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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6967582 | Detector with ambient photon sensor and other sensors A sensor of incident ambient photons is combined, in a detector with one or more sensors responsive to other types of ambient parameters such as gas, humidity, temperature or the like. Outputs from the sensors are processed to establish the existence of one of a haz... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967716 | Apparatus and method for inspecting multi-layer plastic containers This invention relates to an apparatus and method for inspecting multi-layer plastic containers (10). More particularly, the invention relates to such an apparatus and method whereby optical energy absorbing compounds are added to the materials comprising the... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965433 | Optical biodiscs with reflective layers An optical biodisc has a substrate, a first reflective layer over the substrate, an opening in the first reflective layer for receiving an investigational feature, and a second reflective layer over the opening for reflecting light transmitted through the substrate.... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964508 | Fiber optic bundle lighting units providing focused illumination An efficient lighting unit with improvements in ease of moving its head, reliability and the like is provided. The lighting unit includes: heads 6A and 6B defining illuminating apertures 6Aa and 6Ba, respectively, for directing light to a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962820 | Analyte detection system An analyte detection system utilizing a combination of fluorescent labels for labeling particles and an analyte specific fluorescent analyte detection dye. The particles contain a combination of fluorescent labels for coding the particles and an analyte specific flu... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962817 | Reference control for optical measurement of nucleated red blood cells of a blood sample Reference control compositions and the method of use are disclosed for measurement of nucleated red blood cells, which includes one set of synthetic spherical particles having a mean particle diameter ranging from 6.2 μm to 6.8 μm and a refractive index from 1.58 ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961080 | Color translating UV microscope A color translating UV microscope for research and clinical applications involving imaging of living or dynamic samples in real time and providing several novel techniques for image creation, optical sectioning, dynamic motion tracking and contrast enhancement compr... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961472 | Method of inverse quantized signal samples of an image during image decompression Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method of inverse quantizing quantized signal samples of an image during image decompression includes the following. A process to transform the signal samples from a first domain to a second domain is ap... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959800 | Method for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958810 | Methods for characterizing gems or precious stones using a probe having a plurality of light receivers Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the objec... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957733 | Method and apparatus for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958970 | Disk player A disk player which can insert and extract a disk, while a disk is being played, into and out of a compact body. During a movement in which one of disk trays is being moved from a disk standby position to a disk playing position, the disk comes into engagement with ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955253 | Apparatus with two or more pockets for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956601 | Intra-oral camera with touch screen integral display and contamination control A portable intra-oral capture and display system includes (a) a handpiece elongated for insertion into an oral cavity, the handpiece including a light emitter on a distal end thereof for illuminating an object in the cavity and an image sensor for capturing an image... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954267 | Device for measuring surface defects In view of the miniaturization of semiconductor components, the prevention of particles and other defects on the wafer surface during production is of great importance. The inspection should proceed as process-oriented as possible. For this purpose, devices are need... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952945 | Method and apparatus for concentrating samples for analysis A method for analyzing a gas sample is described. The method comprises providing a gas sample, increasing pressure applied to the gas sample to compress the sample to a smaller volume and provide a pneumatically focused gas sample, and analyzing the pneumatically fo... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952641 | Software architecture of an integrated host system for sensed vehicle data A system for processing sensed vehicle data includes a sensor for sensing data related to at least one characteristic of a passing vehicle and a host unit that receives sensed data from the sensor. The sensor and the host unit are integrated into a single housing. T... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952256 | Optical compensation in high numerical aperture photomask inspection systems for inspecting photomasks through thick pellicles An objective lens system having reconfigurable optical components that enable the inspection of inspection surfaces in the absence of a pellicle or through a thin membrane pellicle, and using the same system, also enabling the inspection of inspection surfaces throu... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952006 | Microscope, detector, and method for microscopy A microscope having a light source that emits light pulses for illumination of a specimen, the light pulses containing photons having a photon energy, is disclosed. The microscope is characterized in that a detector, which has an energy band gap between a quiescent ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950179 | Shape measuring apparatus, shape measuring method, and aligning method A shape measuring method for measuring a shape of a surface of an object. The method includes a first measuring step for measuring the surface of the object by detecting light from the object, and a second measuring step for measuring the surface of the object by re... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948898 | Alignment of semiconductor wafers and other articles A wafer or some other article is aligned while being held by an end-effector. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950182 | Functional equivalent to spatial filter in ellipsometer and the like systems Disclosed is the application of a functional equivalent to a spatial filter in ellipsometer and the like systems. Included are demonstrated multi-element converging lens systems which focus an electromagnetic beam onto a fiber optic. The purpose is to eliminate a ra... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950189 | Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object Color/optical characteristics measuring systems and methods are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics/elements are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic/element and received light reflected from the surface of the object is measured. Light from the per... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950777 | Method and system for assessing pulp and paper mill performance A system and method is provided for analyzing data obtained during manufacture of a web of paper or paperboard on a machine. The system comprises a computer including a database module, a statistical analysis module, and a processor for executing the modules. The da... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947128 | Alternative detector configuration and mode of operation of a time delay integration particle analyzer Light from an object moving through an imaging system is collected, dispersed, and imaged onto a time delay integration (TDI) detector that is inclined relative to an axis of motion of the object, producing a pixilated output signal. In one embodiment, the movement ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947136 | Multipass cavity for illumination and excitation of moving objects An illumination system for increasing a light signal from an object passing through a reflection cavity. The reflection cavity is defined by spaced-apart, opposed first and second surfaces disposed on opposite sides of a central volume. Preferably the first reflecti... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947130 | Method of evaluating whiteness, method of evaluating comparative whiteness, light source and luminaire In evaluating whiteness of light from a light source or a luminaire, whiteness W is given by the following equation, W=−5.3C+100, wherein chroma C is determined by the CIE 1997 Interim Color Appearance Mod... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947127 | Arrangement for the optical capture of excited and/or back scattered light beam in a sample An arrangement for the optical detection of light radiation which is excited and/or backscattered in a specimen in a microscope, wherein the specimen illumination is focused in and/or in the vicinity of pupil plane of the beam path between the specimen plane and det... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946394 | Methods and systems for determining a characteristic of a layer formed on a specimen by a deposition process Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947134 | Method and instrumentation for measuring fluorescence spectra of individual airborne particles sampled from ambient air A Fluorescence Particle Spectrometer (FPS) performs real-time measurement of the fluorescence spectra of aerosol particles in the size range 1-10 μm diameter. The FPS has a sufficiently high sample rate (estimated to be a few liters/min) to measure aerosol within b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947133 | Method for increasing the spectral and spatial resolution of detectors A method of optical detection of characteristic quantities of an illuminated specimen comprising detecting a signal that is backscattered, reflected and/or fluoresced and/or transmitted from the specimen by a spatially resolving detector wherein radiation coming fro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943873 | Fiber optical laser detection and ranging system One aspect of the invention relates to a laser ranging system. In this version of the invention, a guided missile is provided with laser that directs laser radiation in the general direction of a target that is subsequently reflected from the target back to the miss... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944322 | Optical tomography of small objects using parallel ray illumination and post-specimen optical magnification A parallel-beam optical tomography system for imaging an object of interest includes a parallel ray beam radiation source that illuminates the object of interest with a plurality of parallel radiation beams. After passing through the object of interest the pattern o... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940593 | Wedged optical filter stack An optical reflection device for filtering and spatially positioning individual optical channels or wavelengths. The device includes a plurality of optical members with reflective surfaces and at least one reflective layer located on the reflective surface of each o... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941005 | Monitoring and control of droplet sorting Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for sorting particles in a stream of a sample in a flow cytometer by producing from a stable sort having desirable sort characteristics multiple images of a portion of the stream; generating from the multiple images an ave... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938478 | Impedance level meter for liquids in tanks A method and a system for detecting the level of fluid in a container is provided: The level meter includes first, second and third generally parallel probes being positioned within the container. The first probe includes a first portion that is at least partially c... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938350 | Apparatus for producing a reference plane The present invention provides an apparatus and method for projecting a reference plane. The invention features emitting a light beam, splitting the light bean into two or more resulting beams, and converting the resulting beams into respective projected lines. The ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937323 | Interactive system for analyzing biological samples and processing related information and the use thereof A interactive system for chemical and biological testing with the instant data processing and information analysis capability. The system utilizes a specially designed bio-disc and an optical reader attached to a computer to deliver a wide range of tests, such as cl... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935830 | Alignment of semiconductor wafers and other articles A wafer or some other article is aligned while being held by an end-effector. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936476 | Point of care diagnostic systems Systems and methods for medical diagnosis or risk assessment for a patient are provided. These systems and methods are designed to be employed at the point of care, such as in emergency rooms and operating rooms, or in any situation in which a rapid and accurate res... | 08/30/2005 |
