JP2008213802A - Power control signal input device for engine and motor in vehicle to be operated by human beings such as automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate fatigue and a lack of exercise to be caused by operation of an automobile and an electric wheelchair. <P>SOLUTION: In a vehicle to be operated by human beings such as an automobile, as a power control signal for an engine and an electric motor, voltage to be generated by pedaling or manually operating a generator fitted to the vehicle is used. The vehicle does not move as long as a user does not move. The vehicle moves when the user moves his/her body and exercises. Blood circulation failure to be caused during operation is thereby eliminated, and the user can feel refreshment with operation, and a lack of exercise due to operation is eliminated. A braking signal is determined based on a difference of the pedaling direction, and acceleration, deceleration and braking can be controlled. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

The present invention is an input device that replaces an accelerator pedal used for accelerating and decelerating a vehicle such as an automobile driven by a person.

Conventionally, a method of operating a lever attached to an accelerator pedal or a bar handle has been used for speed control of an automobile. In order to maintain the output of an engine or electric motor, it was necessary to fix the accelerator pedal and lever in place. Even in an electric wheelchair, the speed was kept constant by fixing the joystick at a fixed position on a flat ground.

Keeping the access pedal and lever in a fixed position while driving a car or electric wheelchair makes the driving person more tired than moving the muscles. In other words, fatigue during driving is often caused by the fact that the muscles must remain taut for a long time in order to fix the accelerator pedal in a certain position. It is desirable to provide a speed control device that uses the generation of electrical signals generated by moving the body, reduces driving fatigue, and also eliminates lack of exercise during driving. Therefore, in the present invention, a signal is generated by moving an object and used for speed control. This provides a solution to the lack of exercise caused by fatigue that occurs during driving and reduced walking time due to driving. Hitherto, it has been publicly known to generate a power generator with a foot pad to solve the lack of exercise (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-188119). Also, a method for driving an electrically assisted vehicle using the power of a foot in a three- or four-wheeled vehicle is known (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-211573). This method is based on the assumption that the power of the foot is used as driving energy for partial driving.

Concept of trying to solve a problem

The signal input device invented for power control of the engine and electric motor uses the electricity generated by the person who moves to move and move as a control signal for acceleration / deceleration. Therefore, it is not an idea that the energy generated by moving the human body is the driving energy. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-211153 targets that the generated energy and the energy required for running are substantially the same. However, in the present invention, external power such as 100 times the power generated by moving a human body is generated. The system is intended to control a large amount of power, and power generation by the human body is characterized in that it is simply used as a control signal.

Action

In conventional vehicle speed control, the movement of the throttle lever or control voltage is generated in conjunction with the accelerator pedal and lever. On the other hand, an electric motor can generate electricity when there is relative movement of the coil in a magnetic field.

In the present invention, the driver operating using this action uses the electricity generated by the relative movement of the magnet and the coil as the acceleration / deceleration control voltage signal of the automobile.

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below.

An example of a device that uses the voltage generated by motion to accelerate and decelerate an automobile is shown.

When the acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle is a voltage-controlled vehicle 1

This paper describes the case of an automobile that uses voltage control to input the acceleration / deceleration of the automobile. Figure 1 shows the case of a foot pedal. When the driver rotates the pedal 1 with his / her foot, the generator 2 connected to the shaft generates a voltage corresponding to the rotation speed. By converting this voltage level and connecting it to the acceleration / deceleration input terminal of the car, the speed control of the car is performed instead of the conventional accelerator pedal and lever. As a result, when accelerating, it is necessary to row the foot according to its size. This means that those who drive must move their bodies even when driving at a constant speed. By exercising, it is possible to resolve the accumulation of muscle fatigue, and by driving further, it becomes possible to resolve the lack of exercise.

When the acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle is a voltage-controlled vehicle 2

The level of power necessary for power generation with respect to the power generated by a certain car can be switched by attaching the electrical load 4 of the generator to a large or small size and changing it with the switch 5. If the load is almost eliminated, no force is required for rowing, it can simply be moved (Fig. 2).

When the acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle is a voltage-controlled vehicle 3

By reversing the direction of rotation of the foot pedal 1, a signal for braking the vehicle can be generated at the generator output terminal 3, and the acceleration and braking of the vehicle can be controlled by the foot pedal of FIG. 1. (FIG. 3). Utilizing the fact that the polarity of the generated voltage of the generator 2 is reversed when the direction of rotation by the pedaling pedal 1 is different, and when the voltage of the output terminal 3 generated by the generator 2 is positive, connect to the acceleration signal . When the voltage of the output terminal 3 generated by the generator 2 is negative, it is connected to the braking signal of the car. In an electric vehicle, a negative generated voltage is used as a signal to start regenerative braking to return running energy to the battery. In these judgments, a diode 6 can be used for safety.

When the acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle is a voltage controlled vehicle 4

It is also possible to control the car to move backward by reversing the direction of rotation of the toes. The speed control of the car was achieved by moving the wheel forward when the voltage at the generator output terminal 3 was positive and moving backward when the voltage was negative.

When the acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle is a voltage-controlled vehicle 5

A cylindrical container 7 containing a coil 8 and a magnet 9 is used as shown in FIG. Although the coil 8 is fixed to the cylindrical container 7, the magnet 9 can move freely in the cylindrical container 7. The voltage 10 generated in the coil when the driver performs relative movement between the magnet 9 and the coil 8 is used as a speed control signal. This makes it possible to control the speed of the car according to the strength of the arm movement. An example of this is shown in FIG.

When the acceleration / deceleration of a car is a mechanically controlled car

In an automobile in which acceleration / deceleration of the automobile is controlled by a mechanical position such as a carburetor, the electric signal 3 generated by the method [008] to [012] is changed to a position signal by the servo motor 11 as shown in FIG. Then, the accelerator lever 12 was driven, and the accelerator and brake control could be performed.

When using an object with a built-in acceleration sensor

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which an object 14 incorporating an acceleration sensor 13 is used, and an output of a vehicle is controlled using an acceleration signal generated by moving the object 14.

In this case, two or more control signals are generated by using a plurality of acceleration sensors so that the movement of each location where each sensor is attached is changed, and the left and right directions of the vehicle to be boarded by the calculation are calculated. You can control the movement of.

By using a sensor that can detect rotational movement instead of the acceleration sensor, the movement of the object that the driver has is given a rotational movement. Forward and backward can be controlled.

  For the objects [0014] to [0016], usability can be improved by transmitting signals of acceleration and rotational motion to the receiver installed in the vehicle with a transmitter with built-in acceleration and rotation signals, and communicating wirelessly.

The invention's effect

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention is a device that can solve the driver's fatigue reduction and the lack of exercise caused by driving an automobile or an electric welfare vehicle such as an electric wheelchair. In the rowing method, not only the fatigue of the foot but also the exercise including the sitting waist is performed, and it is possible to solve the poor blood circulation of the lower body that often occurs in long-distance driving, a new utility for future motorization Can be expected to contribute.

Schematic diagram of foot row input method Example of load switching method for rowing input An example of a method of acceleration / braking by foot input Example of a method of generating an acceleration signal by hand movement Example of acceleration / deceleration by attaching this method to a mechanical speed control vehicle Example of controlling the output of a vehicle using an acceleration signal generated by the motion of an object with a built-in accelerometer

Claims (3)

In order to eliminate fatigue and lack of exercise caused by stepping on the accelerator when driving a vehicle such as a car, instead of using the electricity generated by the movement of a generator by a human to control the output of a vehicle such as a car In order to eliminate fatigue and lack of motion caused by continuing to step on the accelerator when driving a vehicle such as an automobile, an electrical signal generated by moving another object and an acceleration sensor built in it is used to Used for vehicle output control An apparatus for recording and recording electric energy generated by a human according to claim 1.

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