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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184294 | Apparatus and method for measuring haze of sheet materials or other materials A method includes illuminating a material with first light and capturing an image of second light transmitted through the material. The method also includes analyzing multiple regions of the image and determining one or more haze measurements associated with the mat... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179532 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a projector lamp A method and apparatus are set forth for monitoring lamp condition, comprising directing a beam of light at the lamp, detecting percent transmission of the beam through the lamp, wherein the percent transmission is indicative of lamp blackening, and repeating the di... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174699 | Fluid detection in turbine engine components A system for detecting the presence of one or more fluids in a rotating component of a gas turbine engine. A first reflector structure includes a first face that receives light from the light source. The first reflector structure reflects at least a substantial port... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174698 | MEMS tunable silicon fabry-perot cavity and applications thereof A method for fabricating a tunable Fabry-Perot cavity comprises etching a substrate to form two reflectors separated by an air gap and an electrostatic mechanism. One of the two reflectors is mobile and connected to the electrostatic mechanism. Therefore, operation ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8144327 | Photoacoustic apparatus, and probe for receiving photoacoustic waves A photoacoustic apparatus obtains information on a specimen by receiving photoacoustic waves which are generated from the specimen resulting from light irradiated to the specimen. The apparatus includes a light source for irradiating light to the specimen, an acoust... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139222 | Pressure controlled spectroscopic heating value sensor A method and system for measuring a physical property of a fluid in which light having wavelengths in the near-infrared is directed into a test cell containing the fluid and portions of the light not absorbed by the fluid and passing out of the cell are spatially di... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139221 | Apparatus for monitoring the cure of a bone cement material Apparatus for monitoring the cure of a bone cement material provided in a container includes a memory device in which data is stored relating to the time taken for the cement material of the type in the container to cure according to the temperature of the material.... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8120774 | Evanescent wave multimode optical waveguide sensitive to a chemical species and/or a physical parameter and provided with continuous redistribution of optical power between the modes There is provided an evanescent wave multimode optical waveguide sensitive to a chemical species or to a physical parameter. The optical waveguide comprises a core and a cladding having a cladding refractive index lower than that of the core for guiding light to be ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8102531 | Illumination source and non-invasive tissue sampling system The present invention provides an optical transmission device, comprising a chamber having a light input into the chamber, and having a first port allowing light to pass out of the chamber, and comprising internal surfaces where at least a portion of the surfaces is... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098376 | Integrated embedded processor based laser spectroscopic sensor A novel low-power and compact laser spectroscopic sensor is described herein. Embodiments of the disclosed sensor utilize state-of-the-art microprocessors and digital processing techniques to reduce power consumption and integrate functions into a small device. In p... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098375 | Light emitting diode illumination system In various embodiments of the invention, a unique construction for Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) with at least one luminescent rod and extracting optical elements used to generate a variety of high brightness light sources with different emission spectra. In an embod... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085402 | Microscope and an observation method in the microscope In a cavity mode of a cavity, a diameter of a mode waist is decreased so that the diameter is similar to a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave resonant with the cavity mode, when a material is located in the cavity. The material includes a physical system having t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085401 | Ozone concentration sensor An apparatus and method provide measurement of a constituent of a fluid, such as ozone in ozonated water. The apparatus includes a vessel to contain the fluid, a light source configured to direct a first band of light and a second band of light along a substantially... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068226 | Methods and apparatus for estimating a downhole fluid property Apparatus and method for estimating a downhole fluid property using a carrier conveyable into a well borehole, one or more light sources carried by the carrier, the one or more light sources comprising at least one quantum cascade laser light source, a fluid sample ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064058 | Light distribution measurement system A disclosed optical testing apparatus comprises: a plurality of optical fibers, each optical fiber having a collection end in optical communication with an output end; and a support member supporting the collection ends of the optical fibers so as to simultaneously ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064059 | Optical pulse duration measurement An apparatus includes a delay producing system that receives a parent electromagnetic pulse and outputs two spatially-overlapped children electromagnetic pulses having a relative and adjustable time delay between each other; a fluorescence producing device placed in... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8045165 | Method and apparatus for determining a focal position of an imaging device adapted to image a biologic sample A method and apparatus for focusing a device for imaging a biologic sample is provided. A method aspect of the disclosure includes the steps of: 1) disposing lenslets within a field of a biologic sample, which lenslets have a height, and have a refractive index and ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040517 | Arc flash detection system and method A sensor to simultaneously detect light and acoustic waves is presented. The sensor includes one or more optical fibers and a diaphragm disposed near one end of at least one of the one or more optical fibers. The diaphragm is configured to vibrate upon incidence of ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040516 | Oscillator element for photo acoustic detector An oscillator element is provided, e.g., for use in a photo acoustic detector for detecting a concentration of a sample in a sample mixture using a light beam for excitation of molecules of the sample in proximity of an excitation area of the oscillator element. The... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8018595 | Apparatus for detecting bio materials and method for detecting bio materials by using the apparatus Provided is an apparatus for detecting bio materials and a method for detecting bio materials by using the apparatus. The apparatus includes a bio material reacting unit, an optical source unit, and a detecting unit. The bio material reacting unit includes bio sensi... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009293 | Modulation cancellation method in laser spectroscopy Novel methods and laser spectroscopic systems for accurately measuring the concentration of compounds are disclosed herein. The disclosed methods utilize a modulation cancellation technique resulting in a significantly increase in the sensitivity and accuracy of las... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004681 | Process for evaluating the degree of phenolic ripeness of a fruit and relevant device The invention concerns a process for evaluating the degree of phenolic ripeness of a fruit, advantageously but not exclusively grapes, that includes the measurement of the intensity of an electromagnetic wave that has passed through a portion of a skin of the fruit ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004682 | Methods and systems for analyzing a volume of gas One embodiment relates to a method for determining a concentration of a molecular species of interest. In this method, electromagnetic radiation is transmitted into a volume of gas within an output exhaust system. The transmitted electromagnetic radiation has a firs... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004683 | Optical product detection sensor An optical detection sensor detects presence or absence of a product within a fluid delivery medium. An emitter directs radiation into the fluid delivery medium. Each of a plurality of detectors detects light within an associated one of a plurality of wavelength ran... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7969575 | Method and apparatus for measuring light absorption of liquid samples Techniques for measuring light absorption of liquid samples are described herein. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an upper arm having a first measuring surface and a lower arm having a second measuring surface coupled to the lower arm via a hinge.... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969574 | Apparatus for monitoring the cure of a bone cement material Apparatus for monitoring the cure of a bone cement material which is provided in a container. The apparatus includes a radiation source from which radiation is directed towards cement in the container and a sensor for detecting radiation from the radiation source wh... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961324 | Wavelength identification method and analyzer An analyzer analyzes a sample based on optical characteristics of the sample. The analyzer includes a measuring unit that measures absorbances of two or more wavelength identifying samples having different concentrations and having absorbance characteristics in whic... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7933018 | Spectral imaging for downhole fluid characterization The present invention contemplates implementation of transitory downhole video imaging and/or spectral imaging for the characterization of formation fluid samples in situ, as well as during flow through production tubing, including subsea flow lines, for permanent a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7924424 | Optical product detection sensor An optical detection sensor detects presence or absence of a product within a fluid delivery medium. An emitter directs radiation into the fluid delivery medium and detectors detect transmitted light at a plurality of wavelengths. The output of each detector and com... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924423 | Reverse photoacoustic standoff spectroscopy A system and method are disclosed for generating a reversed photoacoustic spectrum at a greater distance. A source may emit a beam to a target and a detector measures signals generated as a result of the beam being emitted on the target. By emitting a chopped/pulsed... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920265 | Apparatus and method for noise reduction in modulated optical reflectance metrology system In a modulated optical reflectance (MOR) system, a laser noise suppression technique utilizes a reference beam split optically from a probe laser prior to injection of a beam from the probe laser into an MOR signal path. The reference beam and a probe beam reflected... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916298 | Analyzer and analytic system This analyzer comprises a photoirradiation portion simultaneously photoirradiating a plurality of storage vessels storing a plurality of measurement samples respectively and a plurality of photodetection portions detecting a plurality of light components resulting f... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916297 | Method and apparatus for testing a test object A method of testing a test object, comprising the steps of arranging the test object at a deformable contact element of a holding device, wherein the contact element is at least partially deformed so that at least a partial area of the test object is in gap-free con... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7894069 | Respirator end-of-service life probe An end-of-service life indicator for a sorbent filter includes a tube containing a noble metal nanoparticle film on an optically transparent substrate, the substrate being perpendicular to the axis of the tube. An opening in the tube adjacent to the film allows chem... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894070 | Optical method and system for the characterization of laterally-patterned samples in integrated circuits Disclosed is a method for characterizing a sample having a structure disposed on or within the sample, comprising the steps of applying a first pulse of light to a surface of the sample for creating a propagating strain pulse in the sample, applying a second pulse o... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889344 | Transmitted-light-intensity measuring device, medium identifying device, medium conveying device, and image forming apparatus A device for measuring intensity of a transmitted light, includes a first measuring unit that measures a first intensity of a light transmitted through a medium on a conveying path in its thickness direction and outputs a first measured value; a second measuring uni... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889343 | Method and system for optical detection of nano-objects in a light refracting medium Method and system for optical detection of nano-objects in a refracting medium. A nano-object (n_oi) and the refractive medium are illuminated (A) with a periodically amplitude modulated coherent electromagnetic heating wave (HB(Ω)), to generate a specif... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880885 | Portable evaluation of window transmission An apparatus and method for evaluating window transmission loss comprising taking a plurality of photographs through a filter of a window to be evaluated, determining a percentage of the window shown in each photograph that is undamaged, and computing an estimate of... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880884 | System and method for coating and shielding electronic sensor components Embodiments described herein may include devices and methods of manufacturing sensors for monitoring physiological parameters of a patient. Specifically, embodiments disclose the use of conductive and nonconductive coating materials to increase comfort of sensor and... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880883 | Fluid flow computation, visualization, and analysis This document discusses, among other things, systems, devices and methods for fluid flow analysis for example, in an education environment. The light source, for example, a laser, is housed to illuminate particles in a fluid while minimizing exposure to the user. A ... | 02/01/2011 |
