no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2016 successfully de orphaned wikiproject orphanage wp orphan you can help type private industry semiconductor device fabrication integrated circuit packaging printed circuit board computer data storage precision assembly & fabrication fate renamed to view micro metrology 2008 founded canoga park california march 9 1976 1976 03 09 founder dr. richard hubach jack sacks veeder south headquarters tempe arizona united states number of locations 1 facility 2011 area served worldwide products machine vision systems coordinate measuring machines automated optical inspection systems parent quality vision international inc. website www.viewmm.com view engineering was one of the first manufacturers of commercial machine vision systems . 1 these systems provided automated dimensional measurement defect detection alignment and quality control capabilities . they were used primarily in the semiconductor device fabrication integrated circuit packaging printed circuit board computer data storage and precision assembly fabrication industries . 2 view s systems used video and laser technologies to perform their functions without touching the parts being examined . contents 1 history 2 product timeline 3 patents 4 references 5 external links history edit view engineering s logo circa 1976 view engineering s logo circa 1996 while working as a physicist at hughes aircraft company dick hubach recognized a need for automated dimensional measurement systems when he discovered that the cost to verify the correct manufacture of some aerospace components actually exceeded the cost to manufacture those components . 3 this recognition led to a new start up company named view engineering . view engineering was founded in canoga park california in 1976 . 1 the next year view introduced the word s first automated 3 axis machine vision based dimensional measurement system the rb 1 . 4 the rb 1 was the forerunner of modern machine vision based coordinate measuring machines cmms . this was followed in 1978 by the introduction of the first pattern recognition template matching system for automated wirebonding machines and wafer probers the pr 1 . 4 as the company s business increased view engineering relocated to a facility in chatsworth california in late 1977 and again to simi valley california in 1981 . 5 general motors corporation invested in view engineering in 1984 6 as part of its plan to improve automobile manufacturing quality in the u.s. through widespread use of factory floor machine vision technology . in 1989 view engineering purchased synthetic vision systems inc. 7 view engineering was an oem for mitutoyo in the late 1980s . this relationship was concluded when mitutoyo licensed view s machine vision technology in 1994 . this licensed technology became the foundation for mitutoyo s video and laser based cmms . 8 in 1996 robotic vision systems inc. rvsi first brought a patent infringement lawsuit against view engineering related to the coplanarity measurement of packaged semiconductor devices . 9 in 2000 rvsi s patent was finally declared invalid and the u.s. district court for the central district of california ruled in favor of view engineering . 10 even after this ruling rvsi contemplated continuing its appeals through 2001 . 11 also in 1996 view engineering was purchased by general scanning inc. gsi . 12 quality vision international inc. qvi purchased the company from gsi lumonics previously gsi in 2000 . 13 in 2005 qvi combined view engineering with micro metric inc. of san jose california and in 2008 renamed the new company view micro metrology . 1 in 2009 view s california operations were relocated to qvi s western region facility in tempe arizona . view micro metrology continues to be global supplier of high accuracy video coordinate measuring systems and software primarily serving micro electronic mobile device and data storage manufacturing . 14 product timeline edit dr. richard hubach demonstrating a view 1101 pattern recognition system . view 1220 pr cis 3000 & bazic 8 machine vision based cmms . a view voyager 18x18 machine vision based cmm with microscope optics . a view 8100 smt process characterization and control system . a view machine vision based automotive shaft measurement system circa 2002 . 1977 view rb 1 an automated 3 axis binary image machine vision based dimensional measurement system a forerunner of modern machine vision based cmms 1978 view pr 1 a binary image pattern recognition system for automated wirebonding machines and wafer probers 1981 view 719 a general purpose binary image machine vision system for shop floor use 1982 view 1101 a 2nd generation binary image pattern recognition system for automated wirebonding machines and wafer probers 1982 view 1119 a combination of the 719 and the 1101 that provided pattern recognition and edge detection capabilities 1982 view 1200 a binary image machine vision based cmm 1985 view 720 a 2nd generation general purpose grayscale image machine vision system for shop floor use 1985 view 1220 a 2nd generation grayscale image machine vision based cmm 1986 view 725 a dedicated machine vision system for qfp quad flat package and plcc plastic leaded chip carrier package inspection 1987 view pr cis 3000 a large travel machine vision based cmm 1988 view bazic8 & bazic12 machine vision based cmms 1989 view ultra8 a high accuracy sub micron machine vision based cmm 1990 view 7100 a 2nd generation machine vision system for qfp and plcc package inspection 1993 view voyager 6x12 voyager 12x12 & voyager 18x18 machine vision based cmms 1994 view 830 a laser based 3d scanner system for pga pin grid array package inspection 1995 view 8100 a laser based 3d scanner system for smt surface mount technology process characterization and control 1995 view 880 a laser based 3d scanner system for in tray inspection of qfp tqfp thin quad flat pack tsop thin small outline package and bga ball grid array packages 1997 view 890 a laser based 3d scanner system for bump on die flip chip inspection 1999 view pinnacle 250 a high accuracy machine vision based cmm 2001 view summit 450 & summit 600 high accuracy large travel machine vision based cmms the timeline given above is summarized here . 4 patents edit view engineering s patents related to correlation based pattern recognition were the foundation of the company s beginnings correlation based pattern recognition hardware and software to find the position of specific complex part features in video images . united states patent 4200861 & 4736437 & 4385322 & 4300164 15 a number of view engineering s 31 patents address key video technologies useful in machine vision based cmms including programmable ring light 16 hardware to enhance the appearance of weak edges in video images by controlling illumination intensity direction color and angle of incidence . united states patent 4706168 15 japan patent 2001 324450 17 china patent 200810207342 17 canada patent ca 1293232 18 automatic video based camera focusing to determine the z axis position of an object under inspection . united states patent 4920273 15 canada patent ca 1255796 19 ronchi grid surface focus 20 hardware to allow automatic camera focusing on reflective or low texture surfaces . united states patent 4743771 15 other view engineering patents relate to the 3d laser scanning technology used in view s pga qfp tqfp tsop and bga package inspection systems using multiple cameras to image a package . united states patent 4872052 15 triangulation based 3d imaging . united states patent 5546189 & 5617209 17 korea patent 1019997000995 18 pct patent wo 1998 005923 & 1996 034253 18 canada patent ca 1287486 & ca 1265869 18 references edit a b c about view micro metrology . view micro metrology . retrieved 7 july 2011 . view micro metrology applications . view micro metrology . 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engineering inc . thomson financial mergers & acquisitions . retrieved 7 july 2011 . gsi lumonics announces the sale of its metrology product line to qvi . prnewswire . retrieved 7 july 2011 . view micro metrology . view micro metrology . retrieved 7 july 2011 . a b c d e view engineering assignee patent directory page 1 . patentmaps . retrieved 10 july 2011 . illumination . view micro metrology . retrieved 10 july 2011 . a b c view engineering assignee patent directory page 2 . patentmaps . retrieved 10 july 2011 . a b c d view engineering assignee patent directory page 3 . patentmaps . retrieved 10 july 2011 . view engineering assignee patent directory page 4 . patentmaps . retrieved 10 july 2011 . ronchi grid . view micro metrology . retrieved 10 july 2011 . external links edit official website wikimedia commons has media related to view engineering . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title view engineering & oldid 727993550 categories commercial computer vision 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