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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126707 | DETERMINISTICALLY CALCULATING DIMMING VALUES FOR FOUR OR MORE LIGHT SOURCES An intelligent light source deterministically calculates luminous flux levels of individual color sources of four or more light sources without a look-up table to determine the luminous flux levels.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129269 | NANO-OPTIC FILTER ARRAY BASED SENSOR A device such as a filter or reflector includes a conductive layer including a periodic pattern of elements. The elements have shapes and sizes configured such that a transmittance or reflectance spectrum of the conductive layer has a drop at a long-wavelength end. The ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105851 | SPECTRAL COLORIMETRIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A spectral colorimetric apparatus includes a housing which includes a side wall. An outer surface of the side wall is an adjustment surface capable of adjusting a position of a linear sensor by moving while attaching the linear sensor to the adjustment surface. The line... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105871 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE An optical measuring apparatus for measuring optical characteristics of a stereoscopic display device includes a test image supplier for generating a 3D test signal, a 3D display for displaying left-eye image and/or right-eye image based on the 3D test signal supplied f... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120051045 | Led Based Illumination Module Color Matched To An Arbitrary Light Source LED based illumination modules are realized that are visually color matched to light sources not based on LEDs based on visually matched color spaces. A visually matched color space is employed to both instrumentally and visually match an LED based light source with a l... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044496 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING LIGHT-MEASURING LOOK-UP TABLE, LIGHT-MEASURING METHOD, AND LIGHT-MEASURING SYSTEM The invention discloses a method of constructing light-measuring look-up table, a light-measuring method, and a light-measuring system. The method of constructing light-measuring look-up table is to construct a look-up table by according to spectrum parameters relative ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044497 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF A sample information input unit obtains spectral reflectances of color patches formed on a medium from a measuring device or storage unit. A media characteristic input unit inputs bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium from the storage unit. A computing unit compute... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046987 | Mobile Paint Matching Service A mobile paint matching service employs at least one vehicle to perform on-site color matching. The vehicle is equipped with at least one portable spectrophotometer; a paint analysis system to determine recommended paint formulas; a plurality of spill-resistant containe... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038922 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING AT LEAST ONE OF LIGHT INTENSITY AND COLOUR IN AT LEAST ONE MODULATED IMAGE It relates to a method for measuring at least one of light intensity and colour in at least one modulated image, the method comprising the steps of: a) detecting a modulation pattern of the modulated image(s); and b) synchronizing a measurement of the intensity and/or c... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038923 | COLLECTION OPTICS FOR A COLOR SENSOR An optical system includes a lens, a pupil relay, and an aperture stop positioned at a focal point of the lens between the lens and the pupil relay. The lens is configured to collect a plurality of light bundles. Each light bundle emanates from a field point of an objec... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038977 | HIGH SPEED ACQUISITION VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY VIEWING OBJECT FEATURES System and method for selectively viewing features of objects, including features hidden under non-transparent materials. The system includes: illuminating light source producing illuminating light having controlled angular spectrum; homogenizing optics for spatial inte... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE OPTICAL WAVE LENGTHS Optical gratings that perform a number of functions at various wavelengths are formed by various methods that preserve spectral information within a wavelength band, the functions including: coupling radiation from one waveguide (7a3) to another ( 02/09/2012 | |
| 20120026498 | NON-CONTACT AND CONTACT COLOR SENSOR DEVICE An apparatus for color sensing is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set of color sensor tolerances for a Non-Contact color sensor device; and a Contact color sensor device, conforming to the set of color sensor tolerances.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026500 | MEDIUM-PRESSING DEVICE AND MALFUNCTION DETECTION METHOD To provide a medium-pressing device whereby it is possible to detect a malfunction of a power supply that outputs power for the purpose of pressing a medium. The invention is a medium-pressing device characterized by including a pressing member that presses a medium; a ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029692 | AUTOMATED PILL DISPENSING SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTTLES IN OUTPUT CHUTES USING MODULATED LIGHT SOURCES AND RELATED METHODS OF OPERATION A method of operating a detection system includes receiving a detection signal representing aggregate light emission received from a plurality of optical emitter elements at an optical detector, and determining, from the detection signal, respective light emission recei... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026499 | COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MALFUNCTION OF COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE The present invention is a color measurement device for color measurement of a printed pattern printed onto a medium, the color measurement device characterized by comprising a pressing member for pressing the medium; a color measurement section for performing color mea... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026501 | CURE DEGREE EVALUATION METHOD, CURE DEGREE EVALUATION SHEET, AND CURE DEGREE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CURE DEGREE OF ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION Provided are a method for evaluating a cure degree of an active energy ray-curable resin composition simply, highly accurately, and quantitatively, a cure degree evaluation sheet for use in the method, and a cure degree evaluation system. A... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120013255 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLING LIGHT PRODUCED FROM AN LED ARRAY A system embodiment comprises and LED array, an optical plane, optics, a sensor and a controller. The LED array is configured to generate LED light. The optical plane has a plurality of scattering features and with a mixing chamber. The optics is configured to direct th... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receiver... | 01/12/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20110310389 | COLOR SENSOR A color sensor array includes a plurality of sensors. Each of the plurality of sensors has a width dimension and a length dimension that is elongated with respect to the width dimension. The length dimensions of the sensors are substantially equal to one another and par... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110292391 | COMBINATION OF READER AND INCUBATOR A detection arrangement for detecting presence of an analyte in a sample includes a processor, a memory, a display, a color measuring device, and a temperature controller for maintaining a constant temperature or a temperature profile of the sample. A method is also pro... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110277767 | METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS) FOR AIR PURIFICATION This disclosure relates to porous frameworks for gas separation and sensing.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275162 | ASSAY READER OPERABLE TO SCAN A TEST STRIP Low-cost assay test strip readers are disclosed. Such readers enable creation of profiles of analyte reactions detected on an assay test strip utilizing a simple detector fixedly mounted to a body of the reader. The detector may be a single detector, such as a photodete... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110261370 | OPTICAL SENSOR FOR PROXIMITY AND COLOR DETECTION This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for detecting proximity and/or color of an object. In one aspect, an optical sensor includes a plurality of transmissive interferometric elements, a p... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110249973 | OPTO-ELECTRONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL SENSOR INTERROGATION Opto-electronic signal processing systems, apparatus and methods to extract a measured parameter from one or more interrogated optical sensors are disclosed. The apparatus includes an integrated laser module, an electronic control and processing unit, an optical couplin... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249264 | Method for Determining Composition Balance of Cooled Brine A method of determining whether a brine composition for freezing an item is in a desired balance, the brine composition having an effective amount of dye. The method includes cooling the dye composition to a pre-determined temperature, and comparing the color of the bri... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM IN WATER Disclosed and claimed herein is an apparatus and method for measuring hexavalent chromium in water samples using a colorimetric method. The apparatus includes a means for correcting interference due to sample turbidity.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242536 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF DENTAL CURING LIGHTS The present invention is directed to methods and related systems for evaluating and demonstrating various performance characteristics of one or more dental curing lights. The method and system employs a performance evaluation member (e.g., in the shape of a disc) compri... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235039 | MINIATURIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receiver... | 09/29/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110211196 | COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE A color measurement device includes a light pipe and a light source. The light pipe is oriented length-wise towards a color sample surface along a first axis that is non-perpendicular to the surface. A color sample is positioned on the surface. The light pipe has a near... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110205540 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF FILM THICKNESS Methods and apparatus for measuring thickness of a thin film include: obtaining a high-speed thickness measurement of a thin film using a laser projection system and detector array, obtaining thickness measurements of the thin film at one or more locations using a singl... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110206830 | REVERSE INTERFEROMETRIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LAYER THICKNESS A reverse interferometric method for the determination of the thickness of a layer of material employs a multi-wavelength light source which generates a light beam which comprises a time-variant series of different monochromatic wavelengths. The beam is reflected from t... | 08/25/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110187095 | CLASSIFYING AND DISCRIMINATING AN ITEM OF CURRENCY BASED ON THE ITEM'S SPECTRAL RESPONSE An unknown item of currency is compared to at least one known item of currency by evaluating the spectral response of the unknown item of currency. A spectral response is obtained from the unknown item of currency, and the spectral response of the unknown item of curren... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110165554 | METHODS AND BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS A method of diagnosing or monitoring a psychotic disorder, or predisposition thereto, comprises measuring, in a sample taken from a subject, the levels of one or more peptide biomarkers listed herein.... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110157588 | DEVICE COMPRISING TWO REFLECTING LAYERS AND A POLYMER LAYER FOR ANALYZING THE AGE AND/OR QUALITY OF A NATURAL PRODUCT The present invention relates to the field of analyzing the age and/or quality of certain natural products, for example foods. The invention also relates to devices for analyzing said age and/or quality as well as to methods for preparing such devices, to methods for an... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110157589 | Method for the Binning of Radiation-Emitting, Optoelectronic Semiconductor Components A method for the binning of a radiation-emitting, optoelectronic semiconductor component (20) is specified, comprising the following steps: providing a radiation-emitting, optoelectronic semiconductor component (20), determining the color locus (8) ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110149283 | Structural Assembly And Methods For Facilitating Corrosion Inspection A structural assembly and methods are provided to facilitate corrosion inspection, such as in those regions of a structure that may otherwise be visibly inspected only following at least partial disassembly of the structure. The structural assembly may include a structu... | 06/23/2011 |
