CONTROL FEATURES FOR A BALANCING TRANSPORTER

• Main Authors: FIELD, J., DOUGLAS, STEVENS, JON, M, KERWIN, JOHN, M, AMSBURY, BURL, KAMEN, DEAN, L, POMPA, JONATHAN, B, LUND, JEREMY, B, MORRELL, JOHN, B, ROBINSON, DAVID, W, HEINZMANN, JOHN, DAVID, LANGENFIELD, CHRISTOPHER, C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.12.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; CYCLES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR; RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Methods for controlling the motion of a balancing transporter while supporting a rider or under riderless conditions and for safely limiting the speed of the transporter, and, additionally, for battery load sharing in order to maintain equal charge between dual power sources. The transporter has two laterally disposed primary wheels. In accordance with the methods, an input is received via a user input a control signal corresponding to the input received is genarated. Then a torque is applied to the laterally disposed wheels so as to propel the transporter on the basis of at least the control signal, conditioned in accordance with methods described in the invention. L'invention concerne des procédés permettant de commander le mouvement d'un moyen de transport en équilibre lorsqu'il transporte un utilisateur ou lorsqu'il n'en transporte pas, de limiter sans risque la vitesse du moyen de transport, et, éventuellement, de répartir la charge d'une batterie pour maintenir une charge égale entre des sources d'énergie plurielles. Le moyen de transport comprend deux roues principales latérales. Ces procédés consistent à recevoir un signal fourni par un utilisateur, à produire un signal de commande correspondant au signal fourni par l'utilisateur, puis à appliquer un couple aux roues pour propulser le moyen de transport sur la base du signal de commande produit.