| US 7,506,545 B1 | ||
| Balancing device | ||
| Ted W. Larson, Los Altos Hills, Calif. (US); and Robert Allen, Ben Lomond, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to OLogic, Inc., Los Altos Hills, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/429,644. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/678456, filed on May 05, 2005. | ||
| Int. Cl. G01M 1/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—462 | 29 Claims |
| 1. A balancing device including:
an active balancing mechanism wherein the active balancing mechanism maintains the balancing device in an actively balanced
state within a range of the active balancing mechanism;
an auxiliary balancing mechanism wherein the auxiliary balancing mechanism is configured to support the balancing device in
an unbalanced state that is outside the range of the active balancing mechanism and aid a transition of the balancing device
to the actively balanced state that is within the range of the active balancing mechanism;
a processor configured to actively control the transition from the unbalanced state to the actively balanced state.
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