Patents by Inventor Jan W. Grondstra

Jan W. Grondstra 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).

  • Machine control over the web
    Patent number: 6739078
    Abstract: A system to control a piece of construction equipment or other piece of heavy equipment at a remote location via a data network in which a user provides movement instructions via a graphical user interface at a user PC to a programmable controller interfaced to the data network and the hydraulic movement systems of the heavy equipment. The graphical user interface includes a visual representation portion and a user control portion. A visual representation of the moveable elements of the heavy equipment is provided to the user via the graphical user interface, and the user inputs movement instructions via the user control portion of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: R. Morley, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Morley, James Lajoie, Jan W. Grondstra
  • Machine control over the web
    Publication number: 20030036817
    Abstract: A system to control a piece of construction equipment or other piece of heavy equipment at a remote location via a data network is disclosed in which a user provides movement instructions via a graphical user interface at a user PC to a programmable controller interfaced to the data network and the hydraulic movement systems of the heavy equipment. The graphical user interface includes a visual representation portion and a user control portion. A visual representation of the moveable elements of the heavy equipment is provided to the user via the graphical user interface, and the user inputs movement instructions via the user control portion of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: R. MORLEY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Richard E. Morley, James Lajoie, Jan W. Grondstra
  • Inventory control system
    Patent number: 4419734
    Abstract: An inventory control system for a plurality of storage areas is provided wherein each storage area comprises at least one platform adapted to support a plurality of identical articles, and platform-supporting means including transducer means for providing a first electrical signal which varies in accordance with changes in the load carried by the platform-supporting means. The system also includes signal processing means for processing the first signals and producing in response to each first signal a second signal which is representative of the number of articles supported by the corresponding platform, scanning means for causing each of said first signals to be selectively coupled to said signal processing means, and means for providing an inventory record in response to said second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: Indata Corporation
    Inventors: William Wolfson, Jan W. Grondstra, Curt Jarva