a pitch axis oriented perpendicular to a direction of vehicle travel;
- causing the hub motor to propel the vehicle in the direction of travel using the motor controller, based on the orientation information;
- and
- responding to an indication that the vehicle is travelling in a reverse direction by automatically turning the hub motor off.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.