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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120050726 | LARGE SCALE METROLOGY APPARATUS AND METHOD A metrology system that uses a plurality of photo-detecting targets positioned on the objects to be assembled, a plurality of rotating photo-emitting heads, a master signal generator that generates a reference RF signal, and a signal processor that determines the positi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044484 | OPTICAL PROBE FOR MEASURING LIGHT SIGNALS IN VIVO An optical probe for measuring light signals includes a first optical fiber guiding incoming light, a lens focusing incoming light towards a sample and collecting altered light from the sample, a second optical fiber guiding altered light, a light logging device measuri... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038917 | Sensor for liquid and/or gas analysis A sensor of the type for liquid and/or gas analysis, which is connected to a measuring and/or evaluating system or, respectively, to a higher-ranking control system and has a sensor housing. The circuit for the collecting, processing and transmitting measured values to ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120019255 | STACK-POWERED FUEL CELL MONITORING DEVICE WITH PRIORITIZED ARBITRATION A system that monitors fuel cells in a fuel cell group. The system includes a plurality of voltage sensors coupled to the fuel cells in the fuel cell group, where each sensor monitors a different voltage of the fuel cells and where lower priority voltage sensors monitor... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019813 | WAVEFRONT ABERRATION MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR Measurement cannot be made when trying to measure a wavefront aberration of a wide-angle lens, being wide in a field of view, comparing to a focus distance, by a Shack-Hartmann sensor, since an inclination of the wavefront exceeds an allowable value of inclination of th... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019812 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ANALYZING DEVICE An interference filter has a fixed mirror and a movable mirror that are formed of Ag—Sm—Cu alloy films that contain silver (Ag), samarium (Sm), and copper (Cu), or Ag—Bi—Nd alloy films that contains silver (Ag), bismuth (Bi), and neodymium (Nd).... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120013915 | OPTICAL IMAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE An optical image measurement device comprises: a light amount adjustment part that adjusts the light amount of a laser beam generated by a low coherence light source 201; and a photodiode 105 placed outside the light path of the laser beam irradiated on an... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006693 | In Vitro Analyte Sensor and Methods of Use In vitro electrochemical sensors that provide accurate and repeatable analysis of a sample of biological fluid are provided. Embodiments include sensors that include a sample chambers having overhangs extending therefrom.... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002195 | ARC FLASH DETECTION METHOD An arc flash detection method includes transmitting light via an optical fiber to a sensor and transmitting light from the sensor that includes components representative of acoustic waves and light for filtering and processing to detect an occurrence of an arc flash.... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002194 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Increasing Measurement Accuracy in a Particle Imaging Device An apparatus, system, and method for increasing measurement accuracy in imaging cytometry. The system may include a light detector configured to measure light emitted by a first particle and light emitted by a second particle, where the measured light from the second pa... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110308318 | INSOLATION SENSOR FOR SOLAR LIGHT INTENSITY An insolation sensor is disclosed and is used to determine a solar light intensity as a basis for evaluating electric power generated by solar modules exposed to the solar light intensity. The insolation sensor includes an outer surface including a light entrance window... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110299065 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RADIANT ENERGY IN GAS TURBINE ENGINES, COMPONENTS AND RIGS One embodiment of the present invention is a unique system for measuring radiant energy in gas turbine engines, gas turbine engine components and gas turbine engine/component rigs. Another embodiment is a unique method for measuring radiant energy in gas turbine engines... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110299067 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT CELL To make it possible to alter a cell length with reduction of a manufacturing cost so that a spacer can be securely positioned at a desired position, a cell includes: a pair of optical windows sandwiching a flow channel; a cell body provided with an accommodating recess ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291640 | REMAINING SHEET QUANTITY DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS The remaining sheet quantity detection device of the present invention is provided with a storage unit for storing first information which associates a distance between a distance measuring sensor and a tray with a level value in a distance range less than a peak distan... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110279815 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR WAFER LEVEL IMAGE SENSOR MODULE WITH FIXED FOCAL LENGTH This present invention discloses a manufacturing method and structure for a wafer level image sensor module with fixed focal length. The method includes the following steps. First, a silicon wafer comprising several image sensor chips having a photosensitive area and a ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110261353 | OPTICAL PROBE AND OPTICAL OBSERVATION DEVICE One aspect of this invention provides an optical probe (600) that includes: a tubular sheath (622) having a distal end that is closed; a light guiding means (623) provided inside the sheath, and arranged along the longitudinal axis of the sheath; an... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110249258 | APPARATUS WITH OPTICAL FUNCTIONALITY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a sensor integrated circuit (IC). The at least one integrated photodetector that is adapted to sense light, and an integrated analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The integrated analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is coupled... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246086 | OPTICAL RESISTANCE COUPLED APPARATUS AND METHOD A method and apparatus for detecting a particular chemical in a sample, includes placing the sample in contact with a semiconductive material provided on a flow cell. An electrical characteristic of the semiconductive material is detected by an interdigitated electrode,... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242527 | ROOM-TEMPERATURE QUANTUM NOISE LIMITED SPECTROMETRY AND METHODS OF THE SAME In one embodiment, a heterodyne detection system for detecting light includes a first input aperture adapted for receiving a first light from a scene input, a second input aperture adapted for receiving a second light from a local oscillator input, a broadband local osc... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110228273 | TESTING APPARATUS FOR TESTING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Disclosed is a method for operating a test apparatus for an LED lamp. The method includes: forming a self-holding circuit by switching on a first switching means such that an up and down shifter provided in the test apparatus for the LED lamp moves down; moving down and... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231130 | TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP Disclosed is an apparatus for testing an LED lamp which includes: a secured seat on which the LED lamp is seated; an up and down shifter which, when the LED lamp is seated on the secured seat, shifts from an initial position spaced upward from the LED lamp to a measurem... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110216311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCKING A LASER WITH A RESONANT CAVITY A method and apparatus for the photo-acoustic identification and quantification of one or more analyte species present in a gaseous or liquid medium in low concentration utilizing a laser and a resonant optical cavity containing the medium and having within the cavity a... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110205541 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING HEMISPHERICAL OPTICAL INTEGRATOR An optical measurement apparatus includes a hemispherical portion having a diffuse reflection layer on an inner wall, and a plane portion disposed to involve a substantial center of curvature of the hemispherical portion and close an opening of the hemispherical portion... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110205533 | OPTICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE A device connects to a male network connector of a network conduit, and connects to a female network connector of the network conduit. The female network connector is capable of communicating with the male network connector. The device also measures outputs of the male ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110177619 | IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS COMPRISING CARBON NANOPARTICLES AND KITS This invention relates to luminescent markers for in vitro diagnostic applications, and kits using those markers. In some embodiments, those markers comprise luminescent carbon nanoparticles. Some embodiments provide a method for investigating an analyte comprising corr... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110169414 | CALIBRATION OF LIGHT ELEMENTS WITHIN A DISPLAY The invention relates to calibrating light emitters (4). In order to avoid blanking of a backlight and also to reduce the number of light sensors (14), it is possible to drive a plurality of light emitters to the pulsed initial driving condition (PWM1 | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110113799 | ICE LEVEL SENSING SYSTEM An ice level sensing system for an appliance having a cavity with a cavity wall. An ice storage bin and an ice maker are disposed within the cavity. The ice storage bin is configured to hold ice discharged from the ice maker. The ice level sensing system includes a tran... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115404 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING CALIBRATION DATA FOR AN LED LIGHT SOURCE WHILE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE BARRIER LAYER TEMPERATURE In various embodiments, a method for determining calibration data for a light source is provided. The method may include determining at least one of a photometric quantity and a colorimetric quantity of the light source; determining a color stimulus specification using ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110109899 | METHOD OF DETERMINING NUMBER OF LIGHT SOURCES A method of determining the number of light sources is adapted to determine the number of each kind of light sources of an illumination device. The method includes following steps. A photon number of a single light source of each kind of the light sources is calculated.... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110107853 | Device and Method for Determining the Fill Level of a Flexible Medicine Reservoir Included are systems and methods for determining a fill level of an inflow-less flexible medicine reservoir as a source for medicine, where the inflow-less flexible medicine reservoir has a monotonically decreasing fill level. Some embodiments of a device include a stop... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110101887 | METHOD OF VIEWING A SUBJECT A method and apparatus are provided for viewing a subject. The method includes the steps of providing a predetermined visual contrast among image details of the subject and maintaining the visual contrast for a predetermined time period of less than 100 milliseconds.... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110090488 | Sensing And Control Device An actuator rod position indication device is described, where a unit having a separate enclosing housing on one surface of said housing has mounted a magnetic field sensor, such that a magnet provided on an actuator rod's free end will be moved substantially linearly c... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110077883 | Measurement of Fourier Coefficients Using Integrating Photometric Detector Provided is a measurement method of Fourier coefficients using an integrating photometric detector, wherein, when measuring an exposure (Sj) with a predetermined time interval during a predetermined time period using an integrating photometric detector with r... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075969 | Apparatus and Methods for Attenuating and Measuring Light Passed Through a Launch Multimode Fiber An exemplary apparatus includes ferrule offset assemblies each having opposing ferrules with respective ends and respective fiber channels maintained in general relative and adjustable alignment. Offset adjusting devices adjust the relative alignment of the fiber channe... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110061445 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT A sensor arrangement includes an optical sensor, a non-optical sensor, a sensor holder, and main and flexible interconnect devices. The sensor arrangement can be fixed to a vehicle window by the sensor holder. The sensor holder is in the form of a sensor housing having ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110043792 | ANALYZER This invention is to make the detection sensitivities as even as possible among a plurality of specimens to be inspected in an analyzer that leads light transmitted from the plurality of specimens to be inspected to a single spectrometer via optical fibers, the analyzer... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110003403 | TESTING METHOD OF SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DEVICE AND TESTING DEVICE THEREOF A method of performing a wafer level burn-in test for a plurality of surface-emitting laser devices formed on a wafer includes causing a plurality of contact electrodes arranged in a same plane with a pitch same as that of the surface-emitting laser devices being electr... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100315623 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A FLUX OF A SELECTED INDIVIDUAL LIGHT SOURCE AMONG A PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES The invention provides a method for measuring a flux of a selected individual lightsource among a plurality of lightsources, wherein each lightsource is controlled by an associated pulse width modulated signal, and each pulse width modulated signal has a first logic lev... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100301873 | CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING MALFUNCTION GENERATION ATTACK AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING THE SAME An embodiment of the invention provides a circuit for detecting a malfunction generation attack, including: at least one sensor circuit adapted to detect a radiation of a light; and a detection circuit for detecting an intermediate voltage between a voltage correspondin... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296081 | INDOOR LIGHT BALANCING An illumination system (1) is based on a window (21) having controllable transmittance and a light guide system (31) arranged for transferring light from a light guide input (33) to a light guide output (34). The light guide output is ... | 11/25/2010 |
