US 12,117,842 B2
User control device for a transporter
Bob Peret, Bedford, NH (US); Stewart M. Coulter, Bedford, NH (US); Dean Kamen, Bedford, NH (US); and Derek G. Kane, Manchester, NH (US)
Assigned to DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed by DEKA Products Limited Partnership, Manchester, NH (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/339,560.
Application 18/339,560 is a continuation of application No. 17/014,770, filed on Sep. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,720,115.
Application 17/014,770 is a continuation of application No. 15/486,980, filed on Apr. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,802,495, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/322,522, filed on Apr. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0341863 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01); A61G 5/06 (2006.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01); B60L 15/10 (2006.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01)
CPC G05D 1/0223 (2013.01) [A61G 3/0808 (2013.01); A61G 5/06 (2013.01); A61G 5/061 (2013.01); A61G 5/104 (2013.01); A61G 5/1043 (2013.01); A61G 5/1051 (2016.11); A61G 5/1059 (2013.01); A61G 5/1067 (2013.01); B60L 15/10 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); A61G 2203/14 (2013.01); A61G 2203/22 (2013.01); A61G 2203/30 (2013.01); G01S 19/01 (2013.01); Y02T 10/64 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. Method of storing a transporter in a vehicle, wherein the transporter comprises a sensor and a processor configured to execute instructions to control motion of the transporter and the vehicle comprising a door, the vehicle and door defining a storage compartment having a doorway, said method comprising:
segmenting data from the sensor and defining segmented data;
identifying a plane in the segmented data;
identifying the door and/or the doorway in the plane;
positioning the transporter for entering the doorway based on said identifying;
generating a first signal for opening the door;
generating a second signal for moving the transporter through the doorway; and
generating a third signal for closing the door.