Patents by Inventor Michael Bloomhill

Michael Bloomhill 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).

  • DEPTH MEASUREMENTS OF NARROW HOLES
    Publication number: 20110184694
    Abstract: A method for measuring a depth of a narrow hole, the method includes: obtaining from a chromatic confocal sensor a group of height measurements taken along an imaginary line that crosses the narrow hole; ignoring height measurements attributed to optical artifacts and blind measurement points and calculating an inverted parabolic estimate of a sub-group of the height measurements; wherein a top of the parabolic estimate is representative of a height of a bottom of the narrow hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: CAMTEK LTD.
    Inventors: Ilana Grimberg, Michael Bloomhill, Shimon Koren