Method of and system for providing wireless access control of wireless-networked mobility vehicles to guest users within an environment

US11881074B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCOOTERBUG, INC. · US

Inventors

• Mark Schmidt · Williamstown, US
• Wesley Edward Swogger · Fairfax Station, US
• Thomas D. Taylor · Kissimmee, US
• Michael Buchoff Buchoff · Wagner, US
• Sowmya Balda · Orlando, US
• Stephanie Cornelia Lutz · Little River, US
• Marc Barber · Deltona, US
• Kevin George Miranda · Beulah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 23, 2024
• Expiry date: May 1, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/021
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A GPS-tracked wireless-networked wheelchair system includes a wheelchair framework for carrying a passenger, and having a set of wheels adapted to rotate. A device-level machine-readable code is displayed on a surface associated with the wheelchair system. A brake assembly is arranged with the set of wheels and has a locked position, and an unlocked position. A wireless control module is operably connected to a wireless communication network. When a web-enabled mobile phone is used to (i) scan the device-level machine-readable code displayed on the wheelchair system, (ii) complete a wheelchair rental transaction over the wireless communication network, and (iii) obtain access control over the rented wheelchair system, then the wireless wheel locking control module unlocks the brake assembly, and the wheelchair framework is allowed to move relative to the ground surface.