Patent ID: 11947730
Assignee: WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATON
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A fluid application system comprising:
a handheld fluid applicator comprising:
an outlet configured to apply a fluid to a surface; and
a motion sensor configured to:
sense a motion of the handheld fluid applicator, and
generate a motion signal indicative of the motion;

a pump unit configured to pump the fluid along a fluid path to the outlet; and
a control system configured to:
identify a gesture based on the motion signal;
identify a control action associated with the gesture based on association data, wherein the association data associates each respective gesture, in a set of gestures, with an associated control action; and
control a characteristic of the fluid pumped along the fluid path based on the control action.