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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
Stanley Cutler, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Alton B. Otis, Jr., Port Townsend, WA (US);
Taylor Chau, Cerritos, CA (US);
Inseat Solutions LLC, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Abstract
A remote controlled massage device includes a remote control unit having a microprocessor, a keypad, and a transmitter, the microprocessor being programmed for generating output data directly corresponding to individual keystrokes of the keypad that define activation of particular vibrator elements, operation in particular time-variant power level sequences, relative vibration intensity, and relative speed of advancing through the time-variant power sequences. The transmitter has a transducer for radiating signals corresponding to the output data, for reflection from a ceiling under which the device is located, the data being transmitted in plural identical packets having a header, a sequence number, a device code program data, and an error code, subsequent sets of the identical packets having different sequence numbers. A massage unit of the device includes a cushion; electrically powered vibrator elements in the cushion; a detector supportable in an upwardly directed orientation relative to the cushion for receiving the reflected radiation signals; and a micro controller system electrically connected for driving the vibrator elements in a plurality of modes having variant power levels in response to the detector, the packets being validated using the error code and a settable device code of the massage unit, storing the sequence number of a last-received valid packet. Next-received valid packets having sequence numbers matching that of a last-received valid packet are ignored.