Hands accelerating control system
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1. A touch free vehicle control system comprising:
- a controller capable of controlling acceleration and braking of a vehicle; and
a gesture interface device having one or more touchless sensors being one of the group consisting of Leap Motion® and
charge coupled device that directly detect a one more gestures and a position of a driver'"'"'s appendage within a range of movement without any physical touching between said one or more touchless sensors and said driver'"'"'s appendage, wherein said one or more touchless sensors send a signal to said controller that is indicative of said one or more gestures and said position of said driver'"'"'s appendage within said range of movement, wherein different movements of said driver'"'"'s appendage cause said controller to generate different command signals from said controller; and
at least two or more spring loaded finger pedals positioned at a location relative to said one or more touchless sensors allowing said one or more sensors to send a signal to said controller that is indicative of the position of said appendage, which is a driver'"'"'s finger within said range of movement, where a first one of the said two or more finger pedals are interpreted by said controller to be one of said one or more gestures and defines a range of movement for an accelerator pedal and a second of said two or more finger pedals is interpreted by said controller to be a second one of said one or more gestures and defines a range of movement for a brake pedal, wherein depressing the accelerator causes said controller to cause acceleration of said vehicle and depressing the brake pedal causes said controller cause braking of said vehicle based solely on said position of said driver'"'"'s finger in said range of movement, wherein said position of said driver'"'"'s fingers within the range of movement controls a magnitude of acceleration or a magnitude of braking.
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Abstract
A touch vehicle control system having a gesture interface device with one or more touchless sensors that detect a position of a driver'"'"'s appendage within a range of movement detected by the sensors. The touchless sensors send a signal to the controller that is indicative of the position of the driver'"'"'s appendage within the range of movement which is then interpreted to be a vehicle command signal for a vehicle'"'"'s mechanical system. Command signals include, but are not limited to acceleration, braking, parking brake, turn signals, etc.
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12 Claims
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1. A touch free vehicle control system comprising:
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a controller capable of controlling acceleration and braking of a vehicle; and a gesture interface device having one or more touchless sensors being one of the group consisting of Leap Motion® and
charge coupled device that directly detect a one more gestures and a position of a driver'"'"'s appendage within a range of movement without any physical touching between said one or more touchless sensors and said driver'"'"'s appendage, wherein said one or more touchless sensors send a signal to said controller that is indicative of said one or more gestures and said position of said driver'"'"'s appendage within said range of movement, wherein different movements of said driver'"'"'s appendage cause said controller to generate different command signals from said controller; andat least two or more spring loaded finger pedals positioned at a location relative to said one or more touchless sensors allowing said one or more sensors to send a signal to said controller that is indicative of the position of said appendage, which is a driver'"'"'s finger within said range of movement, where a first one of the said two or more finger pedals are interpreted by said controller to be one of said one or more gestures and defines a range of movement for an accelerator pedal and a second of said two or more finger pedals is interpreted by said controller to be a second one of said one or more gestures and defines a range of movement for a brake pedal, wherein depressing the accelerator causes said controller to cause acceleration of said vehicle and depressing the brake pedal causes said controller cause braking of said vehicle based solely on said position of said driver'"'"'s finger in said range of movement, wherein said position of said driver'"'"'s fingers within the range of movement controls a magnitude of acceleration or a magnitude of braking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A touch free vehicle control system comprising:
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a controller capable of controlling acceleration and braking of a vehicle; and a gesture interface device having an enclosed well containing one or more touchless sensors being one of the group consisting of Leap Motion® and
a charge coupled device, wherein said one or more sensors directly detect a one more gestures and a position of a driver'"'"'s appendage within a range of movement without any physical touching between said one or more touchless sensors and said driver'"'"'s appendage, wherein said one or more touchless sensors send a signal to said controller that is indicative of said one or more gestures and said position of said driver'"'"'s appendage within said range of movement, wherein different movements of said driver'"'"'s appendage cause said controller to generate different command signals from said controller, said enclosed well having an aperture where said driver places said appendage within said enclosed well so that movement of said appendage are detected by said one or more sensors and accidental movement in the area of said one or more sensors is prevented; anda glove having detection points on said glove, wherein said glove is worn on a driver'"'"'s hand and said one or more touchless sensors detect said detection points on said glove and determine driver commands based on movements of said detection points; at least two or more spring loaded finger pedals positioned at a location relative to said one or more touchless sensors allowing said one or more sensors to send a signal to said controller that is indicative of the position of said appendage, which is a driver'"'"'s finger within said range of movement, where a first one of the said two or more finger pedals are interpreted by said controller to be one of said one or more gestures and defines a range of movement for an accelerator pedal and a second of said two or more finger pedals is interpreted by said controller to be a second one of said one or more gestures and defines a range of movement for a brake pedal, wherein depressing the accelerator causes said controller to cause acceleration of said vehicle and depressing the brake pedal causes said controller cause braking of said vehicle based solely on said position of said driver'"'"'s finger in said range of movement, wherein said position of said driver'"'"'s fingers within the range of movement controls a magnitude of acceleration or a magnitude of braking. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A touch free vehicle control system comprising:
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a controller capable of controlling acceleration and braking of a vehicle; and a gesture interface device having one or more touchless sensors, the one or more touchless sensors are one or more of the group consisting of Leap Motion® and
a charge coupled device that directly detect a one more gestures and a position of a driver'"'"'s appendage within a range of movement without any physical touching between said one or more touchless sensors and said driver'"'"'s appendage, wherein said one or more touchless sensors send a signal to said controller that is indicative of said one or more gestures and said position of said driver'"'"'s appendage within said range of movement, wherein different movements of said driver'"'"'s appendage cause said controller to generate different command signals from said controller; andat least two or more spring loaded finger pedals positioned at a location relative to said one or more touchless sensors allowing said one or more sensors to send a signal to said controller that is indicative of the position of said appendage, which is a driver'"'"'s finger within said range of movement, where a first one of the said two or more finger pedals are interpreted by said controller to be one of said one or more gestures and defines a range of movement for an accelerator pedal and a second of said two or more finger pedals is interpreted by said controller to be a second one of said one or more gestures and defines a range of movement for a brake pedal, wherein depressing the accelerator causes said controller to cause acceleration of said vehicle and depressing the brake pedal causes said controller cause braking of said vehicle based solely on said position of said driver'"'"'s finger in said range of movement, wherein said position of said driver'"'"'s fingers within the range of movement controls a magnitude of acceleration or a magnitude of braking. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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