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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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Lucas, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jeffrey Senn, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Joseph Ballay, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Noah Guyot, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Maya Design Group, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/500 ;
Abstract
An architecture and electric system for controlling various devices is disclosed. The system uses modular, interchangeable components that can perform one or several tasks, such as interacting with a human user, controlling an external device, communicating and managing communications between several modules, storing and retrieving information, and acting as a master module. The modules are stackable and can interface with any other module.