Patents by Inventor Edward T. Polidor

Edward T. Polidor 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: 10579890
    Abstract: A method of aligning a 3D CAD model to a test object in a machine vision system comprising steps of orienting the 3D CAD model in a model window, placing the test object on a motion stage in an orientation approximately matching the orientation of the 3D model, taking a video image of the test object with the video camera and extracting a peripheral boundary in a datum plane normal to the viewing axis of the video camera, extracting a silhouette boundary of the 3D model in a corresponding datum plane, relatively positioning the silhouette boundary of the 3D model to match the peripheral boundary of the test object using a fitting algorithm, and matching coordinates of points in the 3D model to coordinates of corresponding points of the test object referenced within the corresponding datum plane and along the viewing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Attila Prokai
  • Patent number: 10401165
    Abstract: An articulated sensor head includes three different sensor modules. A first of the sensor modules is carried on an extended shank that is mounted in a pivotable fashion from an articulating wrist. A housing carrying a second and a third of the sensor modules is releasably fastened to the extended shank. The second and third sensor modules are carried by the housing in a fixed angular orientation with respect to an orientation of the first sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Kenneth L. Sheehan, Joseph C. LaPlaca
  • Publication number: 20190145766
    Abstract: An articulated sensor head includes three different sensor modules. A first of the sensor modules is carried on an extended shank that is mounted in a pivotable fashion from an articulating wrist. A housing carrying a second and a third of the sensor modules is releasably fastened to the extended shank. The second and third sensor modules are carried by the housing in a fixed angular orientation with respect to an orientation of the first sensor module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Kenneth L. Sheehan, Joseph C. LaPlaca
  • Patent number: 10222207
    Abstract: An articulated sensor head includes three different sensor modules. A first of the sensor modules is carried on an extended shank that is mounted in a pivotable fashion from an articulating wrist. A housing carrying a second and a third of the sensor modules is releasably fastened to the extended shank. The second and third sensor modules are carried by the housing in a fixed angular orientation with respect to an orientation of the first sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Kenneth L. Sheehan, Joseph C. LaPlaca
  • Publication number: 20180247147
    Abstract: A method of aligning a 3D CAD model to a test object in a machine vision system comprising steps of orienting the 3D CAD model in a model window, placing the test object on a motion stage in an orientation approximately matching the orientation of the 3D model, taking a video image of the test object with the video camera and extracting a peripheral boundary in a datum plane normal to the viewing axis of the video camera, extracting a silhouette boundary of the 3D model in a corresponding datum plane, relatively positioning the silhouette boundary of the 3D model to match the peripheral boundary of the test object using a fitting algorithm, and matching coordinates of points in the 3D model to coordinates of corresponding points of the test object referenced within the corresponding datum plane and along the viewing axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Attila Prokai
  • Publication number: 20180073871
    Abstract: An articulated sensor head includes three different sensor modules. A first of the sensor modules is carried on an extended shank that is mounted in a pivotable fashion from an articulating wrist. A housing carrying a second and a third of the sensor modules is releasably fastened to the extended shank. The second and third sensor modules are carried by the housing in a fixed angular orientation with respect to an orientation of the first sensor module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Kenneth L. Sheehan, Joseph C. LaPlaca
  • Patent number: 9784564
    Abstract: An optical measurement system includes an optical sensor assembly for measuring an object located beneath the optical sensor assembly. A deployment mechanism is pivotally connected relative to the optical sensor assembly that moves a secondary measurement aid, such as a touch sensor, between a deployed position and a retracted position. When in the retracted position, the secondary measurement aid does not inhibit movement of the optical sensor with respect to the object being measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick D. Schwab, Edward T. Polidor
  • Publication number: 20160178350
    Abstract: An optical measurement system includes an optical sensor assembly for measuring an object located beneath the optical sensor assembly. A deployment mechanism is pivotally connected relative to the optical sensor assembly that moves a secondary measurement aid, such as a touch sensor, between a deployed position and a retracted position. When in the retracted position, the secondary measurement aid does not inhibit movement of the optical sensor with respect to the object being measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Frederick D. Schwab, Edward T. Polidor
  • Patent number: 9019511
    Abstract: A coordinate measurement machine having a feeler whose position is determined optically and a lens for use in such a machine and a method for making a lens for a coordinate measurement machine, having a flexible feeler having a sensing tip, positioned substantially at the focal point of the objective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward T. Polidor
  • Patent number: 8542297
    Abstract: A process for pre-calibrating illumination sources permits illumination light intensities to be set to a near optimal level during training of an optical inspection system. Applicants have found that the illumination source intensities for a category of illuminators are sufficiently constant from machine to machine that the data collected during calibration of an illumination source on a machine using a particular type of source may be used on other machines of the same type using the same type of illumination source when combined with the reticle light intensity data for different zoom magnification's of the particular machine being used. That is, using known data for particular machine and the illumination source light intensity data for the same type of machine and illumination source permits accurate presetting of an illumination source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Daniel C. Abbas
  • Publication number: 20130222794
    Abstract: A coordinate measurement machine having a feeler whose position is determined optically and a lens for use in such a machine and a method for making a lens for a coordinate measurement machine, having a flexible feeler having a sensing tip, positioned substantially at the focal point of the objective lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Edward T. Polidor
  • Patent number: 8400633
    Abstract: An optical comparator arranged for rear projection onto a viewing screen combines an optical projector that projects an optical image of a test part under inspection onto the viewing screen with a video projector that projects an optical image of a pixilated template pattern containing illustrated specifications of the test part onto the same viewing screen. The images of the test part and the pixilated template pattern are projected concurrently onto the viewing screen for visually comparing the form of the test part against its specified form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward T. Polidor
  • Publication number: 20130033620
    Abstract: A process for pre-calibrating illumination sources permits illumination light intensities to be set to a near optimal level during training of an optical inspection system. Applicants have found that the illumination source intensities for a category of illuminators are sufficiently constant from machine to machine that the data collected during calibration of an illumination source on a machine using a particular type of source may be used on other machines of the same type using the same type of illumination source when combined with the reticle light intensity data for different zoom magnification's of the particular machine being used. That is, using known data for particular machine and the illumination source light intensity data for the same type of machine and illumination source permits accurate presetting of an illumination source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Daniel C. Abbas
  • Publication number: 20120307246
    Abstract: An optical comparator arranged for rear projection onto a viewing screen combines an optical projector that projects an optical image of a test part under inspection onto the viewing screen with a video projector that projects an optical image of a pixilated template pattern containing illustrated specifications of the test part onto the same viewing screen. The images of the test part and the pixilated template pattern are projected concurrently onto the viewing screen for visually comparing the form of the test part against its specified form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Boris Gelman
  • Patent number: 8269970
    Abstract: An optical comparator arranged for rear projection onto a viewing screen combines an optical projector that projects an optical image of a test part under inspection onto the viewing screen with a video projector that projects an optical image of a pixilated template pattern containing illustrated specifications of the test part onto the same viewing screen. The images of the test part and the pixilated template pattern are projected concurrently onto the viewing screen for visually comparing the form of the test part against its specified form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Boris Gelman
  • Publication number: 20110001973
    Abstract: An optical comparator arranged for rear projection onto a viewing screen combines an optical projector that projects an optical image of a test part under inspection onto the viewing screen with a video projector that projects an optical image of a pixilated template pattern containing illustrated specifications of the test part onto the same viewing screen. The images of the test part and the pixilated template pattern are projected concurrently onto the viewing screen for visually comparing the form of the test part against its specified form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Boris Gelman
  • Patent number: 7812971
    Abstract: An autofocus system and method that includes a controllable light source having at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths adapted for illuminating an object; a camera receiving light from said light source reflected from a portion of said object and generating output signals responsive to said received light; a controller connected to said camera and said controllable light source for positioning said camera and sequentially illuminating a first portion of the object with at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths, moving the camera to a second position and sequentially illuminating a second portion of the object with at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths; and a data processor connected to said camera and receiving said output signals and for each portion, comparing the output signals associated with each wavelength and determining a focus parameter from said comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Quality Vision International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Jackson, Edward T. Polidor
  • Publication number: 20090003815
    Abstract: An improved autofocus system and method that includes a controllable light source having at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths adapted for illuminating an object; a camera receiving light from said light source reflected from a portion of said object and generating output signals responsive to said received light; a controller connected to said camera and said controllable light source for positioning said camera and sequentially illuminating a first portion of the object with at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths, moving the camera to a second position and sequentially illuminating a second portion of the object with at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths; and a data processor connected to said camera and receiving said output signals and for each portion, comparing the output signals associated with each wavelength and determining a focus parameter from said comparison
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Quality Vision International
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Robert L. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20080304774
    Abstract: This method and apparatus for pneumatic preloading of linear bearing assemblies is based on typical slide assemblies having ball bearing sets in rolling engagement with opposed and confronting bearing races slidably joining a base and a slide member. For adjustably preloading the bearing races, at least one and preferably a plurality of flexible, laterally expanding pneumatic tubes are positioned between a solid portion of the base and an adjustable member supporting a bearing race. Air pressure is then applied to the flexible tube(s), causing it/them to expand laterally and force confronting bearing races together to preload the bearing races. The adjustable member is then tightly secured to the base and the air pressure is removed. The tube(s) are left in position in a deflated state, and can be reused to perform the same procedure should it become necessary at a later time during the life of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Steven J. Gilbert, Edward T. Polidor, Edward J. Merrltt, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080174691
    Abstract: Apparatus for sequentially imaging an object while maintaining focus includes a camera having a selectable image capture mode, an objective lens optically coupled to the camera, an optical range sensor operating through the objective lens, a strobe illuminator, and a controller coupled to the camera, the illuminator and the range sensor sequentially activating and deactivating the range sensor, selecting and deselecting the image capture mode only when the range sensor is deactivated, and activating and deactivating the strobe illuminator only when the image capture mode is active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Quality Vision International Inc.
    Inventors: Edward T. Polidor, Robert Lea Jackson, Richard DeKlotz