Patents by Inventor Bernie Fergus Jackson

Bernie Fergus Jackson 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining the alignment of motor vehicle wheels
    Patent number: 6148528
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the position and/or alignment of objects such as motor vehicle wheels, and including targets for attachment to the objects, a pair of optical sensing means such as television cameras for viewing the targets, an electronic processing means connected to the optical sensing means for processing data relating to images of the targets to determine position and/or alignment information, and a display means for displaying the position and/or alignment information. The optical sensing means view a target located on each object and form an image of each target. Electronic signals corresponding to each of the images are transferred to the electronic processing means which correlates the image signals of each of the targets with the true shape of each target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Snap-On Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernie Fergus Jackson
  • Method and apparatus for determining the alignment of motor vehicle wheels
    Patent number: 5943783
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the position and/or alignment of objects such as motor vehicle wheels, and including targets for attachment to the objects, a pair of optical sensing means such as television cameras for viewing the targets, an electronic processing means connected to the optical sensing means for processing data relating to images of the targets to determine position and/or alignment information, and a display means for displaying the position and/or alignment information. The optical sensing means view a target located on each object and form an image of each target. Electronic signals corresponding to each of the images are transferred to the electronic processing means which correlates the image signals of each of the targets with the true shape of each target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Balco, Incorporated
    Inventor: Bernie Fergus Jackson
  • Method and apparatus for determining the alignment of motor vehicle wheels
    Patent number: 5724743
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the position and/or alignment of objects such as motor vehicle wheels, and including targets for attachment to the objects, a pair of optical sensing means such as television cameras for viewing the targets, an electronic processing means connected to the optical sensing means for processing data relating to images of the targets to determine position and/or alignment information, and a display means for displaying the position and/or alignment information. The optical sensing means view a target located on each object and form an image of each target. Electronic signals corresponding to each of the images are transferred to the electronic processing means which correlates the image signals of each of the targets with the true shape of each target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Snap-On Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Bernie Fergus Jackson