Patent ID: 8489251
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of programming a wheelchair controller, said method comprising: a) polling said wheelchair controller for at least one of a product code or a version code associated with a current main program loaded in a memory associated with said wheelchair controller, wherein said version code identifies a specific iteration of said main program, and wherein the memory is programmed with at least one boot program and at least one main program; b) displaying information on an interactive screen image on a display of a computer coupled to said wheelchair controller, said displayed information comprising at least one of said product code or version code associated with said current main program loaded in the memory and at least one of a product code or version code associated with preprogrammed data to be loaded in at least one portion of a main program in said memory; c) determining if said data should replace said at least one main program portion based on the displayed information; and d) modifying said memory by loading said preprogrammed data in at least one main program portion based at least in part on a cursor position within the interactive screen image, wherein the preprogrammed data replaces the at least one main program portion.