Electricity: motive power systems – Positional servo systems – Vehicular guidance systems with single axis control
Patent
1996-04-30
1998-04-14
Ip, Paul
Electricity: motive power systems
Positional servo systems
Vehicular guidance systems with single axis control
318139, 318489, 180 662, 180 71, 180210, 901 1, 701 23, G05D 102
Patent
active
057396574
ABSTRACT:
A controlling apparatus for representing the motion of a normal wheeled omni-directional vehicle (ODV) in a relative coordinate system, and for effectively controlling the ODV and a controlling method thereof. Drive wheels are connected to four corners of the body of the ODV through offset links that can be independently steered. With the offset links, even if the body stops, it can be reoriented without a need to perform a forced direction change operation. The traveling speed of the body, the turning radius of the body, and the angle between the horizontal axis of the body and the traveling direction thereof are defined as relative variables of a relative coordinate system. With these relative variables, the motion of the ODV is designated. The designated motion of the body is converted into the time change or the displacement (drive speed) and the steering angle of each wheel by inverse kinematics. The corresponding control signals are sent to a driving unit of the wheels. Thus, the body is turned with a turning radius about a predetermined point. Consequently, the body can be controlled corresponding to control commands based on the body. In addition, the measured results of the drive speeds and the steering angles of the wheels can be converted into relative variables by forward kinetics so as to determine the motion of the body.
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Mori Yoshikazu
Nakano Eiji
Takahashi Takayuki
Takayama Kuniharu
Fujitsu Limited
Ip Paul
Nakano Eiji
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