Patents Examined by Robet E Fennema
  • Patent number: 10871763
    Abstract: A display unit for a manually operated machine tool includes a display having windows and text each associated with and indicating positions of different axes of the manually operated machine tool which are manually adjustable. A memory stores configuration modes of the display including a stationary mode in which the windows and text provided in the display are each the same size and color, and at least one emphasis mode in which the window and/or text associated with one of the different axes is larger and/or a different color. A processor is configured to switch the display from using the stationary mode to using an emphasis mode based a position signal indicating that one of the different axes is being adjusted by manual operation of an operator such that the window and text associated with the axis being adjusted is emphasized on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Norz, Judy Swanson, John Parker