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Joseph Daniel Tobiason
Also filed as: TOBIASON JOSEPH D · TOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL
56 granted patents·3 pending applications·758 citations·filing 2002–2021
98Inventor score
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59 records- 0198US7130320B2External cavity laser with rotary tuning elementMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 31, 2006·124 cites·20 claims
- 0297US7608813B1Scale track configuration for absolute optical encoder including a detector electronics with plurality of track detector portionsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 27, 2009·90 cites·28 claims
- 0396US9080899B2Optical displacement encoder having plural scale grating portions with spatial phase offset of scale pitchMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 14, 2015·17 cites·24 claims
- 0496US9018578B2Adaptable resolution optical encoder having structured illumination and spatial filteringMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 28, 2015·22 cites·19 claims
- 0595US9029757B2Illumination portion for an adaptable resolution optical encoderMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2013·Granted May 12, 2015·15 cites·12 claims
- 0695US8941052B2Illumination portion for an adaptable resolution optical encoderMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 27, 2015·17 cites·8 claims
- 0794US7292347B2Dual laser high precision interferometerMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 6, 2007·38 cites·3 claims
- 0893US12174005B2Metrology system with position and orientation tracking utilizing light beamsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 24, 2024·3 cites·23 claims
- 0993US10520301B1Method for measuring Z height values of a workpiece surface with a machine vision inspection systemMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 31, 2019·12 cites·20 claims
- 1093US8085295B2Controllable micro light assemblyTOBIASON JOSEPH D·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 27, 2011·26 cites·24 claims
- 1192US6906315B2High accuracy miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channelsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 14, 2005·51 cites·46 claims
- 1290US10809378B1Triangulation sensing system and method with triangulation light extended focus range using variable focus lensMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 20, 2020·6 cites·19 claims
- 1390US10302466B2Contamination and defect resistant optical encoder configuration including first and second illumination source diffraction gratings arranged in first and second parallel planes for providing displacement signalsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2017·Granted May 28, 2019·6 cites·6 claims
- 1490US7126696B2Interferometric miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channelsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 24, 2006·41 cites·31 claims
- 1589US8898923B2System and method for setting measurement force thresholds in a force sensing caliperMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 2, 2014·8 cites·23 claims
- 1689US8045002B2Systems and methods for controlling strobe illuminationMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 25, 2011·13 cites·8 claims
- 1788US11326865B2Rotating chromatic range sensor system with calibration objects and methodMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2020·Granted May 10, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 1884US7656425B2Robust field of view distortion calibrationMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 2, 2010·10 cites·13 claims
- 1984US7053362B2Absolute position miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channelsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 30, 2006·28 cites·32 claims
- 2083US7400414B2Hand-size structured-light three-dimensional metrology imaging system and methodMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 15, 2008·13 cites·16 claims
- 2183US6847457B2Interferometer using integrated imaging array and high-density phase-shifting arrayMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 25, 2005·29 cites·43 claims
- 2282US10648838B2Contamination 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 configurationMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2019·Granted May 12, 2020·2 cites·19 claims
- 2382US7432496B1Encoder scale writing or calibration at an end-use installation based on correlation sensingMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 7, 2008·11 cites·16 claims
- 2482US7295324B2System and method for improving accuracy in a speckle-based image correlation displacement sensorMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 13, 2007·26 cites·27 claims
- 2580US8492703B2Lens aberration correction in a doubly telecentric displacement sensorTOBIASON JOSEPH D·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 23, 2013·11 cites·28 claims
- 2679US7502122B2Fiber-optic miniature encoder for fine pitch scalesMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 10, 2009·9 cites·13 claims
- 2778US11187521B2Rotating chromatic range sensor system with calibration object and methodMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 30, 2021·1 cites·24 claims
- 2878US11119214B2Triangulation sensing system and method with triangulation light extended focus range using variable focus lensMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 14, 2021·2 cites·19 claims
- 2978US7088441B2Method and apparatus for measuring wavelength changes in a high-resolution measurement systemMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 8, 2006·22 cites·22 claims
- 3078US6850329B2Interferometer using integrated imaging array and high-density polarizer arrayMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 1, 2005·23 cites·45 claims
- 3177US11112541B2Tunable acoustic gradient lens system with reflective configuration and increased powerMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 7, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 3277US7973941B2Reference signal generating configuration for an interferometric miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channelsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 5, 2011·8 cites·16 claims
- 3376US10352679B2Compact coordinate measurement machine configuration with large working volume relative to sizeMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 16, 2019·2 cites·15 claims
- 3476US7433052B2Systems and methods for tilt and range measurementMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 7, 2008·9 cites·20 claims
- 3571US10094685B2Displacement encoderMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 9, 2018·1 cites·14 claims
- 3670US10168189B1Contamination 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 axisMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 1, 2019·1 cites·19 claims
- 3769US8692880B2Image correlation displacement sensorTOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 8, 2014·3 cites·24 claims
- 3869US8179534B2Fixed wavelength absolute distance interferometerSESKO DAVID WILLIAM·Filed 2010·Granted May 15, 2012·3 cites·20 claims
- 3968US7307736B2Scale for use with a translation and orientation sensing systemMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 11, 2007·14 cites·17 claims
- 4067US8604413B2Optical encoder including displacement sensing normal to the encoder scale grating surfaceTOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 10, 2013·2 cites·23 claims
- 4165US7570433B2Photoelectric encoderMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 4, 2009·3 cites·8 claims
- 4262US7091475B2Miniature 2-dimensional encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channelsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 15, 2006·9 cites·36 claims
- 4361US7075097B2Optical path array and angular filter for translation and orientation sensingMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 11, 2006·8 cites·27 claims
- 4458US7217041B2Fiber-optic alignment with detector ICMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 15, 2007·2 cites·20 claims
- 4557US8605291B2Image correlation displacement sensorTOBIASON JOSEPH DANIEL·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 10, 2013·1 cites·16 claims
- 4654US7433128B1Adaptive light-path surface tilt sensor for machine vision inspectionMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 7, 2008·2 cites·24 claims
- 4753US6905258B2Miniature imaging encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channelsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 14, 2005·5 cites·45 claims
- 4852US11714051B2Metrology system configured to measure apertures of workpiecesMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 1, 2023·0 cites·21 claims
- 4951US7965393B2Reference signal generating configuration for an interferometric miniature grating encoder readhead using fiber optic receiver channelsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 21, 2011·1 cites·29 claims
- 5051US7211782B2Precision measuring gauges with optical fiber output channelsMITUTOYO CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 1, 2007·4 cites·21 claims
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