公开(公告)号：US5959863A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-28

申请号：US122490

申请日：1998-07-24

申请人： Joshua K. Hoyt ,  Neil L. Brown ,  William D. Leppo

发明人： Joshua K. Hoyt ,  Neil L. Brown ,  William D. Leppo

IPC分类号： G05G9/047 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G05B9/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0383 ,  G05G9/047 ,  G05G2009/0474 ,  G05G2009/04755 ,  G05G2009/04777 ,  G05G2009/04781 ,  G05G9/04737 ,  Y10T74/20201

摘要： A multiple axis joystick employs positionable and fixed electrode assemblies having mutually orthogonal sets of spaced apart electrodes. The electrode spacings depend on the rotational and translational movements of the positional electrodes relative to the fixed electrodes. A signal generator applies an electromagnetic signal to one set of the electrodes. The signal is coupled to the closest associated electrodes of the other set of electrodes to a degree dependent on the rotation- and translation-induced spacings. A controller sequentially detects and processes each coupled signal voltage to determine a degree of deflection in the X-, Y-, Z-, roll-, pitch-, and yaw-axis directions of one set of the electrodes relative to the other set of electrodes.

摘要翻译： 多轴操纵杆采用具有相互正交的间隔开的电极组的可定位和固定电极组件。 电极间距取决于位置电极相对于固定电极的旋转和平移运动。 信号发生器对一组电极施加电磁信号。 信号耦合到另一组电极的最靠近的相关电极，其程度取决于旋转和平移引起的间隔。 控制器顺序地检测和处理每个耦合的信号电压，以确定一组电极相对于另一组电极的X，Y，Z-，滚动，俯仰和偏航轴方向的偏转程度 电极。

公开(公告)号：US5687080A

公开(公告)日：1997-11-11

申请号：US492655

申请日：1995-06-20

申请人： Joshua K. Hoyt ,  William D. Leppo

发明人： Joshua K. Hoyt ,  William D. Leppo

IPC分类号： G05G9/047 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06K11/18

CPC分类号： G06F3/0383 ,  G05G9/047 ,  G05G2009/0474 ,  G05G2009/04755 ,  G05G2009/04777 ,  G05G2009/04781 ,  G05G9/04737 ,  Y10T74/20201

摘要： A six axis joystick (110) employs a 13 pole E-core (112) that includes a center pole (114) and four triads of outer poles (116, 118, 120, 122) that protrude from four orthogonally separated arms (124, 126, 128, 130) of the E-core. A drive winding (132) is wound around the center pole of the E-core, and sense windings (134, 136, 138, 140) are wound around each outer pole in each triad of outer poles. A compression spring (144) suspends a ferromagnetic swash plate (142) at substantially equal distances from the center pole and each of the outer poles. A user employs an actuator handle (148) to axially and rotationally deflect the swash plate to assume varying distances from the center pole and each of the outer poles. A varying magnetic flux induced by the center pole is conducted through the swash plate to each of the outer poles to a degree dependent on the spacing between each outer pole and a bottom surface (146) or a periphery (147) of the swash plate. Corresponding signal currents are induced in the sense windings. Each of the signal currents is proportional to the degree of magnetic flux flowing in its associated outer pole. A peak amplitude is detected for each signal current and the differences among the peak amplitudes are used to determine a degree of deflection of the swash plate in each of the X-, Y-, Z-, roll-, pitch-, and yaw-axis directions.

摘要翻译： 六轴操纵杆（110）采用13极E型芯（112），其包括中心极（114）和从四个正交分离的臂（124,124）突出的四个三极管（16,118,120,122） 126，128，130）。 驱动绕组（132）缠绕在E型芯的中心极上，并且感测绕组（134,136,138,140）缠绕在每个三极管外极的每个外极上。 压缩弹簧（144）以与中心极和每个外极大致相等的距离悬挂铁磁旋转斜盘（142）。 用户使用致动器手柄（148）来轴向地和旋转地偏转斜盘，以假定与中心极和每个外极的变化的距离。 由中心极引起的变化的磁通量通过旋转斜盘传导到每个外极，其程度取决于每个外极与斜盘的底表面（146）或周边（147）之间的间隔。 在感应绕组中感应出相应的信号电流。 每个信号电流与在其相关外极中流动的磁通量成比例。 对于每个信号电流检测峰值振幅，并且使用峰值振幅之间的差异来确定斜盘在X，Y，Z，滚动，俯仰和偏航中每个中的偏转程度， 轴方向。

公开(公告)号：US07415375B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-19

申请号：US11184765

申请日：2005-07-19

申请人： Andrew R. Shakman ,  Stephen A. Rogers ,  William D. Leppo

发明人： Andrew R. Shakman ,  Stephen A. Rogers ,  William D. Leppo

IPC分类号： G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G01G23/3735 ,  G01G19/414 ,  G06Q50/12

摘要： A food waste monitoring system and related methods are disclosed. The food waste monitoring system may include a local food waste monitoring device that is coupled to an electronic scale for weighing food waste. The monitoring device may capture and record the weight of food waste as well related information, such as the type of food wasted, the reason for the food becoming waste, the user weighing the food waste, and the type of container the food waste is weighed in. The system may also include a host device in communication with the local monitoring device that provides remote configuration and control of the local monitoring device.

摘要翻译： 公开了食物废物监测系统及相关方法。 食物废物监测系统可以包括与电子秤结合的本地食物废物监测装置，用于称重食物垃圾。 监测装置可以捕获和记录食物垃圾的重量以及相关信息，例如被浪费的食物的类型，食物变得浪费的原因，用户称量食物废物的重量以及食物垃圾的容器类型 该系统还可以包括与本地监视设备通信的主机设备，其提供本地监视设备的远程配置和控制。

公开(公告)号：US5786997A

公开(公告)日：1998-07-28

申请号：US666619

申请日：1996-06-18

申请人： Joshua K. Hoyt ,  Neil L. Brown ,  William D. Leppo

发明人： Joshua K. Hoyt ,  Neil L. Brown ,  William D. Leppo

IPC分类号： G05G9/047 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G05B9/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/0383 ,  G05G9/047 ,  G05G2009/0474 ,  G05G2009/04755 ,  G05G2009/04777 ,  G05G2009/04781 ,  G05G9/04737 ,  Y10T74/20201

摘要： A capacitively coupled, six axis joystick (320) employs a sensor electrode (310) having a perpendicular pair of slots (312, 314) and a fixed electrode assembly (300) having capacitor electrodes (C.sub.S) formed on three mutually orthogonal surfaces of planar circuit boards (302, 304, 306) that are complementarily nested within the slots of the sensor electrode. When nested together, the capacitor electrodes are separated from faces of the sensor electrode by spacings that depend on the rotational and translational movements of the sensor electrode relative to the electrode assembly. A signal generator (352) and address decoder (354) sequentially apply an alternating signal to the capacitor electrodes. The alternating signal is coupled to the closest associated faces of the sensor electrode to a degree dependent on the rotation- and translation-induced spacings. A controller (350) detects and processes each coupled signal voltage to determine a degree of deflection of the sensor electrode in the X-, Y-, Z-, roll-, pitch-, and yaw-axis directions.

摘要翻译： 电容耦合的六轴操纵杆（320）采用具有垂直成对的槽（312,314）的传感器电极（310）和固定电极组件（300），该固定电极组件（300）具有形成在平面的三个相互正交的表面上的电容器电极 互补地嵌套在传感器电极的槽内的电路板（302,304,306）。 当嵌套在一起时，电容器电极通过取决于传感器电极相对于电极组件的旋转和平移运动的间隔与传感器电极的表面分离。 信号发生器（352）和地址解码器（354）顺序地向电容器电极施加交变信号。 交变信号被耦合到传感器电极的最靠近的相关表面，其程度取决于旋转和平移引起的间隔。 控制器（350）检测和处理每个耦合信号电压以确定传感器电极在X，Y，Z，滚动，俯仰和偏航轴方向上的偏转程度。