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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Douglas A. Moore, Fairview, TX (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 5/10 (2006.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 5/1005 (2013.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01); A61G 5/1075 (2013.01); A61G 2203/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wheelchair system comprises a wheelchair comprising a seat, one or more first sensors disposed on or within the seat, one or more second sensors configured to communicate with the one or more first sensors and configured to be associated with a user to determine if the user is falling out of the wheelchair, wherein, upon detection that the user is falling out of the wheelchair, the wheelchair is configured to automatically stop.