University of South Florida

Merry Lynn Morris

Thomas Messerschmidt

Tim John Lewis

Franco Lodato

Alex Chou

Sravan Kumar Elineni

Neil Edmonston

M Jeffrey Hornick

Scott Bayus

Kathryn Jeanne De Laurentis

Mark Rumsey

Erin Smalley

Tolga Akkoc

Konstantin Popov

Matthew Alan Wills

Peter Schrock

In one embodiment, a hands-free user interface device includes a first plate, a second plate spaced from the first plate, a sensor associated with the plates adapted to detect when the first plate pivots relative to the second plate, and a controller adapted to receive signals from the sensor and output control signals to another component based upon the received signals.

Hands-free user interface devices

An omnidirectional mobility apparatus. The current invention is an omnidirectional, remote-controlled mobility apparatus, similar to a wheelchair, which allows the transport of an individual or object(s). The device includes a cubic-shaped base with wheel wells on each vertical side of said base. Within each wheel well is a wheel set, such that the front and rear wheel sets face each other and the left and right wheel sets face each other. The circumference of each wheel set includes a plurality of transverse-facing, smaller wheels disposed incrementally within each wheel set along the circumference of each wheel set, such that a portion of the smaller wheels protrude outside the circumference of each wheel set. This allows the mobility apparatus to propel in any direction. Also included in the device are an adjustable, interchangeable footrest and chair assembly.

Omni-directional remote-controlled mobility apparatus

Omnidirectional mobility device

Mobility chair

An electrically operable wheelchair having a seat, a base with a pair of motors respectively coupled with the main support wheels, a position detection assembly, and a controller coupled with the position detection assembly and the motors for controlling wheelchair operation in order to effect desired wheelchair movements. The hands-free input device of the invention, which includes the position detection assembly and a position detection device, provides input signals representative of desired wheelchair movements to the controller. The position detection device detects the position of the seat. Movement of the seat, rather than a joystick, creates the voltage signals which are then transmitted to the wheelchair controller.

Hands-free powered mobility device

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Tampa, FL, United States of America

Merry Lynn Morris