Specialist control for a wheelchair
AssigneeMunevo GmbH
InventorsClaudiu Hidas, Julius Baron, Aashish Trivedi, Deepesh Pandey, Konstantin Madaus
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Abstract
The invention relates to a special controller for an electric wheelchair (D), comprising an element for inputting commands (input element) and an adapter box (B) for transmitting data of the input element to an input/output module (C) of the electric wheelchair (D), wherein the data of the input element are transmittable wirelessly to the adapter box (B) and the input element comprising a wearable computer system (wearable) (A).
Claims19
A special controller for an electric wheelchair having an input/output module, comprising
- an input element for inputting commands
- wherein the input element comprises a wearable
- including a pair of smart glasses adapted to enable the user to navigate through a displayed menu with the aid of an included display screen via gestures;
- wherein the wearable further comprises sensors and a processor that is configured to store wheelchair driving calibration data in the wearable and to convert signals of the sensors according to the wheelchair driving calibration data stored in the wearable into wheelchair driving commands, and
- wherein the wearable is further configured to activate a calibration mode upon selection of a menu item via the displayed menu, wherein, when in the calibration mode, the wearable uses the sensors to detect one or more gestures of the user and uses the detected one or more gestures of the user to determine the wheelchair driving calibration data, and
- an adapter box for wirelessly receiving the wheelchair driving commands from the wearable and for transmitting the wheelchair driving commands to the input/output module of the electric wheelchair.
A method of controlling an electric wheelchair, comprising:
- receiving commands via a wearable having an input element including a pair of smart glasses adapted to enable the user to navigate through a displayed menu with the aid of an included display screen via gestures;
- and
- wirelessly transmitting data of the input element to an input/output module of the electric wheelchair for use in controlling the electric wheelchair;
- wherein the wearable includes sensors and further including, using a processor of the wearable convert signals of the sensors according to calibration data stored in the wearable into wheelchair driving commands which are transmitted to the input/output module of the electric wheelchair, and
- enabling, upon selection of a menu item in the displayed menu, activation of a calibration mode on the wearable in which the calibration data are adaptable by the user of the electric wheelchair, and further including, when the wearable is in in the calibration mode, using the sensors to detect one or more gestures of the user and using the detected one or more gestures of the user to determine the wheelchair driving calibration data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.