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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Kai Concepts, Llc, Alameda, CA (US);

Inventors:

Donald Lewis Montague, Paia, HI (US);

Joseph Andrew Brock, Alameda, CA (US);

Jamieson Edward Schulte, Alameda, CA (US);

Daniel Elliot Schabb, Alameda, CA (US);

Alec Korver, Monument, CO (US);

Assignee:

Kai Concepts, LLC, Alameda, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B63B 32/10 (2020.01); B63B 32/66 (2020.01); B63H 21/17 (2006.01); B63H 21/21 (2006.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 21/21 (2013.01); B63B 32/10 (2020.02); B63B 32/66 (2020.02); B63H 21/17 (2013.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); B63H 2021/216 (2013.01); B63H 2025/028 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, a wireless remote controller for a personal watercraft is provided that includes a watertight body and a rotatable thumbwheel disposed on an upper surface of the watertight body. The remote controller includes at least one magnet affixed to the thumbwheel such that the at least one magnet rotates with the thumbwheel. The remote controller includes a magnetic sensor configured to produce magnetic field data in at least two axes. The remote controller includes a processor operably coupled to the magnetic sensor and communication circuitry configured to communicate control signals to an associated personal watercraft. The processor is configured to determine an angular position of the thumbwheel based at least in part on the magnetic field data in each of the at least two axes and to generate a control signal based at least in part on the determined position of the thumbwheel.


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