US Patent 11206920 Electrically height-adjustable table and method for controlling the latter

Electrically height-adjustable table (10) comprising: an electrically height-adjustable base frame (14), a tabletop (12) which is arranged at or on the base frame (14), a drive device for adjusting the height of the base frame (14)/the tabletop (12), wherein the drive device is fastened to the base frame (14) or to the tabletop (12) and comprises at least one electric motor, a control device (70) and an operating device for operating the control device (70), and a sensor device (72) for detecting an initial absolute inclination of the tabletop (12) upon receiving an input of a movement command via the operating device and for detecting a subsequent absolute inclination and a subsequent temporal inclination change of the tabletop (12) during the movement of the tabletop (12) up or down according to the movement command, wherein the sensor device (72) comprises a three-axis acceleration sensor (74) for determining the absolute inclination of the tabletop (12) and a three-axis gyroscope (73), preferably integrally therewith, for determining the temporal inclination change of the tabletop (12).