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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7947943 | Pawl and ratchet assembly adapted for indirect sensing of proper operation An apparatus for monitoring operation of a ratchet-based locking mechanism. The apparatus includes a ratchet and a pawl with a protrusion for engaging the ratchet during contact between the pawl and the ratchet teeth. The apparatus includes an elongated member or am... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7709781 | Rotation sensor for a spraying arm in a dishwasher A process and a device are provided for ascertaining the rotation of a liquid spray arm for a domestic appliance. Lighting means serves as a light transmitter and a photoreceiver serves as a light receiver. The lighting means and the photoreceiver are assigned a lig... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7619202 | Remote-controllable electronic device A remote-controllable electronic device includes a casing, a filter, a sensor, and a shielding element. The casing is formed with a hole where the filter is embedded thereto. The sensor is disposed within the casing and configured to receive a light signal filtered ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7402743 | Free-space human interface for interactive music, full-body musical instrument, and immersive media controller “Method and apparatus entraining interactive media players into a sustained experience of “Kinesthetic Spatial Sync,” defined as a perceived simultaneity and spatial superposition between a non-tactile, full body (“free-space”) input control process and im... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391408 | Adjustable apparatus in display devices for automatic adjusting brightness An adjustable brightness apparatus includes a light detection unit and a modulation and can automatically adjust the backlight current of a display device based on variable ambient light outside the display device so as to reduce the power consumption. Users can the... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7342210 | Remote control for auto-darkening lens systems and method A wireless remote control is provided for an auto-darkening lens (ADL) system used in a welding helmet, respirator system or other device to control or to adjust settings of an ADL of a controllable light shutter. A display system facilitates providing information i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332704 | Photosensitive button structure A photosensitive button structure includes a button body and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer is disposed on a bottom side of the button body, and has a plurality of words and pictures formed thereon. Whereby, the photosensitive layer produces a firs... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7295131 | Diagnostic system for detecting rupture or thinning of diaphragms A diaphragm diagnostic system for use in an industrial field device has a diaphragm and a diagnostic feature. The diaphragm is configured to couple the field device to a process fluid and has a plurality of layers. A first layer of the plurality of layers is exposed... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278791 | Contact element for a multicontact connector, and such a connector A contact element for a multicontact connector may be configured to be connected to a complementary other multicontact connector element. The contact element may include: a body including two longitudinal ends, the body being confi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7226217 | Transceiver/fiber optic connector adaptor with patch cord ID reading capability The device includes a first optical connector, a second optical connector, a flexible substrate, a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, a memory chip, and a clip. The first electrical connector is attached to the flexible substrate. The second ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227515 | System and method for forming images for display in a vehicle A system is disclosed that includes a lens system that directs energy from a scene toward a detector and display unit coupled to the detector. The display unit forms an image using information received from the detector. The detector includes an array of detector el... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199352 | Measuring method and device for measuring distribution of sensitivity A measuring device measures sensitivity distribution of a photo sensor including a light projector element for projecting detection light externally, and a photoreceptor element for receiving the detection light reflected externally, and photoelectrically detects an... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7165543 | Electrically activated arrow rest An arrow rest mountable to an archery bow for supporting an archery arrow with respect to the archery bow. The arrow rest includes a sensor that senses a first movement of the archery arrow with respect to the archery bow and/or a second movement of the archery bow,... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7151247 | Mobile measurement system of photoenvironment This invention relates to a mobile measurement system of photoenvironment comprises a measuring equipment 5 to measure photoenvironment and a barrow 4 for moving measurement which the equipment 5 is mounted. The measuring equipment 5 has ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7136203 | Image sensor and image reading apparatus In a contact type image sensor including an illumination section including a light source and light guide to illuminate a document, an image sensing element for converting an optical image of the document into an electrical signal, a cylindrical rod lens for forming... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125650 | Method for bump exposing relief image printing plates A process of producing a relief image printing plate, the process comprising the steps of providing a photosensitive printing element, quenching dissolved oxygen in the photosensitive resin layer by pre-exposing the photosensitive layer to one or more sources of act... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118281 | Retention and release mechanisms for fiber optic modules A rotate-and-pull mechanism for fiber optic modules. The mechanism having a lever-actuator to unlatch and withdraw a fiber optic module from a cage assembly or a module receptacle. The lever-actuator pivotally couples to the fiber optic module so that when lever-act... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090509 | Multi-port pluggable transceiver (MPPT) with multiple LC duplex optical receptacles An interface converter module includes a metallized housing having a first end and a second end. A printed circuit board is mounted within the housing and has mounted thereon electronic circuitry configured to convert data signals from a host device transmission med... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087893 | Light sensor configurations for automatic vehicle equipment control having an integrally formed encapsulant The inventive sensor device includes a support structure, a sensing element mounted on the support substrate for sensing optical radiation and generating an electrical output signal in response thereto, and an encapsulant encapsulating the sensing element on the sup... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7069769 | Ultraviolet photoacoustic ozone detection A photoacoustic ozone detector includes an acoustic chamber, an ultraviolet light source, and a detector to detect audio signals. The acoustic chamber has an inlet for receiving a gas mixture containing ozone and an outlet for removing the gas mixture from the chamb... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7045803 | Missing die detection An indication of whether or not a target object is present at a site of a collet assembly is derived by monitoring light reflected from the site. The use of reflected light enables the presence of objects to be detected, especially transparent objects. In a preferre... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026959 | Optical joystick module A joystick module in which a toggle arm controls movement of a plurality of shutters, with each shutter arranged between a light receiver and a light emitter. Control of the light from the light receiver to the light emitter of each pair provides signal information ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022968 | Optical sensor that measures the light output by the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine An optical sensor provides information about the burn of the fuel mixture in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine as well as the timing and waveform of the spark that ignites the fuel mixture in the combustion chamber. The optical sensor can be im... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015812 | Sound protecting headset with proximity collision avoidance protection A proximity warning system is disposed in a sound protecting earmuff-type headset or other means of providing acoustic ear protection. The ear protector prevents the user from hearing damage from high levels of ambient sound and would otherwise generally make the us... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7002517 | Fixed-frequency beam-steerable leaky-wave microstrip antenna A fixed frequency continuously beam-steerable leaky-wave antenna in microstrip is disclosed. The antenna's radiating strips are loaded with identical shunt-mounted variable-reactance elements, resulting in low reverse-bias-voltage requirements. By varying the revers... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6970811 | Hardware modeling of LED relative brightness Via simple electronic circuitry, an analog voltage that tracks the LED light output is produced. This analog voltage is read by an A/D converter to ascertain an approximate relative light output of the LED so that light output compensation can be quickly calculated.... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967490 | Real-time in-line testing of semiconductor wafers An apparatus and method for the real-time, in-line testing of semiconductor wafers during the manufacturing process. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a probe assembly within a semiconductor wafer processing line. As each wafer passes adjacent the probe assem... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6956500 | Real-time residential energy monitor An inexpensive energy monitoring device and method for measuring energy usage and power costs in real time. The invention can include an external type digital battery powered camera that can be mounted away from and adjacent to the outdoor utility meter on a rotatab... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953253 | Vehicle photosensing control system A vehicle photosensing system includes a photosensor array that is disposed within the interior cabin of the vehicle and having a field of view forward through the windshield of the vehicle. The photosensing system further providing a control for either controlling ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6924657 | Real-time in-line testing of semiconductor wafers An apparatus and method for the real-time, in-line testing of semiconductor wafers during the manufacturing process. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a probe assembly within a semiconductor wafer processing line. As each wafer passes adjacent the probe assem... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6903809 | Integrated, in-line bumping and exposure system An integrated, in-line bumping and exposure system for printing plates or other substrates having a photosensitive layer. A linear illumination source or sources are for bumping the photosensitive material with a band of illumination to consume dissolved oxygen with... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6858831 | Measurement apparatus for measuring optoelectronic characteristics of organic light emitting diode An apparatus for measuring optoelectronic characterstics of an organic light emitting diode, comprising a computer, a power supply and a cavity. The cavity comprises a tooling, on which at least one photodiode is mounted. The computer is used to control the power su... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6801875 | Methods, systems, and software for performing measurements Methods of measuring widths of illumination spots and distances between two points, and predicting detected signal widths are provided. Systems, software, and kits for performing the methods of the invention are also provided. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6784985 | Three-dimensional laser beam detection device A three-dimensional laser beam detection device. The three-dimensional laser beam detection device has a portion fixed to a laser source such as an optical head, an adjusting device provided on the fixed portion, and a laser beam detection portion coupled to the adj... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6737629 | Light sensor Light sensors having a wide dynamic range are used in a variety of applications. A wide dynamic range light sensor includes an exposed photodiode light transducer accumulating charge in proportion to light incident over an integration period. Sensor logic determines... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6696987 | Electronic device with illuminated operator button, the activation of said operator buttons being determined by detection of the change in the luminous reflectance With an electronic device, in particular a car radio that includes a microprocessor and operating buttons that can be illuminated by light sources, the functions of illumination and detecting an operating status of the operating buttons are linked togethe... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6614409 | Glare shielding device of welding helmet and method of controlling the same The present invention discloses a glare shielding device. The glare shielding device includes a microprocessor for controlling an activation time and a driving time of a liquid crystal panel. The microprocessor generates an activation control signal of a ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6583402 | Semiconductor parts and semiconductor mounting apparatus To provide a package structure for securing a satisfactory optical coupling between an optical device arranged beforehand on a printed board and an optical device newly mounted on the particular printed board. Positioning LDs 41a and 41b are arranged on a... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6565352 | Smoke density monitor A smoke density monitor for mounting on a ship smokestack. The smoke density monitor provides a transmitter head and a receiver head mounted to a smokestack. The transmitter head and receiver head are optically connected with a density monitor by means of... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6504142 | Photodiode light sensor Light sensors having a wide dynamic range are used in a variety of applications. A wide dynamic range light sensor includes an exposed photodiode light transducer accumulating charge in proportion to light incident over an integration period. Sensor logic... | 01/07/2003 |
