Wheelchair control display in particular with infrared capability, wheelchair with a control display and method for setting up a wheelchair control

The present invention is directed to a control display (28) for a wheelchair (10) comprising a modal screen (28a) with one or more features corresponding to functional inputs of a user input device (26), each of the features being tagged with a command associated with an infrared device, whereby when one of the features is selected, an infrared code associated with the tag is transmitted to the infrared device, and a wheelchair (10) that controls environmental devices, the wheelchair comprising a chassis, one or more wheels (14, 16) supporting the chassis (12) for movement in relation to a supporting surface, the one or more wheels including one or more driven wheels (14) and one or more casters (16), the one or more driven wheels (14) being driven by one or more drive motors (18), a user input device (26) supported in relation to the chassis (12), and a control display (28) supported in relation to the chassis (12) and comprising a modal screen (28a) with one or more control commands corresponding to control functions of a at least one environmental device, the one or more control commands being selected by the user input device (26) to operate the environmental device. In addition a method for setting up a wheelchair comprising either the step of entering into the wheelchair control a code that matches a control code of a given environmental device or the steps of entering on a control display a code comprised of one or more digits and/or characters by searching through a string or array of digits and/or characters using at least a first control command; and selecting a digit or character by using at least a second control command, is provided.