US Patent Issued to Valeda on Nov. 25 for "Wheelchair location sensing device for a wheelchair accessible vehicle" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,521, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Valeda Co. LLC (Oakland Park, Fla.).

"Wheelchair location sensing device for a wheelchair accessible vehicle" was invented by Edgardo Cardona (Pompano Beach, Fla.) and Patrick Girardin (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a controller configured to determine the position, direction, or speed of a wheelchair during ingress or egress in a wheelchair accessible vehicle. The controller may receive input from any combination of sensors configured to provide signals indicative of the wheelchair position, direction, or speed, such as cameras, light curtains, and floo...