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Title:
INVERTED-WHEEL TYPE MOVING BODY
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011164040
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a technique for detecting that an occupant boards or starts to board and that an article other than the occupant is mounted, while differentiating between the actions.

A sensor unit 3 includes an infrared sensor 4 for human body detection capable of detecting infrared rays emitted by the occupant who boards a body 2 or starts to board it. Preferably, the infrared sensor 4 is disposed at a boarding position (step 6) of the body 2. Preferably, the sensor unit 3 further includes a beam sensor 12 for emitting visible light or infrared rays toward the occupant who boards the body 2 or starts to board it and detecting the presence of the occupant with the reflected light. Preferably, the beam sensor 12 is disposed at the boarding position (step 6) of the body 2.


Inventors:
FUWA TOSHIO
TAKEUCHI TAKESHI
DEO TAKASHI
ENOMOTO YUSUKE
KUCHIWAKI KEIICHI
Application Number:
JP2010029752A
Publication Date:
August 25, 2011
Filing Date:
February 15, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
G01V8/12; B62J99/00; B62K3/00; B62K17/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ken Ieiri