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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8059151 | Method for planning an inspection path for determining areas that are to be inspected The invention relates to a method for planning an inspection path (2) for at least one optical picture-taking device (4), particularly a camera, for inspecting a three-dimensional object (3). The picture-taking device (4) and the object (... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7576769 | Inspection device and inspection method A deviation amount of a top position of a convex surface of a protruding portion formed on a flat member and a deepest position of a concave surface on the back side of the convex surface, is obtained in XY-coordinates in a plane parallel to an extension plane of th... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7403218 | Image processing system and image processing method An image processing apparatus has a trigger receiving section for receiving an external trigger and a trigger generation section including a timer. When a trigger from the outside is inputted, in synchronization with this trigger, the timer of the trigger generation... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394926 | Magnified machine vision user interface Improved user interface methods facilitate navigation and programming operations for a magnified machine vision inspection system. Large composite images are determined and stored. The composite images include workpiece features that are distributed beyond the limit... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388600 | Mail-sorting installation comprising a colour reading head with two cameras The read head (1) for a postal sorting installation serves to pick up a digital image of each postal object using a high-resolution camera (3) providing a multiple level gray scale. The read head also has a low-resolution color camera (4), the t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7345698 | Optical system for imaging distortions in moving reflective sheets A method and apparatus for detecting and measuring the optical distortion in pieces of glass and other reflective sheets are disclosed. The method inspects the full length and width of large area glass sheets or multiple sheets comprising a load of glass and uses op... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340084 | Quality assessment of product in bulk flow A method is disclosed for generating data relating to the quality of product in a bulk stream product during its passage through a monitoring station. An inspection of at least a portion of product in the monitoring station is conducted at intervals while the stream... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339667 | Dark box apparatus for fluoroscopy, fluoroscopy system, and fluoroscopy method Noise in a fluorescence image acquired during fluoroscopy is eliminated to present a clear fluorescence image, and the relative positional relationship between the fluoroscopy unit and the specimen can be recognized even while fluoroscopy is in progress. A dark box ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336691 | Apparatus for combining beams from repetitively pulsed lasers along a common path Two pulse sequences are delivered by two lasers. A rotating segmented mirror having one or more reflective areas and one or more transmissive areas is rotated synchronously with the delivery of the pulse sequences to transmit pulses from one sequence, and to reflect... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324690 | Metal mask for light intensity determination and ADC calibration An apparatus and method for controlling gain characteristics in a CMOS imager and for calibrating light intensity and analog to digital conversion in a pixel array. A mask with varying sized apertures is provided over pixels of an array outside the active area for u... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305115 | Method and system for improving ability of a machine vision system to discriminate features of a target A method and system is disclosed to improve the ability of a machine vision system to distinguish desired features of a target by taking images of the target under different one or more lighting conditions and using image analysis to extract information of interest ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305114 | Human/machine interface for a machine vision sensor and method for installing and operating the same This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a human/machine interface (HMI) for use with machine vision systems (MVSs) that provides the machine vision system processing functionality at the sensor end of the system, and uses a communica... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302280 | Mobile phone operation based upon context sensing A mobile device is provided that includes at least one sensor that provides contextual information to the device. When the mobile device receives an incoming message, or notification, the device responds thereto based at least in part upon the contextual information... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289102 | Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display In a device having a display, at least one sensor signal is generated from a sensor in the device. One or more context values are then generated from the sensor signal. The context values indicate how the device is situated relative to one or more objects. At least ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289230 | Wireless substrate-like sensor A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition system that acquires one or more images of targets placed within the se... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283255 | Wireless substrate-like sensor A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition system that acquires one or more images of targets placed within the se... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274812 | Image processing device and method In an image processing device capable of collectively estimating an object based upon results of plural times of inspection, regions (1(1)) and (1(2)) to be photographed are defined on opposite end portions of an object (w). When an image... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7260244 | Print inspection method and print inspection apparatus A method of inspecting a defect on a surface of a printed matter includes a step of applying a gray scale erosion filter to a non-defect surface of a printed matter to prepare a gray scale erosion filter applied image and then adding a predetermined density value to... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259778 | Method and apparatus for placing sensors using 3D models Method and apparatus for dynamically placing sensors in a 3D model is provided. Specifically, in one embodiment, the method selects a 3D model and a sensor for placement into the 3D model. The method renders the sensor and the 3D model in accordance with sensor para... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250936 | System and process for selecting objects in a ubiquitous computing environment A system and process for selecting objects in an ubiquitous computing environment where various electronic devices are controlled by a computer via a network connection and the objects are selected by a user pointing to them with a wireless RF pointer. By a combinat... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251833 | Digital media delivery with local cache and streaming tokens A method is disclosed for enforcing the sequential playback of a multimedia file. In one aspect of the method, a sending server stores a multimedia file which is then partitioned into a plurality of sequential data blocks. The server generates a plurality of enablin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240990 | Ink cartridge There are provided a retaining member 4 having a claw portion 4a engageable to and disengageable from a recessed portion 15 formed at an ink cartridge mounting portion and a valve body 6 biased by a spring 7 provided at an i... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236625 | Systems and method for identifying foreign objects and debris (FOD) and defects during fabrication of a composite structure Systems and methods for identifying foreign objects and debris (FOD) and defects during fabrication of a composite structure. The system includes at least one light source positioned to emit light that illuminates a portion of the composite structure with bright fie... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233841 | Vision system A vision system and method for calibrating motion of a robot disposed in a processing system is provided. In one embodiment, a vision system for a processing system includes a camera and a calibration wafer that are positioned in a processing system. The camera is p... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221377 | Apparatus and method for collecting and displaying information in a workflow system A method and apparatus for extensible real-time workflows are described. The present invention allows a user of a transaction processing system, such as a customer relationship management (CRM) tool or an automatic call distribution (ACD), for example, to easily add... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218769 | Image data management system and computer-readable recording medium A control unit of an image data management system receives image information and information regarding the image information, which are associated with each other, from an image photographing device via a communication unit, and stores the received information in a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209575 | Method for visual inspection of printed matter on moving lids A method for visual inspection of printed matter on moving lids is disclosed. An associated visual inspection system is also disclosed. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207103 | Powder compaction press for capacitor anodes A powder compaction press having opposed rib and channel punches which are interleaved and a production method are used to produce capacitor elements having a uniform compaction density and which are free of surface imperfections. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199816 | Device and method for picking up image of component, and component mounting apparatus An image pickup camera is arranged, so that a plurality of components are adapted to be sequentially imaged by corresponding image pickup device with a timing whereby light for imaging is prevented from affecting the other image pickup operation while the components... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193652 | Dynamic range video recording and playback system and method An improved method and system for capturing and displaying a series of successive video images using at least first and second different exposure times, so that first video images captured using said first exposure time occur alternately in said series with second v... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176465 | Computer radiographic scanner utilizing a scan bar The scanning device for radiographic media (28) is made of a rotatable vacuum drum (40) has an external surface (42) that, rotates about a longitudinal axis (7); the radiographic media is disposed on the external surface; a moveable scan ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175408 | Mold monitoring apparatus for injection molding machine A mold monitoring apparatus for an injection molding machine captures an image of a cavity portion of an opened mold, and determines the state of the cavity portion by means of image processing. The apparatus includes a light emitting unit, an image capturing unit, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171041 | Position-orientation recognition device Upon reception of a work sensing command from a robot controller, an image processing unit obtains a two-dimensional image of thee whole work pallet including a work, with a CCD camera (a first sensor means). A line of sight is calculated based on the work position ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162072 | Semiconductor processing device, semiconductor processing system and semiconductor processing management method A semiconductor processing device includes a processing section to process a semiconductor substrate in accordance with job information which is used to process the semiconductor substrate. An imaging section takes an image of a processed portion of the semiconducto... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155052 | Method for pattern inspection A method for inspecting a patterned surface employs reference data related to the pattern to provide a map for identifying regions which are expected to generate equivalent images. These regions are then compared in an image-to-image comparison to identify possible ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154530 | System for cutting shapes preset in a continuous stream of sheet material Method and apparatus enable cutting out shapes (S) preset in moving sheet material (10) by locating coordinates of one or more fiducials (F,F2 . . . ) in the sheet material (10) with a vision system (12). The fiducials (F,F2 . . . ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7141774 | Method for setting individual information of solid-state image sensor, solid-state image sensor, and imaging device A data region is provided to a non-effective pixel region, which is not used in generating an image, that constitutes a photosensitive surface of a solid-state image sensor. On a micro lens in predetermined pixels of the data region, a black film is selectively form... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135875 | Apparatus and method for contacting of test objects The invention relates to methods for positioning of a substrate 140 and contacting of the test object 301 for testing with a test apparatus with an optical axis and corresponding devices. Thereby, the substrate is put on the holder 130. The subs... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129511 | Integrated scan module for a computer radiography input scanning system A scanning module (8) and scanning system, wherein the system includes a housing (10) having a channel (12), a cylindrical center chamber (25) in communication with the channel including a mirrored surface, a first opening (14) com... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124046 | Method and apparatus for calibration of camera system, and method of manufacturing camera system A first mirror and a second mirror are disposed in such a manner that their reflective surfaces are parallel and face toward each other. A mark is drawn between the first mirror and the second mirror. An image of the reflections of the mark in the first mirror and t... | 10/17/2006 |
