Powered skateboard
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1. A powered skateboard comprising:
- a foot support;
a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support;
a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and
an active control system including;
a sensor located on the skateboard;
a controller coupled to the sensor and to the motor; and
the controller, in response to electrical signals from the sensor and electrical signals from the motor, indicating the state of the motor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to control the operation of the motor.
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Abstract
A powered skateboard including a foot support, multiple wheels mounted to the foot support, and a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels. The powered skateboard further includes an active control system having a sensor located on the skateboard and a controller. The controller receives electrical signals from the sensor and electrical signals from the motor, which indicate the state of the motor. In response to those signals and in accordance with a control mechanism, the controller sends electrical signals to the motor to control the operation of the motor.
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170 Claims
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1. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a sensor located on the skateboard; a controller coupled to the sensor and to the motor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals from the sensor and electrical signals from the motor, indicating the state of the motor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to control the operation of the motor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132)
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133. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a sensor; a detector for detecting an operational mode of the skateboard; a controller coupled to the sensor, the detector, and the motor; the controller, in response to electrical signals from the detector indicating the operational mode of the skateboard, selecting an operational mode; and the controller further, in response to electrical signals from the sensor and from the motor, and in accordance with the selected operational mode and a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to control the operation of the motor. - View Dependent Claims (134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141)
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142. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a communication mechanism for communicating information about the skateboard external to the skateboard; a controller coupled to the communication mechanism; and the controller, in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the communication mechanism to cause the communication mechanism to indicate a status of the skateboard external to the skateboard. - View Dependent Claims (143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151)
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152. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a communication device for communicating information about the skateboard external to the skateboard; a controller coupled to the communication device; the controller sending electrical signals to the communication device to cause the communication device to indicate a status of the skateboard external to the skateboard; and the controller further, in response to electrical signals received from the communication device, modifying a control mechanism and control parameters to update the control mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (153, 154, 155, 156)
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157. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a sensor; a controller coupled to receive electrical signals from the sensor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals received from the sensor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, modifying control parameters to update the control mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (158, 159, 160, 161)
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162. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a detector for detecting when a user last imposed the user'"'"'s full weight on the skateboard; a controller coupled to the detector and to the motor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals from the detector and the motor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, setting the motor torque to cause the motor to maintain a skateboard velocity established when the user last imposed the user'"'"'s full weight on the skateboard.
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163. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a detector for detecting a user'"'"'s weight distribution across the foot support; a controller coupled to the detector and to the motor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals from the detector and the motor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to activate the motor such that the skateboard velocity is accelerated and decelerated according to the user'"'"'s weight distribution across the foot support.
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164. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a segmented detector for detecting a user'"'"'s weight distribution imposed on the foot support by each of the user'"'"'s legs; a controller coupled to the detector and to the motor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals from the detector and the motor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to activate the motor such that the skateboard is accelerated and decelerated according to the user'"'"'s weight distribution imposed on the foot support by each of the user'"'"'s legs.
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165. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a segmented detector for detecting an angle between a user'"'"'s front foot and a longitudinal axis of the skateboard and an angle between the user'"'"'s back foot and the longitudinal axis of the skateboard; a controller coupled to the detector and to the motor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals from the detector and the motor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to activate the motor such that the skateboard is accelerated and decelerated according to the angles between the user'"'"'s feet and the longitudinal axis of the skateboard.
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166. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a segmented detector for detecting a user'"'"'s weight distribution across each of the user'"'"'s feet; a controller coupled to the detector and to the motor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals from the detector and the motor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to activate the motor such that the skateboard is accelerated and decelerated according to the user'"'"'s weight distribution across each of the user'"'"'s feet.
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167. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a detector for detecting a distance between the user'"'"'s feet; a controller coupled to the detector and to the motor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals from the detector and the motor, and in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to activate the motor such that the skateboard is accelerated and decelerated according to the distance between the user'"'"'s feet. - View Dependent Claims (168)
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169. A powered skateboard comprising:
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a foot support; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the foot support; a motor coupled to at least one of the wheels; and an active control system including; a detector for detecting an exercise mode of the skateboard; a controller coupled to the detector and to the motor; and the controller, in response to electrical signals from the motor and from the detector indicating the exercise mode, and in accordance with a control mechanism, sending electrical signals to the motor to cause the motor to apply a resisting torque to one or more of the plurality of wheels. - View Dependent Claims (170)
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