URBAN VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC B62D31/02 A61G3/02 H04N7/18 B60R1/08 G08G1/16 B62D25/08 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: urban vehicle includes body (1), drives for front and rear wheels (5), external observation video cameras, radars for determination of distances to surrounding objects. Transmit-receive elements of radars (6) are located on each of wheels together with their aspect sensors. Wheel drives are equipped with individual electric motors located inside each of hubs, as well as with power devices to turn each of them in horizontal plane for any angle irrespective to other wheels, which angle is calculated by control system for a trajectory selected by driver including urban vehicle plane-parallel motion in any direction. Video cameras are installed above all doors (8), as well as at the side of body after end with possibility to transfer to display the captured image superimposed with plan of surroundings obtained using radars and navigation system and complemented with movement corridor predicted by on-board computer depending on set by driver turning centre or type of motion.

EFFECT: higher mobility and manoeuvrability of urban vehicle, as well as safety of passengers and other road users.

7 cl, 11 dwg