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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138475 | System for producing enhanced thermal images An imaging device has a thermal sensor to remotely measure respective temperatures of regions within an imaging field and to generate temperature information signals. A motion tracking system tracks motion of the thermal sensor and generates position information sig... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8101912 | Image-taking apparatus and method thereof An image-taking apparatus includes an image-taking device configured to take an image of an object, at least one illumination light source configured to be able to illuminate the object, an illumination region controller configured to be able to partially emit an il... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8084739 | Imaging apparatus and methods Imagers, pixels, and methods of using the same are disclosed for imaging in various spectra, such as visible, near infrared (IR), and short wavelength IR (SWIR). The imager may have an imaging array having pixels of different types. The different types of pixels may... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067735 | Shutterless infrared imager algorithm with drift correction An infrared imaging system having functionality for maintaining image quality in the presence of temperature drift of the system. Such functionality is applied repetitively to maintain image quality of a target scene, yet without continuous actuation of a shutter of... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7968845 | System for producing enhanced thermal images An imaging device has a thermal sensor to remotely measure respective temperatures of regions within an imaging field and to generate temperature information signals. A motion tracking system tracks motion of the thermal sensor and generates position information sig... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956325 | Imaging apparatus and image signal processing device Infrared light emitted by a fluorescent material is weak. When an infrared image obtained by this fluorescent material is superposed and displayed on a visible-light image, the infrared image is made clear. A signal of an IR pixel having selective sensitivity t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7943905 | Infrared solid-state image sensor An infrared solid-state image sensor comprises: a pixel area comprising a sensitive pixel area where infrared detection pixels are arranged in a matrix form to detect incident infrared rays on the semiconductor substrate and a reference pixel area where... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943904 | Bispectral detection device and bispectral detector comprising said device The present invention relates to a bispectral detection device, particularly of an infrared radiation and a visible radiation, including a monolithic substrate; an array of bolometric micro-bridges sensitive to infrared radiation, the bolometric micro-bridges being ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7875852 | Passive infrared detectors A passive infrared detector assembly including a detector housing comprising a window transparent to far infrared radiation, at least one sensor sensitive to the far infrared radiation and disposed within the detector housing and an anti-masking subassembly, includi... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7825379 | Thermal-type infrared image sensing device and method of producing the same A thermal-type infrared image sensing device and method of producing a thermal-type infrared image sensing device are provided. The thermal-type infrared image sensing device includes pixel elements that are two-dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate. E... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7791025 | Apparatus and method for analyzing relative outward flow characterizations of fabricated features An apparatus and method for characterizing gas flow through features fabricated in a hollow part. A pressure regulated cooled gas is applied to an interior of the part to the features fabricated in the part. At the same time, a pressure regulated heated gas is appli... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786438 | Sensor assemblies using redundant two-dimensional detector arrays A sensor assembly that replaces a single focal plane array detector with two focal plane array detectors orientated with respect to each other such that a power splitter divides an incoming light source equally between each detector. The two detectors are selected s... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777186 | Pixel interconnect insulators and methods thereof According to one embodiment, an infrared focal plane comprises an array of pixels configured to detect optical radiation in a predetermined radiation band are positioned on a support substrate. The pixels are connected to pixel contacts on a read-out integrated circ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7732768 | Image alignment and trend analysis features for an infrared imaging system In one embodiment, a thermographic imaging device having a visual compare mode that allows a user to compare a live image of a subject to a previously captured image of the same subject to aid the user in aligning the live image with the previously captured image. I... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7692146 | Infrared radiation detector and driving or piloting assistance device comprising such a device This detector comprises an assembly of elementary sensors capable of detecting said radiation. This assembly comprises at least two separate detection areas, a first detection area comprising elementary sensors having a first thermal time constant and a second detec... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7683321 | Shutterless infrared imager algorithm with drift correction An infrared imaging system having functionality for maintaining image quality in the presence of temperature drift of the system. Such functionality is applied repetitively to maintain image quality of a target scene, yet without continuous actuation of a shutter of... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7652250 | Noise reduction method for imaging devices A method for reducing the noise equivalent temperature difference associated with imaging devices having a detection array including micro-cantilevers and a charged-coupled device or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor imager is presented. The method includes ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7652251 | Registration methods for fusing corresponding infrared and visible light images A thermal imaging apparatus includes an infrared camera module, aligned along a first axis, and a visible light camera module, aligned along a second axis. The apparatus employs a magnification correction factor, along with parallax correction, to register an infrar... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645990 | Thermal-type infrared imaging device and operation method thereof Thermal-type infrared imaging device comprises an infrared ray detection unit in which pixels, each of which includes a bolometer, are arranged two-dimensionally; and a signal processing unit that sequentially reads signal of each bolometer in synchronization with s... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7592594 | Method of construction of CTE matching structure with wafer processing and resulting structure A method includes bonding a first side of a metal shim to a silicon shim, removing metal from the metal shim to form a plurality of cleared metal lanes in accordance with a pattern, bonding a readout integrated circuit having a plurality of saw lanes in accordance w... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592593 | Multi-band focal plane array A multi-band focal plane array architecture operative to detect multiple spectral image. The multi-band focal plane array architecture has an integrated readout circuit, a plurality of first detectors integrated in the readout circuit and a plurality of second detec... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7579593 | Night-vision imaging apparatus, control method of the same, and headlight module The invention provides a night-vision imaging apparatus including: a light emission unit that emits infrared light; a solid-state imaging device that converts the infrared light into a first signal; a light-emission control unit that allows the light emission unit t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579594 | Infrared radiation imager having sub-pixelization and detector interdigitation An infrared radiation (“IR”) focal plane array (“FPA”) imager includes a detector array chip containing pixels having substantially one-hundred percent operability. Each of the pixels contains a plurality of interdigitated sub-detectors, where the sub-detect... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7560694 | Method and system for increasing signal-to-noise ratio in microbolometer arrays Device for retrieving electrical charge, resulting from electromagnetic radiation energy incident on a temperature sensor array, the temperature sensor array including a plurality of temperature sensor rows, each temperature sensor row including a plurality of tempe... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7535002 | Camera with visible light and infrared image blending A camera that can capture a visible light image and an infrared image of a target scene. The camera includes a focusable infrared lens and a display. The display provides the visible light and infrared images in a focus mode or an analysis mode. In the focus mode, t... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7491937 | Two-wavelength image sensor picking up both visible and infrared images A 2-wavelength image sensor has a plurality of uniformly dispersedly arranged visible radiation detectors and a plurality of uniformly dispersedly arranged, uncooled infrared radiation detectors, and a single visible radiation detector configures a visible radiation... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7470903 | Digital imaging assembly & methods thereof A coherent radiation imaging system that produces digital images with a reduced amount of speckle. Radiation from a long coherence length source is used to form an image of a sample. The output coherent wave is temporally divided into a plurality of wavelets. The sp... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7439510 | Compact emissivity and temperature measuring infrared detector A hand-held, fleet deployable infrared camera with integrated hardware and software providing real time processing of infrared images. The camera senses variable temperature images over a selected object of interest and senses variable emissivities over the object. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432505 | Infrared-based method and apparatus for online detection of cracks in steam turbine components An online method, system, and computer-readable code for remotely monitoring radiant energy emitted from a turbine blade (106), which may be undergoing an incipient degradation, such as a crack, in a relatively low-temperature, and saturated steam environment... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432506 | Method and system for enhanced radiation detection A method and apparatus for improving detection of radiation emitted from object that includes a radiation detection sensor with a substrate and an array of columns protruding from a top surface of the substrate. A radiation sensitive layer, such as TLC, and a therma... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7411194 | Aviation vision apparatus An aviation vision apparatus. Its purpose assists a pilot's ability to fly an aircraft by providing increased visibility. The apparatus features an uncooled IR sensor for vision enhancement. An integrated window assembly is provided which permits the sensor to obtai... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408165 | Detector arrangement The invention relates to a detector arrangement for the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals. The detector arrangement includes sensitive areas (D1, D2, D3, D4), where each sensitive area corresponds to a respec... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408156 | System and method for identifying and classifying dynamic thermodynamic processes in mammals and discriminating between and among such processes An infrared imaging camera (4) acquires a plurality of frames (94) of infrared radiation from a patient (P) positioned in a field-of-view (92) of the camera (4). Each frame (94) is acquired during a corresponding frame sample inter... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7381953 | Infrared imaging device A room temperature infrared imager, fabricated using MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) techniques, made up of individually functioning analog elements laid out in a horizontal and vertical block matrix (pixel array). The front of each individual pixel element ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382356 | Input unit for games and musical keyboards A computer game system uses an infrared sensor which produces an infrared light to produce pulse of infrared light. Optics focus reflections from the infrared light pulse from different portions of the environment to different detectors in a 2D array of detectors. T... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369816 | Highly accurate temperature sensor employing mixed-signal components A radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables received RF signals to be down-converted to baseband frequencies and baseband signals to be up-converted to RF signals prior to transmission without requiring conversion to an intermediate frequency. The circuitry ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365326 | Camera having distortion correction A lightweight camera is provided that includes a lightweight lens system that has a reduced number of lenses. Reducing the number of lenses produces a lighter camera, but produces a distorted local image. The distorted local image is captured by the lightweight came... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361899 | Infrared sensor, infrared camera, method of driving infrared sensor, and method of driving infrared camera An infrared sensor includes an imaging area including infrared detection pixels; row selection lines; a signal line; a row selection circuit generating a column voltage in the signal line; a column amplifier including a first amplifying transistor which generates an... | 04/22/2008 |
| RE40249 | Infrared imaging system employing on-focal plane nonuniformity correction An infrared imaging system having a focal plane array including an array of detector elements and a readout circuit and including nonuniformity correction circuitry on the focal plane array. The individual detector elements correspond to pixels of an infrared scene ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358496 | Infrared night vision system, in colour A night vision method and system for producing a colour infrared image of a road scene situated in front of a vehicle. At least one projection device emits an infrared light towards the road scene. A colour sensor captures a colour image of the road scene and a mono... | 04/15/2008 |
