Patents by Inventor Walter I. Glz

Walter I. Glz 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).

  • Apparatus and method for providing useful audio feedback to aid in the operation of remotely controlled powered manipulators
    Patent number: 4604559
    Abstract: The user of a remotely controlled, powered manipulator is provided with audible feedback signals which provide useful information relating to the force and speed of the motor. An audio tone is generated and is frequency modulated by a signal which corresponds to motor speed. The tone is amplitude modulated by a signal corresponding to motor force thus providing the user with an intuitively interpretable feedback signal having a speed-proportional pitch and force-proportional volume. In the case of an electric motor, voltage and current can be monitored to provide speed and force signals respectively. Additional modulation means are disclosed for introducing a force-proportional warble component to said tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: Deep Ocean Engineering Incorporated
    Inventors: Graham S. Hawkes, Walter I. Glz