Patent ID: 9268335
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B60L,B62D,B62K,G05D,G06F,G16Z,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An autonomous vehicle comprising: at least one distance measurement means for measuring a distance to a road surface, the distance measurement means being disposed in a vehicle main body; inclination calculation means for calculating an inclination of the vehicle main body based on the distance measured by the distance measurement means; posture calculation means including a sensor that detects at least one of an angular speed and an acceleration of the vehicle main body, the posture calculation means being configured to calculate the inclination of the vehicle main body based on a sensor value detected by the sensor; and failure determination means for determining occurrence of a failure in each distance measurement means and the posture calculation means by comparing the inclination of the vehicle main body calculated by the inclination calculation means with the inclination of the vehicle main body calculated by the posture calculation means.