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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080088856 | Optical displacement meter, optical displacement measuring method, optical displacement measuring program, computer-readable recording medium, and device that records the program The present invention provides an optical displacement meter which performs a profile search for performing positional adjustment of a profile shape. The optical displacement meter includes: an amplifier for amplifying a reception light signal from a two-dimensional lig... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080079954 | Distance measuring apparatus, distance measuring method, and computer program product A distance measuring apparatus includes a detecting unit which detects a distance to an object located in a predetermined detection range; an imaging unit which generates an image signal group corresponding to a predetermined imaging field; a calculating unit which calc... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080024352 | Target detection apparatus and system A wide monitor area can be covered by switching the connection between a plurality of sensors and a transmission/reception device using a switch device of a target detection apparatus in a time division manner. When only two target detection apparatuses are used in posi... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080024793 | Non-contact probe control interface A probe control interface is provided for a structured light non-contact coordinate measuring machine probe. Portions of a video control signal for controlling the grey level of selected rows of pixels of a spatial light modulator of the probe can be decoded into contro... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080018912 | Position Finding System For Locating The Position Of A Tool The invention provides a position finding system and a method for locating the position of a tool, in particular a hand-held screwdriver, wherein free-field position finding is performed for determining the absolute position of the tool and wherein relative position fin... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070285649 | Radar apparatus The radar apparatus includes a transmit/receive section having a function of emitting a transmission wave, receiving the transmission wave reflected from a reflecting object, and outputting a reception signal having a signal level depending on the intensity of the recei... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070236677 | Geo-location with laser and sensor system Methods and apparatus for determining geo-locations. The geo-location system of one embodiment includes two or more angle determination devices and a location determination device. Each angle determination device is mounted on top of a tower. The towers are positioned a... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070176822 | Target detection apparatus and system A wide monitor area can be covered by switching the connection between a plurality of sensors and a transmission/reception device using a switch device of a target detection apparatus in a time division manner. When only two target detection apparatuses are used in posi... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070127038 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE An optical measuring device (20) for measuring a micro displacement or a micro vibration of an object (28) includes a laser emitter (21), an amplifying lens module (23), and a photoelectric sensor (25). The laser emitter is configured ... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070109527 | System and method for generating position information A system for generating position information includes a computing device and a position determination system that is configured to determine the position of a passive pointing element. In an embodiment, the position determination system is integrated into the computing ... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070091324 | Microscope system and method for operating a microscope system The invention relates to a microscope system and to a method for operating a microscope system. The microscope system comprises a microscope (2) which has at least one automatically adjustable structural component. The structural component is provided with at lea... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070024870 | Apparatuses and methods for measuring head suspensions and head suspension assemblies The present invention provides apparatuses and methods for determining spatial information of a workpiece surface positioned in a predetermined coordinate system. Apparatuses and methods of the present invention can be used to determine one or more coordinates of one or... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070002304 | Stereoscopic Targeting, Tracking and Navigation Device, System and Method A measurement system with a minimum of 2 sensors that identifies precise locations of remote objects. The sensors measure the elevation and azimuth angles to the target using the electromagnetic radiation that is either intentionally or incidentally reflected off of the... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060268257 | Endoscope apparatus, method of operating the endoscope apparatus, and program to be executed to implement the method An endoscope apparatus includes: an observation image capturing unit that captures an observation image of an object; a distance measuring unit that calculates an object distance from a distance measuring point, the calculation being made based on the observation image;... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060221352 | Optical pointing device An optical pointing device, which is to be disposed on a working surface, includes a casing, a light source, a light sensor, and an obstructing member. The casing has a light transmissible portion. The light source is mounted in the casing, and emits light that is direc... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060187441 | Position sensitive photoelectric sensor and method of setting reference distance in the same In a position sensitive photoelectric sensor that calculates a distance to a target based on a triangular range finding using a light and outputs a result compared with a reference distance, first the reference distance Dref is set roughly by using a light receiving por... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060152704 | Remote center range finder A system for measuring the distance from a first point spaced away from a surface of an object to a second point on a surface of the object along an axis extending through the first and second points includes one or more light projection assemblies for projecting light ... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060028657 | Optical triangulation device and method of measuring a variable of a web using the device Device and method of measuring a position of an irregular surface. The method includes projecting a spot along a first axis onto the irregular surface, focusing an image of the spot along a second axis onto a detector, wherein the second axis is non-coaxially arranged w... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060023203 | Surveying methods and apparatus The invention relates to a surveying system, comprising at least one total station unit (210, 220), and at least one target (201, 203), said targets having wireless communication means, each unit provided with a unique wireless communication address for wi... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060011805 | Method and device for recording the position of an object in space The invention relates to a method for recording the position of an object in space, comprising a fixing step in which three light sources are fixed to the object such as to define a triangle, an activation step, in which the light sources are switched on, a recording st... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050213112 | Sensor device To provide a displacement sensor device capable of fast data read-out processing. A sensor device includes: a light-emitting element for irradiating an object to be measured with light at a prescribed angle; an image pickup element for shooting the light-irradiated obje... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050134867 | Systems and methods for measuring distance of semiconductor patterns A system and method of measuring a distance of semiconductor patterns is provided. The system includes a microscope and a control unit. The control unit calculates standard coordinates of standard points in view-fields that include spots, spot coordinates of spots with ... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050094865 | Wire loop height measurement apparatus and method The invention provides a method and an apparatus for determining a height of a point on a wire loop. A height gauge device is positioned over the point on the wire loop to be measured. Incident light is projected from the height gauge device for illuminating the point. ... | 05/05/2005 |
