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Foot placement sensor and self-balancing personal transportation device having same

  • US 10,040,503 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2017
  • Issued: 08/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A self-balancing vehicle device, comprising:

  • a first wheel;

    a first motor for driving the first wheel;

    a first foot platform associated with the first wheel;

    a position sensor and electronic control configured such that the electronic control is coupled to the first motor and the first motor drives the device towards fore-aft self-balancing based on data from the position sensor; and

    a first foot presence sensor having an emitter that emits an emission and a detector that detects the emission, wherein the emitter and detector are spaced from one another and positioned such that the propagation path of the emission from emitter to detector passes over a portion of the first foot platform.

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