Patent ID: 9188984
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A63C,B60L,B62D,B62J,B62K,G05D,G08B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A transporter for transporting a user, the transporter comprising: a platform supporting the user; 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 for controlling the motorized drive arrangement, the control signal specifying, for the motorized drive arrangement, the torque, the controller altering the control signal to pitch the transporter in a direction opposite a current direction of travel of the transporter if a current speed of the transporter exceeds a threshold.