Method and apparatus for electronically controlling a motorized device
OwnerC. Rucker Ashmore, Toan D. Phaminventors
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Abstract
An electronic controller for a motorized device includes a signal generator generating an output signal to the motorized device. A non-proportional proximity sensor communicates with the signal generator. A proportional proximity sensor communicates with the signal generator. The output signal is determined as a function of respective signals communicated from the proximity sensors to the signal generator. A direction and speed of the motorized device is determined as a function of the output signal.
Claims24
An electronic controller for a motorized device, comprising:
- a signal generator generating an output signal to the motorized device;
- a non-proportional proximity sensor communicating with the signal generator;
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- a proportional proximity sensor communicating with the signal generator, the output signal being determined as a function of respective signals communicated from the proximity sensors to the signal generator, a direction and speed of the motorized device being determined as a function of the output signal.
A powered vehicle for transporting a passenger, the vehicle comprising:
- a first proximity sensor generating a direction signal;
- a second proximity sensor generating a speed signal;
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- a controller generating an output signal for moving the vehicle in a direction and at a speed as a function of the direction and speed signals, respectively.
A method for controlling a motorized device, the method comprising:
- generating a first direction signal as a function of a distance of an object relative to a first, non-proportional sensor;
- generating a speed signal as a function of a distance of the object relative to a second, proportional sensor;
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- generating an output signal for controlling the device as a function of the first direction and speed signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.