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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7200910 | System and method of disposing a substrate in a housing A method of making a gas treatment device, the method includes projecting a laser line onto a side of substrate from a laser line generator angled away from a viewing source; projecting a laser dot onto the substrate from a laser dot generator located above the view... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194914 | Apparatus and method for scanning internal structure of O-rings Some O-rings can include internal flaws that can eventually lead to failure of the O-rings during use. In order to scan an internal structure of an O-ring, the present disclosure includes an apparatus with an apparatus body to which an O-ring support and a transduce... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6846598 | Manufacturing method of photomask and photomask In order to shorten the time required to change or correct a mask pattern over a mask, light-shielding patterns formed of a resist film for integrated circuit pattern transfer are partly provided over a mask substrate constituting a photomask in addition to light-sh... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6635405 | Print quality test structure for lithographic device manufacturing Disclosed is a print quality test structure for devices manufactured by lithography. The test structure allows for visual inspection of the print quality of the device. The test structure decouples the effects of overexposure, underexposure and focus so t... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6381013 | Test slide for microscopes and method for the production of such a slide A test slide for the calibration, characterization, standardization, use and study of photon and electron microscopes. The slide is created by forming patterns with specific types of geometries on suitable substrates and these slides provide a standard fo... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6205240 | Optical profile sensor An apparatus for determining the profile of an object provides a sensor having at least one light source which projects a sheet of light that is intersected by the object, whereby a stripe of points on the object are illuminated. The light source projects... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6175417 | Method and apparatus for detecting defects in the manufacture of an electronic device The invention provides a unique method and apparatus for detecting defects in an electronic device. In one preferred embodiment, the electronic device is a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC), particularly one of a plurality of IC dies fabricated on a w... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6157451 | Sample CD measurement system A sample CD measurement system adapted for measuring the CD of a measurement portion accurately even in the case where the shape of the measurement portion and the direction of measurement are arbitrary. Before the CD measurement, a measurement reference ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6134001 | Fluid diagnostic technique A non-obstructive fluid diagnostic technique is described which enables the measurement of different parameters in a fluid. The diagnostic technique includes the steps of focusing a laser (10) in a fluid volume (14) to generate a laser induced breakdown s... | 10/17/2000 |
| 4911543 | Microscope viewing apparatus for viewing a specimen image and an optical overlay pattern image in a comparison manner In a microscope viewing apparatus for viewing a specimen image, the provision of microscope viewing apparatus including a microscope eyepiece lens for focusing on a focusing plane at or above a specimen support panel and coincident with a desired viewing ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4692881 | Device for discriminating attitude of parts Parts in a desired attitude are selected, by memorizing the standard shape signal of a certain part and comparing the shape signals of supplied parts on the parts feeder with the memorized shape signal. A plurality of light emitting elements provided on t... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4458993 | Fingerprint comparator A fingerprint comparator includes a projection system including a source of light and a carrier for mounting samples of prints to be compared with an optical system for projecting the images of the samples side-by-side on a screen with one image reverted ... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4392155 | Method and apparatus for image subtraction in order to extract non-common information from two light images Apparatus for image subtraction in order to extract non-common information from two light images comprises a TV camera tube including a photosensitive coating on its inner face and a grating on its outer face spaced from the photosensitive coating by the ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4309826 | Apparatus for determining the diameter of corrective lenses Apparatus for determining the diameter of corrective lenses adaptable to spectacle frames. The apparatus comprises at least a stand or structure provided with (a) a symmetrical linear measuring scale, (b) guiding means parallel to the said measuring scale... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4232968 | Optical comparator with 3-D image An optical comparator which provides confronting images of a pair of similar objects being compared, the images having a pronounced 3-D effect when viewed with a single eye. Images of the two objects are projected in separate optical paths and are greatly... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4131337 | Comparison reader for holographic identification cards Disclosed are a method and apparatus for verifying an identification card or the like having visible indicia thereon and also having on a portion thereof a hologram of said visible indicia as originally placed on the identification card. The method compri... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4027978 | Method and apparatus for non-contact measurement of a gauge of a high temperature material There are provided a method and apparatus for noncontact measurement of a gauge of a high temperature material such as a red-hot steel slab, wherein the entire optical system including a light source, a filter and a detector is employed at wavelengths in ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4000948 | Target method and systems for bonding machines An improved method for placing the work point of a work piece in alignment with a line of action of a bonding tool is provided by interposing a partially reflecting mirror between a viewing microscope and the line of action of the tool, and projecting a t... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3976383 | Visual method of locating faults in printed circuit boards A method of visually detecting defects in a printed circuit board comprising preparing a mask with a light blocking pattern corresponding to the desired printed circuit, illuminating the printed circuit board through the mask with the light of a color com... | 08/24/1976 |
