Patents by Inventor Robert Melhorn

Robert Melhorn 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).

  • Publication number: 20060025894
    Abstract: A vehicle control system with user-guided calibration is presented. In one embodiment, a vehicle control system is presented comprising an output device and circuitry operative to provide an output, via the output device, that guides a user through a plurality of calibration steps in a particular order. The circuitry can additionally or alternatively be operative to determine which of the calibration steps, if any, to present as a next calibration step based on whether a given calibration step is successful. Other embodiments are provided, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or in combination with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Michael O'Connor, Michael Eglington, Lars Leckie, Robert Melhorn, Qinghe Chang, Brian Walter, Glen Sapilewski
  • Publication number: 20050242052
    Abstract: A gantry crane system includes a frame structure having a plurality of vertical support legs and one or more members interconnecting predetermined pairs of the vertical support legs; and a positioning system including positioning sensors mounted to the frame structure and configured to receive positioning signals from positioning transmitters and a position processing unit configured to use the positioning signals to determine a deflection from vertical of at least one of the vertical support legs. In certain embodiments, the gantry crane system further includes a grappler assembly mounted to the frame structure. The position processing unit is configured to use the positioning signals to determine a location of the grappler assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Michael O'Connor, David Lawrence, Avi Gross, Ethan Frantz, Robert Melhorn