Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Welchman

Kenneth A. Welchman 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).

  • Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection
    Patent number: 6839138
    Abstract: An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball being inspected to an analyzer. The inspection system also includes an environmental modification device to account for contours on the spherical surface of the ball such that the imaging system can create and analyze still images of the ball. A sorter or reject device, may be provided to act upon the ball based on an output signal from the analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Welchman, Steven A. Bresnahan, Henry James Conaty, Jr.
  • Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection
    Patent number: 6825931
    Abstract: An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball being inspected to an analyzer. The inspection system also includes an environmental modification device to account for contours on the spherical surface of the ball such that the imaging system can create and analyze still images of the ball. A sorter or reject device, may be provided to act upon the ball based on an output signal from the analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Welchman, Steven A. Bresnahan, Henry James Conaty, Jr.
  • Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection
    Patent number: 6809822
    Abstract: An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball being inspected to an analyzer. The inspection system also includes an environmental modification device to account for contours on the spherical surface of the ball such that the imaging system can create and analyze still images of the ball. A sorter or reject device, may be provided to act upon the ball based on an output signal from the analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Welchman, Steven A. Bresnahan, Henry James Conaty, Jr.
  • Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection
    Patent number: 6630998
    Abstract: An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball being inspected to an analyzer. The inspection system also includes an environmental modification device to account for contours on the spherical surface of the ball such that the imaging system can create and analyze still images of the ball. A sorter or reject device, may be provided to act upon the ball based on an output signal from the analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Welchman, Steven A. Bresnahan, Henry James Conaty, Jr.
  • Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection
    Publication number: 20030090660
    Abstract: An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball being inspected to an analyzer. The inspection system also includes an environmental modification device to account for contours on the spherical surface of the ball such that the imaging system can create and analyze still images of the ball. A sorter or reject device, may be provided to act upon the ball based on an output signal from the analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Welchman, Steven A. Bresnahan, Henry James Conaty
  • Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection
    Publication number: 20030090659
    Abstract: An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball being inspected to an analyzer. The inspection system also includes an environmental modification device to account for contours on the spherical surface of the ball such that the imaging system can create and analyze still images of the ball. A sorter or reject device, may be provided to act upon the ball based on an output signal from the analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Welchman, Steven A. Bresnahan, Henry James Conaty
  • Apparatus and method for automated game ball inspection
    Publication number: 20010012389
    Abstract: An automated game ball inspection apparatus and system for determining quality of surface treatments applied to the surface of game balls. The inspection system includes an imaging system including a detector for creating and providing an image signal of the ball being inspected to an analyzer. The inspection system also includes an environmental modification device to account for contours on the spherical surface of the ball such that the imaging system can create and analyze still images of the ball. A sorter or reject device, may be provided to act upon the ball based on an output signal from the analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: Acushnet company
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Welchman, Steven A. Bresnahan, Henry James Conaty