Patents by Inventor Heath Stephens

Heath Stephens 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).

  • Monitoring and control display system and method
    Patent number: 10387100
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a display in a machine operating in a work area. A plurality of views are displayed on a screen, each of the plurality of views corresponding to a plurality of functions. A user of the machine is allowed to simultaneously monitor the work area and control one or more of the plurality of functions by way of one or more of the plurality of views. The functions include one or more physical activities performed by an implement, connected to the machine, in the work area. The user is allowed to control, via the display, the one or more physical activities using software executed on the machine while monitoring the work area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Dimitre Markov, John Boal, Stefan Stefanov, Andrew Walter, Heath Stephens, Brian Sorbe, Michael Gomes
  • MONITORING AND CONTROL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160041803
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a display in a machine operating in a work area. A plurality of views are displayed on a screen, each of the plurality of views corresponding to a plurality of functions. A user of the machine is allowed to simultaneously monitor the work area and control one or more of the plurality of functions by way of one or more of the plurality of views. The functions include one or more physical activities performed by an implement, connected to the machine, in the work area. The user is allowed to control, via the display, the one or more physical activities using software executed on the machine while monitoring the work area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Dimitre Markov, John Boal, Stefan Stefanov, Andrew Walter, Heath Stephens, Brian Sorbe, Michael Gomes