System, method and apparatus for orientation control
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsDirk Albertus van der Merwe, Thomas A. Doyon
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Abstract
A system for control of a device includes at least one sensor module detecting orientation of a user's body part. The at least one sensor module is in communication with a device module configured to command an associated device. The at least one sensor module detects orientation of the body part. The at least one sensor module sends output signals related to orientation of the user's body part to the device module and the device module controls the associated device based on the signals from the at least one sensor module.
Claims20
A sensor module comprising:
- an IMU having at least one orientation sensor;
- a sensor CPU in communication with the at least one orientation sensor;
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- wherein the sensor CPU receives input signals from the at least one orientation sensor of the IMU;
- and
- wherein the sensor CPU outputs a pitch, a roll and a yaw of the IMU.
A sensor module adapted to be attached to footwear, the sensor module comprising:
- a support comprising at least one circuit board;
- at least one orientation sensor disposed on the support and adapted to detect orientation;
- a sensor CPU disposed on the support and in communication with the at least one orientation sensor through the at least one circuit board;
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- a power supply having a battery disposed on the support for supplying power to the sensor module through the circuit board.
A control system for controlling an associated device, the control system comprising:
- a sensor module comprising:
- an IMU detecting orientation in at least one axes;
- and
- a sensor CPU in communication with the IMU;
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- a device module in communication with the sensor module, the device module in communication with the associated device;
- wherein the device module receives a pitch signal, a roll signal and a yaw signal from the sensor module and commands the associated device based on at least one of the pitch signal, the roll signal and the yaw signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.