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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126988 | Ionizing radiation detector This invention is an ionizing radiation detector, disclosed to include a sensor of ionizing radiation, an electric current amplifier, a radiation level readout device, and a piezoelectric device.. This readout device could be, but not limited to, a meter, a sound-produc... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120106782 | Detector for chemical, biological and/or radiological attacks This specification generally relates to methods and algorithms for detection of chemical, biological, and/or radiological attacks. The methods use one or more sensors that can have visual, audio, and/or thermal sensing abilities and can use algorithms to determine by be... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120044075 | RELATING TO ALARMS An alarm for detecting radiation and/or air pollutants such as smoke, carbon monoxide or the like has a control circuit (11) including a microcontroller (12) configured to monitor preselected alarm parameters, and memory means (30, 36, 40) for stori... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120032810 | THERMAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR FAULT DETECTION WITHIN A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM A system includes a radiation sensor configured to direct a field of view toward a conduit within a heat recovery steam generator, and to output a signal indicative of a temperature of the conduit. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the rad... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120022694 | CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL DEGRADATION SENSING IN OIL A sensing scheme comprising determining the chemical degradation and physical degradation in oil using variation in transmission behavior of oil for multi-wavelength electromagnetic radiation, and separating the contributory effect of physical degradation from the chemi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120001761 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, including a scintillator configured to convert ionizing radiation into photons, and a photo detector including at least one graphene layer configured to detect said photons. In ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110309941 | Interactive technique to reduce irradiation from external source Exemplary methods, systems and components enable detection and/or monitoring and/or control of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure of target body-related portions of a user operating a telecommunication device. In some embodiments a risk-assessment output is provid... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110309942 | Mapping system for irradiation protection Exemplary methods, systems and components enable detection and/or monitoring and/or control of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure of target body-related portions of a user operating a telecommunication device. In some embodiments a risk-assessment output is provid... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110309940 | Personal telecommunication device with target-based exposure control Exemplary methods, systems and components enable detection and/or monitoring and/or control of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure of target body-related portions of a user operating a telecommunication device. In some embodiments a risk-assessment output is provid... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304467 | IMAGE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD In an image monitoring method, a target area is monitored using a computing device connected to an image capture device, a light detection device, and an alarm device. A current image of a target area is acquired using the image capture device, and an illumination inten... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110298622 | Radiation Portal with Occupancy and Motion Sensing System Disclosed is a radiation monitoring system that has a radiation detector for making radiation measurements within a monitored area. An occupancy sensor may be provided for detecting a presence of an entity in the monitored area, and a motion sensor may be provided for d... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291800 | HANDHELD X-RAY SYSTEM INTERFACE WITH TRACKING FEATURE In one embodiment, an X-ray system includes a handheld X-ray interface device. The handheld X-ray interface device includes a wireless interface for communicating with an imaging system and a tracking device configured to provide a location and/or to track movement of t... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110273301 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SLIDING DOOR PATTERN CANCELLATION IN METAL DETECTION A method and system for reducing the signal interference effects of metal doors in a metal detection system. The system includes a transmitter operable to transmit an interrogation signal that is used to detect transitory metal objects within the detection region, a rec... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110248854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETOMETER INSTALLATION A method and system for determining the suitability of a particular location on a mobile craft for mounting a magnetometer includes positioning a magnetometer in a particular location. The magnetometer including at least one output indicating magnetic measurements made ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241940 | RADIATION REDUCING APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE A radiation reducing apparatus for a wireless communication device includes a sensing module, a control module, and a radiation reducing module. The sensing module senses radiation intensity of the wireless communication device and generates a signal corresponding to th... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110210856 | NUCLEAR LEAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM USING WIRE OR OPTICAL FIBER A system for detecting and containing a breach in a container includes a first containment layer and a first sensor layer. The first sensor layer includes at least one signal path extending the first sensor layer. The first sensor layer may be provided by either a fiber... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110193711 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE, IN A LOAD, OF OBJECTS SUSPECTED OF CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE MATERIAL HAVING A GIVEN ATOMIC WEIGHT Method for detecting, in a load (2), the presence of objects suspected of containing at least one material having a given atomic weight, in which the load (2) is exposed to at least a first X-ray beam having a first spectrum and an atomic number class to w... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187517 | Safety Warning Light A method of providing a safety warning light for a traveler over a period of months of intermittent travel, that makes use of a battery operated lighting apparatus that provides light when motion and darkness are detected and that when still or in daylight uses, on aver... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110156916 | Nuclear radiation-warning detector that measures impedance Disclosed is a nuclear radiation-warning detector that measures impedance of silver-silver halide on an interdigitated electrode to detect light or radiation comprised of alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, X rays, and/or neutrons. The detector is comprised of ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110140900 | MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE Methods and systems for monitoring a component of an electrical device and/or a brush of a brush holder assembly are disclosed. One method includes receiving data from a plurality of remote monitoring locations at a central control unit, where the data may be evaluated ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110133941 | Optical Proximity Sensor with Improved Shield and Lenses Various embodiments of an optical sensor comprising a novel shield that may be quickly and accurately aligned and positioned with respect to an underlying light emitting and light detecting assembly are disclosed. Also disclosed are novel lens arrangements for efficient... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110121979 | Apparatus and Methods for Real-Time Detection of Explosives Devices The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to apparatus, devices, systems, and/or methods for real-time detection of a concealed or camouflaged explosive device (e.g., EFPs and IEDs) from a safe stand-off distance. Apparatus, system and/or methods of... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110121980 | IONISING RADIATION DETECTOR An assembly (13) for monitoring ionising radiation comprises a detector substrate (2) for generating electronic charge responsive to incident ionising radiation, the detector substrate (2) having an array of ionising radiation sense volumes (12 | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110115637 | CHARGED CORPUSCULAR RAY APPARATUS The present invention relates to the acquisition of tilted series images of a minute sample in a short time. The present invention relates to: measuring in advance the relation between an amount of focus shift and a degree of coincidence at... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110102184 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing system. A radiation detector of a radiation detecting cassette detects a radiation that has passed through a patient, and an accumulated exposed radiation dose calculator calculates an accumulated exposed radi... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110068938 | SEARCH AND RESCUE USING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION A system includes an ultraviolet c-band radiation detector to enable detection of radiation during search and rescue operations, at least a portion of the radiation including ultraviolet c-band radiation, and a stimulus generator configured to generate a stimulus in res... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110068937 | MOTION SENSING CONTROLLER AND GAME APPARATUS HAVING SAME An exemplary motion sensing controller includes an infrared light detection module, a spherical light output member, and a processing unit. The infrared light detection module is configured for detecting infrared light and includes a lens module. The spherical light out... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110063115 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PHOTO SENSOR Provided is a light emitting device improved in safety to an eye. The light emitting device includes: a semiconductor laser element for emitting laser light; an optical conversion member for converting coherent laser light which is emitted from the semiconductor laser e... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110057804 | SEARCH AND RESCUE USING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION A system for search and rescue includes a rescue beacon including a radiation source to emit radiation, at least a portion of which includes ultraviolet c-band radiation, and an ultraviolet c-band detector to detect the ultraviolet c-band radiation to enable locating of... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110018722 | Photoelectric Sensor And Photoelectric Sensor System There are provided a photoelectric sensor and a photoelectric sensor system in which received light quantities of a plurality of photoelectric sensors are displayed in an integrated manner, and slight variation in the received light quantity that has nothing to do with ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100328083 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION LEVELS IN A CURING CHAMBER AND METHOD OF MONITORING A system and method for monitoring ultraviolet radiation levels within the cure chamber of an ultraviolet curing station. An ultraviolet sensor is located within a cure chamber for sensing the strength of ultraviolet radiation reaching the sensor. The sensor is repositi... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100324505 | DEVICE FOR FLOW-THROUGH ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT DECONTAMINATION OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS A device for administering a fluid includes a sterilization cassette having a shell, a fluid chamber, and an ultraviolet light transmitting window. An input tube directs fluid into the chamber. An ultraviolet light source is positioned to direct ultraviolet light throug... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100321192 | Microwave Ablation Antenna Radiation Detector A radiation detector disposed on a microwave antenna assembly is disclosed. The radiation detector includes a receiving antenna adapted to receive errant microwave energy and a rectifier coupled to the receiving antenna that is adapted to rectify at least a portion of t... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100302046 | STETHOSCOPE ADAPTED TO COMPRISE A RADIATION MONITOR METHOD AND DEVICE A method and device for monitoring a healthcare worker's exposure to radiation wherein a stethoscope is adapted to comprise a radiation monitor. The radiation monitor may be of instruments for measuring radiation including Geiger-Muller counters, scintillation detectors... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100295679 | CONTAINER DEFENSE SYSTEM A method for scanning and securing a container including a plurality of at least partially composite panels defining an interior volume is disclosed. The method includes: storing unique identification information in an identification element within container; sealing th... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295689 | Systems and Methods for Automated, Rapid Detection of High-Atomic-Number Materials The present invention is directed to an inspection system that has a radiation source, a detector array, an inspection region, and a processing unit, where the processing unit a) obtains a radiographic image, b) segments the radiographic image based on radiation attenua... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289651 | NUCLEAR LEAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM USING WIRE OR OPTICAL FIBER A detection and containment system for detecting and containing a breach in a container includes a first containment layer and a first sensor layer coupled to the first containment layer. The first sensor layer includes at least one signal path extending across substant... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100283619 | MULTI-STAGE SYSTEM FOR VERIFICATION OF CONTAINER CONTENTS A multi-stage process utilizing one or more radiation sensors on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and special materials within a shipping container. The sensors are configured as nodes on the network. The system collec... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100286817 | SHEET PRODUCT DISPENSER A sheet product dispenser is provided for sheet product from a roller. The sheet product dispenser includes a first roll of sheet product, called a stub roll, a main roll of sheet product, and a dispensing arrangement. A sensor is provided for detecting when sheet produ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100276389 | TWO-AXIS MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR WITH SUBSTANTIALLY ORTHOGONAL PINNING DIRECTIONS A fabrication process and apparatus provide a high-performance magnetic field sensor (200) from two differential sensor configurations (201, 211) which require only two distinct pinning axes (206, 216) which are formed from a single reference layer ... | 11/04/2010 |
