APPARATUS AND MEHTOD FOR CONTROLLING CART

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling a cart, which comprises: a left hand power sensing unit outputting the signal of the corresponding state by sensing the magnitude of force and power supply direction of a left hand gripping the handle of the cart; a right hand power sensing unit outputting the signal of the corresponding state by sensing the magnitude of force and power supply direction of a right hand gripping the handle of the cart; a control unit which is connected to the left hand power sensing unit and the right hand power sensing unit and controls the braking state of the cart by determining the moving direction of the cart using the signal outputted from the left hand power sensing unit and right hand power sensing unit; and a first electromagnetic brake and a second electromagnetic brake which is connected to the control unit. At this time, the control unit is configured to determine whether the moving direction of the cart is right direction or left direction when the left hand power supply direction determined using the signal outputted from the left hand power sensing unit and the right hand power supply direction determined using the signal outputted from the right hand power sensing unit are opposite to each other, to operate the first electromagnetic brake and the second electromagnetic brake which are disposed in the same direction as the moving direction of the cart, and to control the reduction in a first wheel and a second wheel which are disposed in the same direction as the moving direction of the shopping cart.