Patent ID: 9411340
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A63C,B60L,B62D,B62J,B62K,G05D,G08B,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A transporter comprising: at least one wheel; a motorized drive arrangement imparting a torque to the at least one wheel; a plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors being a pitch sensor sensing a pitch of at least a portion of the transporter; and a controller executing a control loop, the control loop generating, based at least in part on the sensed pitch, a control signal controlling the motorized drive arrangement, the control signal specifying, for the motorized drive arrangement, a torque, the control loop altering the control signal to pitch the transporter in a direction different from a current direction of travel of the transporter if a current speed of the transporter exceeds a first threshold.