Control method for electrical adjustable table

• US 10,455,932 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2018
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TiMOTION Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: TiMOTION Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Dong-Jye, Wu, Chou-Hsin, Chou, Pen-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V
• Application Number:
  US15/972,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20180249821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 541 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0062 Electronically user-adaptable, height-adjustable desk or table
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/00 Tables with tops of variable height lecterns with variable height A47B19/06; school forms or desks with variable height A47B39/02, A47B41/02; seats with variable height A47C3/20

Abstract

A control method of an electrical adjustable table is provided. The control method of the electrical adjustable table includes following steps. Initialize an internal setting value or a user setting value. Enter a static status. Extend or shrink a table foot for adjusting the height of a table plate heading to a first direction according to an operation to a hand control device. Stop adjusting the height of the table plate when a motion sensor unit is used and detects the table plate tilted during adjusting the height of the table plate. The method effectively prevents the table plate to keep lifting when the table plate hits an obstacle to avoid objects fallen, the obstacle damaged or malfunction of the electrical adjustable table.

Claims

1. A control method of an electrical adjustable table, the electrical adjustable table comprising a table plate, at least one table foot, a lifting structure, a hand control device, at least one motion sensor unit and a control box, the control method comprising:

a) activating an internal setting value or a user setting value at the control box for completing initialization setting;

b) entering a standby status for enabling to be operable;

c) receiving an operation via the hand control device and controlling the lifting structure to extend or shrink the at least a table foot in a first direction according to the operation to adjust a height of the table plate;

d) controlling the lifting structure to stop adjusting the height of the table plate when sensing the table plate being tilted via the at least one motion sensor unit during adjusting the height of the table plate;

e) retrieving a first length of the at least one table foot during adjusting the height of the table plate;

f) retrieving a second length of the at least one table foot after a first time period elapses;

g) when determining that an extending or shrinking speed of the at least one table foot being too fast according to the first length, the second length and the first time period, controlling the lifting structure to slow down the extending or shrinking speed; and

h) when determining the extending or shrinking speed being too slow according to the first length, the second length and the first time period, controlling the lifting structure to increase the extending or shrinking speed.

2. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor unit is a gyroscope or an accelerometer sensor, and the step d) is performed by sensing a first tilt angle via the motion sensor unit and determine whether the table plate is tilted according to the first tilt angle.

3. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 2, wherein the step d) is performed by determining the table plate being tilted when the first tilt angle is not less than 0.3 degree.

4. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 1, wherein the step d) comprises further controlling the lifting structure to adjust the table plate to a second direction opposite to the first direction to adjust the height of the table plate to a safety distance when stopping adjusting the height of the table plate.

5. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 4, wherein the step d) is performed by further controlling the lifting structure to adjust the height of the table plate heading the first direction after controlling the lifting structure to adjust the table plate heading to the second direction to the safety distance.

6. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 1, wherein the electrical adjustable table further comprises at least one obstacle sensor unit;

after the step c), the control method further comprises a step i);

entering a safety mode when sensing an obstacle via the at least one obstacle sensor unit during adjusting the height of the table plate.

7. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 6, wherein after step i), the following steps are performed:

j1) sensing a first distance between the table plate and the obstacle via the obstacle sensor unit in the safety mode; and

j2) controlling the lifting structure to stop adjusting the height of the table plate and issue a first warning if determining the first distance being not larger than a first distance setting value.

8. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 7, wherein after the step j1, the following step j3) is performed:

if determining that the first distance being not less than a second distance setting value, controlling the lifting structure to adjust the height of the table plate heading to the first direction, wherein the second distance setting value is larger than the first distance setting value.

9. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 6, wherein the electrical adjustable table further comprises a horizontal moving structure;

after the step i), a step j4 is comprised;

controlling the horizontal moving structure to adjust the position of the table plate horizontally to avoid meeting the obstacle.

10. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 1, wherein the electrical adjustable table further comprises a warning unit;

after the step b), a step k) is comprised;

when sensing the table plate being tilted via the motion sensor unit in the standby status, entering a response mode and controlling the warning unit to issue a warning.

11. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 10, wherein the step k) is performed by sensing a second tilt angle via the motion sensor unit and determining the table plate being tilted when the second tilt angle is not less than 1 degree.

12. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 10, wherein the electrical adjustable table further comprises a table foot plate driver structure and at least one table foot plate;

a step l1) is performed after the step k);

controlling the table foot plate driver structure to extend the at least one table foot plate in the response mode.

13. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 10, wherein a step l2) is comprised after the step k):

controlling the lifting structure to lower the height of the table plate in the response mode.

14. The control method of the electrical adjustable table of claim 10, wherein the electrical adjustable table further comprises a horizontal moving structure;

a step l3) is comprised after the step k);

controlling the horizontal moving structure to adjust the position of the table plate horizontally in the response mode.