Patents by Inventor David Alexander Gaukroger

David Alexander Gaukroger 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).

  • Patent number: 9791383
    Abstract: An inspection system for and method of inspecting deposits printed on workpieces through a printing screen, the system comprising: a camera unit movable relative to a printing screen, where comprising a body including a plurality of apertures, and a workpiece on which deposits are printed through the apertures of the printing screen; and a control unit operable to control the camera unit such as to capture images of at least one pair of corresponding regions of the printing screen and the workpiece, and process the images to determine, for each of a plurality of points defining the image of the printing screen, whether the point is of aperture, and, only where the point is of aperture, determine whether the corresponding point of the corresponding image of the workpiece, as defined by a corresponding plurality of points, is of deposit, thereby enabling a determination of a print characteristic of deposits printed on the workpiece from a relationship of the points determined to be of deposit to the points dete
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ASM ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventor: David Alexander Gaukroger