Electric vehicle and method for controlling electric vehicle

摘要

An omni-directional electric vehicle includes: a body having a chair portion; an operation detection unit which detects an operation direction and an operation amount of an operation input; a travel control information generation unit which generates, based on the operation direction and the operation amount, travel control information including (i) a target straight-movement speed for moving the body in a forward/backward direction and (ii) a target rotation speed for rotating the body about a rotation center; and a control unit which drives a movement mechanism of the body according to the travel control information. The travel control information generation unit-changes, based on the target straight-movement speed, the rotation center for the target rotation speed from a reference position which is set virtually and fixedly to the body in the forward/backward direction.

主权项

1. An omni-directional electric vehicle, comprising:
a body having a chair portion on which a user sits; a first detector configured to detect an operation direction and an operation amount of an operation input by the user; and at least one hardware processor configured to execute a program so as to operate as: a first processor configured to generate, based on the operation direction and the operation amount, travel control information including (i) a target straight-movement speed for moving the body in a forward/backward direction set to the body and (ii) a target rotation speed for rotating the body about a rotation center set on the body; and a controller configured to cause the body to turn a corner or a curve according to the travel control information so as to currently perform straight-movement and rotational movement of the body, wherein the first processor is configured to dynamically shift, based on the target straight-movement speed, a position of the rotation center in the forward or backward direction from a reference position previously and fixedly set on the body, and when a magnitude of the target rotation speed is greater than or equal to a threshold, the first processor is configured to dynamically shift the position of the rotation center in a direction closer to an inner side of the corner or the curve.