Patents by Inventor Bruce Pease

Bruce Pease has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method of controlling CMM using environmental information or CMM information
    Patent number: 10598476
    Abstract: A method of measuring an object uses a coordinate measuring machine, which is positioned within an environment (e.g., a clean room). The method receives sensing information relating to the coordinate measuring machine, the environment, or both the coordinate measuring machine and the environment. Next, the method controls the coordinate measuring machine to perform, based on the sensing information, a specified mechanical action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hexagon Metrology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Witkos, Bruce Pease, Zachary Cobb, Milan Kocic
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CMM USING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION OR CMM INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20160334201
    Abstract: A method of measuring an object uses a coordinate measuring machine, which is positioned within an environment (e.g., a clean room). The method receives sensing information relating to the coordinate measuring machine, the environment, or both the coordinate measuring machine and the environment. Next, the method controls the coordinate measuring machine to perform, based on the sensing information, a specified mechanical action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Witkos, Bruce Pease, Zachary Cobb, Milan Kocic
  • HYSTERESIS COMPENSATION IN A COORDINATE MEASUREMENT MACHINE
    Publication number: 20070144022
    Abstract: A single-scale, single-drive coordinate measuring machine that compensates for hysteresis error caused by friction at the non-driven end of the bridge. The coordinate measuring machine is calibrated to estimate hysteresis effects at one or more distances from the scale. Measurements of workpieces are adjusted based on the calibration data and the distances of the carriage from the scale at the point of the measurements. The scale and the drive system may be positioned on opposite guideways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Hexagon Metrology AB
    Inventors: Richard MacManus, Bruce Pease