Patents by Inventor Andreas E. Dianna

Andreas E. Dianna 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).

  • Digitally measuring scopes using a high resolution encoder
    Patent number: 6195119
    Abstract: A system for determining a dimension of a detail including an optical scope for producing an image of the detail, an image scaling device for providing a scaled image size, and a processor. The system also includes a video camera which is either within the optical scope or external to the optical scope. The optical scope includes a focusing device for adjusting a focal position of the image of the detail and a device for providing a focus position signal based a position of the focusing device. If the system includes an external video camera, the optical scope also includes a viewer for passing the image of the detail to a plane outside of the optical scope. The video camera optically is coupled with the viewer of the optical scope or with the image of the detail and produces a video signal of the detail from the image of the detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Olympus America, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas E. Dianna, James G. Costello
  • Digitally measuring scopes using a high resolution encoder
    Patent number: 5801762
    Abstract: A system for determining a dimension of a detail including an optical scope for producing an image of the detail, an image scaling device for providing a scaled image size, and a processor. The system also includes a video camera which is either within the optical scope or external to the optical scope. The optical scope includes a focusing device for adjusting a focal position of the image of the detail and a device for providing a focus position signal based a position of the focusing device. If the system includes an external video camera, the optical scope also includes a viewer for passing the image of the detail to a plane outside of the optical scope. The video camera optically is coupled with the viewer of the optical scope or with the image of the detail and produces a video signal of the detail from the image of the detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Olympus America, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas E. Dianna, James G. Costello
  • Digitally measuring scopes using a high resolution encoder
    Patent number: 5573492
    Abstract: A system for determining a dimension of a detail including an optical scope for producing an image of the detail, an image scaling device for providing a scaled image size, and a processor. The system also includes a video camera which is either within the optical scope or external to the optical scope. The optical scope includes a focusing device for adjusting a focal position of the image of the detail and a device for providing a focus position signal based a position of the focusing device. If the system includes an external video camera, the optical scope also includes a viewer for passing the image of the detail to a plane outside of the optical scope. The video camera optically is coupled with the viewer of the optical scope or with the image of the detail and produces a video signal of the detail from the image of the detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Olympus America Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas E. Dianna, James G. Costello