Patents by Inventor Ian Mayfield

Ian Mayfield 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).

  • Automatic ground marking method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20070059098
    Abstract: An automatic ground marking apparatus including a carriage (1) responsive to carriage control signals for traversing the ground (5), the carriage having a controllable steering and drive system, a controllable marking system and a position determining system (6) arranged to determine the position of the carriage. The ground marking apparatus further includes a processor (8) responsive to the position determining system and operatively executing a software product for generating said carriage control signals to cause the carriage (1) to mark out a predetermined sign (14) on the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Ian Mayfield, Matthew Johnson
  • Automatic ground marking method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7029199
    Abstract: An automatic ground marking apparatus including a carriage (1) responsive to carriage control signals for traversing the ground (5), the carriage having a controllable steering and drive system, a controllable marking system and a position determining system (6) arranged to determine the position of the carriage. The ground marking apparatus further includes a processor (8) responsive to the position determining system and operatively executing a software product for generating the carriage control signals to cause the carriage (1) to mark out a predetermined sign (14) on the ground. The position determining system (6) suitably employs a laser beam (4) and reflective tracking prism (2), and the predetermined sign may be defined by data points stored in a file (9) accessed by the processor (8) (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Edgeroi Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian Mayfield, Matthew J Johnson
  • Automatic ground marking method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20040057795
    Abstract: An automatic ground marking apparatus including a carriage (1) responsive to carriage control signals for traversing the ground (5), the carriage having a controllable steering and drive system, a controllable marking system and a position determining system (6) arranged to determine the position of the carriage. The ground marking apparatus further includes a processor (8) responsive to the position determining system and operatively executing a software product for generating said carriage control signals to cause the carriage (1) to mark out a predetermined sign (14) on the ground. The position determining system (6) suitably employs a laser beam (4) and reflective tracking prism (2), and the predetermined sign may be defined by data points stored in a file (9) accessed by the processor (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Ian Mayfield, Matthew J. Johnson