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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2008
M. Jeffrey Hornick, Riverview, FL (US);
Merry Lynn Morris, Tampa, FL (US);
Scott Bayus, Tampa, FL (US);
Erin Smalley, Zephyrhills, FL (US);
Tolga Akkoc, Ankara, TR;
Konstantin Popov, Lutz, FL (US);
Peter Schrock, Sarasota, FL (US);
M. Jeffrey Hornick, Riverview, FL (US);
Merry Lynn Morris, Tampa, FL (US);
Scott Bayus, Tampa, FL (US);
Erin Smalley, Zephyrhills, FL (US);
Tolga Akkoc, Ankara, TR;
Konstantin Popov, Lutz, FL (US);
Peter Schrock, Sarasota, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
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.