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Title:
METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014121190
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a method of controlling an electric vehicle provided with means of restricting the command speed safely even when the distance to an obstacle varies discontinuously.

An electric wheelchair 11 comprises a vehicle body portion 12 having a plurality of actuators 22 rotating a plurality of wheels 21 independently, an operation input portion 13 detecting an operation direction and an operation amount inputted by an operator, an obstacle sensor 14 detecting a distance to an obstacle, a moving target creation portion creating a moving target for the vehicle body portion 12 according to the operation direction and the operation amount detected in the operation input portion 13, a moving target restriction portion restricting the magnitude of the moving target with a specified value according to the distance to the obstacle detected by the obstacle sensor 14 and a wheel drive portion driving the actuators 22 on the basis of the moving target.


Inventors:
KUME YOHEI
SHIMODA TOMOHIRO
OTA AKIHIRO
TSUKADA SHOHEI
KAWAKAMI HIDEO
Application Number:
JP2012275384A
Publication Date:
June 30, 2014
Filing Date:
December 18, 2012
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
PANASONIC CORP
International Classes:
B60L15/00; A61G5/04; B62K5/007; G05D1/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroki Naito
Kentaro Fujii
Ikuro Terauchi