37results about "Manual control with multiple controlling members" patented technology

The present concepts relate to haptic controllers. In one example the haptic controller can include first and second capstans rotationally secured to a base and an energy storage mechanism connected between the first and second capstans. The example haptic controller can also include a user engagement assembly secured to the first capstan and a controller configured to control rotational forces imparted on the user engagement assembly by controlling rotational friction experienced by the first and second capstans.

To provide a work vehicle capable of switching between a forward travel and a rearward travel to travel in accordance with an operator's intention even when a changeover switch is operated incorrectly during travel.SOLUTION: A wheel loader 1 is provided with: an operation lever 34A for forward and rearward travel and an operation switch 34B for forward and rearward travel; a changeover switch 39 for outputting a changeover signal between an effective command for making the operation switch 34B for forward and rearward travel in an effective state and an ineffective command for making it in an ineffective state; and a controller 5 for controlling the forward and rearward travel of a vehicle, and further comprises a vehicle speed sensor 40 for detecting the travel state of the vehicle, wherein the controller 5 maintains a second operation signal output from the operation switch 34B for forward and rearward travel as effective when the changeover signal output form the changeover switch 39 is switched from the effective command to the ineffective command while the vehicle is travelling, and controls the forward and rearward travel of the vehicle based on a first operation signal output from the operation lever 34A for forward and rearward travel and the second operation signal output from the operation switch 34B for forward and rearward travel.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

The present invention relates to systems and methods for autonomous control of overrunning devices. In an example, a system is described that includes a control lever for controlling operation of a device, a first actuator coupled to the control lever via a rod, and a resettable frangible link coupling a second actuator to the control lever via the rod. Based on a force applied to the rod by the first actuator, the resettable frangible link enables decoupling of the second actuator from the control lever.

The present disclosure relates to an agricultural work vehicle and a method of controlling the same. The agricultural work vehicle according to the present disclosure is provided with forward and reverse switches on the outside thereof to enable the driving of the work vehicle to be manipulated from the outside of the work vehicle. According to the present disclosure, there is the effect of facilitating the work of coupling an implement to the agricultural work vehicle while ensuring stability.

A rudder pedal input control device (100, 200, 300, 400A, 400B, 500, 600) is described that utilizes a linear mechanism and a rotary joint to achieve linear motion within a compact volume. The apparatus includes a lever linkage (106, 108, 206, 208, 306, 308, 506, 606) that converts forward movement of the pedals (110, 112, 210, 212, 310, 312, 510, 610) into rotational movement of the common shaft (102, 202, 302, 502, 602) such that forward movement of one pedal (110, 112, 210, 212, 310, 312, 510, 610) causes retraction of the other pedal (110, 112, 210, 212, 310, 312, 510, 610) while allowing yaw movement control of the aircraft.

In an operation control method of an integrated control apparatus for an autonomous driving vehicle, when a steering operation is performed on both of a first joystick lever and a second joystick lever to return to neutral positions after the steering operation, a lever which is always pivoted in an adduction direction is set to a function activation state, or a lever set to the function activation state during the steering operation is continuously maintained in the function activation state until the return to the neutral position is completed after the steering operation. In the present way, a user can more easily recognize the joystick lever in the function activation state.

The control system for attachment to a collective lever in a rotorcraft which comprises a body with an extended horn portion which is generally contoured to provide for a place to rest the palm and grip the collective lever at the end in the form of an open spherical grip as opposed to the more traditional cylindrical grip used to grasp the throttle and / or collective lever directly. The control system generally includes a plurality of controls which can be manipulated by any or all of the four fingers of the hand and the thumb without need to substantially move the palm. The collective lever can also be moved without having to remove the hand from the control system or the fingers or thumb from the controls.

To improve operability.SOLUTION: In a miter saw 10, a fixing mechanism 50 includes a lever 64 and a bearing 68 that regulates rotation of a support column 42 to one side in a rotating direction at a right-angle position of a support column 42. By rotating the lever 64 about an axis AL1, the fixing mechanism 50 is switched between a fixed state and an unfixed state. Further, by performing a movement operation of moving the lever 64 toward a rear side along the axis AL1, a front-rear position of a lever unit 60 (the bearing 68) is switched from a first position to a second position, so that the restriction of rotation of the support column 42 toward the one side in the rotating direction by the bearing 68 is released. This eliminates the need for an operator to operate separate operating-portions when a head portion 32 is changed from the right-angle position to a position inclined to a right side with respect to a turntable 24. Therefore, it is possible to improve the operability when changing the position of the head portion 32 with respect to the turntable 24.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

The control system for attachment to a collective lever in a rotorcraft which comprises a body with an extended horn portion which is generally contoured to provide for a place to rest the palm and grip the collective lever at the end in the form of an open spherical grip as opposed to the more traditional cylindrical grip used to grasp the throttle and / or collective lever directly. The control system generally includes a plurality of controls which can be manipulated by any or all of the four fingers of the hand and the thumb without need to substantially move the palm. The collective lever can also be moved without having to remove the hand from the control system or the fingers or thumb from the controls.

Rudder pedal input control devices (100, 200, 300, 400A, 400B, 500, 600) are described that utilize a straight-line mechanism and rotary joints to achieve straight line motion in a compact volume. The devices include bar linkages (106, 108, 206, 208, 306, 308, 506, 606) that translate forward motion of a pedal (110, 112, 210, 212, 310, 312, 510, 610) into a rotary motion of a common shaft (102, 202, 302, 502, 602), such that forward motion of one pedal (110, 112, 210, 212, 310, 312, 510, 610) causes the other pedal (110, 112, 210, 212, 310, 312, 510, 610) to retract while allowing for yaw motion control of the aircraft.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for enabling a smartphone into a remote controller for a radio-controlled instrument. The apparatus comprises a fixing support assembly, a steering assembly, and a throttle assembly. The fixing support assembly is configured for rigidly clamping a smartphone. The steering assembly is set over the fixing support assembly and configured for maneuvering a first capacitive tip over screen surface of the smartphone for providing steering control over the radio-controlled instrument. The throttle assembly is set over the fixing support assembly and configured for maneuvering a second capacitive tip over the screen surface for providing throttle control over the instrument. The steering assembly and the throttle assembly are configured to transmit capacitive effect of fingers of the user to the screen of the smartphone in order to remotely control the radio-controller instrument.

Managing controller connection, including: determining whether at least one controller is connected to a game system, and performing and repeating the following until transitioned into a one-handed operation or two-handed operation of a user: (a) if more than one controller connection is detected, transitioning into the two-handed operation; (b) if no controller connection is detected, requesting the user to connect the at least one controller; (c) if connection of only a first controller is detected, requesting the user to connect a second controller; (d) if connection of the second controller is not detected, transitioning into the one-handed operation, wherein the transition into the one-handed operation is made after determining and deciding to continue with only the first controller.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for enabling a smartphone into a remote controller for a radio-controlled instrument. The apparatus comprises a fixing support assembly, a steering assembly, and a throttle assembly. The fixing support assembly is configured for rigidly clamping a smartphone. The steering assembly is set over the fixing support assembly and configured for maneuvering a first capacitive tip over screen surface of the smartphone for providing steering control over the radio-controlled instrument. The throttle assembly is set over the fixing support assembly and configured for maneuvering a second capacitive tip over the screen surface for providing throttle control over the instrument. The steering assembly and the throttle assembly are configured to transmit capacitive effect of fingers of the user to the screen of the smartphone in order to remotely control the radio-controller instrument.

The present invention relates to an agricultural work vehicle and a method of controlling the same. The agricultural work vehicle according to the present invention is provided with forward and reverse switches on the outside thereof to enable the driving of the work vehicle to be manipulated from the outside of the work vehicle. According to the present invention, there is the effect of facilitating the work of coupling an implement to the agricultural work vehicle while ensuring stability.

The control system for attachment to a collective lever in a rotorcraft which comprises a body with an extended horn portion which is generally contoured to provide for a place to rest the palm and grip the collective lever at the end in the form of an open spherical grip as opposed to the more traditional cylindrical grip used to grasp the throttle and / or collective lever directly. The control system generally includes a plurality of controls which can be manipulated by any or all of the four fingers of the hand and the thumb without need to substantially move the palm. The collective lever can also be moved without having to remove the hand from the control system or the fingers or thumb from the controls.

Managing controller connection, including: determining whether at least one controller is connected to a game system, and performing and repeating the following until transitioned into a one-handed operation or two-handed operation of a user: (a) if more than one controller connection is detected, transitioning into the two-handed operation; (b) if no controller connection is detected, requesting the user to connect the at least one controller; (c) if connection of only a first controller is detected, requesting the user to connect a second controller; (d) if connection of the second controller is not detected, transitioning into the one-handed operation, wherein the transition into the one-handed operation is made after determining and deciding to continue with only the first controller.

The invention discloses a control method and device of an intelligent closestool, an intelligent control system and a storage medium, and relates to the intelligent equipment control technology, the method is applied to the intelligent control system, the intelligent control system comprises control equipment and the intelligent closestool, and the method comprises the steps that a gesture signal generated when the control equipment is moved is obtained, the gesture signal comprises a direction signal and a motion signal; performing feature extraction on the motion signal to obtain a time domain feature and a frequency domain feature; and inputting the direction signal, the time domain feature and the frequency domain feature into a gesture recognition model to obtain a target control gesture, and controlling the intelligent closestool to respond to the target control function based on the target control gesture. According to the invention, the control convenience of the intelligent closestool can be improved, the use range of a user group is expanded, and the user experience is improved.

A bicycle operation device includes a clamp, an operation unit and a wireless communicator. The clamp is attachable to a handlebar of a bicycle. The operation unit includes a housing having an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion. The upper housing portion is located above the lower housing portion in a state in which the bicycle operation device is attached to the handlebar. The wireless communicator is configured to communicate with a bicycle component. The wireless communicator is provided on the upper housing portion.

Medical observation device (10) comprising the following: - an image acquisition unit (18) with at least one image sensor (26), preferably a stereo image acquisition unit with two image sensors, - a playback unit (16) designed to play back image data provided by the image acquisition unit (18), - an image processing unit (20) for image processing processes, and - an operating unit (22) with a multi-axis input module (50) designed as a one-hand input module and featuring an actuating element (52, 90, 104) that can be manipulated by an operator and provides several degrees of freedom (80, 82, 84, 86; 80, 82, 98, 100) for inputs, wherein the image acquisition unit (18) is configured to provide recording images (58), wherein the display unit (16) is configured to display display images (60), where image acquisition parameters and playback parameters can be controlled simultaneously via the input module (50), and wherein the input module (50) is coupled to the image acquisition unit (18), the playback unit (16) and the image processing unit (20) in order to vary image acquisition parameters on the image acquisition unit (18) and to vary playback parameters on the playback unit (16) and / or the image processing unit (20).

System (50) for manually operating a brake pedal (30) and an accelerator pedal (32) of a vehicle (10), wherein the system (50) comprises: a planetary gear (60) comprising a sun gear (62), a ring gear (64) and planet gears (66) which mesh with both the sun gear (62) and the ring gear (64), wherein the planet gears (66) are mounted on a carrier (68); a support flange (70) that interacts with the support (68) to rotate with the support (68); a sun gear flange (74) which interacts with the sun gear (62), wherein the rotation of the sun gear flange (74) sets the sun gear (62) into rotation; a lever (80) which is attached adjacent to the sun gear flange (74); an accelerator pedal actuation assembly (90) which is connected to the lever (80) and designed to couple to the accelerator pedal (32); and a brake actuation assembly (110) which is connected to the support flange (70) and designed to couple to the brake pedal (30); where: by actuating the lever (80) in the direction of acceleration, the accelerator pedal actuation assembly (90) is pressed against the accelerator pedal (32) in order to depress the accelerator pedal (32); and By actuating the lever (80) in the braking direction, the lever (80) is brought into contact with the sun gear flange (74) to rotate the sun gear flange (74) and the sun gear (62), thereby rotating the support flange (70) towards the brake pedal (30) to push the brake actuation assembly (110) against the brake pedal (30) and depress the brake pedal (30).

A lap bar controller for a lawnmower, the lap bar controller including a framework configured to be coupled to a frame of the lawnmower, the framework defining an opening; a shaft extending through the opening and configured to rotate about a rotational axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the shaft; a control arm coupled to the shaft, the control arm comprising a grip configured to be accessible to a user operating the lawnmower, wherein a user input to the grip causes the control arm to bias the shaft to rotate; and a rotary damper coupled to the shaft, wherein rotation of the shaft causes displacement of the rotary damper, and wherein the rotary damper dampens rotation of the shaft relative to the framework.

A piloting device for piloting an aircraft includes a first and a second control stick movably mounted on a support, a detection system for detecting the positions of the first and second control sticks, an elastic mechanism configured to apply a restoring force to the second control stick, first and second actuation systems configured to apply respective first and second position adjustment forces to the respective first and second control sticks, and a control module configured to control the second adjustment force so that the positions of the first and second control sticks are identical. The control module is configured to control the first adjustment force based on the second adjustment force and the restoring force.

[Problem] To provide an operation system for a work machine, and a work machine in which it is easy to improve operability of a soil removal device. [Solution] An operation system 2 is an operation system 2 for a work machine provided with a soil removal device including a blade. The operation system 2 includes an operation lever 21, a first operation element 201, and a second operation element 202. The operation lever 21 accepts a lifting operation for causing the blade to perform lifting movement. The first operation element 201 accepts an operation for causing the blade to perform angle movement of rotationally swinging the blade around a first axis along a vertical direction. The second operation element 202 accepts an operation for causing the blade to perform tilt movement of rotationally swinging the blade around a second axis along a horizontal direction. The first operation element 201 and the second operation element 202 are individually provided.

A controller enables an occupant sitting on a seat to conveniently operate a driving function and various comfort functions provided in an interior using a single control unit, so that the comfort of using comfort functions such as autonomous driving functions, manual driving functions, climate control, sound, and interior brightness can be improved, thereby improving occupant satisfaction.

Radio control transmitter (1) for transmitting a control signal to a controlled object, comprising the following: an actuating element (10, 20) configured such that the control signal is generated by actuating the actuating element (10, 20), wherein the actuating element (10, 20) comprises a first lever (21) which is rotatable with respect to a rotating shaft (8) along an imaginary plane (F) orthogonal to the rotating shaft (8), wherein the first lever (21) extends along the imaginary plane (F); and a second lever (22) integrated into the first lever (21), characterized in that the second lever (22) extends in a direction that intersects the imaginary plane (F), wherein the second lever (22) has a base end and a tip end, wherein the base end extends along the imaginary plane (F), the tip end protrudes from the imaginary plane (F) and the direction of extension of the tip end intersects the imaginary plane (F).

Within examples, a system is described that includes a control lever for controlling operation of a device, a first actuator coupled to the control lever via a rod, and a resettable frangible link coupling a second actuator to the control lever via the rod. The resettable frangible link enables separation of coupling of the second actuator from the control lever based on an applied force to the rod by the first actuator.

Fly-by-wire vehicle systems and related user interface devices are provided for controlling operation of a vehicle, such as an aircraft. An exemplary user interface (200) includes a first linkage (202) and a second linkage (204) coupled to the first linkage. The first linkage is actuatable about a first pivot point (206) and the second linkage is actuatable about a second pivot point (208) independent of actuation of the first linkage about the first pivot point. The user interface includes a sensing arrangement configurable to obtain a first orientation of the first linkage with respect to a first reference orientation associated with the first pivot point, obtain a second orientation of the second linkage with respect to a second reference orientation associated with the second pivot point, and determine an input command based at least in part on the first orientation and the second orientation.

Safety switch device (21 to 27) attached to a portable terminal (6) for operating a machine (1, 2), wherein the safety switch device (21 to 27) comprises a fixing mechanism (47) designed to fix the portable terminal (6); a gripping section (34) held on the fixing mechanism (47) which is grasped by hand by an operator; an enabling switch (51, 56) arranged on the gripping section (34) for issuing a signal authorizing operation of the machine (1, 2);and an emergency stop button (52) for issuing a signal that stops the machine (1, 2), wherein the fixing mechanism (47) is designed to be fixed to several types of portable terminals (6) of different sizes, and the gripping section (34) is held on the fixing mechanism (47) in such a way that it is arranged in the central region of the shape of the rear surface of the portable terminal (6) in accordance with the center of gravity position of the portable terminal (6), characterized in that the gripping section (34) has a longitudinal direction and the enabling switch (51, 56) is designed to be arranged on an end surface of the gripping section (34) and projects in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction.