Personal Mobility Device having Autonomous Features

A personal mobility device (PMD) having a chassis operable to carry at least one Person and configured to operate at least indoors comprising:

• a processor at least partially disposed upon the chassis;
• a data store in data communication with the processor and comprising navigational data usable by the processor to plot a navigable route for the PMD;
• a human-machine interface in data communication with the processor and operable to permit a user to access and control the functions of the processor;
• a prime mover at least partially disposed upon the chassis and operable to rotate a number of wheels of the PMD;
• a steering system at least partially disposed upon the chassis and operable to steer the direction of motion of the PMD;
• a navigation controller operable to control the operations of the prime mover and the steering system;
• a number of environmental sensors disposed upon the chassis operable to generate environmental data describing the environment in which the PMD is disposed;
• a location sensor disposed upon the chassis and operable to generate position data describing the position of the vehicle using a coordinate scheme;
• and
• an interactivity sensor at least partially disposed upon the chassis operable to detect other interactivity sensors not associated with the PMD,
• wherein the processor is in data communication with the navigation controller, the number of environmental sensors, the location sensor, and the interactivity sensor and is operable to utilize data from the data store and data gathered by the number of environmental sensors, location sensor, and interactivity sensors to operate the prime-mover controller according to a plotted navigable route.