公开(公告)号：WO2020154396A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：PCT/US2020/014602

申请日：2020-01-22

Applicant: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Inventor： SCHRAMM, Oliver, J. ,  PURSER, David ,  DAVIS, Ronald, D. ,  BROWNING, Caleb

IPC: F16H37/06 ,  F16H27/02

Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to systems and methods for synchronization of actuators to reposition furniture units. Specifically, a master control box receives input to reposition a furniture unit from one position to another and communicates the input to a plurality of control boxes. Then, each of the plurality of control boxes assigns a virtual axis to each of a plurality of actuators attached to each associated control box. Furthermore, each of the plurality of control boxes assigns a transfer function to each of the plurality of actuators. The transfer function is used by the actuators to transform an output of the virtual axis to determine a target position. In this way, the plurality of actuators can reference the same virtual axis for synchronization purposes, but use different transfer functions to maintain complex relationships between the positions of each actuator. Based on the target position, the actuators reposition the furniture unit.