Patents by Inventor Kimberly E. Newman

Kimberly E. Newman 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).

  • Inspection system and method for bond detection and validation of surface mount devices
    Patent number: 5963662
    Abstract: A hybrid surface mount component inspection system which includes both vision and infrared inspection techniques to determine the presence of surface mount components on a printed wiring board, and the quality of solder joints of surface mount components on printed wiring boards by using data level sensor fusion to combine data from two infrared sensors to obtain emissivity independent thermal signatures of solder joints, and using feature level sensor fusion with active perception to assemble and process inspection information from any number of sensors to determine characteristic feature sets of different defect classes to classify solder defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: George J. Vachtsevanos, Iqbal M. Dar, Kimberly E. Newman, Erin Sahinci