. Machine Vision Systems..Automatic Inspection..Automatic Target Recognition
Machine Vision Systems
  • 1999 - 2001 Wintriss Engineering can operate their Opsis 5150 Advanced Line-scan Cameras in parallel to provide a powerful machine vision system called the "Web Ranger"
    • Responsible for four Altera 10KE EPLDs:
      • 10K50E Headboard chip features:
        • Precision System Clock Generation and CCD Timing and Control.
        • Digital Offset and Gain Calibration.
        • Edge Tracking.
        • 10 to 8,4,2,1 bit Lookup Table.
        • Pixel Packing.
      • 10K50E and 10K130E Processor Chip features:
        • CPU Interface to the Motorola 860.
        • SDRAM Video Buffer.
        • Six Averaging and Thresh-holding filters.
        • Image Pattern Matching.
        • Run length Streak Encoding.


  • 2000 Banner Engineering will soon be offering an Inspection System based on a 640 x 480 area sensor Camera.
    • Responsible for the Altera 20K100 EPLD processing engine:
      • CPU Interface to the Motorola 860.
      • 4 port SDRAM Video Buffer and Template store.
      • 3 port SRAM Video Cache.
      • NTSC Video Output Port.
      • Precision Image Rotation.
      • Five level Image Decimation.
      • Pattern Find using normalized coefficient calculation.
      • Template Matching.
      • Run Length Streak Encoding.
  • 1994 Florod Corporation.
    • Responsible for all Electronic design aspects of the Automatic Inspection Machine.
      • Project Management.
      • System Architecture and Design.
      • Processor Design.
      • Circuit Board Design.
      • Chip Set Design.
    • Created new product line for Florod Corporation:
      • VP-064 Parallel Digital Signal Processor.
      • IPS-064 Image Processing System.
  • 1977-1988 Hughes Aircraft Company.
    • Part of the design team of the LANTIRN Automatic Target Recognizer.
    • Created custom hardware for Target Recognition Algorithm Development:
      • Invented and designed the Universal Reformatter.
      • Developed a test bed for EOSPC using the A-6 FLIR as the sensor.