Patent ID: 9731784
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61G,B60L,B60W,B62K,Y02T

Claim:
1. A wheelchair electric device to cause a wheelchair to run by driving a first wheel by a first driving unit and driving a second wheel by a second driving unit, comprising: a first control unit to calculate first output information based on first input information related to a drive control of the first wheel and control the first driving unit by the first output information; a second control unit to calculate second output information based on second input information related to a drive control of the second wheel and control the second driving unit by the second output information; a first drive related information transmission unit to transmit at least part of the first input information and the first output information as first drive related information related to the drive of the first wheel; a second drive related information transmission unit to transmit at least part of the second input information and the second output information as second drive related information related to the drive of the second wheel; a first drive related information reception unit to receive the first drive related information transmitted from the first drive related information transmission unit; and a second drive related information reception unit to receive the second drive related information transmitted from the second drive related information transmission unit, wherein: the presence or absence of a drive abnormality of the first wheel is determined based on the first drive related information received by the first drive related information reception unit and the presence or absence of a drive abnormality of the second wheel is determined based on the second drive related information received by the second drive related information reception unit; the first control unit determines the presence or absence of the drive abnormality of the second wheel based on the second drive related information received by the second drive related information reception unit; and the second control unit determines the presence or absence of the drive abnormality of the first wheel based on the first drive related information received by the first drive related information reception unit.