Patents Assigned to Bath Iron Works
  • Apparatus and method for using a wearable computer in collaborative applications
    Patent number: 6956614
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for using a wearable computer in collaborative applications that uses a general inspection camera, a detailed inspection camera, a display, a computer adapted to use wireless communication and to facilitate collaborative applications, a battery, an audio communication device, and a harness for securing these components to a person's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Bath Iron Works
    Inventors: W. Vincent Quintana, Michael Edward Pinkham, J. Scott Houston, Mark A. Norton, Joseph J. Petruska, F. Christopher Mitchell
  • Method and apparatus for a wearable computer
    Patent number: 6769038
    Abstract: A wearable computer system includes a processing unit (102) and a number of peripherals. The processing unit and peripherals are coupled in a daisy-chain fashion utilizing a serial bus (120). The processing unit has a single connector for implementing the serial bus, and peripherals each have two connectors for propagating the serial bus. The wearable computer system has only one unused connector at any one time, thereby reducing excess bulk and weight due to excessive unused connectors. When a peripheral interrupts the processing unit, the processing unit relinquishes the serial bus to the interrupting peripheral. Alternatively, peripherals are assigned time slots within which the peripherals can utilize the serial bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Bath Iron Works
    Inventors: Peter W. Grzybowski, Charlene J. Todd, Russell W. Adams
  • Method and apparatus for a wearable computer
    Patent number: 6725282
    Abstract: A wearable computer system includes a processing unit (102) and a number of peripherals. The processing unit and peripherals are coupled in a daisy-chain fashion utilizing a serial bus (120). The processing unit has a single connector for implementing the serial bus, and peripherals each have two connectors for propagating the serial bus. The wearable computer system has only one unused connector at any one time, thereby reducing excess bulk and weight due to excessive unused connectors. When a peripheral interrupts the processing unit, the processing unit relinquishes the serial bus to the interrupting peripheral. Alternatively, peripherals are assigned time slots within which the peripherals can utilize the serial bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Bath Iron Works
    Inventors: Peter W. Grzybowski, Charlene J. Todd, Russell W. Adams