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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127480 | TOPOGRAPHY DEVICE FOR A SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE A device for analyzing the topography of a surface (2) of a substrate (1) travelling on a substantially planar course with axes X, Y and Z defining an orthonormal frame of reference of the space. The surface (2) is substantially parallel to the plan... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120069351 | OPTICAL APPARTUS FOR NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT OR TESTING OF A BODY SURFACE An optical arrangement for the non-contact measurement or testing of properties of a solid's surface, such as curvature, shape, contour, roughness or alignment. An optical arrangement includes structure for establishing a gap between the solid's surface and a reference ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120044504 | PROFILOMETER, MEASURING APPARATUS, AND OBSERVING APPARATUS An observing apparatus includes a lighting device for irradiating a surface of a measuring target with light having a first light source distribution, and an imaging section for imaging the surface of the measuring target. Considering a first plane passing through a mea... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110188052 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING GEOMETRICAL DIMENSIONS OF A TYRE BY CONTACT-LESS SENSING The invention relates to a method of determining geometrical dimensions of a tyre, especially of an inner surface of the tyre and/or a tyre bead, by contact-less sensing, wherein the tyre (12) is received in a receiving means (10), wherein at least one lig... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110176147 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE MEASURING SCANNER There is described a scanner having a frame with a support, two lasers attached to the frame and two optical sensors attached to the frame, the lasers and optical sensors being positioned and oriented to reduce shadowing effects for the cameras and for the laser lines w... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110032538 | METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE STOCK OF A GEAR A method for the measurement of the stock of a gear with an axis of rotation which has to be finished in the hardened state, wherein the gear has a gearing with a plurality of teeth at its outer and/or inner circumference and wherein the teeth have, compared with the fi... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100284024 | 3D SCANNING ACOUSTO-OPTIC MICROSCOPE A scanning microscope includes an acousto-optic scanner that produces a scanned beam. A beam separator based on total internal reflection or angle tuning of a dielectric filter separates an unscanned portion of an excitation light flux from a scanned portion. The scanne... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100231881 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD The invention provides a level sensor configured to measure a height level of a substrate comprising: a projection unit to project a measurement beam on the substrate, a detection unit to receive the measurement beam after reflection on the substrate, a processing unit ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100220340 | System and Method for Height Triangulation Measurement A method for height triangulation measurement particularly for measuring the height of an object on a surface, the method includes: a) illuminating said object from a known angle with a narrow strip of light, having a large numerical aperture along said light strip and ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100177192 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING DEVICE A three-dimensional measuring device has an irradiation device that irradiates a light pattern having a striped light intensity distribution on a measurement object, an imaging device that images reflected light from the measurement object irradiated by the light patter... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100171962 | System and Method for Probe Mark Analysis A method for analyzing probe mark, the method includes: scanning the probe mark by multiple spots; evaluating a probe mark characteristic in response to detection signals generated by multiple sensors of the chromatic confocal system that is characterized by a sub-micro... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100014099 | COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING WITH A COORDINATE MEASURING DEVICE A method and device for the measurement of workpiece geometries with a coordinate measuring device. According to the invention, measuring tasks may be optimally carried out without a requirement for devices of differing types, by use of one or more sensors which are of ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090284757 | Method and apparatus for the determination of the 3D coordinates of an object In a method for the determination of the 3D coordinates of an object (2), a pattern is projected (1) onto the object (2) and the pattern reflected by the object (2) is taken (3) and evaluated. To improve such a method, a pattern is pro... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090251709 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF AN AREA ON THE SURFACE OF A PATIENT'S BODY An apparatus for the representation of an area on the three-dimensional surface of a patient's body, with a control device which provides three-dimensional coordinates of at least one area to be represented on the surface of the patient's body, wherein the area pre-sets... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090237677 | Measuring device and measuring method A measuring device includes a light-sending part sending light in a first direction which is a depth direction of a hollow shape, a conversion part converting a direction of the light into a circumference direction approximately orthogonal to the first direction, a dete... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090120134 | Method and apparatus for measuring surface shape profile An apparatus for measuring a shape profile of a surface of a sheet of material includes a light source for providing a light beam to be directed at the surface of the sheet of material, a linear translation stage coupled to the light source for translating the light sou... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090116038 | Measuring Station for a Pipe Cutting Machine The invention relates to a measuring station, especially for a pipe cutting machine (2), with a first distance sensor (8) that can pivot about a transverse axis (16) by a drive (13) for generating a first scanning beam (6) that scans a... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090103107 | Method And System For Inspecting Parts Utilizing Triangulation A method and system for inspecting parts utilizing triangulation are provided. The system includes a part support subsystem including a fixture for supporting a part to be inspected and a head apparatus. The head apparatus includes at least one radiation source for dire... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090097038 | Machine Vision for Predictive Suspension A predictive suspension system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor, and energy source and a control. The imaging sensor is disposed at a vehicle and has a generally downward field of view, with the field of view encompassing an area forward of a tire of the vehicle... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090066968 | Method and apparatus for performing three-dimensional measurement A control processing unit simultaneously drives cameras to produce images of a measuring object, the control processing unit searches corresponding point on a comparative image produced by one of the cameras for a representative point in a reference image produced by th... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090051929 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE MEASURING APPARATUS The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image measuring apparatus comprising: an XYZ shaft transfer means mounted onto a base member; a work stage mounted to the base member, for moving a measuring object to a measuring position and thereafter supporting it... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090015846 | Device for Measuring Parts by Triangulation Sensors and an Evaluation Unit for Determining The invention relates to a device for measuring components by a laser triangulation measuring device comprised of at least one triangulation sensor for determining the height profiles of components, whereby the component is arranged on a movable support plane in a horiz... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090009774 | Method And System For Optical Measurement Of The Shape Of An Article The present invention relates to a method and system for measuring articles made of a material that is difficult to measure, such as glass. In the system, an elastic film (19) is arranged on top of an article (110). A number of measurement points that are ... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080309948 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A FILLING LEVEL OF SILOS CONTAINING LOOSE MATERIALS The process comprises a stage of highlighting a plurality of light points of a free surface of the material contained in the silo, of detecting a position of each of the light points and obtaining electrical signals which are proportional to the detected position of eac... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080285055 | Method and System For Determining the Properties of a Surface of Revolution The invention relates to a method and system for determining the direction and location of the symmetry axis of a revolution-shaped article. Furthermore, the invention enables one to determine the radius of the article as well as the pitch of a possible thread. In the a... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080024792 | Electromagnetic Cloaking Method A method of constructing a concealing volume comprises constructing a plurality of concealing volume elements around a concealable volume. Each concealing volume element has a material parameter arranged to direct a propagating wave around the concealable volume.... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070223009 | Apparatus and method for measuring structural parts This present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring structural parts which comprises a measuring system having at least two sensors for optoelectronic scanning of such a structural part wherein said part and said sensors are movable relatively to each other alo... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070188769 | THREE-CHANNEL CAMERA SYSTEMS WITH COLLINEAR APERTURES A three-dimensional imaging system uses a single primary optical lens along with three collinear apertures to obtain three offset optical channels each of which can be separately captured with an optical sensor.... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070171431 | Automatic asset detection, location measurement and recognition From a survey vehicle, two types of data are obtained: images from a camera and reflections from a laser. The laser data is filtered in order to detect assets. The detected assets are then processed to locate and measure the assets. Once this information has been obtain... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070146726 | Laser digitizer system for dental applications An intra-oral laser digitizer system provides a three-dimensional visual image of a real-world object such as a dental item through a laser digitization. The laser digitizer captures an image of the object by scanning multiple portions of the object in an exposure perio... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070109557 | Method for optically detecting height of a specimen and charged particle beam apparatus using the same The present invention provides an optical height detection method and electron beam apparatus to which the method is applied, in which the focusing accuracy of the CD-SEM apparatus, a SEM inspection apparatus, and others is improved by reducing detection errors and impr... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070058175 | Method and apparatus for 3-dimensional measurement of the surface of an object In a method for 3-dimensional measurement of the surface of an object, the object is imaged 2-dimensionally, at a first focal distance of at least one CCD camera (3, 30), which can be swiveled in two directions and which is provided with an optical zoom function,... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20060232787 | Method for contactlessly and dynamically detecting the profile of a solid body The invention relates to a method for contactlessly and dynamically detecting the profile of a solid body. At least one light beam is generated by a laser device and expanded to form a linear light band projected onto the moving surface of the solid body. Light reflecte... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060158663 | Apparatus for and method of measurements of components An arrangement for measuring components has a manipulator, at least one measuring system in operative connection with the manipulator, the at least one measuring system including at least one contour measuring device associated with the manipulator and generating an opt... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060158662 | Scanner and method for operating a scanner A scanner for providing a possibility of detecting a surface relief of an object includes a projector configured to guide a light beam in an illumination line over the surface relief to obtain an illuminated location on the surface relief, the projector being further co... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060152738 | Three-dimensional shape detecting device, image capturing device, and three-dimensional shape detecting method There is provided a three-dimensional shape detecting device comprising: pattern beam projection means which projects a plurality of pattern beams including two pattern beams having different angular widths; image capturing means which captures an image of a subject ont... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060132801 | Laser triangulation method for measurement of highly reflective solder balls A system and method of determining a height and/or position of at least one element on an area array device. A laser beam scans the area array device using at least two different laser light intensities. Reflected light is sampled, and the height and/or position of the ... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060114477 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE CONFIGURATION OF OBSCURED STRUCTURE BY EMPLOYING PHASE PROFILOMETRY AND METHOD OF USE THEREFOR An application of phase profilometry to determine the 3-D configuration of normally obscured structure. In one application, the undercarriage of a vehicle is captured in a 3-D profile while the vehicle is operating normally. The system may use a digital camera; a comput... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060017935 | Object measuring device and associated methods A device for measuring one or more dimensions of an object. One or more light emitters direct light towards the object. At least one light blocking element, arranged between the light emitters and the object, blocks all but a bundle of light to form a light edge on the ... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050200858 | Contoured inspection plug for low pressure drop A special air duct inspection window system that comprises an inspection window and matching removable inspection plug that maintains the low loss three-dimensional contour of the inner walls of the air duct, thereby minimising turbulence and internal pressure drop. ... | 09/15/2005 |
