Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| 20120107461 | SEAFOOD PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Systems and methods for estimating a physical characteristic of a seafood product are provided. In one system, the estimate is based on a slope defined by a ratio of changes in peak resonant amplitude and frequency of an electromagnetic resonant circuit in loaded and un... | 05/03/2012 |
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| 20120038371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A NONDESTRUCTIVE ON-LINE TESTING OF SAMPLES A non-destructive on-line system for detecting a presence of a material in a sample of a substance, including: an MRI device; a flow conduit encompassed by the tunable RF coil of the MRI device and having an input duct and an output duct; a flow of the sample through th... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110304346 | METHOD FOR TREATING AND SEALING PIEZOELECTRIC TUNING FORKS Disclosed is an apparatus for estimating a property of a fluid. The apparatus includes: a piezoelectric resonator configured to be disposed in the fluid; an electrode embedded in the piezoelectric resonator and included in a resonator circuit configured to output an ele... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110248724 | DETECTION ELEMENT FOR DETECTING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE A detection element for detecting an electromagnetic wave includes: a substrate; a schottky barrier diode disposed on the substrate; and an antenna disposed on the substrate, wherein the antenna includes a first conductive element and a second conductive element which a... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241702 | MEMS-Based Resonant Tunneling Devices and Arrays of Such Devices For Electric Field Sensing A sensor assembly for electric field sensing is provided. The sensor assembly may include an array of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS)-based resonant tunneling devices. A resonant tunneling device may be configured to generate a resonant tunneling signal in respon... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110181297 | Communicating with an Implanted Wireless Sensor The present invention determines the resonant frequency of a sensor by adjusting the phase and frequency of an energizing signal until the frequency of the energizing signal matches the resonant frequency of the sensor. The system energizes the sensor with a low duty cy... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110169506 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR TOUCH AND PROXIMITY DETECTION The invention relates to a device for touch/proximity detection, especially a capacitive switch device, which is designed to set switching states by approaching the switch device or by touching the switch device, in order to perform, for example, switching actions on an... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110133755 | System and Method of Occupant Detection with a Resonant Frequency An occupant detection system that includes an electrode, an electrical network, and a controller. The electrode is arranged to be proximate to an expected location of an occupant for sensing an occupant presence proximate the location. The electrode is configured to pro... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110128016 | RADIO WAVE INTENSITY MEASURING DEVICE AND RADIO WAVE MEASURING SYSTEM A radio wave intensity measuring device includes a radio wave absorber (100) configured to include a plane having a plurality of cells (CL11, CL12, . . . ) and to absorb a radio wave entering the plane, and a measurer (200) configured to meas... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110115497 | SELECTIVELY ACTUATING WIRELESS, PASSIVE IMPLANTABLE SENSOR A wireless sensor having a primary passive electrical resonant circuit that has an intrinsic electrical property that is variable in response to a characteristic of a patient and a secondary passive electrical resonant circuit. In one aspect, the primary passive resonan... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110068807 | IMPEDANCE SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN MEASURING CONSTITUENTS IN SOLID AND FLUID OBJECTS Devices and methods of the invention can be used in many industries, including: utilities, agriculture, food, textile, pharmaceutical, photovoltaic and semiconductor, medical devices, chemical and petro-chemical, material science, and defense, where monitoring and/or an... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20100231235 | RESONANCE ELECTRIC CURRENT DETECTION SYSTEM A resonance electric current detection apparatus is disclosed. The above apparatus comprises a detection unit which detects an electric current by a resonance of an inductor L and a capacitor C and outputs to a control unit, and a control unit which controls an electric... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100219840 | Proximity and Contact Sensor and Sensor Element A proximity and contact sensor (10) is provided with a sensor element (11) and a detection circuit (16). The sensor element is provided with a matrix (13) in which coil-shaped carbon fibers (12) are dispersed. A high-frequency oscillat... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100164513 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE ON-LINE METHOD FOR MEASURING PREDETERMINED PHYSICAL, ELECTROCHEMICAL, CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL STATE TRANSFORMATION OF A SUBSTANCE AND A SYSTEM THEREOF The present invention discloses a non-destructive on-line method and a system for measuring predetermined physical, electrochemical, chemical and/or biological (PPECB) state transformation of a substance. The method comprises steps selected inter alia from (a) obtaining... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100079152 | Methods for Measuring Dielectric Properties of Parts A method is disclosed for calibrating a capacitance of an apparatus for measuring dielectric properties of a part. The apparatus includes an electrically grounded chamber, a lower electrode disposed within the chamber and connected to a radiofrequency (RF) transmission ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100019777 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR SYSTEM A sensor system includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and an analyzer circuit, the first sensor including a first seismic mass having a first resonance frequency and the second sensor including a second seismic mass having a second resonance frequency, and the analy... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090295406 | SILICON MEMS RESONATORS The invention relates to MEMS resonators. In one embodiment, an integrated resonator and sensor device comprises a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) resonator, and an anchor portion coupled to the MEMS resonator and configured to allow resonance of the MEMS resonato... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090278552 | Method and Measuring Device for Radio Wave Measuring A generator generates radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation to a resonator whose resonance frequency is affected by a characteristic to be measured of an object to be measured. A receiver receives radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation from the resonator and a si... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090278553 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR IN-VIVO ASSESSMENT OF RELATIVE POSITION OF AN IMPLANT A system and apparatus for providing an in-vivo assessment of relative movement of an implant that is positioned in a living being is provided that comprises a first assembly and a second assembly that are positioned within the living being. The first assembly comprises... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090224773 | Communicating With an Implanted Wireless Sensor The present invention determines the resonant frequency of a sensor by adjusting the phase and frequency of an energizing signal until the frequency of the energizing signal matches the resonant frequency of the sensor. The system energizes the sensor with a low duty cy... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090091335 | Methods for Characterizing Dielectric Properties of Parts Characterizing dielectric properties of a part includes placing a full-sized part within a dielectric property measurement apparatus. In one embodiment, the full-sized part is a dielectric part of a plasma processing system. The dielectric property measurement apparatus... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090009188 | STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD USING RESONANT TRANSMISSION LINE SENSORS A structural health monitoring system and method uses a resonant transmission line sensor. A resonant transmission line sensor, which includes one or more sensor conductors and a dielectric material disposed at least proximate the one or more sensor conductors, is coupl... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080218180 | Apparatus, a System and a Method for Enabling an Impedance Measurement The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for impedance measurement of an external substance, said apparatus comprising a plurality of resonant circuits with respective coil elements (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) and res... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080204043 | Real-Time Assessment of Biomarkers for Disease A system and methods, thereof, monitor biomarkers from a patient suffering from neural injury in real-time. The system comprises a quartz crystal microbalance wherein a capture molecule specific for certain biomarkers is diagnostic of the type of neural injury, location... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080012578 | System for detecting molecular structure and events The molecular structure of a medium and the occurrence of events effecting the molecular structure of a medium are determined by measuring the effect on the resonant frequency and/or the dissipated current of an oscillating electric field when a sample of a medium under... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080012577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PARAMETERS IN CONTAINERS A system for measuring parameters in a container is disclosed. A system for measuring multiple parameters includes a container having a solution, at least one sensor in conjunction with a tag is in proximity to an impedance analyzer and a reader that constitute a measur... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070222458 | Method And Measurement Apparatus For Determining The Transition Impedance Between Two Parts Of A Subdivided Neutral Electrode A method and a measurement apparatus are provided for determining the transition impedance between two electrode parts of a subdivided neutral electrode used in high-frequency surgery. These makes it possible for the purely capacitive component of the transition impedan... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070131032 | Wireless sensor antenna configuration Many sensors could be used in a passive wireless mode. These include RLC, acoustic wave and magneto-elastic sensors. These types of sensors are designed to exhibit a change in fundamental frequency when exposed to environmental factors such as temperature, pressure, or ... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20060186897 | Method and device for detecting two parameters of a fluid An oscillator is excited by a primary oscillator, and the excited oscillator is immersed in a fluid having two parameters, the first parameter of the fluid damping the excited oscillator via a first phase delay, and the second parameter damping the excited oscillator vi... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060181285 | Method for differentiating between burdened and cracked ultrasonically tuned blades A method for differentiating between ultrasonically tuned blades which are broken or cracked, and blades which are gunked by evaluating measured impedance differences when a system is first excited with a low displacement signal and then with a high displacement signal.... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060125489 | Device and method for detecting a substance A device for detecting at least one substance of a fluid includes at least one piezo-acoustic resonator with at least one piezo layer, an electrode arranged on the piezo-electric layer, at least one other electrode arranged on the piezo-electric layer and a surface sect... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060071670 | Device comprising a microwave resonator for or on a spinner preparation machine A device is disclosed, comprising a microwave resonator, for or on a spinner preparation machine with drawing gear (2) for drawing fibre material (FB), in particular a carding, drawing or combing machine, whereby the resonator (30) is embodied for connecti... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20060049833 | System and method for monitoring piezoelectric material performance A system and method are provided for monitoring performance capacity of a piezoelectric material that may form part of an actuator or sensor device. A switch is used to selectively electrically couple an inductor to the piezoelectric material to form an inductor-capacit... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20050212529 | Method and apparatus for measuring electrical properties in torsional resonance mode The preferred embodiments are directed to a method and apparatus of operating a scanning probe microscope (SPM) including oscillating a probe of the SPM at a torsional resonance of the probe, and generally simultaneously measuring an electrical property, e.g., a current... | 09/29/2005 |
