Patents by Inventor Anthony Ivor Tew

Anthony Ivor Tew 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).

  • Sensors of relative position and orientation
    Patent number: 6559935
    Abstract: An optical position and orientation determining system determines yaw, pitch, roll, lateral translation and longitudinal translation of a body with respect to a direction and intensity sensing receiver. The system comprises two energy beam emitters, mechanically mounted on a body, which illuminate the position sensing receiver. The energy beams are intermittently energized in a predefined fashion to enable the receiver and its associated signal porcessing means to determine the position and orientation of the body with respect to the receiver. The system can also be used to determine velocities and accelerations of the body relative to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: University of York
    Inventor: Anthony Ivor Tew