Patents by Inventor Erwin A. Kaestner

Erwin A. Kaestner 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: 4153874
    Abstract: A calculator for computing the estimated time of arrival of a vehicle or the like at a desired destination. The calculator, under control of a microprocessor and related interfacing devices, computes and periodically updates the estimated time of arrival at the destination from information reflecting present chronological time, the total estimated distance and the desired average speed to be travelled to the destination, and the actual distance travelled by the vehicle. The information resulting from the microprocessor's computations is visually displayed together with the present chronological time. The calculator may also be provided with warning sensors to provide an indication when a predetermined maximum speed has been exceeded. In an alternate mode, the calculator may be caused to function as a standard four function calculator, without affecting data previously stored in the estimated time of arrival mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1979
    Inventor: Erwin A. Kaestner
  • Patent number: 4059952
    Abstract: A calculator for continuously exhibiting the status of an individual's Bio-Rhythm cycles and, in particular, an individual's physical, emotional and intellectual Bio-Rhythm cycles. The calculator comprises a display panel having three dial faces corresponding to the three Bio-Rhythm cycles and each having indicia thereon defining the critical days within its particular cycle. Indicating elements are provided to sequentially scan each of the dial faces wherein the physical dial face is scanned once in a 23 day period, the emotional dial face once in a 28 day period and the intellectual dial face once in a 33 day period. A high or low critical day in any one of the Bio-Rhythm cycles is defined when the position of an indicating element corresponds to the critical indicia on a dial face. The calculator may be personalized by appropriately presetting the indicating elements relative to their dial faces based on data derivable from an individual's birth date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1977
    Inventor: Erwin Kaestner