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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7202948 | LIBS system and method for engine exhaust monitoring A trace species detection system for engine health monitoring, the system including a laser for generating a laser beam, and optics for focusing the laser beam into an exhaust plume of an engine for thereby creating a spark in the exhaust plume. The system further i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203345 | Apparatus and method for identification of individuals by near-infrared spectrum Methods and apparatus for non-invasively verifying human identities using near-infrared spectroscopy. Near-infrared tissue spectra can be obtained by projecting near-infrared radiation into skin on the underside of human forearms and capturing the light reflected ba... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201875 | Fixed mounted sorting cuvette with user replaceable nozzle A flow cell and flow cytometer in which a nozzle at the end of a flow channel is disposed on a removable substrate held at a registered location on a flow cell. Other elements including illumination optics, light collection optics, and the flow cell may then be posi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202490 | LED modifying apparatus and method A radiation modifying apparatus comprises a plurality of solid state radiation sources to generate radiation that modifies a first material such as by curing or creating alignment through polarization. The solid state radiation sources can be disposed in an array pa... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202489 | LED modifying apparatus and method A radiation modifying apparatus comprises a plurality of solid state radiation sources to generate radiation that modifies a first material such as by curing or creating alignment through polarization. The solid state radiation sources can be disposed in an array pa... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202491 | Method for sensing wafers located inside a closed wafer cassette Wafers in a cassette are mapped without having to open the cassette. The cassette is at least partially transparent to a particular type of radiation. A source of the radiation is directed into the cassette, through a transparent or translucent part of the cassette,... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198939 | Apparatus for interrogating an addressable array A method and apparatus of interrogating an addressable array unit, which includes a substrate, a light reflecting layer on a front side of the substrate, and a plurality of features on a front side of the array. The method may include, for each of multiple features,... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199884 | Thin thickness measurement method and apparatus Techniques for non-contacting thickness or caliper measurements of moving webs or sheets employ a sensor device that includes a first sensor head and a second sensor head that are spaced apart to define a path through which the moving web travels. The sensor device ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199879 | Versatile instrumentation for optical measurement of samples The present invention relates generally to the field of biochemical laboratory instrumentation for different applications of measuring properties of samples on e.g. microtitration plates and corresponding sample supports. The object of the invention is achieved by p... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196782 | Methods and systems for determining a thin film characteristic and an electrical property of a specimen 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. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196481 | Method and drive circuit for controlling LEDs A method and control circuit are disclosed for controlling light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). Based upon the LED's current versus intensity characteristic and temperature versus intensity characteristic, the rate of change of LED output intensity with respect to cu... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194914 | Apparatus and method for scanning internal structure of O-rings Some O-rings can include internal flaws that can eventually lead to failure of the O-rings during use. In order to scan an internal structure of an O-ring, the present disclosure includes an apparatus with an apparatus body to which an O-ring support and a transduce... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197355 | Variable-motion optical tomography of small objects Motion of an object of interest, such as a cell, has a variable velocity that can be varied on a cell-by-cell basis. Cell velocity is controlled in one example by packing cells into a capillary tube, or any other linear substrate that provides optically equivalent 3... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193219 | Intraoral image sensor An intraoral sensor includes a radiation sensitive sensor array, an event detection circuit, and a transmitter. The radiation sensitive sensor array includes a scintillator which converts x-rays into visible light radiation, and a plurality of pixels sensitive to vi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193700 | Apparatus for monitoring the functionality of an optical element An apparatus for monitoring the functionality of an optical element includes a detector and a light source whose radiation is reflected to the detector by a surface of the optical element facing the detector and the light source. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193709 | Ellipsometric investigation of thin films Use of differences in spectroscopic spectra resulting from multiple sample investigation, or sequential investigation of the same sample in evaluation of sample characterizing parameters such as ultra-thin film thickness. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193710 | Rotating or rotatable compensator spectroscopic ellipsometer system including multiple element lenses Disclosed are spectroscopic ellipsometer systems which include polarizer and analyzer elements which remain fixed in position during data acquisition, and at least one continuously rotating or step-wise rotatable compensator which ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190450 | Systems and methods for sorting aerosols An aerosol deflection system having a concentration zone expelling an air stream through a first detection zone, a second detection zone, and a deflection zone. The first detection zone activates the second detection zone based upon detection of a suspect aerosol of... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190832 | Computational methods for the segmentation of images of objects from background in a flow imaging instrument In automated computation-based interpretation of images, the accuracy and reliability of the detection and delineation of objects, known as “object segmentation,” is implemented so as to provide efficient performance. In a multi-step process, objects are first d... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189226 | Coaxial illuminated laser endoscopic probe and active numerical aperture control A coaxial illuminated laser endoscopic probe and active numerical aperture control apparatus and method of use, succinctly known as an illumination and laser source, capable of selectively providing illumination light and laser treatment light through a single optic... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190452 | Imaging systems for fluorescence and reflectance imaging and spectroscopy and for contemporaneous measurements of electromagnetic radiation with multiple measuring devices Optical systems that provide for simultaneous images and spectra from an object, such as a tissue sample, an industrial object such as a computer chip, or any other object that can be viewed with an optical system such as a microscope, endoscope, telescope or camera... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189984 | Object data input apparatus and object reconstruction apparatus An apparatus providing a light-emitting unit for emitting a first light beam to an object and an imaging unit for capturing a first image representing the profile of the first light beam on the surface of the object and a second image representing the spectrum of th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190461 | Method and apparatus for determining a bidirectional reflectance distribution function, subsurface scattering or a bidirectional texture function of a subject An apparatus for determining a bidirectional reflectance distribution function of a subject. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a light source for producing light. The apparatus includes means for measuring the bidirectional reflectance distribution function ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189366 | Molecular tag reader Near infrared molecular assays can be used to detect small quantities of a molecule of interest in vivo or in vitro using laser dyes. A hand-held portable device is provided which can rapidly read small quantities of selected molecular tags in tissues of fish or oth... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187810 | Methods and systems for correcting image misalignment The invention provides methods of determining a correction for a misalignment between at least two images in a sequence of images due at least in part to sample movement. The methods are applied, for example, in the processing and analysis of a sequence of images of... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187787 | Method and apparatus for facial identification enhancement A method and implementation of enhancing a facial recognition process to increase the judgment confidence on identifying a person from a large image database of multiple persons. The method may include reconstructing a database of 2D images having only a small numbe... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183945 | Method and system for video capture of vehicle information A system for collecting and managing information relating to vehicles includes a digital image collection system positioned to capture an image of a vehicle travelling along a roadway. The captured images are delivered to a computer program memory via a communicatio... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184141 | Optical flow cell for tribological systems An optical flow is disclosed having a shell with a first portion and a second portion. The first portion provides a light entry aperture, and the second portion provides an imaging aperture. An inlet tube and an outlet tube are retained between the first portion and... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183103 | Instrument for monitoring polymerase chain reaction of DNA An optical instrument monitors PCR replication of DNA in a reaction apparatus having a temperature cycled block with vials of reaction ingredients including dye that fluoresces in presence of double-stranded DNA. A beam splitter passes an excitation beam to the vial... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184177 | Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for modifying printing based upon direct on-the-fly media characteristic parameters A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for modifying printing based upon direct on-the-fly media characteristic parameters is disclosed. The present invention on-the-fly directly measures a media characteristic parameter and performs real-time print modifica... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180591 | Semiconductor processors, sensors, semiconductor processing systems, semiconductor workpiece processing methods, and turbidity monitoring methods Semiconductor processors, sensors, semiconductor processing systems, semiconductor workpiece processing methods, and turbidity monitoring methods are provided. According to one aspect, a semiconductor processor includes a process chamber configured to receive a semi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178731 | Measuring device for a model and machining device equipped with the same The invention relates to a measuring device comprising elements for measuring models for producing dental fittings by generating a three-dimensional data record as a model for the three-dimensional machining of a workpiece. The measuring elements are configured in s... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177019 | Apparatus for imaging metrology This invention is an apparatus for imaging metrology, which in particular embodiments may be integrated with a processor station such that a metrology station is apart from but coupled to a process station. The metrology station is provided with a first imaging came... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177024 | Bottom fluorescence illumination assembly for an imaging apparatus A macroscopic fluorescence illumination assembly is provided for use with an a imaging apparatus with a light-tight imaging compartment. The imaging apparatus includes an interior wall defining a view port extending into the imaging compartment to enable viewing of ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175086 | Authentication system, data device, and methods for using the same An authentication system may comprise: a first light source, a second light source, and at least three optically filtered light sensing devices. The first light source can have a first light source spectral distribution and can be capable of providing sufficient exc... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173698 | Simultaneous 4-stokes parameter determination using a single digital image A method for determining and displaying polarization profiles of points in a scene from a single imaging detector array, which utilizes a filter system comprised of a retarder, four linear polarizers, four lenses, a color filter, camera lens and CCD video camera. Li... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173709 | Multi-grade object sorting system and method A paper sorting system allows the high speed determination of color, glossiness and the presence of printed matter for individual sheets of paper in a stream of waste paper. Sorting criteria may be selected from a plurality of predefined options to sort the paper st... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173266 | Ultraviolet irradiating device In an ultraviolet irradiating device in which a controller section and plural head portions used to cure ultraviolet curable resin used in the adhesion of a part are connected by an electric cable, each of the plural head portions has a sleeve-shaped housing and a l... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173246 | Portable apparatus for the non-destructive measurement of the internal quality of vegetable products An apparatus for non-destructive measurement of internal properties of individual vegetable or fruit pieces comprises: LEDs constructed and arranged to emit radiation into a vegetable or fruit product; pick-up structure constructed and arranged to pick up radiation,... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169548 | Sperm cell processing and preservation systems Methods and apparatus are disclosed for processing sperm cells to accomplish preservation for future use while minimizing the adverse effects of such preservation. Sperm cells may be collected from a male animal and subjected to a first preservation step, including ... | 01/30/2007 |
