Leslie L. Deck
59Patents
16h-index
21Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 30, 1987 → Sep 19, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6882432B2 | Frequency transform phase shifting interferometry | Physics | 140 | Expired |
| US6195168A | Infrared scanning interferometry apparatus and method | Physics | 89 | Expired |
| US5589938A | Method and apparatus for optical interferometric measurements with reduced sensitivity to vibration | Physics | 83 | Expired |
| US5402234A | Method and apparatus for the rapid acquisition of data in coherence scanning interferometry | Physics | 70 | Expired |
| US5309277A | High intensity illuminator | Electricity | 68 | Expired |
| US6028670A | Interferometric methods and systems using low coherence illumination | Physics | 58 | Expired |
| US5953124A | Interferometric methods and systems using low coherence illumination | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US6597460B2 | Height scanning interferometer for determining the absolute position and surface profile of an object with respect to a datum | Physics | 50 | Expired |
| US5784164A | Method and apparatus for automatically and simultaneously determining best focus and orientation of objects to be measured by broad-band interferometric means | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US6924898B2 | Phase-shifting interferometry method and system | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US5777741A | Method and apparatus for optical interferometric measurements with reduced sensitivity to vibration | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US4864515A | Electronic sensing screen for measuring projectile parameters | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US7277183B2 | Vibration resistant interferometry | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US5568003A | Method and apparatus for producing repeatable motion from biased piezoelectric transducers | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US6717680B1 | Apparatus and method for phase-shifting interferometry | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US5600441A | Interferometer and method for measuring the distance of an object surface with respect to the surface of a rotating disk | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US5999263A | Method and apparatus for performing interferometric measurements with reduced sensitivity to vibration | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US8379218B2 | Fiber-based interferometer system for monitoring an imaging interferometer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Active |
| US5208451A | Method and apparatus for automated focusing of an interferometric optical system | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US8300233B2 | Interferometric encoder systems | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US4870290A | Object motion sensing and measuring apparatus using position sensing detectors | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US7564568B2 | Phase shifting interferometry with multiple accumulation | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US10591284B2 | Metrology of multi-layer stacks | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US7321430B2 | Vibration resistant interferometry | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7978338B2 | Compound reference interferometer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.