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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7468791 | Object recognition system for vehicle An object recognition device for a vehicle includes a size determining means, an existence condition determining means, and an adverse condition determining means. The size determining means determines that the recognized objects are large when a size of the objects... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7417729 | Fluid verification system and method for infusions An apparatus and method are provided to verify the composition of a medical fluid in a fluid container. The verification is performed at a centralized location, where light is transmitted through the fluid and detected by a sensor that generates signals representati... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7336354 | Spectrophotometer A spectrophotometer having an optical system for directing a beam of substantially monochromatic excitation light to a liquid sample contained in a well (3) of a well plate for interaction with the sample for absorption or emission measurements to analyse the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336691 | Apparatus for combining beams from repetitively pulsed lasers along a common path Two pulse sequences are delivered by two lasers. A rotating segmented mirror having one or more reflective areas and one or more transmissive areas is rotated synchronously with the delivery of the pulse sequences to transmit pulses from one sequence, and to reflect... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323672 | Light sensor structure with dark current compensation The ambient light sensor structure includes a power supply, a converter, and a pulse processing unit. The power supply provides a reference voltage interface, a high voltage interface and a low voltage interface. The converter includes a first current-to-pulse conve... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321428 | Process photometer A process photometer which includes an insulated and a non-insulated compartment. The insulated compartment is maintained at a relatively constant, elevated temperature. The radiation source, a rotatable filter wheel, a radiation detector, and a means for converting... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7256888 | Fluid verification system and method for infusions An apparatus and method are provided to verify the composition of a medical fluid in a fluid infusion channel by comparison with clinician-entered input. Light is transmitted through the channel and detected by a sensor that generates signals representative of the s... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245373 | Spectrometer system for optical reflectance measurements A spectrometer system includes a thermal light source for illuminating a sample, where the thermal light source includes a filament that emits light when heated. The system additionally includes a spectrograph for measuring a light spectrum from the sample and an el... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7196789 | Light processor providing wavelength control and method for same A light processor (such as a spectrometer) providing wavelength equalization for a sample pathway and a reference pathway by actuation of a light amplitude modulator. A chemometric processor including a light amplitude modulator capable of performing chemical analys... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7174069 | All optical multiplexer A multiplexed optical communication system includes a plurality of chopping modulators associated with a first plurality of channels to receive input optical pulses having a first width and to produce therefrom chopped optical pulses having a second width narrower t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172903 | Method for on-line monitoring of lubricating oil using light in the visible and near IR spectra Oil aging and particulate building in a lubricant other than one exposed to combustion products is monitored by detecting light transmitted through the lubricant at least one, and preferably, two or more preselected wavelengths over a pathlength greater than about 0... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164477 | Infrared spectrometer A detecting device for a spectrophotometer is provided which is capable of exhibiting a sufficient sensitivity and with an adequate linearity over the ultraviolet light, visible light and near-infrared light ranges. The spectrophotometer detecting device includes de... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7151605 | Methodology for providing good data at all wavelengths over a spectroscopic range Disclosed is methodology for obtaining data of improved precision, including detection and replacement of data determined to be suspect to provide good data over a spectroscopic range of wavelengths. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7050164 | Spectrophotometer In order to improve spectral measurement accuracy during high-speed wavelength shifting, the appropriate sensitivity of the detection system is maintained by, prior to measurement of a sample, measuring the voltage value, then storing this value into a table, and ma... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6992761 | Broad range light detection system Broad-range light-detection systems, including components and methods of use thereof. These systems may include apparatus and methods for detecting light with increased speed and/or detection efficiency, particularly in applications involving repeated analysis of th... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6963399 | Method and apparatus for quantifying an “integrated index” of a material medium An apparatus for and method of calculating an integrated index of a transparent, translucent or opaque material for a desired wavelength range, the method comprising measuring a filtered value of the material as a function of wavelength within the desired wavelength... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6914680 | Optical system for measurement of optical constant An optical system for determining an optical constant by measuring the absolute reflectance and the absolute transmittance of a substance by using an incoming side beam switching mirror for selectively switching the direction of a light from a light source to first ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6870615 | Dual beam spectrophotometer modular sample system A modular dual-beam source, sample compartment and beam-combining system are provided when used with a monochromator and detector to form a spectrophotometer consisting of: (a) a source module where two ellipsoidal mirrors each produce an image of the light source, ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6862091 | Illumination device and method for spectroscopic analysis An illumination subsystem for use in optical analysis which provides spatially and angularly homogenized radiation to the sample being analyzed. The system eliminates the illumination system as an interferent in the overall optical analysis. Thus, modest translation... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6741347 | Apparatus for laser flash photolysis An apparatus for flash photolysis has a light source and an optical fiber for directing light from the light source and through a sample. A laser or other such device is provided for initiating a chemical change within the sample. Additionally, a device is provided ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6583872 | Double beam spectrophotometer In a double beam spectrophotometer, a sample beam is irradiated to a large-sized sample in a substantially vertical direction, and the beam upwardly transmitted through the large-sized sample is reflected by a reflecting mirror and sent to an integrating ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6525813 | Spectrophotometer In a spectrophotometer, light emitted from a light source is processed to provide monochromatic light by a monochromator, and reaches a sector mirror having a chopper function. The sector mirror is rotated by a motor, and a rotational frequency of the mot... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6138082 | Standardizing between analytical instruments For conversion of spectral information of an FTIR spectrometric instrument for comparison with that of a dispersion instrument, a first standard function is selected for spectral line shape for the first instrument, and a second standard function for line... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6075588 | Integrated multi-channel optical-based flux monitor and method An integrated dual beam multi-channel optical-based flux monitor and method of monitoring atomic absorption of a plurality of atomic species during epitaxial growth. Light from multiple sources is simultaneously passed through a region of deposition of ma... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072578 | Spectroscopic process and suitable spectrometer therefor The spectroscopic process uses a detector in the form of a linear array of detector units made of a photoconductive semiconductor material, wherein a radiation sample is broken down into its spectrum; the spectrum thus obtained is used to illuminate the d... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6049762 | Standardizing a spectrometric instrument Standardization is achieved for FTIR spectrometric instruments that effect an intrinsic distortion in spectral information, the distortion being associated with an aperture size. An idealized function of spectral line shape is specified. With a small cali... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5920389 | Multi-channel spectro-photometers A multi-channel type spectro-photometer not only has a light source, a sample cell to which light from the light source is directed, a spectrometer to which light transmitting through the sample cell is directed, and an array of photo-diodes to which disp... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5831742 | Portable electrometric apparatus for roadside analysis of automotive exhaust emission A method and apparatus for instantaneously measuring the level of carbon dioxide (and other gases) in automotive combustion exhaust analysis is provided in the form of a portable battery driven roadside diagnostic instrument in which the CO2 le... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5817007 | Method and an apparatus for determining the content of a constituent of blood of an individual A method and an apparatus for determining the content of a constituent of blood of an individual are disclosed. In the method a whole blood stream is extracted from a blood vessel of said individual, the stream being directed through a path defining a sub... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5815263 | Double beam spectrophotometer A double-beam spectrophotometer of the invention is provided with a sector mirror used at a luminous flux separating portion or at a luminous flux combining portion, and a DC brushless motor is used for actuating the sector mirror to rotate. Since the DC ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5652654 | Dual beam spectrophotometer A dual beam spectophotometer is described in which a beamsplitter is at least partially surrounded by a chopper, the combination of which provide sample and reference beams. An oscillating grating produces a monochromatic light beam scans a selected spect... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5477321 | Dual beam tunable spectrometer A dual beam tunable spectrometer comprises a radiation source, generating means, a detector, and a shutter arrangement. The radiation source generates an incident radiative beam. The generating means, which includes an acousto-optic tunable filter, receiv... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5436720 | Acousto-optical laser discriminator An apparatus, using two acousto-optical tuned filters for determining the wavelength and angle of approach of a light wave.... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5303165 | Standardizing and calibrating a spectrometric instrument A spectrometric instrument which exhibits an intrinsic profile for a sharp spectral line produces profile data for narrow spectral lines. The spectral lines are effected with a high finesse etalon of gold coated polymer. A transformation filter is compute... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5276499 | Spectrophotometer A spectrophotometer which takes out monochromatic lights from lights from light sources by using spectroscopes and transmits the monochromatic lights through a sample and detects the transmitted lights by sensors includes a plurality of dispersing element... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5260574 | Infrared densitometer A high resolution infrared densitometer system is described which comprises an intense thermal light source, an optical system for projecting first and second images of the light source along respective parallel first sample and second reference optical a... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5231576 | Measuring apparatus The present invention is an apparatus for measuring the constituent concentration of a specimen on the basis of the color change in a test material housed in a test piece, which has reacted because of the specimen. The apparatus irradiates the test materi... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5223715 | Process for spectrophotometric analysis A process is provided for obtaining spectral information and quantifying the physical properties of a sample. The process comprises launching polychromatic light having a wavelength ranging from about 100 nanometers to about 2500 nanometers alternately th... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5216476 | Photogrammetric laser system The close range Photogrammetric Laser System ("PLS") is an all digital system designed to measure three dimensional ("3-D") surfaces at relatively close ranges. The PLS comprises two modified stereo cameras with associated analog video and digital recordi... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5206701 | Apparatus for near-infrared spectrophotometric analysis An apparatus is provided for obtaining spectral information and quantifying the physical properties of a sample. The apparatus comprises a light source and a high-efficiency fiber optic switch means communicating with the light source for directing the li... | 04/27/1993 |
