US Patent Issued to JENTEK Sensors on June 17 for "System and method for pit detection and sizing" (Florida, California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,201, issued on June 17, was assigned to JENTEK Sensors Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"System and method for pit detection and sizing" was invented by Neil J. Goldfine (Cocoa Beach, Fla.), Andrew P. Washabaugh (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Mark Windoloski (Chelmsford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for enhancing pit detection and sizing in a test object. Response signatures are created and stored in a signature library to characterize various sensor responses (liftoff, orientation) and pit properties (e.g., depth, width), possibly with or without additional considerations (e.g., edges, cracks). A senso...