VEHICLE LEVELING SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LEVELING VEHICLES USING SMART DEVICES
First Claim
1. A leveling system for leveling a vehicle that is at rest, the leveling system comprising:
- one or more sensor devices secured to a vehicle to sense at least one of an inclination or an orientation of the vehicle in both a pitch direction and a roll direction; and
a smart device in communication with the one or more sensor devices to allow information received from the one or more sensor devices about at least one of the inclination or the orientation of the vehicle in both the pitch direction and the roll direction to be processed to provide measurements to a user and to determine the amount of adjustments needed to at least one of the pitch direction or the roll direction to level the vehicle.
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Abstract
The present subject matter provides leveling systems and processes for leveling vehicles, such as recreational vehicles. The present subject matter also relates to computer program products for leveling vehicles, such as recreational vehicles, using smart devices. The leveling system can include at least one sensor device secured to a vehicle to sense at least one of an inclination or an orientation of the vehicle in both a pitch direction and a roll direction. The leveling system can include a smart device in communication with the sensor device to allow information received from the sensor device to be processed to provide measurements to a user and to determine the amount of adjustments needed to at least one of the pitch direction or the roll direction to level the vehicle.
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43 Claims
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1. A leveling system for leveling a vehicle that is at rest, the leveling system comprising:
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one or more sensor devices secured to a vehicle to sense at least one of an inclination or an orientation of the vehicle in both a pitch direction and a roll direction; and a smart device in communication with the one or more sensor devices to allow information received from the one or more sensor devices about at least one of the inclination or the orientation of the vehicle in both the pitch direction and the roll direction to be processed to provide measurements to a user and to determine the amount of adjustments needed to at least one of the pitch direction or the roll direction to level the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7)
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5. The system according to claim 5, wherein the sensor device uses data sensed by the sensor device and stored data obtained from the smart device to perform calculations on the sensor device and transmit the calculated data to the smart device.
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6. (canceled)
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10. A method for leveling a recreational vehicle, the method comprising:
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providing a leveling system comprising one or more sensor devices secured to a vehicle to sense at least one of an inclination or an orientation of the vehicle in both a pitch direction and a roll direction and a smart device in communication with the one or more sensor devices;
measuring the pitch angle and the roll angle of the vehicle when the vehicle is at rest using the sensor device;retrieving calibration data of pitch angle and roll angle measurements taken by the sensor device when the vehicle was at an initial level position; calculating any needed change in at least one of the pitch direction or the roll direction of the vehicle using the calibration data of pitch and roll angle measurements to obtain a level position of the vehicle; and displaying the calculated change in at least one of the pitch direction or the roll direction of the vehicle on the smart device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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17. (canceled)
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19. (canceled)
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21. (canceled)
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29. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium that when executed by a processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:
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receiving on a smart device a pitch angle measurement and a roll angle measurement of a vehicle when the vehicle is at rest from a sensor device; retrieving calibration data of pitch angle and roll angle measurements taken by the sensor device when the vehicle was at an initial level position; calculating any needed change in at least one of a pitch direction or a roll direction of the vehicle using the calibration data of the pitch and roll angle measurements to obtain a level position of the vehicle; and displaying the calculated change in at least one of the pitch direction or the roll direction of the vehicle needed to obtain the level position of the vehicle on the smart device. - View Dependent Claims (38, 43)
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30-37. -37. (canceled)
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39-42. -42. (canceled)
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