Inventor
TOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL
US35 patents
⚠️ This page may combine multiple inventors who share the name “TOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL”. Patents are grouped by organization below to help distinguish them — per-person disambiguation is on the roadmap.
MITUTOYO CORP
31 patentsUS7186969B2Mar 6, 2007
Optical configuration for imaging-type optical encoders
MITUTOYO CORP45 citations95
US9018578B2Apr 28, 2015
Adaptable resolution optical encoder having structured illumination and spatial filtering
MITUTOYO CORP22 citations91
US10520301B1Dec 31, 2019
Method for measuring Z height values of a workpiece surface with a machine vision inspection system
MITUTOYO CORP12 citations84
US9080899B2Jul 14, 2015
Optical displacement encoder having plural scale grating portions with spatial phase offset of scale pitch
MITUTOYO CORP17 citations84
US9029757B2May 12, 2015
Illumination portion for an adaptable resolution optical encoder
MITUTOYO CORP15 citations84
US8941052B2Jan 27, 2015
Illumination portion for an adaptable resolution optical encoder
MITUTOYO CORP17 citations84
US7400414B2Jul 15, 2008
Hand-size structured-light three-dimensional metrology imaging system and method
MITUTOYO CORP13 citations84
US7656425B2Feb 2, 2010
Robust field of view distortion calibration
MITUTOYO CORP10 citations83
US7307736B2Dec 11, 2007
Scale for use with a translation and orientation sensing system
MITUTOYO CORP14 citations82
US12174005B2Dec 24, 2024
Metrology system with position and orientation tracking utilizing light beams
MITUTOYO CORP3 citations74
US11326865B2May 10, 2022
Rotating chromatic range sensor system with calibration objects and method
MITUTOYO CORP2 citations73
US11119214B2Sep 14, 2021
Triangulation sensing system and method with triangulation light extended focus range using variable focus lens
MITUTOYO CORP2 citations73
US11112541B2Sep 7, 2021
Tunable acoustic gradient lens system with reflective configuration and increased power
MITUTOYO CORP2 citations73
US10809378B1Oct 20, 2020
Triangulation sensing system and method with triangulation light extended focus range using variable focus lens
MITUTOYO CORP6 citations73
US10352679B2Jul 16, 2019
Compact coordinate measurement machine configuration with large working volume relative to size
MITUTOYO CORP2 citations73
US7075097B2Jul 11, 2006
Optical path array and angular filter for translation and orientation sensing
MITUTOYO CORP8 citations73
US10302466B2May 28, 2019
Contamination and defect resistant optical encoder configuration including first and second illumination source diffraction gratings arranged in first and second parallel planes for providing displacement signals
MITUTOYO CORP6 citations70
US7433128B1Oct 7, 2008
Adaptive light-path surface tilt sensor for machine vision inspection
MITUTOYO CORP2 citations63
US11187521B2Nov 30, 2021
Rotating chromatic range sensor system with calibration object and method
MITUTOYO CORP1 citations62
US10648838B2May 12, 2020
Contamination and defect resistant rotary optical encoder configuration including a rotary scale with yawed scale grating bars and structured illumination generating arrangement with a beam deflector configuration
MITUTOYO CORP2 citations62
US7570433B2Aug 4, 2009
Photoelectric encoder
MITUTOYO CORP3 citations61
US7217041B2May 15, 2007
Fiber-optic alignment with detector IC
MITUTOYO CORP2 citations61
US10168189B1Jan 1, 2019
Contamination and defect resistant optical encoder configuration for providing displacement signal having a plurality of spatial phase detectors arranged in a spatial phase sequence along a direction transverse to the measuring axis
MITUTOYO CORP1 citations60
US11714051B2Aug 1, 2023
Metrology system configured to measure apertures of workpieces
MITUTOYO CORP0 citations52
US10094685B2Oct 9, 2018
Displacement encoder
MITUTOYO CORP1 citations51
US7965393B2Jun 21, 2011
Reference signal generating configuration for an interferometric miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channels
MITUTOYO CORP1 citations47
US11774270B2Oct 3, 2023
Encoder
MITUTOYO CORP0 citations46
US10593718B2Mar 17, 2020
Surface profiling and imaging system including optical channels providing distance-dependent image offsets
MITUTOYO CORP0 citations42
US10274344B2Apr 30, 2019
Displacement encoder
MITUTOYO CORP0 citations41
US10295378B2May 21, 2019
Contamination and defect resistant optical encoder configuration outputting structured illumination to a scale plane for providing displacement signals
MITUTOYO CORP0 citations39
US10295648B2May 21, 2019
Contamination and defect resistant optical encoder configuration including a normal of readhead plane at a non-zero pitch angle relative to measuring axis for providing displacement signals
MITUTOYO CORP0 citations39
TOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL
3 patentsUS8692880B2Apr 8, 2014
Image correlation displacement sensor
TOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL3 citations60
US8604413B2Dec 10, 2013
Optical encoder including displacement sensing normal to the encoder scale grating surface
TOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL2 citations60
US8605291B2Dec 10, 2013
Image correlation displacement sensor
TOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL1 citations50