Patent ID: 7162959
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: A63G,B61B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A transportation system for allowing a wheeled vehicle to run on its wheels between stations via a track structure formed as a pair of parallel tracks, the transportation system comprising an acceleration zone for accelerating the wheeled vehicle by propulsion supply means provided in the vicinity of the station, and an autonomous traveling zone for allowing the wheeled vehicle accelerated in said acceleration zone to travel on its wheels along the track structure in an autonomous manner without said propulsion supply means, and a gravity detector for detector for a direction of gravity applied to a seat disposed in the vehicle, and a seat posture controller for controlling a posture of said seat relative to a floor of the vehicle in accordance with an output of said gravity detector, wherein said propulsion supply means is a linear-type accelerator for accelerating the wheeled vehicle by providing a propulsion force from a first magnet located on the track to a second magnet mounted on the wheeled vehicle.