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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7244902 | Method for classifying wine and coffee A method for classifying beverages of natural origin, such as wine or coffee. Classification is carried out by means of NIR spectroscopy and corresponding numerical-mathematical conditioning of the spectral data of the individual beverage samples, wherein respective... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7173708 | Method and apparatus for detecting damage in plant products A method and apparatus of sorting plant products based on damage to the plant products is disclosed. A beam emitter emits an illumination light toward the outer surface of a plant product. A beam detector detects substantially a single wavelength of a reflected ligh... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7068368 | Two-side multiple lamp online inner part inspection apparatus An internal qualities inspection system having a receiving tray for placing an inspecting object thereon with a receiving seat and a transmission light passage formed in the receiving tray is arranged to detect light transmitted through the object from below the rec... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068369 | Apparatus for measuring fruit properties including a function for automatically controlling the intensity of light from a light source An apparatus for measuring fruit properties, in order to classify fruit according to internal qualities, measures the sweetness of a fruit sample using near-infrared spectroscopy. The apparatus includes a pair of waveguides (12), a pair of optic emitter/senso... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6847447 | Apparatus and method and techniques for measuring and correlating characteristics of fruit with visible/near infra-red spectrum This disclosure is of 1) the utilization of the spectrum from 250 nm to 1150 nm for measurement of prediction of one or more parameters, e.g., brix, firmness, acidity, density, pH, color and external and internal defects and disorders including, for example, surface... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6657722 | Side multiple-lamp type on-line inside quality inspecting device An object of inside-quality inspection being conveyed on a conveyer is irradiated sideways with beams of light from projection lamps concentratedly. A photodetecting device detects light transmitted through the object irrespective of the size and thicknes... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6563580 | Method and device for determining meat tenderness The invention concerns a method for determining the quality of meat, in particular beef, on the transformation site, comprising the following steps: a) collecting, on the transformation site, data on parameters pertaining to the group consisting of the an... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6512577 | Apparatus and method for measuring and correlating characteristics of fruit with visible/near infra-red spectrum This disclosure is of 1) the utilization of the spectrum from 250 nm to 1150 nm for measurement or prediction of one or more parameters, e.g., brix, firmness, acidity, density, pH, color and external and internal defects and disorders including, for examp... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6271520 | Item defect detection apparatus and method A method and apparatus is provided which incorporates two separate imaging devices, one near-infrared and one mid-infrared imaging device which simultaneously capture images of the passing objects. The background information is removed and images of the o... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6252189 | Detecting defective peel-bearing potatoes in a random mixture of defective and acceptable peel-bearing potatoes A system and method of operation performing automated optical inspection to remove peel-bearing defective potato pieces from a random mixture of peel-bearing defective and acceptable potato pieces use near infrared light as a source of illumination. The s... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6088114 | Apparatus for use in determining meat tenderness A portable apparatus for assessing meat quality, comprises: a hand-held instrument comprising a main body having at one end a hollow meat probe for penetrating meat, an optic fibre extending through the main body and terminating at a window at the distal ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6014222 | Reflection measuring device and method for determining quality properties of items, particularly fat-containing items A reflection measuring device for determining quality properties of items comprises a measuring head with a housing which is optically open in one side. The housing is designed to be placed on the item requiring measurement of the reflection factor, with ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5912179 | Method for determining a level of oxidative stress of a tissue sample Systems and methods for material analysis are disclosed in which an organic sample (e.g., a foodstuff, tissue sample or petroleum product) is illuminated at a plurality of discrete wavelengths which are absorbed by fatty acid and fatty acid oxidation prod... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5895921 | Method and system for fecal detection A method of and apparatus for detecting the presence of fecal or ingesta matter contaminants on a poultry or meat item. The poultry or meat is conveyed in front of a UV light transmitter/receiver where UV light is directed onto the poultry or meat item an... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5884775 | System and method of inspecting peel-bearing potato pieces for defects A system and method of operation performing automated optical inspection to remove peel-bearing defective potato pieces from a random mixture of peel-bearing defective and acceptable potato pieces use near infrared light as a source of illumination. The s... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5846830 | Detecting fecal and/or urinary contamination in meats and poultry Fecal and/or urinary contamination in meat and poultry can be detected by internalizing into a suitable livestock system a material containing a marker substance, and detecting for the presence or absence of the marker substance on meat values. Typically,... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5818045 | Spectroscopic system for quantifying constituents in natural products A spectroscopic system for measuring content of a constituent in a sample of a natural product is provided. The spectroscopic system includes a source for electromagnetic (EM) radiation and an absorbance filter for filtering EM radiation received from the... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5716850 | Monitoring the colour and bitterness of beer A method of determining one or both of the colour and bitterness of beer by illuminating the beer with light of a pre-determined wavelength, typically 400&#b1;30 nm, to cause iso--acids in the beer to fluoresce. The fluorescence is detected over a ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5712165 | Method and apparatus for detecting hydrocarbon oxidation Systems and methods for material analysis are disclosed in which an organic sample (e.g., a foodstuff, tissue sample or petroleum product) is illuminated at a plurality of discrete wavelengths which are absorbed by fatty acid and fatty acid oxidation prod... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5708271 | Non-destructive sugar content measuring apparatus A non-destructive sugar content measuring apparatus for determining the sugar content of a vegetable or fruit by measuring absorption of light in sugar when near infrared light is made incident on the vegetable or fruit; comprising at least one light sour... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5621215 | Method and system for fecal detection A method of and apparatus for detecting the presence of fecal or ingesta matter contaminants on a poultry or meat item. The poultry or meat is conveyed in front of a UV light transmitter/receiver where UV light is directed onto the poultry or meat item an... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5605841 | System for automatic sample analysis and a method for producing the system including a cleaning unit for a movable optical head A system for on line analysis of material samples in accordance with the invention includes a grinding mill for comminuting sample material to output comminuted sample material; an analyzer unit for performing the on line analysis of the outputted comminu... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5521384 | Flow cell A flow cell for use in optical measuring systems particularly suited for use with liquid food products is provided. The flow cell is manufactured from a single unitary piece of synthetic resin which is transparent to light in the near infrared range. Beca... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5474910 | Method and device for detecting biological molecules and/or microorganisms within a desired area or space A method and device for detecting fluorescent biological molecules and/or microorganisms containing said fluorescent biological molecules within a given area or space. The method comprises illuminating an area or space with light of a suitable wavelength ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5464981 | Methods of separating selected items from a mixture including raisins and the selected items Methods of operating an automated optical inspection system to separate selected items, e.g., grape stems (124, 126, 128), grape leaves (122), or rocks from a mixture (16) of those items and raisins (120) include illuminating the mixture with illumination... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5453619 | Method and apparatus for the spectrophotometric assay of aqueous liquids Method and apparatus for the spectrophotometric assay of aqueous liquids are provided with a pump for aspirating liquids, a filter with two outlets for filling a cell in which the interferometric measurements are made at a temperature between 35 and 50° ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5448069 | Infrared measurement of constituents of particulate foodstuffs A particulate foodstuff in a production line is compacted and caused to travel past a measuring device in a continuous stream. As the stream moves by the measuring device, the latter exposes successive portions of the stream to near infrared light having ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5440127 | Method and apparatus for illuminating target specimens in inspection systems An illumination system (12) for an optical inspection and sorting apparatus (10) includes a rare gas discharge lamp (36) for emitting select wavelengths of radiation. Rare gas discharge lamp (36) includes a light transmissive outer envelope (58) and conta... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5406084 | Process and device for the in-line NIR measurement of pourable foodstuffs A new NIR measuring process and apparatus which can measure both floury commodities and whole kernels, and other constituents of pourable foodstuff products in-line. A large number of individual measurements are made with a measuring time per individual m... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5345081 | Pit detector and method A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of an impurity within a substantially spherical object, such as a pit within a piece of stone fruit as it passes through an inspection zone. An infrared point source light emitting diode positioned on one ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5343044 | Infrared attenuation measuring system An infrared attenuation measuring system, for the quantitative determination of the concentration of one or more components in an aqueous fat-containing sample, such as milk, by an infrared attenuation technique. The system comprising a set of waveband-re... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5343081 | Synapse circuit which utilizes ballistic electron beams in two-dimensional electron gas According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor synapse circuit comprising a semiconductor having an electrically charged carrier gas which is provided with a plurality of electrically isolated input channels providing narrowed areas... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5324945 | Method of nondestructively measuring sugar content of fruit by using near infrared transmittance spectrum A method of nondestructively measuring the sugar content of fruit comprising irradiating the fruit with near infrared radiation such that the radiation penetrates the fruit; measuring the absorbance at a given wavelength with a wavelength selector that is... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5324949 | Method of effecting NIR-analyses of successive material samples, and a system for carrying out the method With the present invention, the NIR-technique is utilized for a fully automatic on-line analyzing of successive samples, viz. with the use of a test chamber which is built together with the optical unit and is open towards this unit through a restricted s... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5317150 | Polarimeter calibration method and apparatus A method of calibrating polarimeter to work at an unknown wavelength comprising calibrating the polarimeter at a standard wavelength, using the calibrated polarimeter to measure a sample, measuring the same sample at the unknown wavelength and setting the... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5308981 | Method and device for infrared analysis, especially with regard to food In analysis of a sample of unground grain, infrared light is directed towards the sample and is detected after reflection on the sample. For analysis of wheat, light wavelengths within the interval 1050-1400 nm are used with a light detector of PbS-type. ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5258620 | Method and apparatus for determining the constituents of dairy products A sample having a specific optical path length of 1 to 15 mm is irradiated with near infrared of two or more wavelengths selected from 700 to 1200 nm to determine constituents of dairy products. Preferably, a pair of specific wavelengths comprise a first ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5258825 | Optical compositional analyzer apparatus and method for detection of ash in wheat and milled wheat products An optical analyzing apparatus (20) for obtaining a quantitative correlation spectroscopy measurements of an analyte concentration in a multiple constituent sample (24). The optical analyzing apparatus (20) employs a correlation spectroscopy algorithm whi... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5252829 | Method of determining urea in milk The concentration of urea in a concentration range of 0-0.1% in a milk sample containing at least 1% fat, at least 1% dissolved lactose, and at least 1% protein, is determined with an accuracy better than 0.007%, expressed as Standard Error of Prediction,... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5245188 | Apparatus for evaluating the grade of rice grains An apparatus for evaluating the grade of rice grains includes a grain supply unit, vibrating troughs on which the rice grains run in their longitudinal posture, flow-down troughs having slits each opening to each of the flow-down troughs, a reflected ligh... | 09/14/1993 |
