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TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE OVERTURN PREVENTION METHOD AND DEVICE

  • US 20150183480A1
  • Filed: 04/25/2013
  • Published: 07/02/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A two-wheeled vehicle overturn prevention method, comprisingpresetting maximum allowable lean angles corresponding to vehicle body velocities in relation to lean angles of a vehicle body,estimating an estimated lean angle, which is a lean angle of the vehicle body after a predetermined amount of time, on the basis of a temporal change in an actual lean angle of the vehicle body,estimating an estimated vehicle body velocity, which is a vehicle body velocity of the vehicle body after the predetermined amount of time, on the basis of a temporal change in an actual vehicle body velocity of the vehicle body, andin a case where the estimated lean angle exceeds or looks to exceed a maximum allowable lean angle corresponding to the estimated vehicle body velocity, adapting the two-wheeled vehicle overturn prevention method to accelerate the vehicle body or keep the vehicle body from decelerating.

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