Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – Responsive to sensing of acceleration – deceleration – or tilt...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-09
2010-06-22
Morris, Lesley (Department: 3611)
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
Responsive to sensing of acceleration, deceleration, or tilt...
Reexamination Certificate
active
07740099
ABSTRACT:
A transporter that includes a platform for supporting a load and at least one primary ground-contacting element. The transporter includes an actuator for applying torque to the at least one primary ground-contacting element for propelling the transporter with respect to a surface. The transporter also includes a controller for controlling the actuator, the controller includes an input for receiving specification by a user of a desired direction of travel based on a position of a member with respect to a fiducial axis, a differentiator for calculating a rate of change of the position of the member with respect to the fiducial axis, and a processor for generating a yaw command signal based at least on the position of the member and the rate of change of the position of the member which is weighted based on the level of experience of the user.
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Field J. Douglas
Gansler Michael T.
LeMay Philip
Stevens Jon M.
Morris Lesley
Pierce Atwood LLP
Segway Inc.
Yeagley Daniel
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