Patents by Inventor Sullivan Chen

Sullivan Chen 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).

  • System for 3-D inspection of objects
    Patent number: 5118192
    Abstract: An inspection system for irregular objects such as solder joints wherein the system utilizes first and second sensors adapted to be pivotable about a common pivot axis and such that the projection axes of the sensors and the pivot axes are able to intersect at a common.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Robotic Vision Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sullivan Chen, William E. Yonescu, Howard K. Stern
  • Method and apparatus for three dimensional object surface determination using co-planar data from multiple sensors
    Patent number: 5028799
    Abstract: A practice for developing data for use in the three-dimensional location of the points on an object surface wherein first and second sensor means are used to cause first and second electromagnetic radiation to be directed at the object surface at first and second directions which are in a common plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Robotic Vision System, Inc.
    Inventors: Sullivan Chen, Howard K. Stern, William E. Yonescu