Development of fundamental key technology for next generation intelligent electric wheelchair for outdoor environment

随着日本老龄化社会的迅速发展，老年人轮椅的开发势在必行。为了开发适合老年人的轮椅，智能是先决条件，以辅助适当的安全驾驶。在本报告中，我们描述了下一代户外环境智能电动轮椅的基础关键技术。报告的组织可分为(1)利用独特的全向摄像头进行先进图像处理的户外环境识别，(2)电动轮椅控制补偿两轮轮椅的可控性，(3)利用差分GPS等惯性传感器进行系统集成及其在航点导航中的应用。

Because of rapidly growing the aging society in Japan, development of wheelchair for elderly people will necessary. In order to develop wheelchair for elderly people, intelligence is prerequisite, to assist appropriate safety driving. In this report, we describe development of fundamental key technology for next generation intelligent electric wheelchair for outdoor environment. The organization of report can be categorized into(1) outdoor environment recognition by using advanced image processing with unique Omni-directional camera, (2) electric wheel chair control to compensate controllability of two wheeled wheelchair, (3) system integration and its application of waypoint navigation by using differential GPS and other inertial sensors.