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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7532986 | Particle sizing refinement system A plurality of particle size reference values are specified. Data are obtained based at least in part on the specified plurality of particle size reference values. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7516020 | Particulates detection method A particulate determination method determines by onetime scanning, the size of a particulate included in a plurality of particulates of various sizes which are arranged on a disc. False recognition of the number of particulates is avoided even when a plurality of pa... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7516019 | Method for online measurement of ultrafine aggregate surface area and volume distributions Method for the online measurement of the number, surface area and volume distribution of nanoparticle aerosol aggregates relates the number and size of primary particles that compose the aggregates and the aggregate mobility diameter. The number distribution of nano... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7499809 | Particle size distribution analyzer In a measurement system, by suppressing the environmental changes of counter-flow of air, and temperature changes and the like, measurement can be accomplished with stable high precision and replication, and by providing a transparent cell 2 which stores a pa... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7412334 | Mass spectrometer and method for enhancing resolution of mass spectra A mass spectrometer comprises an ion detector, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, a sample adjuster, and an adder. The A/D converter is configured to receive and sample an analog signal from the ion detector thereby providing a plurality of samples. The adder is ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7352900 | Apparatus and method for processing particle images and program product for same A method for processing particle images are described that include: receiving image information obtained by capturing an image of a particle; determining the circumferential length and number of inflection points in the contour of a particle image based on the recei... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7298127 | Particle detection Particle detection and characterizing apparatus has an insulating tube along which the particles flow. Five electrodes spaced along the outside of the tube are connected via amplifiers to a processor arranged to measure the charge on the particles. The apparatus als... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295942 | Increasing robustness of online calibration through motion detection In a method for controlling an orienting/positioning system, the orienting system comprises at least one sensor means, an external motion detection device for detecting an externally-caused motion in the environment of the sensor means and actuator means for control... | 11/13/2007 |
| RE39871 | Particulate detection and air advice provision A novel basic allergen/particulate data collection device and a novel multi-function personal air quality management device are disclosed. Both devices include sensor sub-assembly detecting and reporting on allergen/particulate data (preferably, for allergen/particu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275415 | Particulate-based flow sensor A fluid conveyance apparatus having more than one particulate matter sensing probe situated at two or more locations on the apparatus. Signals from the probes from at least two locations may indicate particulate matter flowing within a fluid through the conveyance a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269527 | System integration module for CBRNE sensors A sensor interface system and a sensor integration module support individual sensors and sensor arrays, with network connectivity and critical functions required for analog and digital sensors when deployed in field applications used for chemical, biological, radiat... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260485 | Method and systems for distinguishing between materials having similar spectra Various computer-implemented methods and systems are provided. One computer-implemented method includes determining a ratio between output signals generated by detecting spectra for a single event in two or more detection windows. The spectra are characteristic of d... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7224825 | Detecting and identifying hazardous substances contained in mail articles A method and computer program product are described for detecting and identifying airborne particular matter comprising a plurality of particles. The backscatter induced by each of the particles under a light source is measured to determine a backscatter value for e... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7200493 | Method for screening crystallization or amorphous stage conditions for molecules A system and a method for screening of nucleation tendency of a molecule, such as a macromolecule, based on acoustic, electrostatic or hybrid acoustic/electrostatic levitation of a droplet for optimizing crystallization conditions for said molecule. This allows for ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199591 | Method of measuring relative dielectric constant of dielectric substance of powders, cavity resonator used in the same, and application apparatus A relative dielectric constant of a mixed substance consisting of powders and a liquid medium is calculated, and then the relative dielectric constant of the mixed substance or a relative dielectric constant of the liquid medium is calculated as a relative dielectri... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7169617 | Device and method for quantitatively determining an analyte, a method for determining an effective size of a molecule, a method for attaching molecules to a substrate, and a device for detecting molecules A device for quantitatively determining an analyte is provided to conspicuously improve the performance of the quantitative determination. This device is equipped with a flow channel, an analyte detecting unit for capturing and detecting the analyte, and a quantitat... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153391 | Method in connection with the production of pulp, paper or paperboard Method for predicting properties of a product of cellulose-fibre-based pulp, paper or paperboard, wherein a suspension of cellulose fibre is subjected to analysis, during manufacture of the product, by spectroscopic measurements of a sample quantity of the suspensio... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136716 | Method for providing control to an industrial process using one or more multidimensional variables A method for controlling an industrial process. The method includes outputting a plurality of parameters from a process for manufacture of a substance. The method also uses each of the plurality of parameters in a computer aided process, which compares at least two ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133570 | Calibrated sensor and method for calibrating same For an optical sensor, a simple approach to obtain a mapping function that transforms sensor coordinates of a generic imaging system to coordinates of a virtual, projective camera. The sensor plane of this virtual camera is established using a planar calibration obj... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127356 | Sensors and methods for high-sensitivity optical particle counting and sizing A single-particle optical sensor, which has high sensitivity and responds to relatively concentrated suspensions, uses a relatively narrow light beam to illuminate an optical sensing zone nonuniformly. The zone is smaller than the flow channel so that the sensor res... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117131 | Method for characterizing a complex system Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for characterizing a complex system, wherein said complex system consists of a plurality of objects and wherein relations are present between said objects, said method comprising the steps of (a) forming a hierarchical stru... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117101 | Remote particle counter for remote measurement of the number and size distribution of suspended fine particles in the atmosphere A remote particle counter comprising a pulsed laser generator, laser light emitting optics, scattered light collecting optics, a high-sensitivity two-dimensional photo detector as a scattered light detecting portion having a fast gating capability such as a CCD came... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7099778 | Method for determining diffusivity and molecular weight in a microfluidic device The present invention is directed to a method for determining the molecular weight and diffusivity of a sample solute by providing a plus shaped microchannel network on a microfluidic chip, having at least four microchannels intersecting at a cross point; flowing a ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088255 | Health monitoring display system for a complex plant A single page enterprise wide level display provides a comprehensive readily understood representation of the overall health status of a complex plant. Color coded failure domains allow rapid intuitive recognition of component failure status. A three-tier hierarchy ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065477 | Device and method for generating an arrangement of a set of particles A simulation device calculates an equilibrium arrangement of a set of particles by using a potential function or a force function, which describes an interaction of a particle system, and simulates the particle system by using an obtained equilibrium arrangement as ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7049949 | Method for advocating particular tires for use and for calculating on site inflation pressures of said tires for a construction vehicle A method and a system for advocating tires and for calculating on site inflation pressures of the said tires for a so-called construction vehicle, in which, using data on the vehicles, the tires and the conditions of use, an estimate of the load on the bucket of the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7016791 | Particle sizing refinement system A plurality of particle size reference values are specified. Particle size data is obtained based at least in part on the specified plurality of particle size reference values. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7002684 | Particle size distribution measuring method, device, and program for compensating for particle concentration The present invention provides a particle diameter distribution measuring method, a particle diameter distribution measuring device, and a measuring program which decreases the dependence of the calculation of particle diameter distribution on sample concentration, ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979570 | Particle analyzer and particle analyzing method A particle analyzer includes a detecting section for detecting respective characteristic parameters of a plurality of particles, a distribution map preparing section for preparing at least two kinds of two-dimensional frequency distribution maps of the particles by ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6970799 | Method and apparatus for particle sizing A method and apparatus provides for particle size detection. A particle detector signal is utilized to provide particle size information. The particle detection signal is obtained by utilizing particle detector information. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6931335 | Jitter histogram approximation For determining a jitter value for a digital data signal, a jitter histogram determined for the digital data signal is substantially approximated using n normal distribution functions. The two outermost normal distribution functions are determine, and the jitter val... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915214 | Method for determining electric properties of particles in liquids by means of combined electroacoustic and complex conductivity measurement A method is described which applies the combination of Electroacoustic and Complex Conductivity measurements to characterize particle electric surface properties, such as ΞΆ-potential, and bulk properties, such as the dielectric permittivity, in systems where conduc... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6862536 | Measuring system and a method for measuring particle velocity and/or particle velocity distribution and/or particle size distribution Measuring systems and methods measure particle velocity and/or particle velocity distribution and/or particle size or particle size distribution. The measuring system includes a filter for filtering collected signals which is arranged to pass signals at a relevant f... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6842233 | Method of classifying particles on two-dimensional frequency distribution map and blood analyzer utilizing the same A method of classifying particles indicated on a two-dimensional frequency distribution map into particle clusters, includes the steps of: dividing the particles into a first cluster and a second cluster by a line containing a mode coordinate of the particles, presu... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6766702 | Method and apparatus for investigating temporal development of particles or droplets in gas-vapor mixture The present invention relates to a method for investigating the behavior of particles or droplets in a gas-vapor mixture inside a flow device, which is useful for studying cloud dynamical and microphysical processes. The invention allows adjustment and/or control of... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6698276 | Method and apparatus for determining particle size distribution by acoustic speckle The invention provides a method and an apparatus for measuring the size, concentration and size distribution of particles in a fluid by determining the characteristics of an acoustic speckle signal of the particles and relating these characteristics to th... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6693546 | Particulate detection and air advice provision A novel basic allergen/particulate data collection device and a novel multi-function personal air quality management device are disclosed. Both devices include sensor sub-assembly detecting and reporting on allergen/particulate data (preferably, for aller... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6687621 | Predictive method for polymers The present invention relates to a computational method for predicting a desired property and/or performance of polymers, and/or identifying and designing polymers that provide said desired property and/or performance, wherein the desired property can be ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6662117 | Particle analyzer and particle classifying method A particle analyzer includes a detecting section for detecting at least two kinds of parameters from a plurality of particles included in a sample, the two kinds of parameters representing characteristics of each particle, a processing section for process... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6553849 | Electrodynamic particle size analyzer An apparatus and method for determining the particle size distribution of a plurality of particles in a sample, the apparatus comprising a particle charging chamber for charging the particles in proportion to a dimension of the particle, such as surface a... | 04/29/2003 |
