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...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126135 | DOSIMETER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ENERGY DOSE OF A PULSED RADIATION FIELD The invention concerns a dosimeter for the determination of an absorbed dose (D) of a radiation field (26), the dosimeter having a dosimeter probe (12), which has (a) a sensor (14), which has a sensor volume that emits electrical charges (Q) when ex... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120103061 | TRANSPORTABLE PORTAL FOR DETECTION OF ILLICIT SUBSTANCES The present invention is a transportable portal for screening a target, which may be a person, standing or placed inside the portal. It employs two walls with air ducts in the walls, usually two ducts per wall running from the bottom to the top of each wall, and having ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104262 | EVALUATION OF MEASUREMENTS FROM A PIXELATED DETECTOR The invention relates to a method and a data processing device for evaluating measurement signals provided by a layered, pixelated radiation detector. A generalized detector response function is provided that describes the energy-related crosstalk caused by radiation in... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104263 | POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM WITH HYBRID DETECTION GEOMETRIES AND SAMPLING A gamma ray detection system includes a plurality of detector modules having a same length, where each detector module is configured to detect gamma rays generated from positron annihilation events. A first detector module of the plurality of detector modules is shifted... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080607 | RADIATION DETECTOR WITH INTEGRATED READOUT The disclosure is directed at a radiation detector comprising a substrate layer of detector material; a set of readout electronics deposited and integrated on one side of the substrate layer; and a contact layer deposited on a side of the substrate layer opposite the se... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068073 | CASSETTE TYPE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE SOLID-STATE DETECTOR A cassette type radiographic image detector may include a housing including a first surface on which radiation enters and a second surface as a back surface opposite to the first surface, and a detection panel housed within the housing which detects radiation transmitte... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120043471 | POSITION AN ORIENTATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR A RADIATION DETECTOR Devices and methods for the characterization of areas of radiation in contaminated rooms are provided. One such device is a collimator with a collimator shield for reducing noise when measuring radiation. A position determination system is provided that may be used for ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041298 | Methods and Apparatus for Aligning Antennas of Low-Powered Intra - and Extra - Oral Electronic Wireless Devices A method and system of aligning antennas of an intra-oral and extra-oral electronic wireless device is provided. Three-dimensional anatomical data of at least a portion of an oral cavity of a subject and at least a portion of an external ear of the subject is recorded. ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033082 | System and Method for Spatial Division Multiplexing Detection A system and method for detecting and monitoring one or more targets uses surveillance monitors that are selectively aligned in pre-determined directions to form an integrated field of view (IFOV). The IFOV or portions thereof may be illuminated using a scanning laser b... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033785 | Detector Arrangement And X-Ray Tomography Device For Performing Phase-Contrast Measurements And Method For Performing A Phase-Contrast Measurement A detector arrangement is disclosed for performing phase-contrast measurements, including at least two transducer layers arranged one behind the other, wherein at least the first transducer layer arranged in the radiation direction includes alternate sensitive areas hav... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026307 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OF CURING ENERGY DELIVERED DURING SIMULATED DENTAL RESTORATIONS A system and method for real-time measurement of curing energy delivered to a simulated dental restoration from a source of curing energy. The system comprises a detector and a display. The detector measures at a location within the simulated dental restoration the amou... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025092 | MASK FOR CODED APERTURE SYSTEMS A coded aperture includes a position sensitive detector configured to observe the location of emitted high energy radiation, and a mask disposed in front of the position sensitive detector, wherein the mask has a non-linear shape configured to define a perimeter around ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024044 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CONCEALED NUCLEAR MATERIAL Methods and systems for detecting nuclear material concealed within an enclosure are provided. An ionized air density is measured at one or more locations outside of the enclosure. The presence of the concealed nuclear material is detected, for each of the one or more l... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120018633 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING CASSETTE Disclosed is a radiation image detecting cassette, which makes it possible to continuously conduct operations for detecting appropriate radiation images without making the glass substrate fall into the breakage failure. The cassette includes: a detecting section to dete... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120012749 | RADIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION DEVICE PROTECTED AGAINST PARASITIC IONIZING RADIATION SOURCES A radiological characterization device comprising at least one collimated radiological measuring probe, a sensitive end of which is placed in an exchangeable collimator having an opening and a field of observation. The collimator is carried by a collimator holder, the a... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006996 | ION GENERATING APPARATUS AND JUDGMENT METHOD FOR PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF IONS A measuring part 67 measures the potential of a collecting electrode 66 having collected positive and negative ions respectively generated by ion generating parts 61 of ion generators 6a and 6b and ion generating parts 01/12/2012 | |
| 20120001071 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USE IN FLASH DETECTION The present embodiments provide methods, systems and apparatuses that detect, classify and locate flash events. In some implementations, some of the methods detect a flash event, trigger an imaging system in response to detecting the flash event to capture an image of a... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110311022 | Counting Detector And Computed Tomography System A counting detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the counting detector includes sensors for converting radiation quanta into electrical pulses and an evaluation unit with a number of energy thresholds, wherein the evaluation unit generates for each sensor a... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110297835 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT A nuclear medicine imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a detector, a measuring unit, and an end control unit. The detector is configured to detect radiation for generating a nuclear medicine image. The measuring unit is configured to m... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110297834 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD In a nuclear medicine imaging apparatus as a medical image diagnosis apparatus according to one embodiment, a PET detector is configured to detect a gamma ray emitted from a nuclide introduced into a body of a subject. A PET image reconstruction unit is configured to re... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291011 | Battery-free electromagnetic leakage detector A battery-free electromagnetic leakage detector includes a substrate, an antenna, a filter circuit electrically connected with the antenna, a clamp circuit electrically connected with the filter circuit, and an indicating member electrically connected with the clamp cir... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291012 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME A radiation detector of the present invention includes: a substrate; a first inclined thin film disposed on a first main surface of the substrate, the first inclined thin film having crystal planes serving as a factor in inducing anisotropy, and the crystal planes being... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285942 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PLASMONIC COLOR FILTERS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC CAPABILITIES A plasmonic optical spectrum filtering device is provided that filters electromagnetic waves by optical resonance, for example, by selective conversion between the free-space waves and spatially confined modes in plasmonic nano-resonators. Frequency-selective transmissi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110284757 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING PROMPT GAMMA AND OTHER BEAM-INDUCED RADIATION DURING HADRON THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR DOSE AND RANGE VERIFICATION PURPOSES USING IONIZATION RADIATION DETECTION An apparatus, method and system for measurement of radiation during or directly following hadron therapy treatment for dose and range verification purposes accomplished through measurement of prompt gamma and other beam-induced radiation. One example includes the measur... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110284749 | Radiation detector The present invention provides a radiation detector that may suppress a decrease in dynamic range, and may improve an S/N ratio at a low radiation amount. Namely, pixels are provided with sensor sections each having different sensitivity characteristics, the sensor sect... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110284742 | DETECTION OF Kr-85 GAMMA RAYS FOR POSITIVE VERIFICATION OF MASS IN PRESSURIZED BOTTLES A Kr-85 tracer gas is mixed with the carrier gas in a pressurized bottle. External detection of the gamma rays that penetrate through the walls of the bottle provides a non-invasive technique for the positive verification of mass inside the bottle over the lifetime of t... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110278444 | Radiation Beam Analyzer And Method A radiation beam analyzer for measuring the distribution and intensity of radiation produced by a Cyberknife®. The analyzer employs a relative small tank of water into which a sensor is placed to maintain a constant SAD (source to axis distance). A first method maintai... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110260069 | PARTICLE DETECTION SYSTEM This invention provides a design to process a large range of detection beam current at low noise with a single detector. With such a design, the detection system can generate up to 1010 gain and maximum signal output at more than mini Ampere (mA) level.... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110248173 | PORTABLE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE A portable radiographic image capture device including a radiation detector for capturing a radiographic image representing irradiated radiation and outputting an electrical signal representing the captured radiographic image; a control board that controls the image cap... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110240857 | Discrete Dynode Detector with Dynamic Gain Control A novel electron multiplier that regulates in real time the gain of downstream dynodes as the instrument receives input signals is introduced. In particular, the methods, electron multiplier structures, and coupled control circuits of the present invention enable a resu... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110240868 | X-RAY DETECTOR The application describes an X-ray detector for use in a medical equipment, wherein the detector comprises an unit for transforming X-ray radiation into electrical charge, a first capacitor for being charged by an electrical charge, wherein the first capacitor is electr... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110233405 | RADIATION DETECTOR A radiation detector is disclosed. The detector includes a detector element; a number of electrodes arranged such that an electric field can be applied to the detector element; and a coating. The coating includes a first, physically resilient layer, and a second, substa... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110233406 | MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL CELL An apparatus is provided that includes a field reflector and a plurality of pairs of object reflectors. The apparatus also includes a plurality of source and detector port pairs, where each source port is configured to pass a beam of radiation, and each detector port is... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110233412 | COLLIMATOR, RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS A collimator, a radiological imaging apparatus and a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus which are able to improve the sensitivity are provided. The radiological imaging apparatus has a collimator 11 disposed to oppose a radiological detection device 12 a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110233414 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE INTENSITY OF AN ELECTRON BEAM The method and the device are used to monitor the intensity of an electron beam. In order to detect changes in intensity of the electron beam, electromagnetic radiation directly or indirectly emitted by the electron beam is detected and evaluated. This particularly refe... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110233426 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAGGING INDIVIDUALS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING A method and apparatus that are useful for tagging personnel for identification and tracking is disclosed. The apparatus may include a taggant, the taggant being a chemical substance that adheres to at least one of human skin, clothing and equipment of personnel and is ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110226951 | Detector Module For A Radiation Detector And Radiation Detector A detector module for a radiation detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the detector module includes a converter layer with contacts, arranged distributed over an area on the rear side, for transmitting electrical signals, wherein the contacts are routed, b... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110226952 | Reflection Sensing System A reflection sensing system comprises a body, an illuming module and a detecting module. The body is made by low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology or other plasticity colloids and disposed a plurality of electronic connecting points. The illuming module inc... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231147 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND VERIFICATION TECHNIQUE OF POSITIONING ACCURACY FOR RADIATION DETECTOR The present invention provides, at low cost, a multilayer radiation detector whose position relative to a beam axis can be verified. The radiation detector includes a plurality of sensors that react to radiation and are stacked in parallel inlayers in a traveling direct... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110220799 | NANOGAP DEVICE FOR FIELD ENHANCEMENT AND A SYSTEM FOR NANOPARTICLE DETECTION USING THE SAME Disclosed are a nanogap device for field enhancement, which includes: a film made of an electrically conductive material; and a nanogap formed on the film and having a gap-width between a Thomas-Fermi screening length and a skin depth, the Thomas-Fermi screening length ... | 09/15/2011 |
