Patents by Inventor John A. Tourtellott

John A. Tourtellott 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).

  • Machine vision three dimensional profiling system
    Patent number: 5193120
    Abstract: A three dimensional imaging system having a diode laser and collimator along with a video camera and digital circuitry wherein when the light from the laser is collimated and hits the surface of an object with the reflected light images picked up by the video camera and the centroid location of each intersection is interpolated translating two dimensional pixels into three dimension coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald W. Gamache, John A. Tourtellott