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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153952 | Flame scanning device and method for its operation A flame scanning device is provided for monitoring a flame. The device includes a radiation collection and transmission element for collecting flame radiation and transmitting it to detection elements, a flame sensor element for the detection of radiation and conver... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153951 | Optical communication device and electronic equipment having an array of light receiving sections An optical communication device includes a one-chip light receiving element having a plurality of light receiving sections having light receiving sensitivity to different wavelength ranges in a visible light spectrum. The photodiode has a light receiving surface, wh... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153950 | Obtaining sensing results and/or data in response to object detection An encoder/sensor can obtain sensing results from objects in an encoding/sensing region; a trigger detector can respond to objects in a trigger detection region, providing respective trigger signals; and a relative motion component can cause relative motion of objec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153949 | Obtaining sensing results indicating time variation In response to objects having relative motion within an encoding/sensing region relative to an encoder/sensor that, e.g., photosenses emanating light or performs impedance-based sensing, sensing results can indicate sensed time-varying waveforms with information abo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8138463 | Photosensor and ambient light sensor with constant bias voltage A method of operating a photosensor comprising: applying a bias voltage to a photosensor (12) comprising n (n>1) photo-sensitive elements (8) connected in series, and determining the photocurrent in the photosensor (12) at a time when the applie... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8097840 | Configurable photo detector circuit A configurable photo detector circuit comprises a photo detector array including a plurality of photo detectors coupled to a plurality of amplifiers. A method for programming a detection pattern of the configurable photo detector circuit comprises selecting a first ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8071931 | Structures, systems and methods for harvesting energy from electromagnetic radiation Methods, devices and systems for harvesting energy from electromagnetic radiation are provided including harvesting energy from electromagnetic radiation. In one embodiment, a device includes a substrate and one or more resonance elements disposed in or on the subst... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8058603 | Light sensing panel, and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same A light sensing panel includes a scan line transmitting a scan signal, a power source line transmitting a bias voltage, a readout line transmitting a light sensing signal and a light sensing device. The light sensing device includes a control electrode that is elect... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053716 | Method and apparatus for determining the time and location of light flashes An imaging system comprises a first charge-coupled device (CCD), a second CCD, and a processor. The first CCD is configured to receive one or more light flashes, record a first set of data based on the light flashes, shift the first set of data in a first direction,... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7960678 | Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device in which light leakage in a monitor element portion is prevented without increasing the number of steps and cost is provided. The display device includes a monitor element for suppressing influence on a light-emitting element due to temperature chan... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7952061 | Electromagnetic device with integral/non-linear component An optical antenna assembly including multiple optical antenna elements, each of the optical antenna elements are arranged in a regular pattern and carried by a supporting body. The regular pattern of the plurality of optical antenna elements is nonuniform. Certain ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7910873 | Biochip microsystem for bioinformatics recognition and analysis A system with applications in pattern recognition, or classification, of DNA assay samples. Because DNA reference and sample material in wells of an assay may be caused to fluoresce depending upon dye added to the material, the resulting light may be imaged onto an ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7825364 | Electromagnetic device with integral\non-linear component An optical antenna assembly including multiple optical antenna elements, each of the optical antenna elements are arranged in a regular pattern and carried by a supporting body. The regular pattern of the plurality of optical antenna elements is nonuniform. Certain ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7807954 | Light receiving element with upper and side light receiving faces and an optical semiconductor module with the light receiving element and a light emitting element mounted on the same mounting unit An optical semiconductor module with a light receiving element with an upper and side light receiving face and a light emitting element mounted on the same mounting carrier. The light receiving element has a light receiving face on an upper face and a side face cove... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7645976 | Radiation detecting system comprising a plurality of switching elements orientated in the same direction relative to the conversion element A radiation detecting apparatus includes plural pixels each provided with a switching element disposed on an insulating substrate and a conversion element disposed on the switching element, and plural signal wirings arranged in one direction and connected with the p... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7635836 | Configurable photo detector circuit A configurable photo detector circuit includes a photo detector array having a plurality of photo detectors. A switching matrix includes a first plurality of inputs coupled to outputs of the plurality of photo detector, a second plurality of inputs, and a plurality ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7622700 | Photo-electric conversion apparatus with alternating photoelectric conversion elements A photoelectric conversion element array having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements (emitting optics 4, receiving optics 5) arranged in an array, and the photoelectric conversion elements 4, 5 are arranged alternately at different p... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7566858 | Remote control systems that can distinguish stray light sources Remote control systems that can distinguish predetermined light sources from stray light sources, e.g., environmental light sources and/or reflections are provided. The predetermined light sources can be disposed in asymmetric substantially linear or two-dimensional... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7534985 | Display device and manufacturing method thereof A display device in which light leakage in a monitor element portion is prevented without increasing the number of steps and cost is provided. The display device includes a monitor element for suppressing influence on a light-emitting element due to temperature chan... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7470883 | Non-invasive initiation detonation sensor The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method of use for detecting the explosive detonation. The apparatus has a plurality of sensors consecutively arranged and spaced apart wherein each pair of consecutive light sensors defines a sensor pair. The sen... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7417215 | Fabrication method and test method for light emitting display A fabrication method and a test method for a light emitting display that together produce a pixel portion of the display by fabricating pixel circuits, testing the pixel circuits, and subsequently fabricating light emitting diodes is disclosed. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417235 | Particle detector for secondary ions and direct and or indirect secondary electrons A multi-purpose efficient charge particle detector that by switching bias voltages measures either secondary ions, or secondary electrons (SE) from a sample, or secondary electrons that originate from back scattered electrons (SE3), is described. The basic version o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7405389 | Dense multi-axis array for motion sensing The present disclosure describes an optical displacement sensor having a dense multi-axis array of photosensitive elements. Generally, the sensor includes a two dimensional array of multiple photosensitive elements. In one embodiment, the array includes multiple lin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402743 | Free-space human interface for interactive music, full-body musical instrument, and immersive media controller “Method and apparatus entraining interactive media players into a sustained experience of “Kinesthetic Spatial Sync,” defined as a perceived simultaneity and spatial superposition between a non-tactile, full body (“free-space”) input control process and im... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7381942 | Two-dimensional optical encoder with multiple code wheels An exemplary Two-Dimensional Optical encoder (“2-D Encoder”) described herein includes a light emitter and a light detector array. The light detector array includes at least one band of light detectors arranged on at least one diagonal of an X-Y grid having an X... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365849 | Portable, scanning and analyzing apparatus A portable, scanning and analyzing apparatus that uses an integrated scan probe for the scanning operation is described. The integrated scanning probe is formed with a light emitting diode array light source and a photodiode detector array. After a test sample finis... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359053 | Optical array with beam alignment feature An array of optical elements for processing a spatially dispersed optical beam including monitoring optical elements for determining the position of the optical beam in the array is disclosed. The monitoring optical elements have a width that varies in ay direction ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358476 | Sensing photons from objects in channels A fluidic structure includes a channel and along the channel is a series of sensing components to obtain information about objects traveling within the channel, such as droplets or other objects carried by fluid. At least one sensing component includes a set of cell... | 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 |
| 7356185 | Preparation of a digital image with subsequent edge detection For object recognition, an image is segmented into areas of similar homogeneity at a coarse scale, which are then interpreted as surfaces. Information from different spatial scales and different image features is simultaneously evaluated by exploiting statistical de... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351929 | Method of and apparatus for high speed, high quality, contaminant removal and color sorting of glass cullet A system for sorting a mixed stream of different colored cullet into separate groups of same colored cullet comprises a light emitting source for transmitting light, such as white light, through a cullet, and a camera having a plurality of pixels for receiving light... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352782 | Surface emitting semiconductor laser and communication system using the same A surface emitting semiconductor laser includes a laminate of semiconductor layers emitting multimode laser light, and a block member blocking light of a specific mode among the multimode laser light emitted from the laminate. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342458 | Negative gain transductance amplifier circuit The invention proposes a negative gain transconductance amplifier circuit (1) for capacitive load that includes: an RC serial circuit connected between an input terminal (E) of the amplifier circuit and a intermediate terminal (A); an amplificat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342672 | Detection system for nanometer scale topographic measurements of reflective surfaces A linear position array detector system is provided which imparts light energy to a surface of a specimen, such as a semiconductor wafer, receives light energy from the specimen surface and monitors deviation of the retro or reflected beam from that expected to map ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339216 | Vertical color filter sensor group array with full-resolution top layer and lower-resolution lower layer An array of vertical color filter (VCF) sensor groups, optionally including or coupled to circuitry for converting photogenerated carriers produced in the sensors to electrical signals, and methods for reading out any embodiment of the array. The array has a top lay... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332712 | Camera module fabrication method including the step of removing a lens mount and window from the mold An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window s... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327458 | Spectral sensitivity composing system An output current from each pixel sensor can be extracted at an arbitrary ratio by a current divider. An arithmetic control unit sets the dividing ratio in correspondence to a color matching function. The current components are added together by a summing amplifier ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325934 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, and a logic and control circuit having an image processor for processing image data derived from the imaging sensor. The logic and ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325935 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements. The system includes a logic and control circuit comprising an image processor for processing image data derived from the imagin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324144 | Solid image pickup device, image pickup system and method of driving solid image pickup device The solid image pickup device of the present invention comprises a photoelectric conversion part, a charge-voltage conversion part for converting electric charges from the photoelectric conversion part to voltage signals, a signal amplifier for amplifying the voltag... | 01/29/2008 |
