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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 |
| 7859655 | Method involving a pointing instrument and a target object A first method determines a position of a point of interest on a target object surface in a target object coordinate system using orientation and distance measurements of a pointing instrument in an instrument coordinate system. A second method determines an orienta... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7728963 | Method for determining the orientation of an orientation indicator A separation from at least one and an image of at least three reflective regions on the orientation indicator are recorded by a separation measurement sensor and an image sensor in a measuring device, for the purpose of determining the orientation of an orientation ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7583373 | Geodetic total station which can be extended in a modular manner A geodetic total station comprising an upper part (1a) provided with a support (2) with at least one support section (2a; 2b), an electronic display control unit (4), a total station data interface (6) p... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7427732 | Method for targeting a source of an incoming laser A system and method for laser source detection. An exemplary embodiment of the system includes a first array of lenses, a second array of opto devices (including light sources and light detectors), and at least one processor. By positioning the array of lenses to de... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425695 | Light tester for vehicles, preferably for motor vehicles, with ray selection unit consisting of perforated plates spaced at different spacings from one another The measurement head is equipped with the ray selection unit, which is entered by the rays emitted by the light unit under test. These rays enter the passages and are detected by the ray detection unit when they exit the ray selection unit. Said ray detection unit p... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7403277 | Method and apparatus for measuring face angle A method (250) and apparatus (20) for measuring the face angle of a golf club (300), golf club head (302) or face component (304) of a golf club head is disclosed herein. The method (250) and apparatus (20) use a non-... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394527 | Measuring device and measuring method for determining distance and/or position A measuring device is provided with a signal generator and a signal receiver, which is located at a measurable distance from the signal generator. The signal generator is designed for the emission of at least two signal beams covering in given relationship to each o... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7362258 | Transponder detection system using radio and light wave signals A target object detection system for detecting a target object using a detector and a tag on the target object; the tag includes a radio wave receiver receiving radio wave from the detector; a light receiver receiving a light signal from the detector; a receipt sign... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7345749 | Vehicle body slip angle detecting apparatus, vehicle body slip angle detecting method, and vehicle motion control apparatus provided with the vehicle body slip angle detecting apparatus This apparatus specifies, based upon the front image that is photographed by a front camera 65f before the present time by a predetermined time, the position (point A) of the “object” in the front image by utilizing the difference in brightness, an... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343221 | Control system of a robot cleaner A control system of a robot cleaner including a signal transmitting unit and a cleaning unit is provided. The signal transmitting unit wirelessly transmits reference signals, while the cleaning unit receives the reference signals from the signal transmitting unit an... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331477 | Method and device for determining a swinging motion of a load suspended from a lifting gear A method and a device for determining the rotary oscillation of a load suspended from a lifting gear are disclosed. The lifting gear includes a trolley equipped with a camera that can be oriented towards the load. The load includes at least two spaced apart markers,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7286213 | Processes and devices enabling the entry of a target into a zone to be detected A process to detect the entry of a target into a zone, such process wherein it has the following stages: an illuminating beam is projected in the direction of the target by at least one source, the beam reflected o... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280195 | Method and apparatus for measuring resource information of mobile communication base station antenna A method and apparatus for measuring resource information of a mobile communication base station antenna. The apparatus three-dimensionally measures resource information of a mobile communication base station antenna using a distance/angle measurement device, such t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274166 | Apparatus and method for correcting position of mobile robot An apparatus and a method for correcting a position of a mobile robot includes a position notifying unit, installed at a predetermined position, that generates and transmits a signal indicative of the predetermined position. The mobile robot includes a position sign... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7246991 | Wind turbine blade deflection control system A wind turbine with a sensor that measures the out-of-plane deflection of the blades and a controller that uses the signal from the sensor to determine the risk of a tower strike. The controller takes any necessary action to prevent a tower strike when it determines... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230754 | Neutral white-light filter device A substantially neutral filter across the white-light spectrum is obtained by minimizing the wavelength-dependent effects of filtering components and of reflective coatings on surfaces. The incoming light is captured by a first prism and directed toward the interfac... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7196656 | Apparatus for estimating direction of arrival of signal An apparatus for estimating direction of arrival of signal is provided that has excellent performance in terms of angular resolution and the number of signals that can be identified. In an array sensor comprising a plurality of sensor elements, the two outermost sen... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193695 | Survey system A survey system for transmitting guide light for instructing the direction of a target, the guide light having a wide range with small power. The survey system includes a target having a recursion reflector for reflecting light and a survey apparatus having an autom... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176974 | Method of positioning by using image A method of positioning by using image uses an image-collecting device with a known angle of view to gain a digital image. A pixel matrix of the digital image is defined as the known angle of view and a gap between every two adjacent pixels of each horizontal line a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164473 | Method and apparatus for measuring face angle A method (250) and apparatus (20) for measuring the face angle of a golf club (300), golf club head (302) or face component (304) of a golf club head is disclosed herein. The method (250) and apparatus (20) use a non-... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161686 | Sensor for determining the angular position of a radiating point source in two dimensions and method of operation A sensor for determining the angular position of a radiating point source in two dimensions includes a mask encoded in two skewed directions with waveforms consisting of several frequencies in prescribed patterns. The frequency spectra of the received detector patte... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148958 | Method and system for measuring height or relatively axial position A pair of rotary laser devices are vertically arranged while aligning their respective axes into a single axis and keeping said rotary laser devices away from each other in an axial direction thereof by a predetermined interval, and a light-receiving sensor is kept ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124676 | Muzzle reference system In systems embodying the invention, a battery powered collimated light source is located at the muzzle end of a cannon and is beamed back over the length “L” of the cannon gun tube to the collecting aperture of an optical transceiver located near the breech end ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7059822 | Methods and apparatus for measuring wind turbine blade deflection A method for determining rotor blade deflection, wherein a rotor blade is coupled to a hub, includes coupling a first end of a beam to the rotor blade, positioning a second end of the beam adjacent the hub, measuring the deflection of the beam using at least one sen... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049594 | Position sensing sensor, method and system A sensor for determining a component of a location of a radiation source within a three dimensional volume includes a mask having a series of openings that has a predetermined mathematical relationship among the openings within the series of openings and defines a m... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6952255 | System and method for integrated multi-use optical alignment An optical alignment system for use in a semiconductor processing system is provided. The optical alignment system includes a wafer chuck that has an alignment feature integrated into the top surface of the wafer chuck. In addition, a beam-forming system, which is c... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6943873 | Fiber optical laser detection and ranging system One aspect of the invention relates to a laser ranging system. In this version of the invention, a guided missile is provided with laser that directs laser radiation in the general direction of a target that is subsequently reflected from the target back to the miss... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935595 | Pilot director light utilizing light emitting diode (LED) technology Pilot Director Lights (PDLs) mounted on the exterior of a refueling tanker aircraft (10) utilize light emitting diodes (LEDs) (213) as a light source to provide visual information to the pilot of an approaching aircraft (30). The PDLs may includ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6862086 | Angle detecting apparatus and projector having the same In an angle detecting apparatus and projector using range finder units, range finding calculations are performed in plural directions using line type passive range finders as the range finding units. An average value of inclination angles calculated based on the ran... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6847435 | Laser distance measuring apparatus A laser distance measuring apparatus, for measuring the distance between objects existing in two directions at least as seen from the apparatus by using laser light, comprises two projectors for projecting laser beams along a specified projection axis toward each on... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6839519 | Laser crosslink methods and apparatus A laser crosslink apparatus includes an optical device (212, FIG. 5), a beam splitter (512), an acquisition channel and a tracking and communication channel. The acquisition channel includes a high density optical fiber bundle and an acquisition... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6809806 | Apparatus and method for verifying the beam axis of front-looking land vehicle transceiver antenna Apparatus and method for measuring the angle of elevation of the beam axis (90) of a front-looking radar antenna (68). A first fixture (140) has an indicator (120) for indicating angle of elevation and a first laser (148) aimed in ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6788398 | Far-field scanning apparatus and method for rapid measurement of light source characteristics with high dynamic range A method and apparatus for rapid measurements of far-field radiation profiles having a large dynamic range from an optical source is disclosed. Some embodiments of the apparatus include a collector coupled to a rotating hub so that the rotation of an entrance to the... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6710767 | Coordinate input apparatus A first cylindrical lens and a first linear sensor are constructed on the X axis, a second cylindrical lens and a second linear sensor are constructed on the Y axis, the X and Y axes are orthogonal, and the image width of a beam spot formed by each of the first and ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6691437 | Laser reference system for excavating machine A level sensing system for use with an excavating machine includes a light receiving sensor, mounted on the dipper stick of the machine, and an inclinometer, also mounted on the dipper stick of the machine. The sensor and inclinometer provide indications ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6493651 | Method and system for determining magnetic attitude A system which derives the attitude of a body as it rotates and travels through the earth's magnetic field. At least one magnetometer is placed in the body and provides an output signal during flight of the body. The zero crossings of the output signal ar... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6493067 | Rotary laser irradiating system The rotary laser irradiating system according to the present invention comprises a main unit, a rotator rotatably mounted on said main unit, and a range-finding unit disposed on said main unit, wherein said main unit comprises a light emitting unit for em... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6437860 | Method and apparatus for angle measurement or to define angular location of an object The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for angle measurement or for the determination of an angle of position for an object. The method comprises the use of a beacon having a known position and rotating around its axis, which emits light or re... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6417947 | Free space light multibeam network bridge apparatus and methods A free space light multibeam network bridge apparatus receives free space light beam communication signals from free space light communication devices and routes the free space light beam communication signals to other free space light communication devic... | 07/09/2002 |
| 5995214 | Process for pose estimation of a camera viewing an image scene Pose estimation of a camera is facilitated by including in the scene a space fiducial, an object that has the property that its appearance as viewed by the camera uniquely determines the direction from which it is viewed.... | 11/30/1999 |
