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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154711 | Spray diagnostic and control method and system The purpose of the invention is to ensure high-quality coatings of medical implants using a new data evaluation and process control approach. Information on spray errors, such as areas with high and low droplet distribution, can be easily and reproducibly obtained b... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7362451 | Sensor device To provide a displacement sensor device capable of fast data read-out processing. A sensor device includes: a light-emitting element for irradiating an object to be measured with light at a prescribed angle; an image pickup element for shooting the light-irradiated ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7193731 | Optical displacement sensor Optical displacement sensor may possess light-emitting element(s) for projecting light onto distance measurement target(s), and light-receiving element(s) capable of receiving light reflected from distance measurement target(s) and disposed such that light-receiving... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7164116 | Monitor for intrusion detection A monitor for intrusion detection features a detecting arrangement for detecting an intruding object in a 3-dimensional area and outputting corresponding detection information, a setting arrangement for setting information necessary for monitoring the position or ac... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7136171 | Method for the extraction of image features caused by structure light using template information A method for use with a non-contact range finding and measurement system for generating a template guide representative of the surface of a observed object, and for utilizing the template guide to improve laser stripe signal to noise ratios and to compensate for cor... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7110102 | Working position measuring system A working position measuring system, comprising a rotary laser device for irradiating and rotating a laser beam and a photodetection sensor device for receiving the laser beam and for detecting a working position, wherein the rotary laser device comprises a laser pr... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102677 | Reduced thermal release effect amplification-type solid imaging device and method of driving the same A solid imaging device includes at least one pixel, the pixel including a photoelectric conversion section and a charge detection node which are coupled to or decoupled from each other via a transfer gate transistor, the charge detection node being coupled to or dec... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7034272 | Method and apparatus for evaluating integrated circuit packages having three dimensional features The present invention provides for methods and an apparatus for evaluating objects having three dimensional features. One method involves using both two dimensional data sets to improve the processing of three dimensional data sets. The two dimensional data set can ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6970774 | Method and system for compensating for wheel wear on a train A method and system for compensating for wheel wear uses position and/or speed information from an independent positioning system to measure some distance over which the train has traveled. Wheel rotation information and/or distance and speed from a wheel sensor ove... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6718261 | Architecture for real-time maintenance of distributed mission plans A method routes a plurality of entities (200) through a predetermined area. The method includes the steps of: providing a plan; providing a deterministic method for computing the plan for the plurality of entities (200), the plan including a plurality ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714283 | Sensor and method for range measurements using a TDI device A sensor and method for taking range measurements of a target object using a TDI device as a detector are provided. The device is positioned to detect reflections of a structured light beam on the target object. To avoid losing the range information in the TDI proce... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6522394 | Rangefinder device and camera A rangefinder device and a camera are provided, which, in measuring a distance by the active method, are capable of properly measuring the distance even if the object to be measured is located at a short distance, while in measuring a distance by the pass... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6452684 | Device for determining the contour of a road surface Device for determining a desired contour of a ground surface, for instance a road surface, relative to the actual contour of that ground surface, at least comprising measuring unit for generating along a determined distance from a ground surface actual va... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6122039 | Method and apparatus to detect and report object displacement utilizing optical triangulation principles A object displacement measuring system and utilizing optical triangulation techniques is constructed to determine the displacement of an object between a near and far sensing limits. In constructing the system to determine the object displacement relative... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6104476 | Distance measuring apparatus and computer readable storage medium A distance measuring apparatus having skimming function which suppresses electric consumption when a charge storing period is shortened by an electronic shutter function. For this purpose, at an initial setting, an integration period is set to T1 | 08/15/2000 |
| 6067148 | Execution height display device and execution height setting system An execution height setting system 100 includes laser device 102 for setting a horizontal reference plane by rotatably radiating a laser beam and a execution height display device 104. The execution height display device 104 has a light receiving section ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5999249 | Position detecting element and range sensor A position detecting element that enables a position to be detected at high speed and high precision, and a range sensor using the same. The position detecting element is provided with a PIN photodiode array 1 having n segments and a parallel arithmetic p... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5963309 | Distance measuring system A distance measuring system of the active type wherein a distance ranging from a short distance to a great distance can be measured with a high degree of accuracy in accordance with a ratio between outputs of two light receiving elements. The system compr... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5877491 | Method and apparatus for imaging an object illuminated with light Method and apparatus for imaging an object illuminated with light onto a photodetector array including a microcomputer for controlling the light gathering of the photodetector array by varying the amount of light reflected onto the photodetector array and... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5862418 | Distance measuring device for a camera A distance measurement apparatus comprises a light emitting device for emitting light to an object, a light receiving device including a plurality of photocells for receiving light emitted by the light emitting device and reflected by the object, an addin... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5808726 | Distance measurement apparatus This invention has as its object to provide a distance measurement apparatus which can relatively easily control the clock generation timing and can prevent dark currents generated by accumulation units from being unbalanced between the ON and OFF states ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5774207 | Light scanner The present invention offers a light scanner which is compact and highly precise during high-speed operation, has a long lifespan, and is resistant to influence by external acceleration. Specifically, a light beam emitted from an optical source 20 is sepa... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5751406 | Range finding apparatus A range finding apparatus includes; M photoprojectors (M: greater than one) provided in one-to-one correspondence with M range-finding axes radially extending within a virtual plane for forwardly projecting detection light along the range-finding axes; a ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5719663 | Range finder apparatus An active type range finder apparatus comprises a light projecting element having a base, a lead frame disposed on the base, at least one light emitting member disposed on the lead frame for emitting light to a subject, and at least one control terminal d... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5684292 | Method and apparatus for electro optically determining the dimension location and attitude of objects A method and apparatus for optically determining the dimension of part surfaces. Particular embodiments describe optical triangulation based coordinate measurement machines capable of accurate measurement of complex surfaces, such as gear teeth and turbin... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5677760 | Rangefinding device for use in a camera A rangefinding device for use in a camera comprising a projection section for projecting a light beam emitted by a light source through a projection lens to an object, a light pickup section disposed diagonally opposite from the projection section that pi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5677541 | Method and apparatus for electro-optically determining the dimension, location and attitude of objects This invention discloses method and apparatus for optically determining the dimension of part surfaces. Particular embodiments describe optical triangulation based coordinate measurement machines capable of accurate measurement of complex surfaces, such a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5670787 | Method and apparatus for electro-optically determining the dimension, location and attitude of objects A method and apparatus for optically determining the dimension of part surfaces. Particular embodiments describe optical triangulation based coordinate measurement machines capable of accurate measurement of complex surfaces, such as gear teeth and turbin... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5606409 | Laser ranging system calibration device A calibration device for a laser ranging system includes an interferometer assembly and a beam path magnifier assembly which is optically coupled to the interferometer assembly to receive a calibration beam therefrom and to the laser ranging system to rec... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5247338 | Plant for track-based detection of the wheel profile of train wheels An apparatus or system for a track-based detection of a wheel profile of passing train wheels, with the apparatus including an illumination unit with a light source and optical elements which transmit light towards a profile of the train wheels. An illumi... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5164579 | Method and apparatus for electro-optically determining the dimension, location and attitude of objects including light spot centroid determination A method and apparatus for optically determining the dimension of part surfaces. Particular embodiments describe optical triangulation based coordinate measurement machines capable of accurate measurement of complex surfaces, such as gear teeth and turbin... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5015868 | Real time distance sensor A real time distance sensor for measuring distance by calculating the position of image of reflected laser beams with an extremely high-speed, includes a detection module containing a light receiving lens, an infrared ray filter, a CCD sensor, a lens syst... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4971443 | Optical position detecting method and apparatus therefor A method of and an apparatus for optically detecting the position of an object having a surface including first and second reflecting regions each having a different reflectance coefficient. First a ratio of reflectance of the first reflecting region to t... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4967183 | Method of intrusion detection over a wide area A method of scanning intrusion detection which is capable of monitoring a large volume of either interior or exterior space from a single relatively inexpensive unit. This method of intrusion detection comprises the steps of scanning a beam of infrared ra... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4934810 | Method and apparatus for controlling the quantity of emitted light in an optical measuring head The invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the quantity of emitted light in an optical measuring head. The control of the emitted light quantity of a laser diode mounted in the optical measuring head is dependent upon the stray light ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4878754 | Method of and apparatus for measuring irregularities of road surface A method of and apparatus for measuring any irregularity on a road surface by applying a beam onto a measuring point on the road surface and detecting any change in the vertical position of the center of the beam spot formed on the road surface thereby ob... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4826312 | Large area, low capacitance photodiode and range finder device using same An infrared sensitive photodiode having a relatively large optically active area and relatively low capacitance comprises a stripe diode adjacent an optically active area having a thick infrared transparent field oxide over a lightly doped channel stop. T... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4781465 | Device for detecting road surface condition A device for detecting road surface condition in front of a running car by radiating a directional beam or beams onto a point or points on the road surface at predetermined distance or distances in front of the car body and receiving the reflected beam or... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4774403 | Triangulation-type position measuring device A position measuring device using a triangulation scheme for position sensing. A laser diode projects a spot upon a target surface. The image of the spot is focused on a Charge Coupled Device linear image sensor. The image of the sensor is indicative of t... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4708483 | Optical measuring apparatus and method An optical triangulation probe is provided for measuring the distance and inclination of a surface. A light source is utilized for projecting a beam toward the surface to form a light spot on the surface. The image of the light spot is reflected and forme... | 11/24/1987 |
