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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7102681 | Focus detecting apparatus In a focus detection apparatus, an accumulation-type sensor formed of a plurality of sensor cells accumulates an image signal, and a component of the image signal is read from each cell for a focus detection calculation. A signal is read from a part of the cells in ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095487 | Systems and methods for determining depth using shuttered light pulses Systems and methods are presented that use light sensors and computing devices to compute the depth of an object using shuttered light pulses. In one embodiment, depth is determined as follows: A light emitter emits a pulse of light that is directed toward an object... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095490 | Electric distance meter An electric distance meter of the present invention comprises a device (1) to generate a modulation signal for modulating measuring light which is irradiated to an object, a device (4) to periodically generate an intermittent pulse signal for generatin... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092013 | InGaAs image intensifier camera An InGaAs Image Intensifier (“I2”) Camera (C) detects and forms an image (310) to be viewed. An InGaAs photocathode Image Intensifier (312) is used to pass an amplified signal (316) from a screen (320). The InGaAs image intensificatio... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7084416 | Banknote validating apparatus and method A banknote validator includes a first sensor unit, a second sensor unit, a correction parameter operating unit, and a distinguishing unit. The first sensor unit includes a first projecting section and a first receiving section for projecting and receiving a portion ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080523 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle In an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, a distance between the vehicle and a forward vehicle is detected. When the distance is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, a pollutant threshold of a concentration of exhaust gas pollutants is changed from ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081917 | Automatic collimation surveying apparatus having image pick-up device An automatic collimation surveying apparatus is provided with a collimation camera optical system (47) of a high magnification ratio; a wide-angle CCD camera optical system (89) having a wide field of view; a touch-panel display (64) for display... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078720 | Range finder for measuring three-dimensional geometry of object and method thereof A range finder for measuring a three-dimensional geometry of an object includes a projector unit for projecting the pattern light onto the object, a first image capturing unit for capturing an image reflected from the object, a second image capturing unit for captur... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071460 | Optical non-contact measuring probe An optical non-contact measuring probe for measuring small changes in distance to a target comprises a laser diode (12) coupled to a projecting fiber (14), a receiving fiber (32) spaced a fixed distance from the projecting fiber, and a linear ar... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060961 | Image sensing element and optical instrument having improved incident light use efficiency An image sensing element having a high refractive index part that covers at least a portion of each of a plurality of photoelectric converters arranged in one or two dimensions and a low refractive index part provided on the periphery of the high refractive index pa... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053394 | Recording device of master disk for information recording medium Two light beams are incident on the same position on a surface of an object (105) to be measured obliquely from upper sides facing each other, and positions at which the reflecting light beams are incident on respective predetermined detection surfaces are de... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7038165 | Laser machining robot If a machining program is reproduced in a robot controller and a robot is moved on a machining route, then a detection signal of a distance sensor is fetched through a distance sensor amplifier, and tracer control is carried out so as to keep a distance between a la... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036390 | Method for detecting human body in a vehicle A synthetic wave is obtained which represents the synthesis of a transmitted wave radiated from a sensor and a reflected wave returned from a breathing human body, and the presence or absence of a human in the vehicle is detected from the envelope of the synthetic w... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030402 | Optical distance measuring device and printing apparatus using the same An optical distance measuring device has an objective lens that condenses light from a light emission element to irradiate a measuring object and to form on the measuring object a light spot having a diameter not smaller than 10 μm and not larger than 30 μm. A lig... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030907 | Image pickup apparatus of a surrounding area of a vehicle An image pickup apparatus which is equipped in a vehicle includes an infrared light emitter, an infrared camera and an infrared light sensor. The infrared light emitter irradiates an infrared light towards a surrounding area of the vehicle. The infrared camera perfo... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023531 | Laser distance measuring device with phase delay measurement A laser distance measuring device (1) includes a laser diode (4) for emitting a high frequency intensity modulated measurement light beam (3) and connected with a signal generating unit (SGU) that generates a high frequency measurement signal ( | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023331 | Peripheral monitor for monitoring periphery of vehicle The invention solves a problem of fluctuation in performance in the conventional peripheral monitor for monitoring periphery of a vehicle that measures a distance to other vehicle or any other object by transmitting radio waves and informs a driver of the distance d... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015451 | Power supply rail controller A power supply rail controller operates on an analog component having a signal input, a power input and a signal output. A voltage controller provides a control output responsive to the signal output. A power supply generates a voltage for the power input, where the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009502 | Method for controlling output of a classification algorithm Method for controlling output of a classification algorithm which classifies an occupant of a seat including initially classifying the occupant and outputting the classification, subsequently periodically classifying the occupant and enabling a change in the classif... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006142 | Three-dimensional image capturing device A three-dimensional image-capturing device comprises R, G, and B light sources, a CCD, a light-source control processor, a CCD drive circuit, and a distance-information sensing processor. Each of the RGB light sources radiates pulse modulated R, G, and B distance-me... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6995385 | Optical reflection sensor An optical reflection sensor emits light and its reflection from a target object is received. A signal processor carries out a measurement on the received reflected light such as the distance to the target object each time the reflected light is received. Repeatabil... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993255 | Method and apparatus for providing adaptive illumination An illumination system (20, 72, 110, 142) for illuminating a scene comprising: an illuminator (24, 74, 116) having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light (26, 76) providing regions each of which provides light t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6972401 | Illuminated bezel and touch system incorporating the same A passive touch system includes a touch surface and at least one source of backlight illumination projecting backlighting across the touch surface. At least two image sensors are associated with the touch surface and acquire images of the touch surface from differen... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6956227 | Object detecting device and method with means for controlling direction of scan by electromagnetic waves An object detecting device has components which emit electromagnetic waves by scanning a scan range in horizontal and vertical directions, receive reflected waves, obtain signal level of the received reflected waves, calculate a correction value based on vertical po... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956607 | Solid-state imaging device and distance measuring device A signal current corresponding to an incident light intensity is output from a photodiode PD, the signal current is converted into a signal voltage by an integration circuit 10, and the amount of a change in signal voltage in a predetermined time is output fr... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954197 | Size/scale and orientation determination of a pointer in a camera-based touch system A touch system includes a touch surface and at least two cameras associated with the touch surface. The at least two cameras acquire images of the touch surface from different locations and having overlapping fields of view. A digital signal processor is associated ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950639 | Local oscillator for generating an HF signal for direct mixing by using avalanche photodiodes A local oscillator for use in an optoelectronic distance measurement system for generating a narrow-band HF signal for direct signal mixing with a reception signal generated by an avalanche photodiode (2) from a light signal impinging on the latter, with the ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947032 | Touch system and method for determining pointer contacts on a touch surface A system and method for determining pointer contacts on a touch surface includes a touch surface to be contacted by a pointer. At least one imaging device having a field of view looks generally along the touch surface. At least one processor communicates with the at... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940891 | High precision optical imaging systems and related systems This disclosure describes the design and construction of high-precision off-axis optical imaging systems. The disclosure also describes the design and construction of high-precision mounting structures for rigidly holding optical elements in an optical imaging syste... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937352 | Positioning device for RAM testing system The invention is a device for positioning a hand-held RAM inspection system for measuring the thickness of a RAM coating. In detail, the invention includes a housing containing the RAM coating inspection system, the housing having a longitudinal axis. Three laser di... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929417 | Methods and apparatus for sensing a paper low condition for fan-folded tickets in a ticket printer Methods and apparatus are provided for sensing a paper low condition for fan-folded tickets in a ticket printer. An aperture is provided in a bottom portion of a paper tray which supports a stack of fan-folded tickets. The aperture may be positioned underneath an en... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924887 | Method and apparatus for generating charge from a light pulse A method and apparatus for generating charge from a light pulse. In one example, a light sensor includes an active region for generating an electric charge in response to a light pulse. A drift region is formed within a substrate and receives the electric charge fro... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921106 | Passenger protecting apparatus A passenger protecting apparatus according to the invention is disposed rearward of the position of the head of a driver or another passenger, and is arranged to control the operation thereof in accordance with the output from a position detecting means detecting th... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919880 | Calibrating camera offsets to facilitate object position determination using triangulation A touch system includes a reference frame, and at least two cameras having fields of view that overlap within the reference frame. The position of an object relative to the reference frame is determined from captured images of the object based on triangulation. The ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916070 | Laser-based controller for adjusting the height of a machining tool of a construction machine A laser-regulating means for a construction machine for adjusting the height of a height-adjustable machining tool includes three laser measuring heads which are directed to three measuring points being spaced from each other on a reference surface, and an evaluatin... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906467 | Continuously variable headlamp control A system for automatically controlling continuously variable headlamps on a controlled vehicle includes an imaging system capable of determining lateral and elevational locations of headlamps from oncoming vehicles and tail lamps from leading vehicles. The system al... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6897465 | System and method for determining a distance of an object using emitted light pulses A system and method for determining a distance of an object is provided. The method includes transmitting a light pulse to a polymeric light reflector at a first time. The method further includes reflecting the light pulse from the reflector. The method further incl... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6878954 | Detecting tool orientation, alignment, depth, and leveling A tool is employed in conjunction with alignment, depth, and level detectors. The tool can use all or some of these detectors. The alignment detector provides an orthogonal laser line grid on an incident surface when the detector has a predefined relationship with t... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6844562 | Distance measuring sensor and method for manufacturing the same A distance measuring sensor includes a case subassembly having inside a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and a lens case subassembly having a projection lens projecting a light output from the light emitting element and a condenser lens condensi... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6778092 | Method of, and apparatus for, controlling a safety-specific function of a machine A method of controlling at least one safety-specific function of a machine. The method includes monitoring a monitoring region with at least one location-resolving and time-resolving sensor, where the monitoring region includes a safety boundary which separates off ... | 08/17/2004 |
