Powered riding apparatus with electronic controls and options
OwnerDoug Manninginventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a power riding apparatus with electronic options, a wireless user interface for control such apparatus, and a wave-information-system. One embodiment of the power riding apparatus is a surf board configured with a booster system. The booster system is electrically associated with an onboard controller. The onboard controller is in wireless communication with a user interface associated with a user. The user activates the user interface as desired to control the booster system and activate other board features such as: lighting system, repellant system, anti-theft system, entertainment system, recording system, and communication system. Embodiments of the invention include surf boards, water boards of all types, as wells as boards with wheels such as skate boards.
Claims20
A water board apparatus for riding waves, said apparatus comprising:
- a board structure having the general shape and size of a traditional surfboard, comprising a top portion and an opposing bottom portion, wherein said top portion comprises a hatch movably associated with said board for allowing access to an internal void defined between said top portion and said bottom portion;
- at least one output port position generally at the rear of said board structure and extending from said void through said bottom portion;
- a controller disposed within said void, said controller comprising a processing device electrically associated with a memory and a receiver and a power source;
- a substance-source disposed within said void and mechanically associated with said output port through a flow path wherein said substance-source comprises a container filled with a pressurized substance;
- a thrust-valve disposed between said substance-source and said output port and electrically associated with said controller, wherein said thrust-valve is configured to open and close in response to valve-control-signals received from the controller thereby selectively allowing and preventing the release of said pressurized substance from said substance-source through said output port;
- a user interface module separate from said water board apparatus and configured for being associated with a water board apparatus operator, said user interface module in wireless communication with said controller and configured to generate and transmit thrust-control-signals in response to movements made by said operator;
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- wherein said controller is configured to receive thrust-control-signals transmitted from said user interface module, said controller further configured to use at least part of said thrust-control-signal to generate said valve-control-signals thereby allowing said operator to selectively generate thrust without a direct mechanical connection between said water board apparatus and said operator.
A portable user interface for controlling a powered riding apparatus, wherein said powered riding apparatus comprises a controller comprising a receiver, said controller configured to control said powered riding apparatus in response to received apparatus-control-signals, said portable user interface comprising:
- a housing configured for being associated with and carried by a powered riding apparatus user;
- a processing device disposed within said housing and electrically associated with at least one of (a) on-chip memory and (b) off-chip memory;
- a first transmitter disposed within said housing and electrically associated with said processing device, said first transmitter configured for relatively short range communications between said user and said powered riding apparatus;
- a user-control-signal-generator configured for being mechanically associated with said user and configured to generate user-control-signals in response to input from said user;
- a control signal interface disposed within said housing and in communication with said user-control-signal-generator and further electrically associated with said processing device, wherein said user control signal interface is configured to transfer said user control signals to said processing device;
- a display electrically associated with said processing device;
- a power source disposed within said housing and electrically associated with at least one of said processing device, said first transmitter, said control signal interface, user-control-signal-generator and said display;
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- wherein said processing device is configured to generate apparatus-control-signals in response to said user-control-signals and transmit said apparatus-control-signals to a controller associated with said powered riding apparatus.
A wave-information-system for providing surfers with information on approaching waves while surfing, said wave-information-system comprising;
- a buoy module configured for being associated with a buoy and further configured for detecting a plurality of wave parameters;
- a buoy controller (a) that is one of integral to and (b) electrically associated with said buoy module, said buoy controller comprising a processing device electrically associated with a memory, a transmitter, a location-data-sensor, and a power source;
- wherein said processing device is configured to receive wave-data from said buoy module and transmit a wave-data-signal to a remote device;
- wherein said wave-data-signal comprises at least one wave parameter, a time stamp, and buoy time data;
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- a portable user interface configured for being associated with a surfer and further configured for receiving said wave-data-signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.