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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120010854 | Quantum Efficiency Measurement System and Method of Use A system for measuring a characteristic of a solar cell is disclosed and includes a light source irradiating an optical signal having a spectral range from about 100 nm to about 3000 nm, a wavelength selector configured to selectively narrow the spectral range of the op... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002209 | HIV/AIDS Treatment Efficacy Measure A white blood cell nuclei light scattering peak resolving process measures efficacies of treatment agents against an HIV/AIDS infection of a person by calculating changes between Mie scatterings from blood from the person and from blood from the person with a treatment ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002208 | DEVICE FOR DEMONSTRATING AND TESTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ANTI-REFLECTIVE TREATMENT OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS A device for demonstrating and comparatively testing the effectiveness of an antireflection treatment for an ophthalmic lens, the device comprising an image (2, 20) and a mirror (3, 30). According to the invention, the device further comprises a part (1... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110216323 | LIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS AND LIGHT MEASURING METHOD A light with a known spectrum is emitted from a light source toward a road surface, a first reflected light that is a reflected light of the known light reflected from the road surface is received by a first light receiver, and a reflectance spectrum of the light of the... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110201254 | Methods and Systems for Process Control During Backgrinding of Through-Via Substrates Methods and systems for process control during backgrinding of a through-via substrate, such as an embedded through silicon via wafer. A process property value may be sensed and used to determine if a process endpoint has been reached.... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196616 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING PERCEIVED AGE This invention relates to an apparatus for and a method of measuring skin glow and/or skin radiance and/or skin shine and/or the biological age of the skin of an individual. As an individual ages, their appearance changes due to structural ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110140003 | Test apparatus for an optical investigation system A test apparatus for an optical investigation system, with an imaging device and a light source for optical investigation of an object in remitted light and/or fluorescent light includes a housing with a hollow space and an aperture for inserting a distal end of the ima... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110102799 | Multi-Grating Biosensor For Label-Independent Optical Readers A multi-grating resonant waveguide (RWG) biosensor for an optical reader system having a spatial resolution limit is disclosed. The multi-grating RWG biosensor includes one or more signal-grating regions and one or more reference-grating regions. The multi-grating RWG b... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110096331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING QUALITY OF A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE A method for determining the quality of a microfluidic device, the method including placing a microfluidic device including a valve on a stage; radiating light on the valve of the microfluidic device; detecting light reflected from the valve using a photodetector; openi... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110053211 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR FOOD The invention relates to a process for determining—remotely and without taking samples—the condition of biological material, in particular food, as well as a device for performing this process. Radiation emission is thus induced with coherent beams in the material t... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110051139 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYTE MEASUREMENT A device for non-invasively measuring concentration of one or more analytes in a living subject or a biological sample, wherein the device includes several light sources, a system for controlling the timing and intensity of the light source outputs, a system for passing... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100290052 | EVANESCENT FIELD MODULATION IN A BIOSENSOR The present invention provides an FTIR system comprising a first light source emitting light of a first wavelength, a sample volume with an adjacent sensor surface, a detector for detecting light reflected at said sensor surface. The sensor surface is illuminated by sai... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100271633 | SEMICONDUCTOR TEST INSTRUMENT AND THE METHOD TO TEST SEMICONDUCTOR A semiconductor examination apparatus includes an energy source device that supplies a semiconductor substrate having a pn junction with excitation energy that causes luminescence in the semiconductor substrate, an image capturing device that captures a first luminescen... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100231916 | SENSOR AND SENSING UTILIZING A LASER Embodiments are generally described that include lasers having two mirrors, at least one of which has a reflectivity related to a presence or concentration of a target analyte. Output radiation generated by the laser may be related to the presence of the target analyte.... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100224236 | Nanohole Film Electrodes Nanohole electrodes useful in opto-electronic devices, and in particular, organic photovoltaics devices incorporating nanohole electrodes, are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment includes a photovoltaic device with a first electrode comprising a nanohole film, a second e... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100214568 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE ON RECORD MEDIUM A record medium determining device 1, which determines a kind of a record medium 16 by irradiating a laser light 17 to a surface of the record medium 16, detecting a received light position and a received light intensity of a reflected light ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100214373 | AUTHENTICATING A PRODUCT This invention generally relates to a composition, an apparatus, and a method for authenticating a product. In particular, the invention relates to an ink composition for marking a product with a continuous inkjet printer. The composition includes a visible ink and a UV... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100195105 | IMPROVED STABILITY FOR OPTICAL COMPUTING SYSTEM The present subject matter relates to methods of high-speed analysis of product samples. Light is directed to a portion of a product under analysis and reflected from or transmitted through the product toward an optical detector. Signals for the detector are compared wi... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100188660 | SPATIAL FREQUENCY OPTICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AND METHOD A spatial frequency optical measurement instrument (100) is provided according to the invention. The instrument (100) includes a spatial frequency mask (120) positioned in a light path and configured to encode light with spatial frequency informatio... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100171959 | Method and apparatus for using multiple relative reflectance measurements to determine properties of a sample using vacuum ultra violet wavelengths A method and apparatus is disclosed for measuring properties of an unknown sample. A reflectometer and one or more reference pieces is provided. A set of data is collected from the unknown sample and a combination of the reference pieces. A combination of the sample and... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100149520 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF PAINT FILM IN NON-CONTACTING MANNER A non-contacting type paint film thickness measuring device includes a generating portion for generating a terahertz pulse light, a detecting portion for detecting the terahertz pulse light, a measured wave form in time-series obtaining portion for obtaining a measured ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100118311 | METHOD OF DETECTING AN ABNORMAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING A STANDARD OPTICAL CRITICAL DIMENSION DATABASE In a method of detecting an abnormal semiconductor device, a pattern on a semiconductor substrate may be irradiated by a light. A reflected light from the pattern may be detected. Spectrum data of the reflected light may be compared with a predetermined reference spectr... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100073678 | Blast injury dosimeter A method for detecting blast induced pressure changes includes exposing a material, a contained solution, a membrane-bound solution, or a photonic crystal material, having a first optical property, to a pressure wave having a blast level. A change in the first optical p... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100067010 | FILM QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD, APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR THIN-FILM DEVICE An object is to improve production efficiency as well as reducing the burden on an operator. Light is radiated on a crystalline silicon film used for a thin-film silicon device, reflection light reflected by the crystalline silicon film is detected, a parameter of the l... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100060896 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT LEARNING AND RECOGNITION BASED ON OPTICAL PARAMETERS A method, device and computer program product for determining the material of an object based on its optical characteristics is disclosed. More specifically, the method operable on a touch screen that includes on its periphery a plurality of light sources (Li... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100053628 | Plant sensor A plant sensor includes a light source section having first and second light emitters configured to irradiate the first and second measuring light toward the object to be measured, respectively, and a light receiver configured to receive reflected light from the object ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100042005 | DETECTING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A TURBID MEDIUM A device for measuring light scattering and absorption properties of a tissue, the device comprising: a probe comprising first and second optical fibers for irradiation and detection. The optical fibers are substantially parallel to each other at the distal end, and are... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100012031 | Method and apparatus for optically characterizing the doping of a substrate The invention relates to a method of optical characterization, comprising a step of evaluating the doping of a substrate (SUB) using a reflected beam emanating from a light source, said method being carried out using apparatus comprising: said light source (LAS) to prod... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100002237 | SOLAR CONCENTRATOR TESTING A system (and corresponding methodology) for testing, evaluating and diagnosing quality of solar concentrator optics is provided. The innovation discloses mechanisms for evaluating the performance and quality of a solar collector via emission of modulated laser radiatio... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100002224 | Method and apparatus for detecting organic materials and objects from multispectral reflected light The present invention is a method of determining the presence of keratin, particularly hard keratin, such as exists in mammalian hair and feathers, and objects comprising such materials. The method of the present invention also includes displaying information derived fr... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090323073 | Analytical Instrument Having Internal Reference Channel An analytical instrument for making measurements based on detection of an SPR resonance minimum or a refractometer transition shadowline on a detector array is improved by configuring a diaphragm of the instruments illumination system to include a first aperture, a seco... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090284747 | Non-Contact Selection and Control of Lighting Devices The present disclosure presents systems and methods for providing for detecting a presence of an object or a user via a non-contact selection switch. An LED may emit a signal, comprising high components and low components within a plurality of pulses. A detector may det... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090268207 | REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS ON OPTICAL DISKS The invention makes use of the air-polycarbonate interface of an optical disk as an accurate reflection reference. The air-polycarbonate interface can be used both during production of an optical disk or during normal operation of an optical disk drive. The air-polycarb... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090262357 | PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR The plasmon resonance sensor (1) comprises a chip (2) of transparent plastic with a gold layer (3) made up of narrow part surfaces (4), arranged in a row, on the inner side of which light from a planar light source (12) is convergently... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090261848 | METAL IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND METAL IDENTIFYING METHOD A metal identifying device precisely identifies a metal material in a metal member having a plurality of through-hole portions penetrating through the metal member. The metal identifying device of the present invention includes a measurement unit that obtains a measurem... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090251707 | Method and Apparatus for Phase Sensitive Surface Plasmon Resonance There is disclosed a phase sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensing apparatus wherein a testing beam may be reflected from a sensing surface at a plurality of angles. There are also disclosed methods for surface plasmon resonance sensing.... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090237671 | ANALYSIS OF OPTICAL EFFECTS ON STORAGE MEDIUM A method of analyzing the quality of optical effects on an optical recording medium as well as applications of the method in connection with optimizing a write strategy and analyzing the write quality for an optical recording medium are disclosed. The method comprising ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090201508 | Apparatus and Method for Recognizing Objects An apparatus for recognizing objects with a laser light source and a light receiver has an at least partly reflective wall and an interspace between the laser light source and the wall, through which an object can be moved or in which an object can be placed. A movable ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090194702 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTUM AND QUANTUM INSPIRED GHOST IMAGING A preferred embodiment comprises a method and system for (a) detecting objects or targets which may or may not be nonreflective to electromagnetic radiation, and/or (b) generating an image of a subject or area, comprising generating an entangled photon pair beam; splitt... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090190125 | Device and Method for Spectrometric System The invention relates to a device for use in analysing the performance of a spectrometric system of the type which comprises a spectrometer to which a probe for propagating electromagnetic radiation is connected. The device comprises a holder for holding both a reflecta... | 07/30/2009 |
