Patents by Inventor Robert B. Ottesen

Robert B. Ottesen 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).

  • Touch screen target designator
    Patent number: 4286289
    Abstract: The touch screen target designator provides an interface between an opera and an automatic tracking system, which uses the operator's overpressure or touch on the displayed image of a target to designate the target for an automatic tracker. Necessary components include an imaging device/seeker, operator image display with touch screen, imaging tracker and control interface. In operation the operator touches the screen image of the target he desires to have tracked and this action automatically locks the tracker onto the selected target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert B. Ottesen, Gerald L. Morris