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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7773226 | Web inspection calibration system and related methods Systems and methods for calibrating a web inspection system. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7397563 | Pass-line insensitive sensor Devices, systems and methods for detecting surface characteristics of a sample surface are disclosed. The exemplary system may have a conveying device for moving a sample surface and a light source for reflecting a beam of light off the sample surface. A light detec... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7385702 | Process and apparatus to control the integrity of a planar substrate The process comprises the following steps: detection of the passage of an edge of the substrate by a first trigger, detection of the passage of said edge of the substrate at least at a first selected checkpoint on the substrate; control of the presence of the detect... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7340085 | Rotating prism component inspection system An inspection system is provided. The system includes a rotating prism having a first end and a second end. The first end receives a first image area, such as a circular view, and rotates about a center point so as to cover a field of view area that is larger than t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339675 | Apparatus for stacking sheet members, apparatus for measuring dimensions of sheet members, and apparatus for and method of marking sheet members An apparatus for stacking a predetermined number of X-ray films has a sheet member holding device disposed above a stacking position for temporarily holding at least a first X-ray film, and an actuating device for displacing the sheet member holding device from the ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326861 | Shielding cover having cooling fin and optical scanning device The present invention insulates the source of noise efficiently by forming a thick noise insulating portion to the cover to tightly seal a drive unit which generates heat and noise and at the same time, increases the cooling effect of cooling fins by making the surf... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7307729 | Electro-optically inspecting and determining internal properties and characteristics of a longitudinally moving rod of material Electro-optically inspecting a longitudinally moving rod of material (12). Guiding rod (12) along its longitudinal axis by rod guiding unit (14), along optical path (20) within transparent passageway (22). Optical path (20) ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304740 | Methods for detecting compression wood in lumber Methods are provided for detecting compression wood, blue stain, or pitch in lumber. A light beam is projected towards the wood sample. Line or area cameras acquire images of light that is reflected from the wood sample. Based on the intensity of the reflected light... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304743 | Diffuse reflectance readhead A glucose monitoring system comprising a readhead positioned a predetermined distance from a sample aperture. The readhead comprises first and second LEDs adapted to emit intersecting paths of light. A beam splitter is positioned at the intersection of the light pat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292949 | Method and apparatus for estimating surface moisture content of wood chips Method and apparatus for estimating surface moisture content of wood chips employing a surface moisture measurement obtained from a non-contact surface moisture sensor, which measurement is calibrated with values of a set of optical parameters, such as HSL color cam... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292329 | Test head for optically inspecting workpieces comprising a lens for elongating a laser spot on the workpieces An optical test head comprises a laser source for providing a laser beam. The laser beam passes through a cylindrical lens for modifying the shape of the beam and a spherical lens for concentrating the beam onto a workpiece (typically a magnetic disk platter). The c... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292341 | Optical system operating with variable angle of incidence An optical system for use in measurements in a sample comprising a light source (102) operable to produce an incident light beam propagating in a certain direction towards the sample (S) through an illumination channel (IC), a detector unit (104) for c... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263240 | Method, system, and software for improving signal quality using pyramidal decomposition A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A base signal is recursively decomposed for a desired number of pyramid levels. The decomposed signal from the lowest level is modified to generate a preprocessed signal. The preproc... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7248346 | Apparatus for defining orientation of an alignment layer in a pixel unit of an LCD device and the method thereof An apparatus for determining orientation of an alignment layer in a pixel unit of an LCD device is provided. The pixel unit includes a glass substrate having an outer surface provided with the alignment layer treated by photolithographic masking and rubbing operatio... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248366 | Method for marking defect and device therefor The defect marking method comprises the steps of: installing a surface defect tester to detect surface flaw and a marker device to apply marking at defect position, in a continuous processing line of steel sheet; detecting the surface flaw on the steel sheet using t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245378 | Measuring laser light transmissivity in a to-be-welded region of a work piece Methods for measuring laser light transmissivity of a specific position in a work piece prior to the work piece undergoing laser welding at the specific position with a laser beam having a specific welding wavelength. To obtain a baseline measurement reading, a lase... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7212312 | Automatic scanner calibration An automatic scanner calibration method and apparatus is disclosed in which a calibrated target, such as a Kodak® gray strip, is attached to a scanning surface of a scanner. The target is thin and has a width or length of platen of a scanner. During a normal scan, ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205561 | Media sensor apparatus using a two component media sensor for media absence detection An imaging apparatus includes a media support surface. A light source and a light detector are positioned in relation to a reflective surface such that when a sheet of print media covers the reflective surface, a reflected specular light component of a light beam is... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200458 | Wood tracking by identification of surface characteristics A “woodprint™” characterization and identification technique unique employs cameras (16), lighting (14), camera interface hardware (18), a computer (20), and/or image processing software to collect and analyze surface characteristic... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190458 | Use of scanning beam for differential evaluation of adjacent regions for change in reflectivity A semiconductor wafer having two regions of different dopant concentration profiles is evaluated by performing two (or more) measurements in the two regions, and comparing measurements from the two regions to obtain a reflectivity change measure indicative of a diff... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176433 | Resolution enhancement for macro wafer inspection A method and apparatus for improving system resolution for a defect line scanner while not increasing aliasing effects, or alternatively to maintain system resolution for a defect scanner while decreasing aliasing effects. This is accomplished by decreasing effectiv... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167245 | Alignment of light collector to laser scanline An optical imaging system and method for the alignment of a light collector with a laser scanline. The optical imaging system includes: an optical assembly for producing a laser beam scanline directed at a scanning platen, the scanning platen including an opening di... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164511 | Distinguishing positive and negative films system and method A system and method for scanning a photographic film using a scanner automatedly identifies the film as either a positive or negative and controls the scanner settings to perform the scan accordingly. The method includes performing a pre-scan of the film, sampling a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7146049 | Making the apparent speed of elements imaged at different speeds approximately the same for image recognition A method for image recognition. In the method, a section of an element is imaged while the element is at a first speed to obtain a first image pattern. The section of the element is also imaged while the element is at a second speed to obtain a second image pattern.... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7123765 | Apparatus and method for inspecting articles Method and apparatus for inspecting articles with multiple elements to determine if the elements are properly located, which includes pinching at least a portion of the article including at least some of the elements at an inspection station; irradiating the pinched... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119875 | Apparatus for forming pattern An apparatus for forming a pattern has a scanning-time setter, a time-error detector, a scanning-time corrector, a pulse data selector, and a control pulse signal generator. The scanning-time setter sets a “fine-section scanning-time” as a pass-time of the beam ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113627 | Location of extended linear defects A method of locating a linear defect on a photographic element, the element having a useful imaging width and the defect aligned with length of the element, includes the steps of: exposing a region of the element to create a latent image which is substantially unifo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106458 | Device for detecting edges of sheet-shaped materials A device for detecting edges of sheet-shaped print materials (1), especially of transparencies, that are moved along a transport path through a sheet-processing machine has a beam transmitter (31) and a beam receiver (32), whereby beam transmitt... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101461 | Method and apparatus for imaging a paper web A system and process for measuring paper formation characteristics in real time is disclosed. The system comprises apparatus used in a papermaking process, and includes a rotating forming fabric having an upper and lower surface. A paper slurry is deposited upon the... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7079263 | Method and apparatus for on-line log diameter measurement and closed-loop control A measurement system for measuring a parameter of a log is provided. A measuring device produces an emission in a direction of the log. A portion of the emission measures the parameter, such as log diameter, and communicates the diameter to the measuring device, whi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077120 | Substrate cutting method A method of producing a semiconductor device constructed by arranging a plurality of substrates, on each of which, thin film semiconductor elements two-dimensionally arranged are installed. The method includes the steps of cutting a substrate along at least a slice ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7047153 | Method and apparatus for improved inspection classification of attributes of a workpiece An apparatus for detecting the probable existence, location, and type of defects in a workpiece is described. The apparatus includes a sensor subsystem, an optimizer, a control subsystem, and a computer system having a processor and computer readable memory. Sensor ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027934 | Apparatus and method for automated web inspection A method of inspecting a moving web. The method includes imaging a sequential portion of the continuously moving web to provide digital information. The digital information is then processed with an initial algorithm to identify any regions on the web containing ano... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023542 | Imaging method and apparatus The present invention relates to imaging apparatus and method for detecting optical properties of transparent media. The present invention superimposes, either optically or electronically, at least two images of the transparent media in order to obtain the optical p... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020344 | Match blur system and method A method for blurring in signal processing, for example, in digital film processing, is performed with digital artifacts. The digital artifacts are derived, such as by scanning, and include a noisy artifact and a less noisy artifact. The artifacts are subdivided int... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016080 | Method and system for improving scanned image detail Methods are provided for generating a dynamic image mask for improving image detail in a digital image. An electronic representation of an image is scanned. A dynamic image mask is generated from the electronic representation of the image. The dynamic image mask has... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6995838 | Device for automatic surface inspection of an unwinding strip The invention concerns a device for automatic surface inspection of an unwinding strip to detect surface defects, comprising at least a camera (10) whereof the optical axis is directed towards the surface to be inspected and forming on said surface a transver... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978041 | Review work supporting system An object of the present invention is to increase efficiency in review work by appropriately narrowing down review work that verifies shapes of visual defects relating to an enormous amount of defects detected by a visual inspecting apparatus with high sensitivity. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6967721 | Method and device for non-invasively optically determining bulk density and uniformity of web configured material during in-line processing Method and device for non-invasively optically determining bulk density and uniformity of web material during in-line processing, by measuring and analyzing light scattered by volume segments of transported web material. Influence of process operating parameters of ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961127 | Device and method for optical inspection The invention relates to a method for optical inspection with a scanner which is arranged for detection and measurement of defects in or on a material which is inspected. The inspection takes place in successive sweeps essentially in the transverse direction of the ... | 11/01/2005 |
