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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120011935 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VELOCITY OF ULTRASOUND SIGNAL Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for measuring velocity of an ultrasound signal. The apparatus for measuring velocity of an ultrasound signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a transmitting module transmitting ultrasou... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110288795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE TIME-OF-FLIGHT OF AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL A method of estimating the time and flight of an acoustic signal transmitted by a transmit acoustic transducer determines a difference in time between receiving the transmitted acoustic signal and receiving an electromagnetic wave transmitted by the transmit acoustic tr... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110226062 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE PRELOAD FOR SCREWS FOR DENTAL IMMPLANT SYSTEMS A method and apparatus are provided for determining the preload in a dental implant system. The preload is determined by transmitting a sonic impulse, which is preferably an ultrasonic impulse, at a predetermined frequency to the head of the implant screw through a tran... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110179873 | APPARATUS FOR THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF SAMPLES USING ULTRASONIC WAVES An apparatus provides for the non-destructive testing of samples. The samples can in this respect also be formed from critical materials which change their properties during manufacture, for example on a hardening or solidification. In an apparatus in accordance with th... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110153083 | HYDRATE MONITORING SYSTEM A method for analysing a fluid containing one or more analytes of interest includes; measuring a plurality of properties of a sample fluid with unknown concentrations of the one or more analytes of interest; and using the measurements and a model of the relationship bet... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110138919 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE ULTRASONIC TESTING OF A TEST PIECE WITH FLAT SURFACES AT AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER The invention relates to a method for the non-destructive ultrasonic testing of a test piece (3) with flat surfaces (5) at an angle to each other by means of several selectively activatable ultrasonic transducers (2, 2′, 2″), whereby the method ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110137585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE PHASE CHANGE OF A SOUND WAVE PROPAGATING THROUGH A CONDUIT A system for measuring the superposition of a plurality of sound waves propagating within a conduit containing a fluid having a plurality of transducers positioned substantially parallel to the flow direction along the external surface of the conduit. The system include... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110132067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DERIVATION AND REAL-TIME APPLICATION OF ACOUSTIC V-PATH CORRECTION DATA A system and method for carrying out non-destructive testing and inspection of test objects to assess their structural integrity uses a calibration module configured to provide V-Path time of flight (TOF) correction data over a plurality of object thickness points, obta... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110061464 | Method and Device for Determining Ultrasonic Detecting Cycle A method for determining an ultrasonic detecting cycle is provided. Firstly, an initial detecting cycle T is set. Then, a first sensing wave is generated. Then, a first time-of-flight value is calculated corresponding to the first sensing wave. After the first sensing w... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110035183 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING POSITION Sonic wave speed at a part is calculated considering the environment surrounding the part, sonic wave speed around the part is measured, and the accuracy of the position detection is improved. An ultrasonic wave transmitting device is arranged at a robot hand tip, hexah... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028838 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring a Physical Parameter in Mammal Soft Tissues by Propagating Shear Waves Method for measuring a physical parameter in soft tissues of a mammal, in which a mechanical shear wave is propagated through the soft tissues and observation of the propagation leads to determine values of a shear wave propagation parameter. The physical parameter is c... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100332152 | INTEGRATED POSITION AND PARAMETER SENSING FOR THE MUSCULARSKELETAL SYSTEM A measurement system for capturing a transit time, phase, or frequency of energy waves propagating through a propagation medium is disclosed. The measurement system comprises a sensing module (200) and an insert dock (202). The sensing module (200) ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100319454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING YOUNG'S MODULUS AND POISSON'S RATIO FOR A CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL There is disclosed a method and system for determining Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio for an electrically conductive crystalline material. In general, one or more surface acoustic waves are generated in the crystalline material and a velocity of the surface acousti... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100313663 | STRESS-WAVE SENSOR MODULE, STRESS-WAVE SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A VEHICLE COLLISION EVENT UTILIZING THE STRESS-WAVE SENSOR A stress-wave sensor module, a stress-wave sensor, and a method for detecting a vehicle collision event utilizing the stress-wave sensor are provided. The stress-wave sensor has first and second support members and a diaphragm member coupled between the first and second... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100263449 | Casing Thickness Evaluation Method Evaluating casing thickness by inducing SH0 and SH1 modes of a shear wave in the casing. The SH0 group velocity and SH1 mode group velocity (Vg) are measured and the measured SH0 mode group velocity is assigned as the tubular material shear velocity (Vs). A shear wave w... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100257935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SPEED-OF-SOUND A speed-of-sound measurement apparatus includes a wave transmission module for transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a front surface of a subject's body, a plurality of wave reception modules which each receives the ultrasonic wave from the subject's body and outputs a wav... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100242610 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS There is provided an ultrasonic imaging apparatus capable of efficiently generating an image both by using a transmission ultrasonic wave with a wide angle of beam spread and by using a transmission ultrasonic wave with a narrow angle of beam spread. The ultrasonic imag... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100212428 | Operation-Position Detector and Application Thereof An operation-position detector having a tube that allows an ultrasonic signal to propagate therethrough. The tube has a plurality of holes capable of being selectively closed or opened by an operation and is provided with an ultrasonic transmitter-receiver arranged at a... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100170342 | Method for Rheological Characterization of a Viscoelastic Medium Method for rheological characterization of a viscoelastic medium, comprising the following steps: (a) an excitation step during which a vibratory excitation is generated in the viscoelastic medium leading to a deformation of the medium, (b) a deformation measurement ste... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100126276 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DEVIATION IN CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION IN A METAL STRUCTURE A method of detecting a deviation angle in a single-crystal metal structure is disclosed. The single-crystal metal structure has a crystallographic orientation, a length, a first side, a second side, and a first axis extending through the structure. The method comprises... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100111133 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE AND HEAT FLUX IN A MATERIAL USING ULTRASOUND Methods and apparatus for measuring heat flux in a material are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves emitting an acoustic signal into the material and determining a first propagation time associated with the propagation of the acoustic signal through the mater... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100049452 | ULTRASONIC MEASURING DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC MEASURING METHOD An ultrasonic measurement method, including: receiving a plurality of ultrasonic waves that have been spectrum-spread with different codes by first and second wave-receivers; de-spreading the first and second receive signals respectively with a selected code and a non-s... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100043557 | ULTRASONIC DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS The invention relates to an examination apparatus and a method for the determination of optical coefficients, particularly of the optical absorption coefficient (μa) in an object (1) like the body of a patient. The apparatus comprises an ultrasonic scanner (2... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100043556 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING THE SPECIFIC MODULUS OF CELLULAR CERAMIC BODIES Systems (50) and methods for measuring and displaying a visual and/or graphical representation of the specific modulus (E/ρ) of a cellular ceramic body (10), such as those used to form particulate filters, are disclosed. The ultrasonic measurement system ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100018313 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF DETECTING SHAPE AND BONE STRENGTH DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE USING THE DEVICE The disclosed device includes a module for transmitting an ultrasonic wave from a transducer to an object, another module for receiving with transducers surface waves that are a reflection of the ultrasonic wave on the object surface, another module for detecting an inc... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100005889 | METHOD AND ULTRASONIC SENSOR FOR DETERMINING THE HEIGHT OF OBJECTS DISPOSED ON A CONVEYING DEVICE The present invention relates to a method for determining the height of objects disposed on a conveying device, in which an ultrasonic sensor positioned in a specific relationship to the conveying device repetitively transmits ultrasonic pulses directed toward the conve... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100005890 | METHOD OF DETERMINING PROPAGATION TIME OF ULTRASONIC FROM MOVABLE BODY AND SYSTEM THEREOF For precisely determining a position of an electronic pen using ultrasonic, only a direct wave arriving first at a reception device is detected without being affected by a reflected wave of an ultrasonic signal to count a propagation time of the electronic pen. | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090314087 | ULTRASONIC TESTING OF FITTING ASSEMBLY Apparatus and method for determining relative and/or absolute axial position of a conduit end within a fluid coupling includes application of input ultrasonic energy in the form of transient shear waves and analyzing the reflected energy. Application of the input energy... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090282920 | NUCLEAR REACTOR VIBRATION SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND ITS METHOD A nuclear reactor vibration surveillance system has a first ultrasonic transducer for transmission, an ultrasonic transmitter, a second ultrasonic transducer for reception, an ultrasonic receiver, a signal processor, and a display unit. The first ultrasonic transducer f... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090266165 | SELF-CALIBRATING METHOD FOR MEASURING THE DENSITY AND VELOCITY OF SOUND FROM TWO REFLECTIONS OF ULTRASOUND AT A SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE A method for determining a velocity and density of a fluid without requiring the transmission of ultrasound through the fluid, and a system for performing such a method. The method involves the steps of delivering, receiving and analyzing ultrasound pulses sent from a l... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090249877 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASONIC COUPLING USING ULTRASONIC RADIATION PRESSURE Apparatus and methods for ultrasonic coupling using ultrasonic radiation pressure generating are provided. Ultrasonic energy is generated to propagate in the form of ultrasonic waves in a medium coupled to a second element. The ultrasonic energy is converged in the medi... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090241672 | System and Method for Providing a Compositional Measurement of a Mixture Having Entrained Gas A method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of a fluid flowing within a pipe is provided. The fluid flow may include one or more liquid component bodies and one or more gas component bodies, which bodies occupy a substantial cross-sectional area o... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090235748 | Acoustic method and system of measuring material loss from a solid structure, uses thereof and a software product A method is described for measuring an amount of loss of material thickness from a solid structure in which acoustic waves can propagate. The structure is in operation in contact with substances susceptible to changing a thickness of the structure. A system operable to ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090217762 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AND MAKING PARTICLE FILTERING DEVICES One subject of the invention is a process for checking the robustness of a particulate filter intended to be used in the exhaust line of a diesel engine, comprising the steps consisting in, having first determined the soot mass limit of said filter, loading a new filter... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090199641 | NON-CONTACT ULTRASOUND MATERIALS SYSTEMS AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES Apparatus for determining the speed of sound through a specimen comprises an ultrasound sending transducer, an ultrasound receiving transducer, a pair of laser distance sensors, a display device, a controller in communication with the ultrasound sending transducer, the ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090183572 | CONNECTOR COMPONENT WITH TEMPERATURE-RESISTANT SENSOR ELEMENT The invention relates to a connector component (1) with integrated ultrasonic sensor (5). The ultrasonic sensor (5) is used to determine the prestressing force or the stressing force of the connector component (1), wherein the ultrasonic sens... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090178483 | Nonlinear Elastic Imaging With Two-Frequency Elastic Pulse Complexes Methods and instruments for suppressing multiple scattering noise and extraction of nonlinear scattering components with measurement or imaging of a region of an object with elastic waves, includes transmission of at least two elastic wave pulse complexes towards the re... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090165561 | Ultrasonic Wave Propagating Method and Ultrasonic Propagating Device and Ultrasonic Testing Device Using This Method An ultrasonic wave propagating method capable of propagating plate waves between a probe and a test piece despite variations in the thickness or the surface angle of a test piece, and an ultrasonic propagating device and an ultrasonic testing device using this method. U... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090145232 | ULTRASONIC MEASURING APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC MEASURING METHOD An ultrasonic measuring method includes the steps of: receiving ultrasonic waves, which have been transmitted by a spread spectrum technique using mutually different codes, at first and second receivers, thereby generating first and second received signals, respectively... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090139335 | Device and Method for the Material Testing and/or Thickness Measurements of a Test Object That Contains at Least Fractions of Electrically Conductive and Ferromagnetic Material The invention relates to a device and a method for testing the material of a test object (4) which contains at least electrically conductive and ferromagnetic material fractions and has at least one engineered surface (5), by means of at least one electrom... | 06/04/2009 |
