A drive unit usable in an electrically assisted wheelchair includes a controller to acquire an output signal from a torque sensor and an output signal from a speed sensor; measure a time period in which a first state, where the output signal from the torque sensor indicates that a forward-direction torque applied to a hand rim has a value no smaller than a first predetermined value, continues; and when the measured time period is a first time period or longer, start control of an electric motor in a cruise control mode by which the electrically assisted wheelchair runs while keeping a running speed at a target speed.


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    Title :

    Electrically assisted wheelchair, drive unit, control method and computer program


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    Publication date :

    2024-10-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    A61G TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS , Transport, persönliche Beförderungsmittel, oder Lagerung besonders ausgebildet für Kranke oder Behinderte / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H02P CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS , Steuern oder Regeln von elektrischen Motoren, elektrischen Generatoren, dynamoelektrischen Umformern



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