Patents Assigned to Control Products Corporation
  • Patent number: 6749431
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for connecting simulator instruments to a simulator host computer includes a plurality of panel modules, a data bus having a connection to each panel module, and a control computer connected to the data bus and to the host computer. Each panel module further comprises at least one simulated instrument and a local computer. The local computer runs a computer program adapted to the instrument or instruments controlled by that panel module, so that the local computer communicates with the data bus for bi-directional communication between the instrument and the control computer. Each panel module has a unique address on the data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Control Products Corporation
    Inventors: Hoke Smith, James Johnson, Eric Dickey