Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

Benjamin Keith Jones

19Patents
10h-index
22Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 16, 1997 → May 23, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6781694B2 Two-dimensional scale structures and method usable in an absolute position transducer Physics 49 Expired
US6198759A Laser system and method for beam enhancement Electricity 43 Expired
US6664535B1 Scale structures and methods usable in an absolute position transducer Physics 31 Expired
US6198758A Laser with heat transfer system and method Electricity 21 Expired
US6195379A Laser assembly system and method Electricity 20 Expired
US7885480B2 Correlation peak finding method for image correlation displacement sensing Physics 18 Active
US6937349B2 Systems and methods for absolute positioning using repeated quasi-random pattern Physics 18 Expired
US7295324B2 System and method for improving accuracy in a speckle-based image correlation displacement sensor Physics 14 Expired
US8817240B2 Interchangeable optics configuration for a chromatic range sensor optical pen Physics 13 Active
US6771377B2 Optical displacement sensing device with reduced sensitivity to misalignment Physics 12 Expired
US7515280B2 Displacement transducer with selectable detector area Physics 9 Expired
US7085431B2 Systems and methods for reducing position errors in image correlation systems during intra-reference-image displacements Physics 7 Expired
US7400415B2 Operator interface apparatus and method for displacement transducer with selectable detector area Physics 7 Active
US8736817B2 Interchangeable chromatic range sensor probe for a coordinate measuring machine Physics 6 Active
US9115982B2 Interchangeable chromatic range sensor probe for a coordinate measuring machine Physics 5 Active
US7433052B2 Systems and methods for tilt and range measurement Physics 5 Expired
US8997369B2 Fast rotary drive for a handheld micrometer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8134691B2 Lens configuration for a thermally compensated chromatic confocal point sensor Physics 3 Active
US6055878A Adjustable eccentric shift mechanisms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.