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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7829854 | Pixel architecture for thermal imaging system A thermal imaging device including: a substrate; and an array of thermally tunable pixel elements for generating a thermal image, each thermally tunable pixel element including: a plurality of thermally tunable filter islands, each of which has a thermally tunable o... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7564030 | Method and system for forming temporary images The presently described embodiments comprise a system that includes a color changing medium, an erasing device using heat or long wavelength infrared light as the erasing source, a writing device that can imagewise apply a UV light to write the image on the media, a... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7300727 | Method for forming temporary image An image forming method composed of: (a) providing a reimageable medium composed of a substrate and a photochromic material, wherein the medium is capable of exhibiting a color contrast and an absence of the color contrast; (b) exposing the medium to an imaging ligh... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292719 | System and method for imaging A system for determining presence or absence of one or more thermally distinguishable objects in a living body is disclosed. The system comprises a combined image generator configured for combining non-thermographic three-dimensional data of a three-dimensional tiss... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286887 | Audio player with sensing device An audio player (10) is provided with an image sensor (16) capable of imaging invisible infrared tags (78) on a substrate (70). The tags (78) encode identity data which is directly or indirectly associated in a computer system with... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277744 | Early detection of inflammation and infection using infrared thermography The present invention provides a method for the detection of inflammation in animals using infrared thermography. The invention also provides a method for the detection of diseases or disorders that induce inflammation using infrared thermography. The present invent... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7229740 | Reimageable paper An image forming medium includes a substrate and an imaging layer including a photochromic material and a polymer binder coated on the substrate, where the photochromic material exhibits a reversible homogeneous-heterogeneous transition between a colorless state and... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214195 | Method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue by sensing two bands of infrared radiation A method of and apparatus for detecting diseased tissue based upon infrared imaging in two different bands of infrared wavelengths is described. The use of two series of infrared images taken in two different bands of infrared wavelengths increases sensitivity to th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214456 | Reimageable medium An reimageable medium composed of: a substrate; and a photochromic material, wherein the medium is capable of exhibiting a color contrast and an absence of the color contrast, wherein the medium has a characteristic that when the medium exhibits the absence of the c... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7145104 | Silicon layer for uniformizing temperature during photo-annealing An apparatus and method for uniformizing the temperature distribution across a semiconductor wafer during radiation annealing of process regions formed in the wafer is disclosed. The method includes forming a silicon layer atop the upper surface of the wafer and irr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141350 | Article of manufacture having a performance verification indicator An article of manufacture has an environmental sensitive label with at least one cumulative time-temperature indicator and at least one thermal event indicator thereon. The cumulative time-temperature indicator and the thermal event indicator each provides an indepe... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7112766 | Enhanced visibility heat alert safety device for hot surfaces A hot-button type heat alert safety device attachable to a surface, such as metal or glass, for warning individuals that the surface is hot, comprising a thermochromic composition, a button-shaped container for housing the composition, having a convex face, the conv... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109087 | Absorber layer for DSA processing A method of processing a substrate comprising depositing a layer comprising amorphous carbon on the substrate and then laser annealing the substrate is provided. Optionally, the layer further comprises a dopant selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, boron, ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7083904 | Compositions, systems, and methods for imaging A composition, method, and system for recording an image. The system includes an imaging material in which radiation energy is absorbed by an antenna material. The antenna material may be chosen from the group consisting of phthalocyanines and naphthalocyanines.... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079682 | True color infrared photography and video A method beginning at (10) is provided for creating high-fidelity visible coloring from infrared images of a scene under surveillance. The infrared images captured at (12) are analyzed at (14) to determine if an object, such as a face, is identi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7036979 | Photothermal transducing spectroscopic analyzer In a photothermal spectroscopic analyzer in which a probe light is made to fall on a thermal lens produced in a sample by an input of an excitation light and the sample is analyzed in accordance with a change of the probe light which is caused by the thermal lens, a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018094 | Material analysis In thermography apparatus, a lamp 102 is modulated sinusoidally and a camera 106 captures thermal images at the modulated frequency, but delayed by an adjustable preset delay. A signal delay box 107 is connected between a sinusoidal modulation s... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018714 | Near-infrared absorption film The present invention aims to provide a near-infrared absorption film having excellent near-infrared blocking properties and visible light transparency over a wide wavelength range, and attractive appearance. It further aims to provide a near-infrared absorption fil... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009179 | Method and apparatus for displaying image by producing polarization inversion in ferroelectric member and producing contrast in contrast production member In a method for displaying an image: a polarization inversion pattern is produced in a ferroelectric member in accordance with image information so as to produce a surface charge pattern corresponding to the polarization inversion pattern; and an image contrast is p... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6995116 | Reversible multicolor recording medium, and recording method using the same A reversible multicolor recording medium includes a supporting substrate, and recording layers which have, respectively, a plurality of reversible thermal coloring compositions having different colors. The recording layers are separated from and stacked on one anoth... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6965434 | Method and device for photothermal imaging tiny metal particles immersed in a given medium A method and device for photothermal imaging tiny metal particles which are immersed in a given medium like a living cell. The given medium and immersed tiny metal particles are illuminated through separate phase reference laser beam and sensitive probe laser beam, ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6921550 | Etch resist using printer technology The present invention provides a printer and an inexpensive method for producing a printed circuit board using a printer configured to facilitate printing at least directly on a copper-clad substrate. The method includes the steps of feeding a copper-clad substrate ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6824961 | Heat developing method and heat developing apparatus A heat developing method having the steps of: initially making the overall surface of a heat developing photosensitive material or a photosensitive and thermosensitive recording material (hereinafter called a “heat developing recording material”) to a predetermi... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6819798 | Spectral drift and correction technique for hyperspectral imaging systems A method for determining magnitude and direction of spectral channel drift for several consecutive spectral regions over a wide spectral range. According to the method of the present invention, in-field testing of a spectral filter sequentially irradiated by two bla... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6815679 | Reversible thermal recording material and method of recording image on reversible thermal recording material A reversible thermal recording material permits recording having a clear contrast at a high sensitivity and erasing such images a number of times, at least 1,000 times, repetitively, and comprises a leuco dye, a reversible developer and a light-heat-converting dye, ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6757412 | System and method for helping to determine the condition of tissue A system and method is disclosed for helping determine a condition of selected tissue of a patient based on a set of thermal images of the selected tissue acquired over a time period. The image set has image regions with corresponding characteristics indicative of a... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6756591 | Method and device for photothermal imaging tiny particles immersed in a given medium A method and device for photothermal imaging tiny metal particles which are immersed in a given medium like a living cell deposited onto a transparent glass slide. The given medium and immersed tiny metal particles are illuminated through separate phase reference la... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6539342 | Sorting objects based on physical characteristics In this invention, the detection result indicating physical characteristics obtained from sensor sections and associated with a to-be-detected object for which it is determined that determination of detection thereof by a high-speed detecting process is d... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6479821 | Thermally induced phase switch for laser thermal processing A method, apparatus and system for controlling the amount of heat transferred to a process region (30) of a workpiece (W) from exposure with a pulse of radiation (10), which may be in the form of a scanning beam (B), using a thermally induced phase switch... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6442419 | Infrared 3D scanning system This specification discloses an infrared (IR) 3D scanning system and, more specifically, a 3D scanning system that utilizes a plurality of IR detectors to detect an object and computes the 3D shape and its 3D temperature distribution of the object through... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6340815 | Heat mode sensitive imaging element for making positive working printing plates According to the present invention there is provided a heat mode imaging element for making a lithographic printing plate having on a lithographic base with a hydrophilic surface a first layer including a polymer, soluble in an aqueous alkaline solution a... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6336044 | Reliable body fat measurement in self-service health parameter Measuring system In a self-service health parameter measuring apparatus and method, a person's elbow is placed at a spatial reference point, and means surrounding a user's forearm locate an infrared body fat apparatus measurement point at a substantially fixed distance fr... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6175676 | Fiber optic sensor and method of use thereof to determine carbon content of molten steel contained in a basic oxygen furnace The invention is directed to a gas cooled fiber-optic cable apparatus for use in a hostile environment, for instance adjacent a metallurgical furnace, and a method using the apparatus to determine carbon content of molten steel. The fiber-optic cable incl... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6136503 | Imaging cylinder containing heat sensitive thiosulfate polymer and methods of use An imaging member, such as a printing cylinder, is composed of a hydrophilic imaging layer formed from a heat-sensitive composition (for example, by spray coating) having a hydrophilic heat-sensitive polymer containing heat-activatable thiosulfate groups,... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5985514 | Imaging member containing heat sensitive thiosulfate polymer and methods of use An imaging member is composed of a hydrophilic imaging layer having a hydrophilic heat-sensitive polymer containing heat-activatable thiosulfate groups, and optionally a photothermal conversion material. Upon application of energy that generates heat, suc... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5873982 | Method and apparatus of discriminating coal species In a method and apparatus for discriminating a coal species, discriminating values of coal species/properties are prepared corresponding to coal ranks, a coal to be discriminated is irradiated with near-infrared rays having different wavelengths, and ligh... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5846622 | Heat-expandable solid pattern forming sheet A heat-expandable solid image forming sheet includes a base sheet, a heat-expandable layer formed of a material containing foaming particles on the base sheet and capable of expanding when heated, and a protective layer formed by a coating process on the ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5822222 | Multi-wavelength imaging pyrometer An apparatus and method for non-contact real-time measurements of temperature and emissivity profiles of radiant targets with unknown spectral emissivity. The selected points or regions on the radiant target are imaged onto an array of photodetectors thro... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5614340 | Migration imaging, optionally with dyes or pigments to effect bleaching A bleachable composition, including an acid photogenerator and a near-infrared radiation-absorbing dye or pigment, is utilized in a method of migration imaging to prevent unwanted absorptions. This composition can be incorporated either in the thermoplast... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5565287 | Migration imaging with dyes or pigments to effect bleaching A bleachable composition, including an acid photogenerator and a near-infrared radiation-absorbing dye or pigment, is utilized in a method of migration imaging to prevent unwanted absorptions. This composition can be incorporated either in the thermoplast... | 10/15/1996 |
