Digital position encoder and data optimizer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5126948
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07434983

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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.

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VOUGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANYC/O THE CARLYLE GROUP ATTN W CONWAY 1001 PENN AVE NW SUITE 220 WASHINGTON DC 20004 WASH DC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mitchell, Lee D Grand Prairie, TX 1 48
Rice, Mark Bedford, TX 21 2091

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