Patents Assigned to Metron Systems, Inc.
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Patent number: 6940891Abstract: This disclosure describes the design and construction of high-precision off-axis optical imaging systems. The disclosure also describes the design and construction of high-precision mounting structures for rigidly holding optical elements in an optical imaging system. The disclosure further describes both a mechanism for highly stable mounting and a technique for high precision focusing of a detector in a complex optical setup. The disclosure even further describes both tooling and a technique used for focusing high precision optical imaging systems. The theory and use of at least these concepts are introduced by examining how these concepts aid the construction and use of a non-contact laser scanning system.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Metron Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas R. Clary, Joseph A. Franklin, Kyle S. Johnston, Joseph D. Ridge
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Patent number: 6870631Abstract: A system and method for measuring the profile of an external surface of a part is provided. The system includes a source of light that directs light onto a region of the external surface of the part. The system also includes a linear, light-sensitive sensor, and a lens used to image locations within the region onto the sensor. The source of light and the sensor are located substantially within the same plane such that the sensor detects substantially only light scattered, diffracted, or reflected from the region and travelling substantially within the plane. The system additionally includes a re-positionable mirror that re-directs the light emitted from the source of light to the plurality of locations within the region and re-directs light scattered, diffracted, or reflected from the plurality of locations within the region to the lens and the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignees: Metron Systems, Inc., The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kyle S. Johnston, Tomas E. Lock, Thomas R. Clary, Spencer G. Nelson, Heath M. Greenberg
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Patent number: 6825922Abstract: A system for measuring the external surface profile of a component using a non-contact optical technique which scans the field of view with a spot of light through a range of angles by utilizing a rotating mirror system and which precisely determines the angular position of the spot of light during scanning.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Metron Systems, Inc.Inventors: Kyle S. Johnston, Joseph A. Franklin, Spencer G. Nelson, Charles M. Bass
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Patent number: 6822748Abstract: Calibration techniques are disclosed for determining the rigid-body coordinate transformation that will precisely align the coordinate frame of a laser scanner with the coordinate frames of several different motion axes. The theory and use of at least these concepts are introduced by examining how these concepts aid the construction and use of a non-contact laser scanning system.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Metron Systems, Inc.Inventors: Kyle S. Johnston, Charles M. Bass
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Patent number: 6785007Abstract: A system and method for measuring the profile of an external surface of a part is provided. The system includes a source of light that directs light onto a region of the external surface of the part. The system also includes a linear, light-sensitive sensor, and a lens used to image locations within the region onto the sensor. The source of light and the sensor are located substantially within the same plane such that the sensor detects substantially only light scattered, diffracted, or reflected from the region and travelling substantially within the plane. The system additionally includes a re-positionable mirror that re-directs the light emitted from the source of light to the plurality of locations within the region and re-directs light scattered, diffracted, or reflected from the plurality of locations within the region to the lens and the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignees: Metron Systems, Inc., The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kyle S. Johnston, Tomas E. Lock, Thomas R. Clary, Spencer G. Nelson, Heath M. Greenberg
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Patent number: 6441908Abstract: A system and method for measuring the profile of an external surface of a part is provided. The system includes a source of light that directs light onto a region of the external surface of the part. The system also includes a linear, light-sensitive sensor, and a lens used to image locations within the region onto the sensor. The source of light and the sensor are located substantially within the same plane such that the sensor detects substantially only light scattered, diffracted, or reflected from the region and travelling substantially within the plane. The system additionally includes a re-positionable mirror that re-directs the light emitted from the source of light to the plurality of locations within the region and re-directs light scattered, diffracted, or reflected from the plurality of locations within the region to the lens and the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2000Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignees: Metron Systems, Inc., The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kyle S. Johnston, Tomas E. Lock, Thomas R. Clary, Spencer G. Nelson, Heath M. Greenberg