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Electric vehicle and method of controlling the same

  • US 8,938,328 B2
  • Filed: 07/09/2012
  • Issued: 01/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electric vehicle which travels by driving actuators, the electric vehicle comprising:

  • a monitor unit configured to monitor external environment or internal environment of the electric vehicle;

    an alarm unit configured to output a vibration velocity signal indicating velocity and vibration, based on monitoring information obtained by the monitor unit, the velocity being changeable in a cycle, and the vibration being larger when the vibration velocity signal is based on the monitoring information on the external environment of the electric vehicle than when the vibration velocity signal is based on the monitoring information on the internal environment of the electric vehicle;

    a travel information generation unit configured to calculate a target travel velocity based on a steering direction and a control input provided by an operator of the electric vehicle, and generate travel control information for controlling the actuators based on the target travel velocity; and

    a control unit configured to control the actuators based on the travel control information,wherein the travel information generation unit is configured to regenerate the travel control information by adding the vibration velocity signal to the target travel velocity upon receiving the vibration velocity signal.

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