Mark A Rice

US Patent:

51269481, Jun 30, 1992

Filed:

Nov 8, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/434983

Inventors:

Lee D. Mitchell - Grand Prairie TX
Mark Rice - Bedford TX

Assignee:

LTV Aerospace and Defense Company - Grand Prairie TX

International Classification:

G06F 1546

US Classification:

36447403

Abstract:

A digitizing system for automatically recording data points representative of, for example, sheet metal templates having varying shapes is disclosed. A stylus connected to a tracing arm is guided along the edge of a template. As the arm moves, digital scales generate a stream of encoded electrical pulses which yield direction and distance information. These pulses are then decoded, counted, and stored. If the operator has selected the automatic digitize mode, a data point is automatically stored each time the stylus moves a predetermined distance in the X, Y, or Z direction. The present invention also provides an improved method of optimizing or compressing the stored set of data points.

Address:

3907 Laguna Vis Cv, Austin, TX 78746

Phone:

(512)7322190

VIN:

2HNYD2H39CH521018

Make:

ACURA

Model:

MDX

Year:

2012

Address:

3907 Laguna Vis Cv, Austin, TX 78746

Phone:

(512)7322189

VIN:

1FTPW14V67KB93410

Make:

FORD

Model:

F-150

Year:

2007