Patents by Inventor Eric James Koontz

Eric James Koontz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computer-controlled operation of command-input device of automated-production machine
    Patent number: 6377863
    Abstract: A system for operating a command-input device for an automated production machine to provide commands to the machine includes a status signal generator; a computer and apparatus for operating the command-input device. Commands for various functions of the machine may be provided to the machine by operation of the command-input device. The status signals indicate functional states of the automated production machine; the computer responds to the status signals by generating control signals; and the apparatus for operating the command-input device of the automated production machine does so in response to the control signals. In an embodiment in which the command-input device is mechanically operated by using a keyboard or a touch screen, a robotic device is used to operate the command-input device in response to the control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Universal Ventures
    Inventors: Eric James Koontz, Paul Philip Brown, Jens Ole Sorensen