Patents by Inventor Gust Smeyers

Gust Smeyers 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 device for determining a position of at least one lead of an electronic component
    Patent number: 5440391
    Abstract: Method and device for determining a position with respect to a reference plane of at least one lead of an electronic component, wherein said lead is illuminated from a first and respectively second position situated sideways and out of the plane wherein the electronic component is disposed and wherein a first and respectively a second shadow image is formed of at least a part of said lead on an image plane, which second position is different from said first position and wherein said first and respectively said second shadow image is located and a third and respectively a fourth position is determined to this end and said position is determined from said third and fourth position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: ICOS Vision Systems n.v.
    Inventors: Gust Smeyers, Luc Vanderheydt