Patents by Inventor Susan E. Palsbo

Susan E. Palsbo 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: 20100134408
    Abstract: An individual's fine-motor skills can be assessed using a force-feedback haptic unit that includes an end-effecter and programmable settings. To assess these skills, a tangible computer readable medium initializes the programmable settings with a set of initial settings. It then presents a 3-D representation of a character or characters to a user. The user in turn is prompted to mimic the character(s) on a work space. While the user is attempting to mimic the character(s) using the end-effecter on the work space, timed stroke data are collected from the force-feedback haptic unit. Using the timed stroke data, an analysis is then generated to determine the user's precision and accuracy of mimicking the character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Susan E. Palsbo, Arthur R. Palsbo, Sidney Johnson, Naomi Lynn Gerber, Younhee Kim, Zoran Duric, Walter Norblad, Matthew Hopkins