Stand-up vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11939011-B2
Application number	US-202117470563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2021
Priority date	Sep 11, 2020
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

A stand-up vehicle includes a vehicle upper portion, a handrail, one or more biometric information sensors, and one or more processors. The vehicle upper portion has a riding surface on which a user stands. The handrail is provided at an upper portion of the vehicle and is gripped by a user. The one or more biometric information sensors are at least one of a sensor provided on a handrail and a weight sensor provided below a riding surface and having the riding surface as a weight detection surface, and detect biometric information of the user. The one or more processors perform notification processing for notifying a user of biometric information detected by the one or more biometric information sensors.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stand-up vehicle comprising:
a vehicle upper portion having a riding surface configured for a user to stand on;
a handrail arranged on the vehicle upper portion, the handrail configured for the user to grip;
one or more biometric information sensors being at least one of a sensor installed on the handrail and a body weight sensor arranged below the riding surface and using the riding surface as a body weight detecting surface, the one or more biometric information sensors being configured to detect biometric information of the user; and
one or more processors configured to:
execute notification processing to notify the user of the biometric information detected by the one or more biometric information sensors;
execute abnormality determination processing to determine whether or not there is an abnormality in the biometric information detected by the one or more biometric information sensors; and
execute report processing to notify an outside of the stand-up vehicle of a request for rescue of the user when the abnormality determination processing determines that there is the abnormality.

2. The stand-up vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more biometric information sensors include a pulse sensor installed on the handrail.

3. The stand-up vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more biometric information sensors include a body temperature sensor installed on the handrail.

4. The stand-up vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
in the notification processing, the one or more processors transmit the biometric information detected by the one or more biometric information sensors to a mobile terminal of the user whose biometric information is detected.

5. The stand-up vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to display the biometric information transmitted from the one or more processors in the notification processing, wherein
the display is disposed so as to face the user whose biometric information is detected, and has a surface structure that limits a viewing angle of the display within a predetermined range.

6. The stand-up vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more biometric information sensors include a pulse sensor installed on the handrail, and
the one or more processors are further configured to:
in the abnormality determination processing, determine whether or not a time increase rate of pulse detected by the pulse sensor is higher than a first threshold; and
execute the report processing when the time increase rate is higher than the first threshold.

7. The stand-up vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more biometric information sensors include the body weight sensor, and
the one or more processors are further configured to:
in the abnormality determination processing, determine whether or not body weight detected by the body weight sensor fluctuates in a fluctuation range higher than a second threshold; and
execute the report processing when the body weight detected by the body weight sensor fluctuates in the fluctuation range higher than the second threshold.

8. The stand-up vehicle according to claim 7 , further comprising a recording device that records at least one of a sound and an image of at least one of a riding space located on the riding surface and a periphery of the stand-up vehicle, wherein
the one or more processors are configured to execute recording processing to operate the recording device to record the at least one of the sound and the image when determining in the abnormality determination processing that the body weight detected by the body weight sensor fluctuates in the fluctuation range higher than the second threshold.

9. The stand-up vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more biometric information sensors include a body composition sensor that includes a pair of electrodes installed on the handrail and detects body composition information when the pair of electrodes are in contact with both hands of the user.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Narita Saki
• Kanata Tetsuya
• Iwami Yozo
• Honda Daisaku
• Katsumata Yuhei
• Fukudome Hideki
• Watabe Takuya
• Ichikawa Naoko
• Maniwa Yuta
• Nishikawa Yuki

Classifications

• B60K35/80

  Arrangements for controlling instruments · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/85

  Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/50

  Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence) · CPC title