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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8102518 | Zero angle photon spectrophotometer for monitoring of water systems A method and apparatus for monitoring water and other fluid systems is described. The fluid is continually monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring many optical parameters in an in-line, on-line system, which compensates for normal fluid changes while detecting... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094294 | Multipoint method for identifying hazardous agents The invention relates to apparatus and methods for assessing occurrence of a hazardous agent in a sample by performing multipoint spectral analysis of the sample. Methods of employing Raman spectroscopy and other spectrophotometric methods are disclosed. Devices and... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8081305 | Preparing samples for optical measurement We disclose an apparatus comprising: a hand-portable optical analysis unit including an optical interface; and a device configured to receive and releasably engage the hand-portable optical analysis unit. The device comprises: a housing; a sample unit in the housing... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072585 | System with extended range of molecular sensing through integrated multi-modal data acquisition A multi-modal data acquisition system for detecting target material on a biological reaction surface, the system comprising a radiation source for generating an incoming beam that impinges on the biological reaction surface at an oblique incidence angle and produces... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072586 | Arrangement and method for focusing a multiplane image acquisition on a prober A focused multi-planar image acquisition in real time even while a test object is moving, is achieved with a system and a method for a focused multi-planar image acquisition in a prober. When a surface of a test object is positioned laterally in relation to tips of ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8054454 | Time and space resolved standoff hyperspectral IED explosives LIDAR detector A system and method for standoff detection of explosives and explosive residue. A laser light source illuminates a target area having an unknown sample producing luminescence emitted photons, scattered photons and plasma emitted photons. A first optical system direc... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049873 | Surgical microscopy system having an optical coherence tomography facility A surgical microscopy system is provided wherein an optical coherence tomography facility is integrated into a microscopy system. A beam of measuring light formed by collimating optics of an OCT system is deflected by a beam scanner, traverses imaging optics, and is... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8018582 | Simultaneous detection apparatus of raman and light scattering Provided is a detection apparatus of Raman scattering and light scattering, and more particularly, a simultaneous detection apparatus of Raman scattering and dynamic light scattering and a detection method using the same. The simultaneous detection apparatus of Rama... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013984 | Optical sensor for the instantaneous detection and identification of bioaerosols A novel apparatus comprising three main systems: air sampling, detection and computerized electric system; and method of using the same in the sampling, detection and identification of bioaerosols, wherein the identification of the said bioaerosol is base on a multi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004662 | Pharmaceutical mixture evaluation A method of obtaining information about a heterogeneous pharmaceutical mixture is disclosed. This method involves applying an image enhancement agent, such as a stain, to the mixture. An image of the mixture can then be obtained, and information about a distribution... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999928 | Method and system for combined Raman and LIBS detection In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for interrogating a sample by: illuminating a first region of the sample with a first illumination pattern to obtain a plurality of first sample photons; illuminating a second region of the sample with a second i... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999929 | Specimen optical information recognizing device and its recognizing method A specimen optical information recognizing device includes a specimen containing section containing a specimen to be measured, a specimen measuring section having a light source for outputting light for observing the specimen, a photodetecting section for collecting... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990526 | Method of taking an image of an object residing in a transparent, colored container A method of producing an image of an object residing inside a transparent container of a first color includes: illuminating the container and the object with light of a second color, the second color being substantially the inverse of the first color; and producing ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990525 | Flow cytometer and flow cytometry In one embodiment of the present invention, a flow cytometer includes a plurality of optical sources, each of which illuminates an excitation beam at a predetermined frequency having a wavelength and a phase different from another; and a guide member for guiding the... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978318 | Asymmetric capillary for capillary-flow cytometers The present invention provides improved capillaries that lead to increased resolution in conventional capillary-flow cytometers. The cross-sectional shape of capillaries made according to the present invention lack a center of symmetry. In some embodiments, capillar... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978317 | Miniaturized system and method for measuring optical characteristics A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light rece... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969560 | Optical property sensor An apparatus that can measure both haze and clarity on a web moving at conventional manufacturing speeds. The apparatus uses an integrating sphere and a novel mirror arrangement. With this arrangement, the invention can utilize a calibration curve created using know... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956991 | Method and apparatus for interactive hyperspectral image subtraction A method and apparatus of obtaining a spectral image of a plurality of predetermined chemical species. A sample is illuminated to produce photons. These photons are collected to produce a plurality of images for each predetermined chemical species, wherein each imag... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7924414 | Non-hazardous bulk material analyzer system A system for processing bulk materials, comprising at least one transport apparatus that conveys a stream of bulk materials from a first process position to a second process position, an illumination source that projects light on to a surface of the stream, and at l... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920252 | Method and apparatus for spectrophotometric characterization of turbid materials Method and apparatus for spectrophotometric characterization of turbid materials are provided. An incident light beam is used to illuminate a turbid material sample and optical signals of coherent reflectance, diffuse reflectance, collimated transmittance and diffus... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916283 | Biological information imaging apparatus, biological information analyzing method, and biological information imaging method A biological information imaging apparatus includes: a light source; an acoustic wave detector that detects an acoustic wave generated from a light absorption material in a living body that has absorbed a part of energy of light irradiated from the light source to t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7898649 | Measurement method and measurement apparatus A measurement method of measuring a spectroscopic characteristic inside of a scattering medium includes a first step of measuring the spectroscopic characteristic of the scattering medium by using diffuse optical tomography by irradiating light into the scatt... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894048 | Optical sheet and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides an optical sheet that excels in a light convergence function or a light diffusion function, has excellent brightness increase ratio in the desired angular direction, in particular the front surface direction, and greatly inhibits the s... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889330 | Method of taking an image of an object residing in a transparent, colored container A method of producing an image of an object residing inside a transparent container of a first color includes: illuminating the container and the object with light of a second color, the second color being substantially the inverse of the first color; and producing ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884926 | Color measuring apparatus having differently operating measuring devices An apparatus performs colorimetric measurements of printing materials. The apparatus for the colorimetric measurement of printing materials has two measuring devices operating with different resolutions for registering the surface of the printing material. The two m... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7869013 | Surface plasmon resonance and quartz crystal microbalance sensor A sensor chip assembly for use in a sensor capable of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and gravimetric sensing. The assembly comprising a transparent piezoelectric substrate (1) having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The ass... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864307 | Biological information imaging apparatus, biological information analyzing method, and biological information imaging method A biological information imaging apparatus includes: a light source; an acoustic wave detector that detects an acoustic wave generated from a light absorption material in a living body that has absorbed a part of energy of light irradiated from the light source to t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855779 | Display device and detection method A display device includes display pixels that display an image on a display screen. First and second optical sensors correspond to one or more of the display pixels and detect the amount of incident light. An optical member allows light coming from a first direction... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855780 | Combined fiber-optic absorption and emission measurement apparatus Disclosed is a spectroscopic system having a fiber-optic probe for simultaneous IR and Raman measurement. The probe includes a single strand of optical fiber, such as sapphire which is suitable for IR absorption measurements as far as 4 μm and Raman excitation at w... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7843556 | Portable device and method for on-site detection and quantification of drugs The present invention discloses a portable, reliable, automated and simple device using Spectral Fluorescence Signature technology (SFS) for fast and accurate drug detection, quantification and data storage. The present also discloses a method for using Spectral Flu... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839494 | Ophthalmic surgical microscope having an OCT-system An ophthalmic surgical microscope (100) has a microscope main objective (101) and a viewing beam path (105) which passes through the microscope main objective (101) for visualizing an object region. The ophthalmic surgical microscope (... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7834989 | Luminescence imagining installation and method A luminescence imaging installation is disclosed comprising a lightproof enclosure containing: a support receiving a sample to be imaged; a detector detecting a luminescence image from the sample to be imaged; and a light reflector device reflecting light towards th... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7812939 | Spectrometric measurements during blending / mixing A mixing bin for the blending of materials (e.g., pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, etc.) bears a spectrometer which monitors the characteristics of the material being tumbled within the bin interior to thereby obtain an indication of the degree to which the material is ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7800742 | Cell analyzer and cell analyzing method The present invention is to present a cell analyzer capable of measuring cells which are approximately 20 to 100 μm in size with high precision via flow cytometry. The cell analyzer 10 comprises: a flow cell 51 in which a measurement sample including ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7787111 | Simultaneous acquisition of fluorescence and reflectance imaging techniques with a single imaging device for multitask inspection A hyperspectral reflectance and fluorescence line-scan imaging system is used for on-line quality and safety inspection of agricultural commodities. The system simultaneously acquires hyperspectral/multispectral combinations of both fluorescence and reflectance imag... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7764361 | Systems and methods to analyze multiplexed bead-based assays using backscattered light This invention relates to a system and method related to an epifluorescence microscope based optical system equipped with a tunable filter to localize microspheres in bead-based assays based on a back-scattered light (also known as reflected light) image. A common o... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764362 | Inner surface measuring apparatus The inner surface shape of a hole, in particular, the inner surface shape of a hole the entry of which is narrow and which becomes wider further in from the entry, can be measured at a high level of accuracy. An inner surface measuring apparatus is provided which co... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7746453 | Pattern defect inspection apparatus and method A pattern defect inspection apparatus capable of detecting minute defects on a sample with high sensitivity without generating speckle noise in signals is realized. Substantially the same region on a surface of a wafer is detected by using two detectors at mutually ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746452 | Portable meter to measure chlorophyll, nitrogen and water and methods Methods for determining chlorophyll content comprise providing a sample, subjecting the sample to light at a first wavelength and detecting a first wavelength response, subjecting the sample to light at a second wavelength and detecting a second wavelength response,... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742155 | Diffusion material, diffusion material evaluating method, blending method for fine particles in the diffusion material, and production method for the diffusion material A diffusion material includes a prescribed scattering S(λ) of respective fine particles that are determined by Mie theory for all plural kinds of fine particles at a wavelength λ of an incident light. The diffusion material includes plural kinds of fine particles ... | 06/22/2010 |
