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AssigneeSegway Inc.
InventorsJohn David Heinzmann, Jon M. Stevens, Raymond Debruin, Anthony Foale, Joseph Hoell, Jr., Patrick A. Hussey, Alexander Muller
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Method for controlling a vehicle that includes a support, at least one wheel, a platform coupled to the at least one wheel, a coupling structure having a support portion coupled to the support and a platform portion coupled to the platform that allows the support portion to move or slide fore and aft with respect to the platform portion, an actuator coupled to the coupling structure to control the position of the support portion relative to the platform portion, a drive coupled to the at least one wheel to deliver power to the at least one wheel to propel the vehicle and maintain the platform level, and a controller coupled to the drive to control the drive and coupled to the actuator to control the actuator.
A method for controlling a dynamically-balanced vehicle, the vehicle comprising a support, at least one wheel, a coupling structure having a support portion coupled to the support and a ground portion coupled to the at least one wheel that allows the support portion to move or slide fore and aft with respect to the ground portion, a drive coupled to the at least one wheel to dynamically balance the vehicle and provide power to the at least one wheel to propel the vehicle, an actuator coupled to the coupling structure to control fore-aft movement of the support portion relative to the ground portion, a controller coupled to the drive to control the drive and coupled to the actuator to control the actuator, the method comprising:
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