US Patents 

1.      Fault Self-Detector for Machine Vision Measurement   6,323,776   US PTO Link
2.      Apparatus and Method for Determining Wheel Axial Stability  5,969,246    PTO Link
3.      Electro-optic Imager for (Tomato) Sorting  5,895,910     PTO Link
4.      Alignment Monitor and Method for Waste Water Treatment  5,337,885       PTO Link
5.      Self-Diagnostic Wheel Balancer  5,307,279     PTO Link
6.      Color Sorter for Glass and Plastic Recycling 5,314,071      PTO Link
7.      Shape Adaptive Process Apparatus for paint spray control   5,280,433     PTO Link
8.      Ice Imaging Apparatus for Aircraft Deicing  5,180,122      PTO Link
9.      3-D Fourier Profilometer for Casting Evaluation & Measurement  5,243,665     PTO Link
10.  Wide Angle Wheel Alignment System  5,220,399     PTO Link
11.  Position Designator for Automotive Wheel Service Machines  5,109,715   PTO Link
12.  Light Scanning System for Measurement of a Workpiece  5,054,918   PTO Link
13.  Apparatus for Automatic Inspection of Electrical Connector Pins  4,696,047     PTO Link
14.  Video Image Processing System for Programmable Controller   4,916,640   PTO Link
15.  Photonic Pickup for Musical Instruments  4,815,353     PTO Link
16.  Visual Navigation System for Free-Roaming Mobile Robots  4,779,203     PTO Link
17.  Image Reflection Filter for Visual Navigation of Mobile Robot  4,789,940     PTO Link
18.  Apparatus for Visually Locating and Communicating with Mobile Robots  4,882,694    PTO Link
19. Line-Scan Industrial Image Processor  4,924,307    PTO Link 
20.  Hidden Image Regeneration System for Visual Navigation of Mobile Robot   4,887,223  PTO Link
21.  Method for Predictive Tracking for Mobile Robots    4,750,123    PTO Link
22.  Apparatus for Automatic Inspection of Printed Labels    4,589,141    PTO Link

Foreign patents are issued for most of the above cases - plus others not filed in the US:
A.  Active Target Wheel Aligner   WO 00/703004
B.  Apparatus and Method for Adjusting Wheel Alignment Camera Height   WO 99/03018
C.  Mobile Vehicle Navigation Controller use of Delayed Absolute Position Data  86305577.5  
D.  Ueberpruefung der Messgenauigkeit von Radausrightungen und Radpositionen   Deutschland 4244896 C2
E.  Scansione Mediante Luce per la Misura Dell 'Orientazone e Delle Caratteritiche Fisice di un Pezzo in Lavorazione Italy 01244541
F.  Komponentin evaluointijaerjestelma  Finland 911 140  Processeur d'image France 2 632 428  Robo Vision EP 0 221 643  
G. Optical Scanning Apparatus Japan 4213041  by Donarudo Jiei Kurisuchiyan(sic) et al
Several new patent disclosures are in process, in US and overseas.  

  Professional Society Conferences 

• Conference Chairman, Machine Vision '94, SME, Minneapolis, Minnesota [pdf flyer]
• "Tips & Tricks for Users of Machine Vision Instrumentation", ISA (Instrumentation Society America), Feb.96, Santa Clara
• Conference Organizing Committee, Vision '96,  
• Tech Conference Manager, FMC Technology Management Conference, Scottsdale Arizona, May 95
• Session chair and conference co-chair, Machine Vision '92, Atlanta Georgia 
• Session chair IJCAI, Computer Vision, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI, Detroit 89 

Awards and Certifications 

      - Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers  
- Senior Member, IEEE Computer Society
- President, Machine Vision Association - Board of Advisors 93-95
- Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE, SME) 
- Performance Award, FMC Corporate Technology Center, for Agricultural Chemical Discovery Equipment "Skeeter-Meter" 
- Lynne Bradley Product Innovation Award: "Product of the Year" award, for development of VIM (Vision Input Module) 
- FMC  "Living Our Values" Award 

  Publications 

1. "Automotive Alignment with Machine Vision" [pdf],  Proceedings of the SPIE Vol. 3205, Vision Applications & Architectures, Pittsburgh Jul.97
2. "Vision-Enabled Automotive Alignment" [ppt], Automekanika conference, Frankfurt 97 
3. "Machine Vision for Automated Assembly", Fastrack Assembly Conference, SME Nashville Nov.92
4. "Extending Machine Vision Application Boundaries", (editor and leader), SME publications 92 
5. "Vision System Cuts Armor Plate Overspray", Industrial Finishing Magazine 
6. "Paint Optimization System using Intelligent Sensing and Control", Proceedings of the IMTS Conference, Chicago Sept.90
7. "Software Tools for Computer Aided Component Surface Evaluation and Analysis",  Proceedings of IMTS Conference, Chicago
8. "ANSI Standard Performance Test for Automated Vision Systems: Geometric Repeatability and Accuracy", American National Standards Institute, Automated Vision Association, New York,  Jul.89
9. "Machine Vision Solves Blow-Molding Problems," Scan-Tech Conf., SME Chicago  
10. "Machine Vision's New Wave" Robotics World Magazine 
11. "Automated Inspection for Blow-Mold" [pdf]  (in Japanese)  Image Technology Magazine, Tokyo, 
12. "AutoVM:  Automatic Visual/Mechanical Inspection of Packaged Integrated Circuits," [pdf] Vision Proceedings, Detroit, SME 
13. "IC Package Quality & Integrity", Surface Mount Technology Clinic, May 88 Los Angeles
14. "Review of Digital Image Processing," Robotics Age - The Journal of Intelligent Machines Sept.88
15. "Numerical Reliability of  TI Calculators & Computers" [pdf]  Texas Instruments Defense Systems Engineering Journal