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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7767967 | Capturing motion using quantum nanodot sensors A quantum nanodot camera, including: a quantum nanodot camera sensor including: at least one visible pixel sensor configured to capture scenes including actors and/or objects in a visible band; and at least one IR pixel sensor configured to capture motions of at lea... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7755050 | Explosive device detection system and method In one embodiment of the disclosure, an explosive device detection system includes a thermal imaging camera and at least one radio frequency receiver that is coupled to a signal processing circuit. The thermal imaging camera is operable to produce a first electrical... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7732771 | Monitoring apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a camera unit, a panorama-image generating section generating a panorama image of the entire area by combining a plurality of unit images obtained by the camera unit, a panorama-image storage/management section storing and managing the ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7659511 | Image pickup apparatus, image display system, and method for controlling the image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes an irradiation unit for radiating, to an object, light having a plurality of wavelength regions, and an image pickup unit for picking up an image that is obtained when the light having the wavelength regions is radiated by the irra... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7582871 | Image pickup apparatus and a switching-over method for the same An image pickup apparatus for outputting an image corresponding to a situation of a subject to an outside, including: a far-infrared camera for detecting an electromagnetic wave in a far-infrared radiation region; a visible-light camera for detecting a visible light... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7544944 | Camera and method for use with camera A method of displaying together IR image data and visible light image data corresponding to the same field of view in the same image is disclosed, comprising displaying IR image data in at least a first portion of the image and visible light image data in at least a... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7507965 | Smart thermal imaging and inspection device for wheels and components thereof and method A smart thermal imaging and inspection of wheels for the automatic inspection and analysis of railroad car wheels but can also be used for wheeled object that contain a bearing. The inventive device includes a thermal imaging camera, visual imaging camera, imaging p... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7498577 | Sensing device employing electromagnetic waves A sensing device includes a transmission path, an electromagnetic-wave input unit through which an electromagnetic wave enters the transmission path, an electromagnetic-wave detector configured to detect the electromagnetic wave propagating through the transmission ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7491939 | Photosensitive sensor and applications in the automotive field The invention concerns a sensor that is photosensitive vis-à-vis at least part of the radiation in the infrared range and at least part of the radiation in the visible range. This sensor is provided with a filter affecting all or part of a receiving zone of the sen... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7427501 | System and method for optically monitoring the concentration of a gas, or the pressure, in a sample vial to detect sample growth A system and method employing infrared laser spectrography and dual wavelength modulation to monitor the concentration of a gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide, in the sample vial, or to monitor the pressure in the sample vial, to thus detect for microorganism gro... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423272 | Monitoring apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a camera unit, a panorama-image generating section generating a panorama image of the entire area by combining a plurality of unit images obtained by the camera unit, a panorama-image storage/management section storing and managing the ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420679 | Method and apparatus for extended hyperspectral imaging The disclosure relates to method and apparatus for obtaining a multimodal hyperspectral image of a sample for widefield spectral analysis. An apparatus according to one embodiment may include a plurality of optical lenses configured to interchangeably receive photon... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7332716 | IR camera An IR camera for recording and presenting a thermal image of an object includes optical receiving elements for focusing infra-red radiation received from the object onto a focal plane array and processing elements for receiving and processing the data from the focal... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310581 | Bulk material analyzer system A real-time bulk material analyzing system is disclosed for analyzing the elemental characteristics of bulk material passing by the system on a moving conveyor belt. An exemplary embodiment includes a source of illumination emitting white light for exciting bulk mat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304737 | Rotating or rotatable compensator system providing aberation corrected electromagnetic raadiation to a spot on a sample at multiple angles of a incidence Spectroscopic ellipsometer systems which include polarizer and analyzer elements which remain fixed in position during data acquisition while at least one continuously rotating or step-wise rotatable compensator imposes a continuously variable or plurality of sequen... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304792 | System for sequentially providing aberation corrected electromagnetic radiation to a spot on a sample at multiple angles of incidence A system for sequentially providing electromagnetic radiation to a spot on a sample at different angles of incidence, and after reflection therefrom into a detector. The system includes a plurality of spherical mirrors, and a refractive element for correcting aberra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7274393 | Four-color mosaic pattern for depth and image capture A sensor for color and depth information capture is disclosed. A filter passes selected wavelengths according to a predetermined pattern to the sensor. The sensor measures light intensities passed by the filter. In one embodiment, the wavelengths passed by the filte... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7256401 | System and method for fire detection A system and method for detecting radiation indicative of fire, such as forest fire. In one embodiment, a threshold energy level is determined based on ambient sensor conditions. A sensor unit may be setup to scan a predetermined area for electromagnetic radiation. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256875 | Method for detection of pathogenic microorganisms A method for the detection and identification of pathogenic microorganisms using Raman scattered light and transmitted light in the near infrared spectral region. The method may include passing the Raman scattered light and transmitted light through a FAST fiber arr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247851 | Imaging device and an imaging method An optical lens 1 makes three components of visible light and near infrared light in different wavelength regions severally form images at different locations according to their wavelengths. An imaging element 2 has a plurality of pixels, which include... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248363 | Particle size analyzer A laser diffraction particle size analyzer irradiates a laser beam on particles in a scattered state, and measures a spatial intensity distribution of diffracted and scattered light from the particles. A particle size distribution of the particles is calculated from... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239463 | Prism device and combined optical and radio frequency beam steering system A prism device includes: a prism material having substantially the same index of refraction at first and second wavelengths; a first anti-reflection coating for reducing reflection of a first signal beam at the first wavelength; and a second anti-reflection coating ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224540 | Extended depth of field imaging system using chromatic aberration An imaging system (FIG. 3) is disclosed that has a wavelength dependent focal shift caused by longitudinal chromatic aberration in a lens assembly (203) that provides extended depth of field imaging due to focal shift (213,214) and increased res... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212670 | Method of feature identification and analysis A method for efficiently and accurately inventorying image features such as timber, including steps of segmenting digital images into tree stands, segmenting tree stands into tree crowns, each tree crown having a tree crown area, classifying tree crowns based on spe... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205545 | Electromagnetic radiation detection device with integrated housing comprising two superposed detectors The invention concerns an electromagnetic radiation sensing device with integrated housing including two superimposed sensors. A first sensor detects one first wavelength range, and a second sensor detects a second wavelength range. The first sensor is arranged insi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7176461 | Acoustic absorption radiation sensing in SiC SiC at least about 400 micrometers thick, and preferably within the range of about 400-2,000 micrometers thick, is employed to detect electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength less than about 10 micrometers via an acoustic absorption mechanism. The SiC body pref... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7157710 | Corona discharge detection An apparatus and process are provided for detecting whether a corona discharge has occurred external or internal to equipment in which a broadband optical spectra sensor is placed. The broadband optical spectra sensor senses both the ultraviolet energy of the corona... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7138619 | Method and apparatus for coincident viewing at a plurality of wavelengths A plurality of imagers, each responsive to a different wavelength range of light radiation, share the same optical system of lenses. An optical film on a substrate is used to split the light beam emanating from the shared optical system. The first wavelength range i... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132654 | Device for improving view in a vehicle A device for improving the view in a motor vehicle. It includes with a radiation source for illumination of the vehicle environment with infrared radiation, an infrared sensitive camera for detecting at least a part of the illuminated vehicle environment and a displ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123360 | Near infrared chemical imaging microscope A chemical imaging system is provided which uses a near infrared radiation microscope. The system includes an illumination source which illuminates an area of a sample using light in the near infrared radiation wavelength and light in the visible wavelength. A multi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7109470 | Sensor arrangement and control and analysis unit for image recognition of an object A sensor arrangement for image recognition includes a plurality of optical sensor elements (R,G,B) of a first type, the sensor elements being arranged in a raster layout and responding to light in the visible wavelength range. The sensor arrangement also includes fu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7092005 | Image position confirming device, method of supporting image position confirmation, and recording medium When an image, which is an object of reading and which is recorded on a photographic film, is to be registered at a reading position of a film scanner by an operator, following processes are repeated: results of a CCD sensor picking-up the reading position and perip... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080544 | Apparatus system and method for gas well site monitoring A System and a Method of initializing and using that system are described in various embodiments all suitable for use remotely monitoring gas escapes on oil or gas well-sites, particularly as early warning technologies for use in preventing injury to workers or popu... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075079 | Sensor for dual wavelength bands A dual wavelength focal plane has a first array of infrared sensing pixel elements and a second array of visible light pixel elements adapted to be selective to colors encountered while driving an automobile. The second array is selective to the colors red, blue and... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061606 | Near infrared chemical imaging microscope A chemical imaging system is provided which uses a near infrared radiation microscope. The system includes an illumination source which illuminates an area of a sample using light in the near infrared radiation wavelength and light in the visible wavelength. A multi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6998614 | Hyperspectral imaging workstation having visible/near-infrared and ultraviolet image sensors A hyperspectral imaging workstation includes both UV and VNIR sensors together in a single enclosure. Each sensor captures an image of a target or specimen, resulting in respective UV and VNIR data sets which are then merged into a single hyperspectral data set that... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6900893 | Optical path structure for open path emissions sensing with particulate matter and lubricating oil consumption absorption methodology A device for measuring particulate matter includes a light source that emits light, a receiver positioned to receive light emitted from the light source, and a detection unit in communication with the receiver. The detection unit detects an amount of particulate mat... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6882409 | Multi-spectral LADAR A multi-spectral detector for use in a passive/active system and a method for use in identifying an object in a field of view are disclosed. The multi-spectral detection system comprises an optically dispersive element, a detector array, and an integrated circuit. T... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6841778 | Method and apparatus for measuring particulates in vehicle emissions A method and apparatus for measuring particulates in vehicle emissions. An ultraviolet light beam having a predetermined wavelength, and an infrared light beam having a predetermined wavelength are propagated through the exhaust plume of a vehicle that has passed on... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6835933 | Spectrum measuring apparatus A spectrum measuring apparatus for measuring infrared, Raman and fluorescence spectra. The spectrum measuring apparatus includes an infrared source, a laser source, an infrared up-conversion object lens, an object lens, a dual color lens, an ocular, a narrow band fi... | 12/28/2004 |
