1. Fault
Self-Detector for Machine Vision Measurement 6,323,776
practical optical instrumentation
for dirty garages
2. Apparatus and
Method for Determining Wheel Axial Stability 5,969,246
3-D Axle
Inspection
3. Electro-optic
Imager for (Tomato) Sorting 5,895,910 Agricultural Harvester
Electro-Optics
4. Alignment Monitor
and Method for Waste Water Treatment 5,337,885
Reliability
Improvement-sewage
5. Self-Diagnostic
Wheel Balancer 5,307,279
Continuous Self-checking SW.
Detects Water in tires too.
6. Color Sorter for
Glass and Plastic Recycling 5,314,071
Green Technology - Recycling Container
Glass
7. Shape Adaptive
Process Apparatus for paint spray control 5,280,433
Air Quality - Sprayer Automation
8. Ice Imaging
Apparatus for Aircraft Deicing 5,180,122
Airport Safety, Minimizes Use of
Anti-freeze
9. 3-D Fourier
Profilometer for Casting Evaluation & Measurement 5,243,665
Factory Automation
10. Wide Angle Wheel Alignment System 5,220,399
Undercar service
improvement
11.
Position Designator for Automotive Wheel Service Machines 5,109,715
Process Speed-up
12. Light Scanning System for Measurement of a
Workpiece 5,054,918
Wheel Runout
Inspector
13.
Apparatus for Automatic Inspection of Electrical Connector Pins 4,696,047
Electronic Component
Inspection
14. Video Image Processing System for
Programmable Controller 4,916,640 Factory Automation
15. Photonic Pickup for Musical
Instruments 4,815,353
Optical Transducer for Nylon String
Musical Instruments
16. Visual Navigation System for Free-Roaming
17. Image Reflection Filter for Visual
Navigation of
18. Apparatus
for Visually Locating and Communicating with Mobile Robots 4,882,694
Nav & Comm in one Pod
19.
Line-Scan Industrial Image Processor 4,924,307
Instrumentation for Factory
Automation for A-B PLCs
20. Hidden Image Regeneration System for Visual
Navigation of
21. Method for Predictive Tracking for
22. Apparatus for
Automatic Inspection of Printed Labels 4,589,141
Inspection - Integrated Circuit
Packages
Foreign patents
are issued for most of the inventions
above.
Interestingly, a number of patents were
granted in other countries but not in the
i Active Target Wheel
Aligner WO
00/703004 World Application of surgical electro-optics to collision
repair
ii. Apparatus and Method for Adjusting
Wheel Alignment Camera Height WO
99/03018 World Labor-saving
convenience
iii Mobile Vehicle Navigation Controller
use of Delayed Absolute Position Data 86305577.5
Euro Kalman-Bucy
filter
iv
Ueberpruefung der Messgenauigkeit von Radausrightungen und
Radpositionen Germany
4244896 C2 Cool eagle
logo!
v
Scansione Mediante Luce per la Misura Dell 'Orientazone e Delle
Caratteritiche Fisice di un Pezzo in Lavorazione Italy
01244541
vi
Komponentin Evaluointijärjestelmä Finland
911 140 3-D Imager 'Casting Qualifier'
vii Processeur d'image France 2
632 428 a la Matra
Servovision, Les Ulis
viii Vision Navigation
System EP 0 221
643 Euro Album of
navigational patents
ix Optical Scanning
Apparatus Japan
4213041 by Donarudo Jiei
Kurisuchiyan(sic) et al (from Kana
manuscript)
Several more patent disclosures are in
process, in USA and overseas.
Some of the patents listed above have been taken to court as the subject of civil litigation. The events (the ones that have run their course) make entertaining stories. I've also seen some as a third-party expert witness. The stories are not published but they are available by special request.
Professional Society Conferences
Awards and Certifications
- Fellow, Society of
Manufacturing Engineers (Dearborn, Michigan) (elected)
-
Senior Member, IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Nominated as IEEE Fellow, class of 2010
- BAE Systems Chairman's Award 2007, for Distributed Aperture Situational
Awareness System for armored vehicles
- President,
MVA, Machine
Vision Association - Board of Advisors 93-95
- FMC Central Engineering Labs "Living Our
Values" Award 94.
- Certified
Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- Performance Award, FMC
Corporate Technology Center, for Agricultural Chemical
Discovery Equipment
"Skeeter-Meter"
A new laboratory instrument "skeeter meter" used for
development of new Princeton insecticides. Machine-vision based
automation.
- Lynne Bradley Product Innovation Award:
"Product of the Year" award, for development of Allen-Bradley VIM Vision Input
Module '88
Publications
Technical Writing
Photos
Advising
US Congress - Hybrid Electric Drive technology for defense and public transit,
May 2009
WIRED
magazine photo feature - Hybrid Electric Armored Vehicles '07
Tokyo
Trade Show - introducing VIM Machine Vision modular concept to
Bedouin
Consultation - Nabatean counsel, wise men advisory panel -
Interviews
Jane's
Defence Weekly - Alternative Fuelling, Hybrid Electric Propulsion
& Power in military vehicles. London, England, Aug 2009
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