Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Arney

Christopher E. Arney 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).

  • Flasher sonar device with interleaved zoom
    Patent number: 8406083
    Abstract: A flasher sonar device includes a flasher that produces light output pulses along a flasher ring display based upon sonar returns. A user interface selects between a normal mode and a zoom mode. When the normal mode is selected, a controller drives the flasher to display a normal range. When the zoom mode is selected, the controller divides the normal range into a first range and a second range, compresses the first range into a compressed range, enlarges the second range into an enlarged range, and drives the flasher to display the enlarged range interleaved with the compressed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Outdoors Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Betts, David E. Malphurs, Christopher E. Arney, Christopher James Bennett, Scott Allen Harrington
  • Flasher sonar device with LCD annotations
    Patent number: 8094517
    Abstract: A flasher sonar device includes a motor driven flasher that produces light output pulses at angular positions along a flasher ring lens based upon sonar returns. A liquid crystal display (LCD) positioned concentrically with the flasher ring lens displays a dynamic annotated range scale associated with the flasher ring lens. A controller coordinates operation of the motor driven flasher and the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Outdoors Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Arney, Christopher James Bennett, Scott Allen Harrington
  • Flashes sonar device with LCD annotations
    Publication number: 20090141589
    Abstract: A flasher sonar device includes a motor driven flasher that produces light output pulses at angular positions along a flasher ring lens based upon sonar returns. A liquid crystal display (LCD) positioned concentrically with the flasher ring lens displays a dynamic annotated range scale associated with the flasher ring lens. A controller coordinates operation of the motor driven flasher and the LCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Johnson Outdoors
    Inventors: Christopher E. Arney, Christopher James Bennett, Scott Allen Harrington
  • Flasher sonar device with interleaved zoom
    Publication number: 20090141590
    Abstract: A flasher sonar device includes a flasher that produces light output pulses along a flasher ring display based upon sonar returns. A user interface selects between a normal mode and a zoom mode. When the normal mode is selected, a controller drives the flasher to display a normal range. When the zoom mode is selected, the controller divides the normal range into a first range and a second range, compresses the first range into a compressed range, enlarges the second range into an enlarged range, and drives the flasher to display the enlarged range interleaved with the compressed range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Johnson Outdoors
    Inventors: David A. Betts, David E. Malphurs, Christopher E. Arney, Christopher James Bennett, Scott Allen Harrington