Patents by Inventor Richard F. Amaral

Richard F. Amaral 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).

  • Monitoring deposited pads
    Patent number: 5882720
    Abstract: Automatically monitoring pads of material deposited on a surface of a workpiece using an inspection system that senses a deposited pad of material and determines pad height values at a plurality of locations across the pad, and a shape classifier that receives the pad height values as inputs and outputs a plurality of three-dimensional shape attributes related to pad deposit conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: MPM Corporation
    Inventors: Marc A. Legault, Richard F. Amaral