...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100138091 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY FEEDBACK FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for controlling energy feedback for electric vehicles. The method includes: acquiring an accelerator-pedal travel value, a brake-pedal travel value and a current vehicle speed value; determining whether the brake-p... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100082189 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ACCELERATOR FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES The present invention provides an apparatus and method for controlling an accelerator for electric vehicles. The method comprises steps of: acquiring an actual accelerator pedal depth value and a current vehicle speed; determining a maximum output torque of motor under ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100057284 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR FOR SKID MODE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling a motor for an electric vehicle. The method and apparatus calculates the current acceleration a of the motor according to the detected rotor position values in real-time, and if the current accelerat... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100004808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT TORQUE OF A MOTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE IN DOWNHILL MODE A method and an apparatus for controlling output torque of a motor for an electric vehicle in downhill mode comprises following steps: detecting a tilt angle value θ, a current vehicle speed value V and an accelerator-pedal travel value Gain of the vehicle, determining... | 01/07/2010 |