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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4013889 | Electronic amplification Scanning apparatus for scanning a field of view having a multidetector array which traverses the field of view, the detectors of which are sensitive to variations in electromagnetic radiation wherein each detector is a.c. coupled to an amplifier in a resp... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4012638 | Dental X-ray alignment system Dental x-ray film is properly aligned with the x-ray beam utilizing a plurality of infrared emitters and detectors that are positioned circumferentially about the path of the x-ray beam. A reflecting surface whose plane is parallel with the plane of the x... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4009392 | Radiation focus meter A system for determining the focus point of a high power radiation beam.... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4005605 | Remote reading infrared thermometer A radiation detector senses ambient radiation within the cavity of an instrument, and then radiation from a target object, the sensed radiation from within the cavity following substantially the same optical path within the instrument as the radiation fro... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4002902 | Optical image converting relay having an electro-optical element and a photoconductive element In an optic relay device having a memory the image to be treated is projected on a photoconductive element and is transformed into a charge image stored in a memory in the proximity of a plate of electro-optical material brought at its Curie point. The el... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4001586 | Thick film sensor and infrared detector A thermistor material is deposited and fired on a substrate, and an interdigitated pair of electrodes is deposited and fired thereover. The device is removed from the substrate and a third electrode of low thermal mass is applied on the side opposite the ... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3997785 | Insect antenna vibrating frequency modulator and resonating maserlike IR emitter A system or method by which electromagnetic wave energy in the near, intermediate, and far infrared portion of spectrum from insect sex scent attractants and host plant or animal scent attractants is converted into narrow band high intensity maserlike inf... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3994423 | Drop dispensing apparatus for laboratory reagents An apparatus for the dropwise dispensing of a liquid stored in a reagent bottle or other container, including a tubular probe of inverted J-shaped configuration which communicates with the liquid in the bottle and which is provided with a drop forming and... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3992629 | Telescope cluster Broad, intermediate, and narrow field of view infrared telescopes, broad and narrow field of view visual telescopes, and a narrow field of view laser telescope, together with apparatus for boresighting said telescopes, all of the narrow field of view tele... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3992628 | Countermeasure system for laser radiation A system for significantly reducing the laser energy striking an illuminated target such that the reflected target energy is reduced in intensity for seriously degrading the performance of energy seeking devices by introducing into a known laser path a ga... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3991302 | Method for detecting and isolating faults in digital and analog circuits with multiple infrared scanning under conditions of different stimuli A method for detecting faults in digital and analog circuits including the steps of thermally stabilizing the circuit, applying electrical stimulus to the circuit for a predetermined time period, scanning the circuit to determine the infrared response, ap... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3989947 | Telescope cluster Broad, intermediate, and narrow field of view infrared telescopes, broad and narrow field of view visual telescopes, and a narrow field of view laser telescope, together with apparatus for boresighting said telescopes, all of the narrow field of view tele... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3988726 | Infrared intrusion detection apparatus The infrared system employs an optical focusing arrangement for collecting radiation from a moving object such as an intruder and directing the energy to a sensing element which may be a thermistor whose resistance changes with energy level change. The de... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3984685 | Wind measurement system A system for remotely measuring vertical and horizontal winds present in discrete volumes of air at selected locations above the ground. A laser beam is optically focused in range by a telescope, and the output beam is conically scanned at an angle θ abo... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3984686 | Focused laser doppler velocimeter A system for remotely measuring velocities present in discrete volumes of air in which a CO2 laser beam is focused by a telescope at such a volume, a focal volume, and within the focusable range, near field, of the telescope. The back scatter, ... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3979325 | Windowless cryostatic device for low-temperature spectrometry A cryostatic device employed mainly in infrared spectrometry comprises a vertical open-topped vessel having heat-insulating reflecting walls and containing a cryogenic liquid, an outer enclosure surrounding the vessel and provided with at least one openin... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3979586 | Non-crystalline device memory array An erasable optical memory array having at each storage location a non-crystalline, semiconductor threshold switching device. The threshold voltage of each switching device is strongly temperature dependent and each switching device has a finite recovery ... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3972598 | Multifaceted mirror structure for infrared radiation detector Infrared radiation can be gathered from a number of discrete, spaced apart fields of view and focused on a single sensing element with a multifaceted mirror. Each facet of the mirror is a concave surface, preferably spherical, which is oriented to gather ... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3973122 | Measuring apparatus An apparatus and method for measuring the thickness of a protective film on a sheet or substrate as the sheet moves past the apparatus. The apparatus includes a black-body radiator in the form of an isothermal cavity having an opening across which the she... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3970850 | Pool cooling infrared telescope An infrared telescope that has a detector therein that must be cooled to r 20°K in order to function properly is cooled by freezing a pool of liquid cryogen through rapid venting of a chamber containing the cryogen to a low pressure to cause the cryogen... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3970851 | Spray cooling for infrared telescope A detector of an infrared telescope that must be cooled to near 20.degree4° K in order to function properly is cooled by spraying a liquid cryogenic fluid through a small nozzle into a vented chamber of subatmospheric pressure to cause the pressure of t... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3968365 | Film sensor for an X-ray film loader A non-contact film sensor is provided for an automatic X-ray film loader. The sensor includes an infrared source having an output which is filtered to be outside the spectral sensitivity of the X-ray film. The sensor may be used to monitor a supply magazi... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3967258 | Alarm system A system for detecting intruders in a building, using sets of light emitters and detectors. Interruption of a beam between an emitter and a detector produces a radio signal picked up by a control console. The system is easily installed because the emitter... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3965355 | Low power infrared laser intrusion systems A laser intrusion system incorporating a relatively long wavelength infra-red laser, a beam path, a quantum amplifier, a detector, and associated optical and electronic components is described. The relatively long wavelength of the laser radiation and the... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3963926 | Detector cold shield A thermal energy receiver is disclosed comprising a cooling means for cooling an infrared detector including a detector array for producing electrical representations of thermal energy radiating from a scene and an array of cold shields providing an indiv... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3963927 | Detection of hidden insects A system or method of detecting hidden insects by the measurement of CO2 respired is described. The system consists of a series of valves, pressure regulator, gauges, and an infrared analyzer. After purging the system is sealed and the CO2... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3958970 | Method of casting fluorescent lenses Fluorescent material for the optical frequency conversion of near infrared radiation from 0.85 to 1.06 μm into visible radiation. The constituents of the material are (i) vitrifying fluorides of lead, beryllium and magnesium, (ii) devitrifying and activa... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3954228 | Missile guidance system using an injection laser active missile seeker A missile guidance system utilizing an integrated active missile infrared eker including an injection laser transmitter, a semiconductor detector and a conical scanning acquisition and guidance system.... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3953137 | Nuclear-burst strength detecting and measuring device A continuous-operation automatic device for detection and accurate measurement of the strength of a burst generating an emission from luminous or infrared sources. This device characterizes and analyzes the maxima and minima of a "thermal flux/time" curve... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3942447 | Fuzing system A fuzing system in which a third or obscuration channel having a forward king narrow beam width detects a target and generates a signal which is fed to a sequence computer. If within a predetermined time after receipt of the third channel pulse, a second... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3942010 | Joule-Thomson cryostat cooled infrared cell having a built-in thermostat sensing element A cryogenically cooled infra-red detection cell assembly comprises a Dewalask type of thermal insulation casing. The closed end of the Dewar casing is the front end of the assembly and is adapted to have a lead sulfide infra-red transducer mounted on the... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3940753 | Detection of presence or absence of flames At least two photoelectric sensors, sensitive to different spectral ranges of incident light, provide two sensed output signals; the relationship of the a-c components of the sensed output signals is evaluated, and it is determined if these a-c components... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3940622 | Icing detector An icing detector for moving or stationary installations which comprises a probe subject to atmospheric icing, and ice formation sensing means disposed in a duct through which flow of ambient air is induced by ejector defining elements. The induced air fl... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3939347 | Two dimensional display of detector response A contour plotter for testing the response of an infrared detector comprig a small, cathode-ray tube with a hidden electron gun for generating a flying-hot-spot raster, a refracting, optical lens for focussing a reduced image of this raster on the detect... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3936822 | Method and apparatus for detecting weapon fire A round detecting method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically detecting the firing of weapons, such as small arms, or the like. Radiant and acoustic energy produced upon occurrence of the firing of the weapon and emanating from the muzzle thereof... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3935458 | Method for monitoring the surface resistivity of metallized film Described herein is a method of monitoring surface resistivity distribution resulting from vacuum deposition of thin, transparent metal films on moving plastic film or other transparent substrates. The process comprises applying to the metallized film ele... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3932746 | Timing system having infared start-stop gates This highly portable, self-contained timing system includes photoelectronic start-stop gates which employ a pulsed invisible light beam as a means for communicating a condition of elapsed time and for aligning each gate.... | 01/13/1976 |
| 3931515 | Radiant energy detection apparatus Optical detecting, tracking and indicating apparatus for producing a target angular position signal independent of target intensity. A photoconductive detector element has four outer electrodes disposed in a rhombic pattern and a centrally disposed inner ... | 01/06/1976 |
