EDWARD TARRANT POLIDOR
Pilots at Admiralty Way, Webster, NY

6518996, Feb 11, 2003

Feb 22, 1999

09/256343

Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY
Albert G. Choate - Rush NY

Optical Gaging Products, Inc. - Rochester NY

H04N 718

348 95, 382151

A yoke is supported on a frame for vertical movement in a Z direction above a transparent work support that is mounted on the frame for horizontal adjustment in a Y direction, normal to the Z direction. A carriage which is mounted for horizontal adjustment on the yoke in an X direction, normal to the Y and Z directions, carries a video camera and lens system which overlies the work support to project an image of an inspected workpiece to the camera. A substage collimator which is mounted on the frame beneath the work support for adjustment in the X direction, has thereon a souce of collimated light that registers with the lens system. The collimator is connected to the carriage to be moved in unison therewith in the X direction, and always to maintain the light source in registry with the lens system.

8542297, Sep 24, 2013

Aug 5, 2011

13/204097

Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY, US
Daniel C. Abbas - Webster NY, US

Quality Vision International, Inc. - Rochester NY

H04N 5/262

34824099, 348370, 356614

A process for pre-calibrating illumination sources permits illumination light intensities to be set to a near optimal level during training of an optical inspection system. Applicants have found that the illumination source intensities for a category of illuminators are sufficiently constant from machine to machine that the data collected during calibration of an illumination source on a machine using a particular type of source may be used on other machines of the same type using the same type of illumination source when combined with the reticle light intensity data for different zoom magnification's of the particular machine being used. That is, using known data for particular machine and the illumination source light intensity data for the same type of machine and illumination source permits accurate presetting of an illumination source.

5690417, Nov 25, 1997

May 13, 1996

8/645382

Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY
Albert G. Choate - Rush NY
Terry L. Herbeck - Rochester NY

Optical Gaging Products, Inc. - Rochester NY

F21V 500

362244

A plurality of light emitting diodes are secured coaxially around the lower end of a cylindrical objective lens housing in radially spaced, circular arrays or rings disposed coaxially of the housing. The diodes in each ring are equi-angularly spaced from each other about the axis of the housing; and their light emitting ends overlie a work table so as to direct beams of light obliquely downwardly onto an object supported thereon. The diodes are energizable in generally pie-shaped sectors disposed coaxially of the housing so that arcuate clusters of diodes in a given segment may be illuminated to enable the orientation of the resultant illumination to be varied. The diodes of each ring may have their beam axes inclined at different angles to the axis of the housing so that the inclination of the projected illumination may be varied by selected energization of the rings; and a collimating lens may be secured over the light emitting end of each diode.

7812971, Oct 12, 2010

Jun 28, 2007

11/770187

Robert L. Jackson - Moorpark CA, US
Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY, US

Quality Vision International, Inc. - Rochester NY

G01B 11/14

356614, 356404

An autofocus system and method that includes a controllable light source having at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths adapted for illuminating an object; a camera receiving light from said light source reflected from a portion of said object and generating output signals responsive to said received light; a controller connected to said camera and said controllable light source for positioning said camera and sequentially illuminating a first portion of the object with at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths, moving the camera to a second position and sequentially illuminating a second portion of the object with at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths; and a data processor connected to said camera and receiving said output signals and for each portion, comparing the output signals associated with each wavelength and determining a focus parameter from said comparison.

2008030, Dec 11, 2008

Jun 11, 2007

11/811549

Steven J. Gilbert - Rochester NY, US
Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY, US

F16C 29/12

384 57

This method and apparatus for pneumatic preloading of linear bearing assemblies is based on typical slide assemblies having ball bearing sets in rolling engagement with opposed and confronting bearing races slidably joining a base and a slide member. For adjustably preloading the bearing races, at least one and preferably a plurality of flexible, laterally expanding pneumatic tubes are positioned between a solid portion of the base and an adjustable member supporting a bearing race. Air pressure is then applied to the flexible tube(s), causing it/them to expand laterally and force confronting bearing races together to preload the bearing races. The adjustable member is then tightly secured to the base and the air pressure is removed. The tube(s) are left in position in a deflated state, and can be reused to perform the same procedure should it become necessary at a later time during the life of the assembly.

2008017, Jul 24, 2008

Jan 19, 2007

11/625089

Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY, US
Robert Lea Jackson - Moorpark CA, US
Richard DeKlotz - Moorpark CA, US

Quality Vision International Inc. - Rochester NY

H04N 5/232, G03B 13/00

348348

Apparatus for sequentially imaging an object while maintaining focus includes a camera having a selectable image capture mode, an objective lens optically coupled to the camera, an optical range sensor operating through the objective lens, a strobe illuminator, and a controller coupled to the camera, the illuminator and the range sensor sequentially activating and deactivating the range sensor, selecting and deselecting the image capture mode only when the range sensor is deactivated, and activating and deactivating the strobe illuminator only when the image capture mode is active.

8400633, Mar 19, 2013

Aug 17, 2012

13/588055

Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY, US

Quality Vision International, Inc. - Rochester NY

G01B 9/08

356392, 356393

An optical comparator arranged for rear projection onto a viewing screen combines an optical projector that projects an optical image of a test part under inspection onto the viewing screen with a video projector that projects an optical image of a pixilated template pattern containing illustrated specifications of the test part onto the same viewing screen. The images of the test part and the pixilated template pattern are projected concurrently onto the viewing screen for visually comparing the form of the test part against its specified form.

8269970, Sep 18, 2012

Jul 2, 2009

12/497097

Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY, US
Boris Gelman - Fairport NY, US

Quality Vision International, Inc. - Rochester NY

G01B 9/08

356392, 356393

An optical comparator arranged for rear projection onto a viewing screen combines an optical projector that projects an optical image of a test part under inspection onto the viewing screen with a video projector that projects an optical image of a pixilated template pattern containing illustrated specifications of the test part onto the same viewing screen. The images of the test part and the pixilated template pattern are projected concurrently onto the viewing screen for visually comparing the form of the test part against its specified form.

2013022, Aug 29, 2013

Feb 27, 2012

13/405391

Edward T. Polidor - Webster NY, US

QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Rochester NY

G01N 21/88, B32B 37/12, B32B 37/14, B23P 17/04

3562371, 29592, 156293

A coordinate measurement machine having a feeler whose position is determined optically and a lens for use in such a machine and a method for making a lens for a coordinate measurement machine, having a flexible feeler having a sensing tip, positioned substantially at the focal point of the objective lens.