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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7928393 | Health monitoring through a correlation of thermal images and temperature data A method of correlating thermal sensors data with temperature sensor data is disclosed. The method may include generating one or more temperature sensor data points and receiving the one or more temperature sensor data points at a remote location. The method may als... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7397033 | Method of making characteristic line When making a characteristic line, a plurality of different small amount reference light beams is caused to impinge upon the photodetector element, a zero-light signal value is obtained by extrapolation of the relation between the small amount side reference light b... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373280 | Method and system for detecting measurement error A method of and system for detecting a measurement error. The method includes: receiving measurement data from a measurement unit and user expression data from a user; corresponding each of the received measurement data and expression data to any one section of a pl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7295316 | Fluorescent detector with automatic changing filters A fluorometry device and method adapted to determine concentration of spectrally distinguishable species in a biological sample with a plurality of movable optical devices. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289217 | Fluorescent detector with automatic changing filters A fluorometry device and method adapted to determine concentration of spectrally distinguishable species in a biological sample with a plurality of movable optical devices. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7274332 | Multiple evaluators for evaluation of a purality of conditions A system and method is disclosed for locating people or objects. In particular, a system and method for locating a wireless mobile station using a plurality of mobile station location estimators is disclosed. The system is useful for 911 emergency calls, tracking, r... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7255474 | Parallel infrared spectroscopy apparatus and method A library of material samples is provided in a condition suitable for imaging using infrared (IR) spectroscopy. The samples are provided to one or more detection cells, each of the cells including or containing a reflective surface. Preferably, for imaging, an energ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7183102 | Apparatus using reference measurement for calibration A method and apparatus for calibrating noninvasive or implantable glucose analyzers that uses either alternative invasive glucose determinations or noninvasive glucose determinations to calibrate noninvasive or implantable glucose analyzers. Use of an alternative in... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175436 | Optical composite cure radiometer and method A radiometer and method for providing an indication of the amount of time (exposure duration) needed to cause a light curable dental resin composite material to maximally polymerize in response to the application of light from any light-curing source during the prep... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164131 | High fidelity electrically calibrated pyroelectric radiometer Using biased, electrical power feedback to an electrical heater, the output signal from a pyroelectric detector is made to follow the waveform of incident electromagnetic radiation. The feedback power is applied to the detector to reduce the rate of change of the de... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159824 | Device and method for on-orbit calibration verification of an infrared sensor A device for verifying the calibration of an infrared sensor includes a body configured to be placed in orbit. The body defines a spin axis and an outer surface. The outer surface has an infrared radiant intensity that is substantially independent of the viewing ang... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7132659 | Sensor having a communication device, sensor communication system and method of communicating information from a sensor A method of communicating information from a sensor includes the step of modulating the emission of energy from an energy source in a manner that corresponds to information to be transmitted from the sensor through a transmissive section in the sensor housing. Energ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119902 | Calibration for optical filter Calibrating each of a plurality of driven optical filters. The color parameters of the driven optical filters are characterized for the individual optical filter. These color parameters are used as calibration data to calibrate more standard information. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7092098 | Calibration for optical filter Calibrating each of a plurality of driven optical filters. The color parameters of the driven optical filters are characterized for the individual optical filter. These color parameters are used as calibration data to calibrate more standard information. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091254 | Analytical instruments for monitoring photopolymerization An apparatus for continuously monitoring a photopolymerization reaction in real time by optical pyrometry includes a housing having a chamber; a sample mount that may be disposed within the chamber; a light source for supplying light to induce a photopolymerization ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059526 | Pill printing and identification Method and identification system to keep track of individual pills dispensed to patients in a hospital by scanning a machine readable code assigned to each pill individually. The pills may be individually within single-pill containers. Inventory levels may be adjust... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054850 | Apparatus and method for detecting or recognizing pattern by employing a plurality of feature detecting elements A pattern detecting apparatus has a plurality of hierarchized neuron elements to detect a predetermined pattern included in input patterns. Pulse signals output from the plurality of neuron elements are given specific delays by synapse circuits associated with the i... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044636 | Method of measuring fast time response using fast pulse and system of the same A measuring method eliminates the limitation of the observation time scale controlled of the optical path length, and expands the range of samples of the thermoreflectance method using a pulse laser. The method irradiates an extremely fast light pulse to a sample as... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041963 | Height calibration of scanning probe microscope actuators A mechanism for calibrating a scanning probe microscope is presented. The calibration mechanism operates to apply an input signal to an actuator to cause acceleration of the actuator and to measure a value indicative of deflection of a cantilever attached to the act... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018094 | Material analysis In thermography apparatus, a lamp 102 is modulated sinusoidally and a camera 106 captures thermal images at the modulated frequency, but delayed by an adjustable preset delay. A signal delay box 107 is connected between a sinusoidal modulation s... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6958479 | Method of processing data from a spectrophotometer A method of processing data from at least one spectrophotometer characterized by the steps of transferring the data from the spectrophotometer to a control processing unit, processing the data at the central processing unit, and transferring the processed data to th... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958480 | Sample desorption/ionization from mesoporous silica Mesoporous silica is shown to be a sample holder for laser desorption/ionization of mass spectrometry. Supported mesoporous silica was prepared by coating an ethanolic silicate solution having a removable surfactant onto a substrate to produce a self-assembled, orde... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6952181 | Locating a mobile station using a plurality of wireless networks and applications therefor A location is disclosed for wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The systems output requested locations of hand sets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., AMPS, NAMPS, CDMA or TDMA communication standards. The system determines both local MS locations, and ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6937338 | Calibration for optical filter Calibrating each of a plurality of driven optical filters. The color parameters of the driven optical filters are characterized for the individual optical filter. These color parameters are used as calibration data to calibrate more standard information. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931369 | Method to perform thermal simulation of an electronic circuit on a network A method and apparatus for thermally simulating a circuit over a network is provided. Techniques are provided for designing a circuit that satisfies user-specified functional requirements received over a network. Based on the specified requirements, components and a... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6931327 | System and methods for processing analyte sensor data Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6919566 | Method of calibrating a spectroscopic device The present invention provides a method of calibrating a spectroscopic device for providing a non-invasive measurement of an analyte level in a sample. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of calibration algorithms; (b) taking a set of non-in... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6907058 | Energy monitor for molecular fluorine laser A beam parameter monitoring unit for coupling with a molecular fluorine (F2) or ArF laser resonator that produces an output beam having a wavelength below 200 nm includes a detector and a beam path enclosure. The unit may also include a beam splitter with... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6770880 | Infrared imaging apparatus An infrared imaging apparatus is used for carrying out shading correction of picture data obtained as a result of an image-taking process using a camera head including an optical system, a plurality of detector elements and a container for accommodating the detector... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6770869 | Method of automatic standardized calibration for infrared sensing device A method for calibrating automatic infrared sensing devices having control modules, an IR detector, and an IR emitter by using a select infrared emitter/detector pair to calibrate a plurality of control modules wherein an appropriate infrared emitter input value to ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6765206 | Image reading apparatus An image reading method for forming an image on a transmission original irradiated with visible light and infrared light by an image forming optical system and reading the image by reading means, comprising an image forming magnification correction step of correctin... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6717148 | Method and apparatus for measuring coating The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a coating from paper or board. The measurement is carried out by one detector at different times or by two detectors simultaneously. IR radiation directed at the coating and radiation emerging from the... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6707030 | System and method of automatic dynamic calibration for infrared sensing device A method for dynamically calibrating automatic infrared sensing devices in commercial use having an IR detector. Randomly reflected emitted IR radiation is detected by the IR detector which sends as IR detector output to a control module. The control module measures... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6686999 | Method of using an aerosol to calibrate spectrometers Using a nebulizer gas, sub micron and micron size particulates can be generated from a solution containing salts covering a broad range of elements. The fractional concentration of elements can be determined by bubbling the aerosol through aqueous acid an... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6639209 | Method of automatic standardized calibration for infrared sensing device A method for calibrating automatic infrared sensing devices having control modules, an IR detector, and an IR emitter by using a select infrared emitter/detector pair to calibrate a plurality of control modules wherein an appropriate infrared emitter inpu... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6521892 | Uncooled driver viewer enhancement system A thermal imager system for use in a vehicle utilizes an uncooled microbolometer detector array (19), optics (13) for conducting scene radiation to the array within a sensor module (12) which is separate from an image processing and display unit (39), to ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6456862 | Method for non-invasive spectrophotometric blood oxygenation monitoring A method and apparatus for non-invasively determining the blood oxygen saturation level within a subject's tissue is provided that utilizes a near infrared spectrophotometric (NIRS) sensor capable of transmitting a light signal into the tissue of a subjec... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6384415 | Method of evaluating quality of silicon wafer and method of reclaiming the water A method of evaluating the quality of a silicon wafer is characterized by analyzing a silicon wafer by an infrared absorption spectrum, and then evaluating the quality of the silicon crystal based on an absorbance ratio represented by the following formul... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6369388 | Multiple gain, portable, near-infrared analyzer A multiple-gain, hand-held, near-infrared grain analyzer analyzes, e.g., protein content of grain by infrared transmittance and interactance (transflectance) has at least two gain values. A first gain value is used when calibrating the analyzer with an em... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6365899 | Process for determination of blackening of a lamp A process for determination of blackening of a lamp in which the blackening of a lamp can be determined without visual inspection in real time or during operation is achieved by the spectral radiant energy which is emitted by the lamp bulb being measured ... | 04/02/2002 |
