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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard Metcalfe, Delta, CA;
Cash Reuser, Delta, CA;
Assignee:
LMI Technologies, Inc., Delta, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/124 ; H01J 4/014 ; H01L 4/014 ; G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 1/124 ; H01J 4/014 ; H01L 4/014 ; G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are TV Camera based electro-optical sensors, providing affordable methods and apparatus for high speed determination of dimensions and other features of objects. Preferred embodiments utilize addressable line or pixel based cameras to effect triangulation based and other machine vision sensing of objects.