US Patent Issued to COGNEX on Oct. 21 for "Machine vision system and method with hybrid zoom optical assembly" (Nigerien Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,455, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to COGNEX Corp. (Natick, Mass.).

"Machine vision system and method with hybrid zoom optical assembly" was invented by Jose Fernandez Dorado (Vaals, Niger) and Laurens Nunnink (Simpelveld, Niger).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical assembly for a machine vision system having an image sensor includes a lens assembly and a motor system coupled to the lens assembly. The lens assembly can include a plurality of solid lens elements and a liquid lens, where the liquid lens includes an adjustable membrane. The motor system can be configured to move the lens assembly to adjust a distance between the l...