An IR system in the mobility support system to expand the field of activities for personal mobility vehicles

In this paper, we propose a system called mobility support system (MSS) in order to expand the field of activities of personal mobility vehicles (PMVs). We validate a method using an infrared (IR) system that is one of the components of MSS for providing self-localization for PMVs. To this end, we use the IR system to perform experiments for estimating the angle of approach of the PMV toward an IR marker so as to pass through a narrow space such as a ticket gate in a station. Our results show that this system determined the angle of approach with accuracy.