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Vehicle control system

  • US 9,518,821 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2013
  • Issued: 12/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system of control components for a vehicle, comprising:

  • a mount secured to the vehicle and configured for rigidly securing a smartphone therein such that motions experienced by the vehicle are correspondingly experienced by the smartphone, and such that an internally defined three-dimensional reference frame of the smartphone is positioned and maintained in substantial alignment with a three-dimensional reference frame of the vehicle such that, at a point in time, the orientation of the internally defined reference frame defines an orientation of the vehicle, allowing the smartphone to autonomously track and control the orientation of the vehicle in three-dimensional space in real-time; and

    system electronics arranged on the vehicle and in communication with the smartphone and electromechanical control devices, the system electronics configured to;

    receive autonomous control signals from the smartphone for controlling orientation of the vehicle in three-dimensional space, the control signals based on continuously tracked variations of the vehicle orientation from the vehicle orientation defined at the point in time; and

    based on the received control signals, control directional devices of the vehicle via the electromechanical control devices.

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