Vehicle and its control method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8504248
APP PUB NO 20110172886A1
SERIAL NO

13063310

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To provide a vehicle having high operability and its control method. A vehicle includes a passenger seat on which a passenger rides on, a chassis that support the passenger seat, wheels that move the chassis, a force sensor that outputs a measurement signal according to a force exerted on a seat surface of the passenger seat, a drive unit that drives the passenger seat so as to change an angle of the seat surface of the passenger seat, and a control calculation unit that calculates a reference input used to drive the wheels and the drive unit based on a drive amount of the drive unit, a balanced position posture of the passenger seat, and the measurement signal from the force sensor.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHATOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYOBUNKYO-KU TOKYO 113-8654

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Matsumoto, Kiyoshi Bunkyo-ku, JP 83 1242
Nakai, Akihito Bunkyo-ku, JP 9 65
Ohmura, Yoshiyuki Bunkyo-ku, JP 5 126
Okabe, Kohei Bunkyo-ku, JP 2 51
Ott, Christian Munich, DE 33 383
Taira, Tetsuya Toyota, JP 71 379
Takahata, Tomoyuki Bunkyo-ku, JP 7 96
Tomokuni, Nobuyasu Bunkyo-ku, JP 1 50

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