ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,163, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Future Motion Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Dismount controls for one-wheeled vehicle" was invented by Kyle Jonathan Doerksen (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Daniel J. Wood (Camas, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a tiltable vehicle may include a motor controller configured to respond to backward or reverse operation of the vehicle by hindering a responsiveness of the control system (e.g., proportionally) and/or eventually disengaging a drive motor of the vehicle. Accordingly, a user may intuitively and safely dismount the vehicle by selectively commanding reverse operation. In ...