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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8350216 | Miniaturized optical proximity sensor Various embodiments of a miniaturized optical proximity sensor are disclosed. In one embodiment, an ambient light sensor and a light detector are mounted on first and second spacers, which in turn are mounted to a top surface of an integrated circuit die-attached to... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8288726 | Remote sensing of subsurface artifacts by use of visual and thermal imagery Methodology, systems, and apparatus for remote sensing as by detection and mapping of subsurface artifacts including clandestine tunnels and other subterranean facilities that may carry enemy soldiers, terrorists, weapons, munitions and explosives and other material... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8288727 | Apparatus and method for rapid and accurate quantification of an unknown, complex mix An apparatus and method for rapidly and accurately identifying and quantifying analytes in a complex mixture is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an ultra-sensitive cavity-enhanced spectrometer coupled to data-collection and analysis devices. The method comprises t... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8153977 | Optic having a dichroic reflector Various embodiments are disclosed that are related to an optic with a dichroic coating. In one embodiment, sn optic comprises a wedge-shaped light guide having opposing first and second faces and a turning film bonded to the wedge-shaped light guide. The turning fil... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8129682 | On-chip calibration system and method for infrared sensor A radiation sensor includes an integrated circuit radiation sensor chip (1A) including first (7) and second (8) thermopile junctions connected in series to form a thermopile (7,8) within a dielectric stack (3). The first thermopile... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124936 | Stand-off chemical detector A stand-off chemical detector has an array of charge-coupled-device electromagnetic radiation sensing elements. One or more first charge-coupled-device electromagnetic radiation sensing elements of the array are selectively responsive to non-visible electromagnetic ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119987 | Process and apparatus for the measurement of thermal radiation using regular glass optics and short-wave infrared detectors An infrared measurement apparatus and method to detect and view ambient-temperature objects using short-wave infrared (“SWIR”) detectors which operate in a wavelength region from 2.0 μm to 2.5 μm. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8097852 | Multiple transfer molded optical proximity sensor and corresponding method Various embodiments of a multiple-stage-molded optical proximity sensor and method of making same are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method comprises mounting an infrared light emitter atop a first portion of a substrate, and mounting an infrared light ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8058617 | Method and apparatus for detecting organic materials and objects from multispectral reflected light The present invention is a method of determining the presence of keratin, particularly hard keratin, such as exists in mammalian hair and feathers, and objects comprising such materials. The method of the present invention also includes displaying information derive... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8030615 | Method and apparatus for detecting organic materials and objects from multispectral reflected light The present invention is a method of determining the presence of keratin, particularly hard keratin, such as exists in mammalian hair and feathers, and objects comprising such materials. The method of the present invention also includes displaying information derive... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017910 | Method for predicting hydrocarbon process stream stability using near infrared spectra A method of predicting the stability of a hydrocarbon process stream is disclosed and claimed. The method includes obtaining samples from one or more process streams and measuring the actual stability and the near infrared spectral absorbance of those samples. A cla... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7956326 | Infrared imaging sensor A system for detection and control of deposition on pendant tubes in recovery and power boilers includes one or more deposit monitoring sensors operating in infrared regions of about 4 or 8.7 microns and directly producing images of the interior of the boiler, or pr... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7919751 | Infrared sensor A small infrared sensor has a wide infrared light-receiving area (viewing angle), high electromagnetic shielding characteristics, and excellent electromagnetic-wave resistance characteristics. In the infrared sensor, supporting portions are disposed at four corners ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7767966 | Method and apparatus for detecting organic materials and objects from multispectral reflected light The present invention is a method of determining the presence of keratin, particularly hard keratin, such as exists in mammalian hair and feathers, and objects comprising such materials. The method of the present invention also includes displaying information derive... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763855 | Infrared sensor and method for manufacturing infrared sensor An economical and highly reliable infrared sensor with a wide field of view and a method for economically manufacturing a highly reliable infrared sensor with a wide field of view includes a package having supporting portions that support an optical filter at a loca... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7709796 | Methods and systems for detecting presence of materials Methods and systems for detecting the presence of concealed objects. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7709797 | Detection device and image forming device There is a need for a detection device which has high photoreceptive sensitivity in a generally wide frequency region including the infrared region. Therefore, in the present invention, by utilizing a phenomenon in which electric field strength is enhanced by surfac... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7635845 | IR sensor, especially a COsensor An IR sensor (1), especially a CO2 sensor, is described, having a filter arrangement (6), downstream of which there is arranged a detector arrangement (7), and an evaluating device (8) which is connected to the detector arrange... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7629582 | Dual band imager with visible or SWIR detectors combined with uncooled LWIR detectors A dual band imager includes a radiation absorbing layer for absorbing light of a first wavelength coupled to a readout circuit (ROIC), and at least one radiation detector for detecting light of a second wavelength coupled to the ROIC via a corresponding opening exte... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7626167 | Infrared sensor A small infrared sensor has a wide infrared light-receiving area (viewing angle), high electromagnetic shielding characteristics, and excellent electromagnetic-wave resistance characteristics. In the infrared sensor, supporting portions are disposed at four corners ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7592595 | Wide concentration range gas detection A method and apparatus in which a first absorption measurement is made over a first frequency interval or set of frequency intervals including one or more absorptions from a spectral band of interest. The first absorption measurement is ideally selected to be near t... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7436499 | Plastic packaging having a marker material A package including a container and closure, and a method of authenticating same. In the package or a portion thereof, a marker material is dispersed into a base material and can be detected in the aftermarket by absorption spectroscopy to establish the authenticity... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425706 | Gamma-ray laser; induced gamma emission system and method A method for producing stimulated emission of gamma radiation comprising: 1] providing at least first and second gamma-radiation sources, both sources being in recoil-free first-excited nuclear levels and the second source being in... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423756 | Internally-calibrated, two-detector gas filter correlation radiometry (GFCR) system An entrance aperture of a GFCR system receives light from a scene of interest. The light is focused to form an image at a focal plane. Light associated with a selected field-of-view of the image at the focal plane is then confined to a spectral band at which a gas o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408159 | Dual infrared band objective lens An infrared refractive lens triplet having color correction properties for radiation within the 3 to 12 micrometer spectral band for use with a quantum well detector for simultaneous dual band imagery. In certain embodiments of the invention, two widely spaced tripl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394355 | Vehicle collision detector A collision prevention detector (22), and a method therefor, to be mounted on a vehicle (10), transmits a sequence of transmissions of IR signals. The signals are transmitted in sequences alternating between at least one at the right and to the left po... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381966 | Single-chip monolithic dual-band visible- or solar-blind photodetector A photodetector having sensitivity in both an infrared and an ultraviolet band is provided. The photodetector is formed on a single chip and is designed to be blind to solar or visible radiation. Structures disclosed allow fast and efficient detection of signals wit... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372033 | Multi-spectral filtering One device embodiment includes a device for filtering radiation from a target region in multiple spectral bands. The device includes a number of optical quantum dot filters, each having a particular pass-through wavelength range, positioned on a rotatable disk. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369303 | Dual band lens system incorporating molded chalcogenide An image forming system and lens system including at least one molded chalcogenide lens element and configured to simultaneously image light at the medium wave infrared region (MWIR) and the long wave infrared region (LWIR) at a common focal plane. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368716 | Infrared imaging system and lens module for use with the same An IR imaging system includes a lens module and an imaging module coupled to the lens module. The lens module includes a barrel defining a through hole, at least one lens received in the through hole and an IR bandpass filter received in the barrel and configured fo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351973 | Apparatus and method for providing thermal conductance in thermally responsive photonic imaging devices Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to a photonic sensor and method of operation, in one embodiment a photonic has: a sensing element; a dielectric layer; a first electrode disposed between the sensing element and the dielectric layer; a seco... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339741 | Multi-color wide angle infrared optical systems and methods Systems and methods for providing a wide angle multi-color infrared (IR) optical system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system is provided that comprises a negative lens configured to receive an incoming light beam scene over a wide FOV and a beam splitter confi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326932 | Sensor and cap arrangement The invention provides a sensor element formed in a first substrate and at least one optical element formed in a second substrate, the first and second substrates being configured relative to one another such that the second substrate forms a cap over the at least o... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321425 | Sensor and methods for measuring select components in sheetmaking systems A sensor for measuring at least selected component in a composition can include: (a) a broadband light source, (b) an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF), (c) means for generating a beam of light from the light source and directing the beam of light at the AOTF wher... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317516 | Near infrared chemical imaging microscope A chemical imaging system is provided which uses a near infrared radiation microscope. The system includes an illumination source which illuminates an area of a sample using light in the near infrared radiation wavelength and light in the visible wavelength. A multi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312453 | Methods for determining corrosion products on substrates using infrared imaging Methods for determining corrosion products on a substrate are disclosed. In one embodiment, a non-destructive method for determining an amount of corrosion product on a metallic substrate includes non-destructively determining a value Ia of infrared energy absorbed ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288768 | Method for measuring the amount of an organic substance in a food product with infrared electromagnetic radiation A method for measuring the amount of an organic substance in a food product with infrared electromagnetic radiation. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288766 | Infrared gas detector and method of the same An infrared gas detector for detecting a density of a sample gas includes an infrared light sensor for detecting the density of the sample gas under an influence of water vapor based on an intensity of received infrared light of a specific wavelength, and a humidity... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283243 | Semiconductor diode laser spectrometer arrangement and method A method apparatus for sensing gases using a semiconductor diode laser spectrometer, the method comprising: introducing a sample gas into a non-resonant optical cell (17); applying a step function electrical pulse (19) to a semiconductor diode laser ( | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280273 | Method and system for simultaneously imaging in the near infrared and short wave infrared spectrums An image forming system and lens system configured to simultaneously image light at the short wave infrared region (SWIR) and the near infrared region (NIR). ... | 10/09/2007 |
