Wireless handheld controller for use with a watercraft device
AssigneeKai Concepts, LLC
InventorsDonald Lewis Montague, Joseph Andrew Brock, Jamieson Edward Schulte, Daniel Elliot Schabb
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Abstract
A modular, weight-shift controlled watercraft device is disclosed which includes a wireless handheld throttle controller comprising a body configured to avoid water intrusion, a throttle control interface configured to receive an input controlling a speed of the watercraft, a memory storing an operator profile setting, a wireless transmitter configured to communicate wirelessly with a microcontroller of the watercraft, a processor configured to communicate control information to the microcontroller of the watercraft via the wireless transmitter.
Claims20
A wireless handheld controller for use with a hydrofoiling watercraft, the wireless handheld controller comprising:
- a throttle input interface configured to receive a throttle input to control a speed of a propulsion motor of a hydrofoiling watercraft operable to move the hydrofoiling watercraft through a body of water and a selection of an operator profile setting;
- a throttle microcontroller operable to communicate wirelessly with a microcontroller of the hydrofoiling watercraft;
- the throttle microcontroller communicatively coupled to the throttle input interface and configured to receive the throttle input and the selected operator profile setting via the throttle input interface, the throttle microcontroller configured to wirelessly communicate control information to the microcontroller of the hydrofoiling watercraft based at least in part on the throttle input and the selected operator profile setting to operate the propulsion motor of the hydrofoiling watercraft;
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- wherein the control information wirelessly communicated from the throttle microcontroller is configured to cause operation of the propulsion motor of the hydrofoiling watercraft based at least in part on the selected operator profile setting.
A wireless handheld throttle controller for controlling a hydrofoiling watercraft, the wireless handheld throttle controller comprising:
- a throttle control mechanism configured to be engaged by an operator to generate a throttle control signal to control the operation of a propulsion motor of a hydrofoiling watercraft to cause the hydrofoiling watercraft to move in a body of water;
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- a throttle microcontroller operably coupled to the throttle control mechanism to receive the throttle control signal from the throttle control mechanism, the throttle microcontroller configured to wirelessly communicate an enabling signal including control information to a microcontroller of the hydrofoiling watercraft based at least in part on the throttle control signal to operate the hydrofoiling watercraft;
- wherein loss of the enabling signal causes the hydrofoiling watercraft to cease operation of the propulsion motor of the hydrofoiling watercraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.