Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120654 | Device and method for detecting defect on end face of glass sheet A device for detecting a defect on the end face of a glass sheet is provided with: an image pick-up device having at least two CCD cameras for image-picking up the end face of the glass sheet from outside the glass sheet and in two directions diagonal to both front ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7995094 | Glazing inspection A method and apparatus for inspection of the optical quality of a glazing is provided. A greyscale image is generated digitally, and reflected off or transmitted through a glazing, and captured using an image capture device. Preferably, the generation of the greysca... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7418124 | Qualifying patterns, patterning processes, or patterning apparatus in the fabrication of microlithographic patterns Methods that include acquiring aerial images of a reticle for different values of a member of a set of lithographic variables are provided. One method also includes determining a presence of an anomaly in a design pattern of the reticle by comparing at least one pai... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408569 | Image processing device, image processing method and recording medium The present invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium that enable various defect portions to be accurately corrected. R, G, B, and IR are respectively read in an image recorded on a photographic film and transv... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406189 | Computer controllable LED light source for device for inspecting microscopic objects A device for inspecting microscopic objects. A plurality of LEDS is arranged in an array underneath a lens. Some of the LEDS are lighted and some of the LEDS are unlighted. A computer is in control of the LED array. The computer turns on selected LEDS from the array... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7385687 | Inspection device A device for inspecting a substrate having at least one printed-on layer, including a guide carrier on which the substrate is supported. An inspection head is movable in at least two directions relative to the guide carrier and is provided with an illumination mecha... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372556 | Apparatus and methods for inspecting a composite structure for inconsistencies A system and method of inspecting material laid by a material placement machine. Light is directed onto the material in a direction essentially normal to the material to illuminate a section of the material. Laser energy is projected onto the section at an angle pre... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372632 | Apparatus and methods for the inspection of microvias in printed circuit boards An imaging method and imaging system for inspecting features located at a known inter-feature pitch on portions of a target surface. The system includes a lens array having a plurality of lenses wherein the lenses of the lens array have an inter-lens pitch and an in... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7331681 | Lighting apparatus with adjustable lenses or filters A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. Lenses and/or filters are adjusted in distance from the light elements, by for example moving the lenses/filters into diffe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324681 | Apparatus and method for detecting surface defects on a workpiece such as a rolled/drawn metal bar The present invention is directed to solving the problems associated with the detection of surface defects on metal bars as well as the problems associated with applying metal flat inspection systems to metal bars for non-destructive surface defects detection. A spe... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318652 | Versatile stand-mounted wide area lighting apparatus A lighting effects system comprises an arrangement of lamp elements, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other light elements, on a panel or frame. The panel or frame may be relatively lightweight, and may include one or more circuit boards for direct mounting o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319937 | System and method for programming measuring equipment offline A computer-based method for programming measuring equipment offline is provided. The method includes the steps of: setting a format for all output measuring dimensions of a product; receiving nominal scales and tolerances corresponding to the measuring dimensions; i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7286166 | Calibrating digital cameras for varying ambient light conditions An internal or external device may be utilized to calibrate a digital camera for changing ambient light conditions. The device may include a surface which either provides for white light reflectivity or white light transmissivity for making a first measurement of wh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268940 | Illuminating device An illuminating device, as for a microscope, includes a light source and a reflecting filter system. The beam of light of the light source undergoes a plurality of reflections in the reflecting filter system. The entering beam of the reflecting filter system has an ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7227543 | Contrast adjusting circuitry and video display apparatus using same With the aim of offering a video display technique by which stable and high contrast video images are reproduced, contrast adjusting circuitry is constructed. The contrast adjusting circuitry detects a maximum picture level (MPL) and an average picture level (APL) o... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227163 | Product inspection system and a method for implementing same An inspection system and a method for using the inspection system, wherein the inspection system includes a collimated light source defining a source optical path, the collimated light source being operable to cause a collimated light beam to propagate along the sou... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7203337 | Adjusted filters A method in image processing for detection of a change in the scene in an area. The method comprises the steps of recording a digital image of the area using a sensor and transforming the recorded image by an operator. The operator is based on a previous modeling of... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190393 | Camera with improved illuminator An illumination and imaging system is provided with a co-axial illuminator that does not include a beamsplitter. The co-axial illuminator achieves efficiencies substantially in excess of those achieved with a beamsplitter. In one aspect, an optical stop is used to r... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174351 | Method for deleting stored digital data from write-once memory device A digital storage system is coupled to a write-once memory array. File delete commands are implemented by over-writing a destructive digital pattern to at least a portion of the memory cells associated with the file to be deleted. One disclosed system alters the man... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7149341 | Wafer inspection apparatus A wafer inspection apparatus has a supporting means (10) for rotatably supporting a wafer (W) formed of a disk, a circumferential edge imaging means (40) for imaging a circumferential edge (S) of the wafer (W) that is supported by the supporting means ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137690 | Interconnect circuit A print cartridge includes a cartridge body having a lower portion and a vertical wall. A printhead is coupled with the lower portion of the cartridge body. A contact array including a plurality of contact areas is disposed on the vertical wall. The contact array is... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120524 | System for measuring points on a vehicle during damage repair A carriage moves back and forth under a vehicle and three cameras or laser fixed along one axis pivot in a common plane, utilizing two cameras at time to locate a target fixed to a reference point on the undercarriage of the vehicle. Triangulation calculations, comb... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113626 | Automated UV recoat inspection system and method A camera system and automated translation system allows automatic image capture of a recoat of a fiber which has undergone a number of processes. These images may be used to automatically inspect the recoat of the fiber in accordance with objective criteria. A stabi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113313 | Dome-shaped apparatus for inspecting a component or a printed circuit board device An apparatus for inspecting a printed circuit board device, the device including at least one component mounted on a circuit board, the apparatus comprising an object carrier for carrying the printed circuit board device, imaging means for imaging along an optical a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7098956 | Process and device for the video recording of an illuminated field For the video recording of a field illuminated by a lamp, especially a surgical lamp, where at least one light beam for illuminating the field emerges from a light exit area of a lamp housing in the direction of a predetermined housing axis, the optical axis of a vi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7075565 | Optical inspection system An automated optical inspection system includes a plurality of asynchronously triggerable cameras for providing image data of an object, such as a printed circuit board. The circuit board is divided into fields of view that are to be imaged in one or more cameras in... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061599 | Protective film for base substrates of multi-layered board and method and apparatus for inspecting base substrates An inspection apparatus for a base substrate of a multi-layered board irradiates light to the base substrate of a multilayered board to which a protective film is attached. An image of a surface, to which the protective film is attached, is picturized by a camera, s... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053783 | Pathogen detector system and method A pathogen detector has a sample area for containing environmental air, a light source on one side of the sample area for directing a collimated beam of light through the sample air so that part of the light beam will be scattered by any particles present in the air... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042490 | Image capture module and image capture apparatus for inputting shape of object on three dimensional space An image capture module and an image capture apparatus for inputting shape of an object in three dimensional space, including a light emitting section which emits light to the object for reflection by the object and imaging of reflected light on a photo-receiving pl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041997 | Device and method for optical control under diffuse illumination and observation means of crockery items or any glazed ceramic products The invention concerns a method and a device for controlling the surface of ceramic tableware products/ceramic crockery items (and the like, in accordance with the general definition provided in the introduction). The invention is characterised in that it consists, ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034967 | Image reading apparatus and transparent original adapter An image reading apparatus for imaging an original document or photographic film includes an original placement bed on which to place the original, and a reading device to form an image of the original. A transparent original adapter, detachably connected to the ima... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027165 | Method and device for surface evaluation Device and method for recording the visual properties of a surface, comprising an imaging device for recording light interaction (reflection or transmission) with a surface, a light source, and a sample area for positioning a sample with a surface to be examined. Th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027639 | High speed optical image acquisition system with extended dynamic range A high-speed image acquisition system includes a source of light; a sensor for acquiring a plurality of images of the target; a system for determining relative movement between the source and the target; and an image processor for processing the acquired images to g... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019848 | Three-dimensional measuring instrument, filter striped plate, and illuminating means For measuring the three-dimensional shape of an object of measurement using a phase shift method, a three-dimensional measuring instrument is provided which is capable of shortening the measurement time. A printed state inspection device 1 includes a table fo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016525 | Systems and methods for continuously varying wavelength illumination Systems and methods for operating a vision system to provide a desired illumination wavelength for an inspection operation on workpiece include illuminating a workpiece using narrowband illumination from a continuously variable filter, and modifying the narrowband i... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006128 | Object detection for sudden illumination changes using order consistency A system and method for object detection with sudden illumination changes provides a system including a camera model unit for computing a difference map between a first input image and a second input image, an illumination model unit in signal communication with the... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6995794 | Video camera with major functions implemented in host software A low cost camera by implementing the major functions in host software is provided. This is accomplished by sending raw, digitized data from the camera directly to the host. The increased volume of raw data is handled by either an improved compression/decompression ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6968080 | Method and apparatus for generating part programs for use in image-measuring instruments, and image-measuring instrument and method of displaying measured results therefrom A method of generating a part program for use in an image-measuring system and in an image-measuring instrument is provided. The method can be employed easily by an operator without complicated operations to efficiently generate a part program for a CNC image-measur... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965120 | Method and apparatus for quality control in the manufacture of foundry cores or core packets A method and an apparatus for object recognition, in particular defect detection on workpieces, such as shot cores (1) or core packets, wherein the object is illuminated by a light source (4) and recorded and detected by means of a camera (3), a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963396 | Light hole inspection system for engine component A hole inspection system having a light source emitting light over its length and a multi-axes machine having a camera mounted thereon. After the light source is inserted into a cavity intersecting the complex holes, a control commands the multi-axes machine to move... | 11/08/2005 |
