Patents by Inventor H. Engin Oder

H. Engin Oder 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).

  • Control device that can be used to designate and move an object on a screen
    Patent number: 5790097
    Abstract: The control device embodying the invention comprises an operating disk that is mobile in all directions within a plane, a detection unit comprising four strain gauges leaning against said disk in two opposite couples of locations situated on two perpendicular axes, and a processing circuit capable of measuring the strains exerted in said plane on the strain gauges by the operating disk and which works out a command as a function of the amplitude of the strains detected by the strain gauges. The invention applies to the designation and moving of an object on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Sextant Avionique
    Inventor: H. Engin Oder