Patents by Inventor Marvin E. Frisbie

Marvin E. Frisbie 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: 5321615
    Abstract: Guide elements along paths and turns of a network emit guide signals for guiding vehicles along the paths and through the turns. Control elements, located at points in the network at which the locomotion of approaching vehicles may need to be controlled, emit control signals, such as "stop" and "start" signals. The signals are preferably various modulated and unmodulated sine waves having frequencies programmable by a system supervisor that sends itineraries to vehicles prescribing their respective travel routes, each itinerary containing at least a set of identifiers uniquely corresponding to the signals emitted along the paths and turns in a travel route. The order of the set indicates the order of paths and turns to be taken while travelling a route. A system interface, hosted by each vehicle, acquires itineraries pertaining to its host vehicle and provides path/turn information to a vehicle driver--a person or an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Inventors: Marvin E. Frisbie, Wilber H. Bailey