Two-wheel self-balancing vehicle with independently movable foot placement sections
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1. A two-wheel, self-balancing vehicle device, comprising:
- a first foot placement section and a second foot placement section that are coupled to one another and are independently movable with respect to one another rotatable along an axis passing through a first wheel and a second wheel;
asaid first wheel associated with the first foot placement section and asaid second wheel associated with the second foot placement section, the first and second wheels being spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another;
a first position sensor and a first drive motor configured to drive the first wheel, a second position sensor and a second drive motor configured to drive the second wheel; and
control logic that drives the first wheel toward self-balancing the first foot placement section in response to position data from the first sensor and that drives the second wheel toward self-balancing the second foot placement section in response to position data from the second foot placement section.
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Abstract
A two-wheel, self-balancing personal vehicle having independently movable foot placement sections. The foot placement sections have an associated wheel, sensor and motor and are independently self-balancing which gives the user independent control over the movement of each platform section by the magnitude and direction of tilt a user induces in a given platform section. Various embodiments are disclosed including those with a continuous housing, discrete platform sections and/or tapering platform sections.
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1. A two-wheel, self-balancing vehicle device, comprising:
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a first foot placement section and a second foot placement section that are coupled to one another and are independently movable with respect to one another rotatable along an axis passing through a first wheel and a second wheel; asaid first wheel associated with the first foot placement section and asaid second wheel associated with the second foot placement section, the first and second wheels being spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another; a first position sensor and a first drive motor configured to drive the first wheel, a second position sensor and a second drive motor configured to drive the second wheel; and control logic that drives the first wheel toward self-balancing the first foot placement section in response to position data from the first sensor and that drives the second wheel toward self-balancing the second foot placement section in response to position data from the second foot placement section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A two-wheel self-balancing vehicle device, comprising:
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a first foot placement section and a second foot placement section that are coupled to one another and are independently rotatable along an axis passing through a first wheel and a second wheel; said first wheel associated with the first foot placement section and said second wheel associated with the second foot placement section, the first and second wheels being spaced apart and substantially parallel to one another; a first position sensor and a first drive motor configured to drive the first wheel a second position sensor and a second drive motor configured to drive the second wheel; and control logic that drives the first wheel toward self-balancing the first foot placement section in response to position data from the first sensor and that drives the second wheel toward self-balancing the second foot placement section in response to position data from the second sensor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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