Patents by Inventor Stanley R. Ames, Jr.

Stanley R. Ames, Jr. 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).

  • Using location-influenced behavior to control model railroads
    Patent number: 6539292
    Abstract: New methods and techniques are presented for utilizing digital information transmitted by a moving device (such as a model locomotive on a model railroad) to allow the moving device to itself influence the way it is controlled and allowing a moving device (such as model locomotive on a model railroad) to itself send specific instructions or cause others to send specific instructions to other devices on the model railroad for the purpose of controlling or influencing their behavior. These methods and techniques can be employed in the control, automation and operation of scale model railroad layouts to permit significant increases in the level of automation that can be utilized on a model railroad and with this increase the illusion of operating a real locomotive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: Stanley R. Ames, Jr.