Patents by Inventor Monica Schofield

Monica Schofield 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).

  • Method for determining the position and/or orientation of a creature relative to an environment
    Patent number: 7236880
    Abstract: A method for determining the position and/or orientation of a creature (3) relative to an environment by connecting the creature (3) to a locating member (4) including a transducer (5) so that the relative positions and/or orientations of the creature (3) and the transducer (5) are arranged to be within a limited interval. The transducer determines its position and/or orientation relative to the environment by receiving incident signals from the signal sources (9) in the environment, and the position and/or orientation of the creature (3) is determined by the position and/or orientation determined for the transducer (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventors: Jan G. Fager, Klas Jacobson, Monica Schofield
  • Device for determining the position and/or orientation of a creature relative to an environment
    Patent number: 7061429
    Abstract: A device for determining the position and/or orientation of a creature (3) relative to an environment, comprising a locating member (4) connected to the creature (3), the locating member including a transducer (5) arranged to determine its position and/or orientation relative to the environment by receiving incident signals from signal sources (9) in the environment and record the relative incident directions of the signals received in relation to the transducer, and an element (8) by which the creature (3) and the transducer (5) are connected to each other, so that the relative positions and/or orientations of the creature (3) and the transducer (5) are arranged to be within a limited interval, for determining the position and/or orientation of the creature (3) by the information about the position and/or orientation of the transducer (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Inventors: Jan G. Fager, Klas Jacobson, Monica Schofield
  • Device for determining the position and/or orientation of a creature relative to an environment
    Publication number: 20040145470
    Abstract: A device for determining the position and/or orientation of a creature (3) relative to an environment, comprising a locating member (4) connected to the creature (3), the locating member including a transducer (5) arranged to determine its position and/or orientation relative to the environment by receiving incident signals from signal sources (9) in the environment and record the relative incident directions of the signals received in relation to the transducer, and an element (8) by which the creature (3) and the transducer (5) are connected to each other, so that the relative positions and/or orientations of the creature (3) and the transducer (5) are arranged to be within a limited interval, for determining the position and/or orientation of the creature (3) by the information about the position and/or orientation of the transducer (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jan G. Fager, Klas Jacobson, Monica Schofield
  • Method for determining the position and/or orientation of a creature relative to an environment
    Publication number: 20040148125
    Abstract: A method for determining the position and/or orientation of a creature (3) relative to an environment by connecting the creature (3) to a locating member (4) including a transducer (5) so that the relative positions and/or orientations of the creature (3) and the transducer (5) are arranged to be within a limited interval. The transducer determines its position and/or orientation relative to the environment by receiving incident signals from the signal sources (9) in the environment, and the position and/or orientation of the creature (3) is determined by the position and/or orientation determined for the transducer (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jan G. Fager, Klas Jacobson, Monica Schofield
  • Industrial robot equipment capable of automatically terminating operation at a desired sensed location
    Patent number: 4831232
    Abstract: An industrial robot supports an operating member mounted on the robot hand for carrying out work or monitoring operation on an object. The robot has a sensor which controls the path of movement of the robot hand during the operation. The robot is provided with means which during the work operation investigates whether a quantity, sensed with the aid of the sensor, for example a sudden change in the direction of the path, fulfills a predetermined criterion and, in dependence thereon, interrupts the movement of the robot hand if the criterion is fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: ASEA Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Bjorn Andersson, Mats Bjorkelund, Stefan Edstrom, Jan Fager, Monica Schofield