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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7477363 | Flow cytometer A laser light source emits a first light beam irradiating a solution including target particles and being flowed in a flow cell to generate forward scattered light and orthogonal scattered light therefrom. A light emitting diode emits a second light beam irradiating... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477364 | 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... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7463345 | Method for correlating spectroscopic measurements with digital images of contrast enhanced tissue A system and method of correlating Raman measurements with digital images of a treated sample to classify the disease state of the sample. A spectroscopic data set is obtained for the sample positioned in the field of view of a spectroscopic device. Information abou... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7456940 | Methods and apparatus for locating and classifying optical radiation Disclosed are methods and systems for locating and classifying optical sources. In one aspect, a pair of imaging spectrometers is orthogonally oriented relative to an optical axis to accommodate simultaneous creation of two diffraction profiles for each imaged optic... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453557 | Temperature compensating method and apparatus for an optical disc device A temperature compensating method and apparatus uses a front sensor to measure a first power of a light-emitting unit emitting a light, and a thermal sensor to measure the temperature of the light-emitting unit. The temperature is inputted into an I/O unit to figure... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7442922 | Method for locally highly resolved, mass-spectroscopic characterization of surfaces using scanning probe technology The invention relates to a combined method in which a high-resolution image of a sample surface is recorded by means of scanning force microscopy and the locally high-resolution, chemical nature (which is correlated with this) of the sample surface is measured by me... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443491 | System for collecting information on biological particles A system (1) for collecting biological information on a dyed biological particle (cell or chromosome) by irradiating light onto liquid containing the dyed biological particles and for detecting information light therefrom is provided according to the present ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436501 | Microscope In one or more embodiments, a microscope has a first pulsed laser and a second pulsed laser arranged to irradiate a specimen. Coherent Raman scattering light emanated from the irradiated specimen is extracted, along with multiphoton excitation fluorescence and a sec... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436500 | Near infrared chemical imaging microscope A chemical imaging system is provided which uses a near infrared radiation microscope. The system includes an illumination source which illuminates an area of a sample using light in the near infrared radiation wavelength and light in the visible wavelength. A multi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430046 | Pathogen and particle detector system and method A particle detector has a sample area of cross section no in excess of about 2 mm for containing environmental fluid, a light source on one side of the sample area for directing a collimated or nearly collimated beam of light through the sample air or water so that ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428042 | Food analyzer for self-propelled food loading units, and relative operating method A food analyzer which can be installed on a self-propelled food loading unit, and which includes an optoelectronic device for determining the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation reflected and/or absorbed by a foodstuff loaded by the self-propelled unit; and a proc... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7415371 | Systems and methods for proactive detection of imaging chain problems during normal system operation Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for performing diagnostics in a medical imaging system during the normal operating mode of the imaging system including firing a diagnostic vector with a probe, collecting signal data based at least in pa... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411665 | Method for wavelength calibration of an optical measurement system An optical measurement system having a spectrophotometer and a ellipsometer is calibrated, the spectrophotometer and the ellipsometer first being calibrated independently of one another. A spectrophotometer layer thickness (dphoto) of a specimen is then d... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410793 | Optical instrument including excitation source An optical instrument is provided for simultaneously illuminating two or more spaced-apart reaction regions with excitation beams generated by a light source. The light source can include an area light array of light emitting diodes, one or more solid state lasers, ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403273 | System and method for the deposition, detection and identification of threat agents using a phase mask A system method for depositing a sample of a threat agent is deposited onto a substrate. The threat agent is illuminated via an illumination source along an optical path with a plurality of photons to thereby produce photons transmitted, reflected, emitted or Raman ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397541 | 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... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391518 | Device and method for the determination of the quality of surfaces The present invention relates to a device and method for making quantified determinations of the quality of surfaces and wherein the device comprises an optical system with a first optical means and a second optical means as well as a control and evaluation means an... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391509 | Devices and methods for multi-mode analytical microscopy, in particular for UV fluorescence and Raman analysis of samples An analytical microscope provides both UV fluorescence imaging and spectroscopic analysis of a sample with use of the same light collection element (objective lens or other optical element). An incident UV light beam travels to the sample via a dark field illuminati... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385682 | Cytometer A cytometer includes an illuminating unit having a laser and a light beam shaping module for shaping and converging the laser beam emitted from the laser. A sample generation unit includes a gas-liquid transmission controlling module and a flow chamber which are con... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372584 | Dual photo-acoustic and resistivity measurement system A measurement system for measuring aspects of a wafer combines an apparatus for performing a conductivity measurement, such as a four-point probe system, with apparatus for performing an optical measurement, such as a photoacoustic measurement system. Results are ob... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369242 | Cavity ring-down spectrometer for semiconductor processing An apparatus is provided for measuring a gas within a semiconductor thin film process. The apparatus includes an optical resonator disposed within an environment of the thin-film process, a tunable laser that excites the optical resonator at a characteristic frequen... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369307 | Light raster microscope and its use In a light raster scanning microscope with a spot illumination arrangement (2) which provides an illumination beam for the illumination of a sample (23) in the form of points or point groups, a scanning arrangement (3, 4) which guides the illumi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368294 | Method for optical detection of an adjoining of a material component to a sensor material with the aid of biological, chemical or physical interaction and device for carrying out said method (variants) Method for detecting biological or chemical components in liquid or gas is based on measuring changes of the sensor layer thickness due to binding reactions. A plate or a gap with two surfaces of a solid optical material is used as the sensor layer. The surfaces are... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369057 | Power generator and power generator auxiliary monitoring A generator monitoring system and method includes a plurality of sensors (12) disposed within a generator enclosure (18) to sense health conditions of a generator (10) housed within the enclosure. The sensors are interconnected to provide a sing... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364326 | Multiple light source illumination for image display systems A method for transmitting light in an image display system includes generating a first cone of light from a first light source. The first cone of light includes a plurality of light beams. A first portion of the first cone is projected in an illumination path. A sec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365835 | Dark-field laser-scattering microscope for analyzing single macromolecules To further isolate the scattered light 112 of a specific particle from the scattered light of a different particle, a pin hole device 116 can be used. The pin hole device 116 prevents unfocused light from other particles from entering the second... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362336 | Four color digital cinema system with extended color gamut and copy protection A color display system including a display device for four or more visible color primaries and a processor for controlling the four or more color primaries to selectively render portions of an image or image sequence such that visually equivalent colors displayed in... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362424 | Compositions and methods for drop boundary detection and radiation beam alignment The invention provides an apparatus and method for determining the position of a radiation beam. The apparatus includes (a) a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface, the reflective surfaces being placed to form the reflective exterior of a wedge; (... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362426 | Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy Systems and techniques for contemporaneous Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Light that has interacted with a sample is dispersed to separate wavelength components, including Raman and photoluminescence components. A first array detector is positioned to rec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362425 | Wide spatial frequency topography and roughness measurement In one embodiment, a system to inspect a surface comprises an assembly to direct a first radiation beam onto a surface in a first plane of incidence, a first detector to generate a first signal from a portion of the radiation reflected from the first radiation beam,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361314 | Microfluid reaction carrier having three flow levels and a transparent protective layer The present invention relates to a microfluid reaction carrier intended for the purely fluid or light-controlled synthesis or analysis of oligomers or polymers. The reaction carrier comprises a structure of flow channels for the fluids, while supply channels and dis... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360706 | Hand-supportable imaging-based auto-discriminating 1D/2D bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image processing bar code symbol reading subsystem having a plurality of modes of operation which are dynamically reconfigurable in response to real-time image analysis A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an IR-based object presence and range detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide area image capture modes of opera... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362454 | Method and system for measuring overcoat layer thickness on a thin film disk A method for measuring the thickness of a thin film disk overcoat layer includes radiating x-rays on a thin film disk comprising at least one base layer and an overcoat layer, collecting fluorescence data on electromagnetic radiation fluoresced from the thin film di... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359040 | Simultaneous capture of fluorescence signature and raman signature for spectroscopy analysis A system and method are provided for analyzing a substance using spectroscopy techniques. Raman scattered energy and fluorescence scattered energy are simultaneously excited in the substance from a beam of ultraviolet light. The Raman scattered energy and the fluore... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359042 | Inspection system for limited access spaces A limited access space inspection system comprising: an imaging device for imaging a region in the limited access space, a mounting for mounting the imaging device to scan about the limited access space and a scanning control unit, associated with the imaging device... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359545 | Method and system to compensate for lamp intensity differences in a photolithographic inspection tool An after develop inspection tool considers tool-to-tool variability when determining confidence score for wafers under inspection. A golden wafer is used to calculate a RGB signature as well as the slope of the individual RGB curves for different lamp intensities. T... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355140 | Method of and apparatus for multi-stage sorting of glass cullets A method and system for sorting different colored objects, preferably glass cullets, into separate groups of same colored objects comprising a plurality of sorting devices for receiving an input feed of different colored objects and sorting the different colored obj... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355696 | Method and apparatus for sorting cells Apparatus for sorting and orienting sperm cells has a pair or walls in confronting relationship forming a flow chamber having inlet, a downstream outlet, and intermediate detector region. The inlet receives first and second spaced apart streams of input fluid and a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355729 | Apparatus and method for measuring a thickness of a substrate An apparatus and method of measuring the thickness of a substrate. A first light is reflected from a standard sample having a known thickness. The light is concentrated through the light-focusing lens. The first light is converted into a first electrical signal by a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355944 | Authenticatable media and method of authenticating One method for playing a disk, comprises illuminating a first portion of the optical article with a first laser to obtain a first optical signal, wherein the first laser has a first wavelength, illuminating a second portion with a second laser to obtain a second opt... | 04/08/2008 |
