Inventor

Paul Gerard Gladnick

Inventor

Seattle, WA, US

Overview

1995–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 42 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G02Bprimary

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus21%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television21%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties15%

G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions12%

G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein7%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general7%

G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them6%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests4%

G01SRadio direction-finding3%

F21VFunctional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof2%

PatentTitleYear

11,125,967System and method for calibrating variable focal length lens system using calibration object with planar tilted pattern surface2021 11,119,382Tunable acoustic gradient lens system with amplitude adjustment corresponding to z-height as indicated by calibration data2021 11,119,214Triangulation sensing system and method with triangulation light extended focus range using variable focus lens2021 10,812,701High-speed tag lens assisted 3D metrology and extended depth-of-field imaging2020 10,809,378Triangulation sensing system and method with triangulation light extended focus range using variable focus lens2020 10,341,646Variable focal length lens system with optical power monitoring2019 10,281,700Variable focal length lens system including a focus state reference subsystem2019 10,225,457Stabilizing operation of a high speed variable focal length tunable acoustic gradient lens in an imaging system2019 10,171,725Variable focal length lens system including a focus state reference subsystem2019 10,151,962Variable focal length lens system with focus monitoring and control2018 10,142,550Extending a focus search range in an imaging system including a high speed variable focal length lens2018 9,930,243'Variable focal length imaging system'2018 9,880,108'Bore imaging system'2018 9,602,715'Adaptable operating frequency of a variable focal length lens in an adjustable magnification optical system'2017 9,350,921'Structured illumination projection with enhanced exposure control'2016 9,304,089'System and method for obtaining images with offset utilized for enhanced edge resolution'2016 9,234,852'Systems and methods for controlling strobe illumination'2016 9,182,583'Structured illumination microscopy optical arrangement including projection artifact supression element'2015 9,143,674'Machine vision inspection system and method for performing high-speed focus height measurement operations'2015 8,317,347'High intensity point source system for high spectral stability'2012 8,142,050'Phosphor wheel configuration for high intensity point source'2012 8,096,676'High intensity pulsed light source configurations'2012 8,085,295'Controllable micro light assembly'2011 8,045,002'Systems and methods for controlling strobe illumination'2011 7,782,513'Fast variable angle of incidence illumination for a machine vision inspection system'2010 7,652,275'Non-contact probe control interface'2010 7,508,529'Multi-range non-contact probe'2009 7,400,414'Hand-size structured-light three-dimensional metrology imaging system and method'2008 7,127,159'Strobe illumination'2006 7,115,384'Automated microbiological testing apparatus and method therefor'2006 7,110,036'Systems and methods for identifying a lens used in a vision system'2006 7,030,351'Systems and methods for rapidly automatically focusing a machine vision inspection system'2006 7,016,525'Systems and methods for continuously varying wavelength illumination'2006 6,614,596'Systems and methods for increasing illumination density within a field of view of an imaging system'2003 6,525,303'Control systems and methods for synchronizing diffuse illumination with a camera'2003 6,498,684'Apparatus and method for indicating the location of a field of view for a vision system'2002 6,441,367'Control systems and methods for diffuse illumination'2002 6,372,485'Automated microbiological testing apparatus and method therefor'2002 6,334,699'Systems and methods for diffuse illumination'2002 6,303,916'Systems and methods for generating reproducible illumination'2001 6,096,272'Automated microbiological testing apparatus and methods therefor'2000 5,427,920'Methods and apparatus for detecting biological activities in a specimen'1995

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1995–2006Patents assigned to BECTON DICKINSON CO (4)· patent assignee history

1995Based in Baltimore, MD, US· patent location history

2000–2021Based in Seattle, WA, US· patent location history

2001–2021Patents assigned to MITUTOYO CORP (38)· patent assignee history

2011–2016Patents assigned to GLADNICK PAUL G (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to GLADNICK PAUL GERARD (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to HARSILA SCOTT ALLEN (2)· patent assignee history

2015Based in Seatle, WA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MITUTOYO CORP	38	2001–2021
BECTON DICKINSON CO	4	1995–2006
GLADNICK PAUL Gself	2	2011–2016
GLADNICK PAUL GERARDself	2	2012
HARSILA SCOTT ALLEN	2	2012

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Seattle, Washington, US	40	2000–2021
Seatle, Washington, US	1	2015
Baltimore, Maryland, US	1	1995