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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul A Fisher, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340978 ; 116288 ; 340971 ; 340977 ;
Abstract
An ambiguous dial indicator intuitively communicates the relative value of setpoints to an operator. The ambiguous dial indicator includes an ambiguous scale and a pointer or needle. The setpoints are represented by 'bugs' which are adjacent to the ambiguous scale. The bugs are limited to a predetermined range about the pointer such that when a setpoint is outside of the predetermined range the associated bug is limited to an edge of the range. When several setpoints are outside of the predetermined range the several associated bugs saturate or park at the edges of the range. The invention is particularly useful in head-up displays and helmet mounted displays.