MOVING APPARATUS WITH DRIVE POWER ASSISTING DEVICE AND MOVEMENT CONTROLLING METHOD

Title:

MOVING APPARATUS WITH DRIVE POWER ASSISTING DEVICE AND MOVEMENT CONTROLLING METHOD

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/1997/045316

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A moving apparatus is mainly driven by man power for a man to travel and provided with a drive power assisting device. The moving apparatus detects a travelling condition by detecting a speed of rotation of a rotating unit such as wheels without contacting the rotating unit, and permits the drive power assisting device to supply an assiting drive power to the rotating unit in accordance with a speed change information, which a driver issues on the basis of a travelling information detected, to thereby perform a smooth travelling even when travelling only by man power becomes difficult.

Inventors:

HAYASHI TOSHIRO (JP)
NANAE YUICHI (JP)
HAYASHI HIROYOSHI (JP)
KATAGIRI ICHIRO (JP)
SATO NAOMASA (JP)
ENDO TETSUO (JP)
ITOH HIROYUKI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP1997/001740

Publication Date:

December 04, 1997

Filing Date:

May 23, 1997

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SONY CORP (JP)
HAYASHI TOSHIRO (JP)
NANAE YUICHI (JP)
HAYASHI HIROYOSHI (JP)
KATAGIRI ICHIRO (JP)
SATO NAOMASA (JP)
ENDO TETSUO (JP)
ITOH HIROYUKI (JP)

International Classes:

B60L11/18; B62M6/45; B62M6/50; B62M6/60; H02J7/14; H02K7/14; H02K11/04; H02K21/22; H02K29/10; G01R31/36; (IPC1-7): B62M23/02; H02K9/00

Foreign References:

JPH07196070A	1995-08-01
JPH06219368A	1994-08-09
JPH0976983A	1997-03-25
JPH07172377A	1995-07-11
JPH07215263A	1995-08-15
JPH07156856A	1995-06-20
JPH09123982A	1997-05-13
JPS5682686A	1981-07-06
JPH0833302A	1996-02-02
JPS62182050U	1987-11-18
JPH08268361A	1996-10-15
JPH07149280A	1995-06-13

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