Supports: cabinet structure – For particular electrical device or component – Work station or support furniture for computer or computer...
Reexamination Certificate
2001-04-06
2002-09-03
Hansen, James O. (Department: 3636)
Supports: cabinet structure
For particular electrical device or component
Work station or support furniture for computer or computer...
C312S312000, C312S319700, C180S065100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06443543
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a computer controlled mobile device and, more specifically, to a mobile personal computer station comprising a personal computer and a motorized workstation.
The motorized workstation has a base member, planar worksurface and a plurality of extension members for adjusting the height of the planar worksurface. The planar worksurface has a rotative threaded aperture wherein a stanchion with means for attaching a camera thereto. Located on the underside of the planar worksurface is the electrical and mechanical means for controlling the tilt and pan of the camera which has a connection to the personal computer for recording and or transmitting the image within the focal field of the camera.
The camera stanchion and the planar worksurface extension members can be selectively height adjusted to suit the user.
The base member of the motorized workstation houses the electrical and mechanical elements whereby the workstation can be instructed to move from one location to another by means of the personal computer. The base member has an internal remotely regenerative power supply in the form of at least one battery. There are also a number of wheels supporting the base member. The wheels are connected to a servomotor that is controlled by an integrated circuit that receives directional commands from the personal computer. The integrated circuit also controls the engaging and disengaging of the drive motor. Also forming an integral part of the base member is a connection panel for attachment of various computer controlled components such as, mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer, camera, etc. this is basically a pass through panel to the personal computer.
The present invention is a wheel top, PC mobilizer. The wheel top, PC mobilizer is comprised of a table top, a plurality of selectively extendible table legs having locking and retaining means, and a docking station. The tabletop is a flat rectangular shaped structure that provides the same functioning aspect of a conventional tabletop found in industry. The tabletop is furnished with a camera stand, and a camera rotator mechanism. The camera stand is a circled shape structure having a selectively extendible leg. The camera stand provides the means of rest for a camera that is selectively attached thereto. The camera extension leg is comprised of two cylindrical shaped structures that are telescopically coupled together. The camera stand selectively extendible leg is furnished with two extension joints and extension joint retainers. The camera stand selectively extendible leg provides the user of the wheel top, PC mobilizer with the means of selectively adjusting the height of a camera that has been mounted onto the camera stand. The extension joints of the camera stand are coupled together in a telescoping manner as to provide the means of a smooth extension transgression as the camera stand extension leg is selectively extended. The extension joint retainers provide the means for selectively retaining the camera stand extension leg in the extended position. The camera rotator mechanism
80
is a computer controlled unit that provides the user
12
of the wheel top, PC mobilizer
10
with the means for selectively rotating a camera that is mounted onto the telescoping camera stand
20
and that has been coupled to the table top
32
via the camera rotative coupling mounting post
60
. The camera rotator mechanism
80
is composed of a transceiver IC
82
, a motor
84
, a worm gear
86
, a drive transfer gear
32
, a drive shaft
90
, and a rotative coupling
60
. The transceiver IC
82
is a closed circuit receiver and transmitter that provides the means for the positioning and relaying data information about the circular displacement position of a camera mounted onto the camera stand
20
of the wheel top, PC mobilizer. The motor
84
resembles that of a small conventional drive motor that is commonly found in industry. The motor provides the means for rotating the camera mounted on the camera stand via information received from the transceiver IC
82
. The worm gear
86
and the drive transfer gear
88
resemble that of a worm gear and drive component commonly found in industry, and work in conjunction with the motor
84
and the camera drive shaft
90
to deliver circular displacement to a camera that has been selectively mounted to the camera stand
20
of the wheel top, PC mobilizer. The rotative coupling
60
is a circular shaped structure that protrudes through the tabletop
32
. The rotative coupling
60
provides the means for coupling and retaining the camera stand to the tabletop
32
of the wheel top, PC mobilizer. Also shown are a camera platform
92
, a camera locking screw
94
, electrical wires
72
, a battery
96
, an antenna
98
and mounting recesses
40
.
Another object of the wheel top, PC mobilizer are the extendible table legs. There are four extendible table legs located at each distal corner of the tabletop bottom most side. The extendible table legs is comprised of variable diameter cylindrical joint structures that are telescopically coupled together having extension joint retainers thereto. The extendible table legs provides the user of the wheel top, PC mobilizer with the means of selectively adjusting the height of the tabletop.
The docking station is a modified rectangular shaped structure having a computer controlled mobility via wheels and a drive motor, and is also furnished with a plurality of hardware ports. The docking station is comprised of an upper housing, a battery vent, a storage access panel, a mobile unit and a plurality of hardware ports. The upper housing provides the housing means for several of the intricate components that help to comprise the wheel top, PC mobilizer. The upper housing houses and consists of two internal batteries, a PC interface, storage compartments, a plurality of hardware ports and table leg recesses. The internal batteries may resemble and function like that of convention rechargeable batteries commonly found in industry. The internal batteries provide the means for powering the mobilizer CPU and drive motor when the wheel top, PC mobilizer is not selectively attached to a utility power source. The PC interface may be a rectangle shaped structure furnished with a plurality of variable computer connection ports. The PC interface provides the means for the user's computer to interface and communicate with the CPU of the wheel top, PC mobilizer. The PC interface is also furnished with an AC current connector that provides the means for selectively attaching the wheel top, PC mobilizer to a utility power source via a conventional extension power cord that may be found in industry. The storage compartments are flanged cut out furnished into the upper housing that provides a means for selectively storing intricate components of the user's choice. The hardware ports are molded cut out furnished into the upper housing that provides for the means of selectively storing computer hardware items (i.e. CPU towers, printers, and other peripheral of the user's choice). The table leg recesses are circular shaped apertures that provide means for coupling the extendible table legs to the upper housing. The battery vent is a molded structure having rectangular shaped apertures therein that provides the means for ventilating the batteries that are housed within the upper housing. The storage access panel is a rectangle shaped structure that provides the means for selectively retaining or obtaining components within the storage compartments.
The mobile unit is a computer controlled wheeled structure that provides the means of mobility for the wheel top, PC mobilizer. The mobile unit consists of a IC housing, a mobilizer CPU, a clutch driven motor, a plurality of shock absorbers, a servo-motor, steering rods, a drive shaft, a drive gear, a differential gear, rear wheels, front wheels and a plurality of electrical wiring contacts. The IC housing is an electrically shielded struc
Hansen James O.
Kroll Michael I.
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