Patents by Inventor Bruce H. Osterberg

Bruce H. Osterberg 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).

  • Patent number: 4992775
    Abstract: An annunciation system for a wireless weighing system. The weighing system includes control keys for selecting and displaying the weights from a plurality of remote weighing pads, each having a separate through the air communications channel. The weighing system further provides a mode for storing a zero value for each pad. In the preferred embodiment, the annuniciation system comprises a plurality of LED combinations where each combination is located proximately to a corresponding pad select key which indicates a particular communications channel. Each LED combination has a plurality of states including off, green, red and amber which indicates a condition of the corresponding communications channel. Additionally, each LED combination can indicate a condition of a corresponding communications channel by being off, on steady, or blinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Moore Industries-International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Castle, Bruce H. Osterberg
  • Patent number: 4095795
    Abstract: An amusement or game device of the type wherein a plurality of symbol displaying devices are provided each comprising a respective series of symbols or indicia which are brought into display position repetitively in serial order following commencement of an operating or playing period. The finally displayed set of symbols representing a scope or lack thereof depends upon the composition of the set of symbols displayed at the termination of the operating period. The composition of that set is dependent upon computer operations consummated or effected at the commencement of the operating period, utilizing randomly generated number codes each representative of a particular symbol of the associated series of symbols. Scoring equipment is provided under the control of a computer to determine a play score in accordance with scoring schedule information stored in the computer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Inventors: James C. Saxton, Bruce H. Osterberg, Joseph C. Kawan