Development of Automatic Driving System for Personal Mobility Vehicles using Small Sensor Terminal

In recent years, Personal Mobility Vehicle (PMV) have been attracting much attention as the new future vehicle. In this paper, we propose a new control system which provides automatic driving function or driving support function to PMVs using a small sensor terminal named“Portable”. This system enables to add intelligent functions to various PMVs by attaching the Portable. In this paper we introduce two types of intelligent PMVs, standing type mobility and electric wheelchair, and show experimental results in indoor and outdoor environments including a theme park.