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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2020
Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc., Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Kristopher O. Lampe, South Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kelly A. Smith, Waukesha, WI (US);
William Glase, Naperville, IL (US);
Nicholas J. Scholtes, Shorewood, IL (US);
Jeffery Hotz, Naperville, IL (US);
Robert Visher, Downers Grove, IL (US);
BRUNO INDEPENDENT LIVING AIDS, INC., Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Abstract
Multi-function stairlift connectivity includes a stairlift data collection system having data collection devices communicatively connected to a main controller. Such data collection devices may include sensors, switches, controllers, detectors, control boards, and location detectors providing data and settings in a stairlift (e.g., diagnostic information, system status data, faults, drive performance data). A communication module receives collected stairlift data and communicates wirelessly with a remote communication device. Waypoint detection may include stairlift carriage position detection employing electrical contacts on a stairlift carriage. Carriage position can be determined when the carriage stops at or passes a waypoint marker that includes electrical contacts connected to a waypoint element possessing a detectable electromagnetic characteristic (e.g., an identifiable resistive value). Where resistive value are used, waypoint locations can be determined by using a different resistive value for each waypoint.