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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130377 | Spectrophotometer system with modular 45/0 head In one embodiment, the invention is a spectrophotometer with a modular 45/0 head. One embodiment of an apparatus for measuring a reflectance of a sample includes a plurality of light emitting diodes for emitting light, a reflective housing positioned above the plura... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8064054 | Method and system for inspecting indirect bandgap semiconductor structure Methods (600) and systems (100) for inspecting an indirect bandgap semiconductor structure (140) are described. A light source (110) generates light (612) suitable for inducing photoluminescence in the indirect bandgap semiconducto... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7952708 | High throughput measurement system A substrate processing system includes a processing module to process a substrate, a factory interface module configured to accommodate at least one cassette for holding the substrate, a spectrographic monitoring system positioned in or adjoining the factory interfa... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7880877 | System and method for detecting laser irradiated embedded material in a structure A detection system is used during irradiation of an interaction region of a structure with laser light. The structure includes embedded material. The detection system includes means for receiving light emitted from the interaction region. The detection system furthe... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7710561 | Transspectral illumination Methods are disclosed of generating a visible image of an object or scene under study. At least a portion of the object or scene under study is illuminated with light outside a visible portion of an electromagnetic spectrum. Light scattered by the object or scene un... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7437000 | Full spectrum color detecting pixel camera This invention comprises the means for the capture of full spectrum images in an electronic camera without the use of color primary filters to limit the spectral color gamut of the captured image. The fundamental principle of the invention is that each pixel of the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7359050 | Compact triple pass hyperspectral imager A compact, triple pass hyperspectral imager (spectrometer). The hyperspectral imager (imaging system) of this invention includes an optical sub-system, a reflective slit element, a reflective dispersive element located substantially at a front plane, the front plane... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338168 | Particle analyzing system and methodology An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system contains a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable ch... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7317516 | 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... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300168 | System for creating spectral displays A highly adaptable system for creating colorful spectral displays or for achieving a prismatic effect using visible light. The invention includes a fixed-angle or monolithic prismatic element fabricated from plate glass mirror material. A compound version of this mo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7268862 | 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... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268861 | 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... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248360 | Polychronic laser scanning system and method of use A system for laser scanning provides spectral flexibility needed for the spectroscopic monitoring of highly multiplexed samples, such as cellular and particle assays in whole blood or other suspensions. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the sy... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245372 | Optical analyzer for improving resolution of a time-varying spectrum and method therefor An analyzing method and system includes projecting light onto a specimen, detecting an optical spectrum from the specimen, dividing the detected optical spectrum by a predetermined time interval, applying a weighting vector and a gain and offset vector to the divide... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241569 | Method and a device for the evaluation of biopolymer fitness A Method for identifying one or a small number of molecules, especially in a dilution of ≦1 μM, using laser excited FCS with measuring times ≦500 ms and short diffusion paths of the molecules to be analyzed, wherein the measurement is performed in small volume ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226777 | Turbidimetric immunoassay and an apparatus therefor According to the present invention, the expansion of measurable concentration range for an antigen in a sample solution can be achieved, without a step of dilution or the like. The concentration of an antigen contained in a sample solution is determined from the max... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217371 | Optical control interface between controller and process chamber The present invention relates to interfacing new sensors to incumbent controls. In particular, it relates to optically interfacing a new sensor, such as a spectrometer with plasma generator, to an incumbent electro-optical sensor. Logic and resources to control acti... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7190845 | Image correction according to transmission characteristics of image sensing optical system In an image processing apparatus for processing an image sensed by an image sensing unit which includes an optical system and an image sensing element for converting a subject image formed by the optical system into an electric signal, a group of correction data, wh... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7123358 | Method for Raman imaging of semiconductor materials An ion implanted semiconductor surface is illuminated with a flood illumination of monochromatic radiation, and an image of the surface is taken using light which has been Raman scattered. The illumination and imaging system are calibrated by flood illuminating a un... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7052650 | Apparatus and method for the manipulation and testing of molecules, and in particular of DNA Apparatus for the manipulating and testing of molecules and in particular of DNA comprising a surface on which the molecule is anchored on multiple points at one end and a paramagnetic bead on which said molecule is anchored on multiple points at its other end, magn... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7019846 | Method for determining wavefront aberrations In a method for determining wavefront aberrations for the characterization of imaging characteristics in an optical imaging system, the measurement results from two different measurement methods, which are carried out at successive times, are combined. In this case,... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6925414 | Apparatus and method of measuring features of an article An apparatus and method of measuring an article is provided. The method includes providing an article having a feature to be measured, the article having a surface; measuring the surface of the article with a measuring instrument to obtain article surface data; and ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6867858 | Raman spectroscopy crystallization analysis method A method of monitoring sample crystallization from a solution. The method includes the collection of multiple Raman spectra from a sample dissolved in a solvent as a function of time and under conditions promoting crystallization. Within each of the multiple Raman s... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6853857 | Method, device and computer program for determining the blood flow in a tissue or organ region In a method, a device and a computer program for determining the blood flow in a tissue or organ region, the fluorescence intensity of an exogenous chromophore is measured as a function of time in the tissue region to be examined and from this the permeation rate of... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6845910 | Produce recognition system and method A produce recognition system and method which use an internal reference to calibrate a produce data collector. The produce data collector collects first data from an external reference, collects second and third data from an internal reference, and collects fourth d... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6844199 | Direct detection of bacteria-antibody complexes via UV resonance Raman spectroscopy A system for the detection of bacteria based on bacteria-antibody complexes. Bacteria attached to antibody are detected with resonance Raman spectroscopy. The bacteria are detected directly in a great numerical excess, e.g. 100 to 10,000 of antibody molecules. A sam... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6795777 | Identifying molecules of a sample According to one embodiment of the present invention, identifying a molecule of a sample includes illuminating the sample with a preparation light beam, where the preparation light beam can initiate a substantially maximized coherence of a target molecule to yield a... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6710873 | Temperature-independent measurements of gas concentration A method and apparatus for temperature-independent determination of a concentration of a probe gas in a sample over a selected temperature range between a low temperature TL corresponding to a lowest temperature expected or found in the sample and a high ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6707548 | Systems and methods for filter based spectrographic analysis Systems and methods for filter based spectrographic analysis are provided that permit rapid analysis of bioanalytes. Systems include devices for illuminating a sample with electromagnetic radiation and capturing radiation emitted from the sample. Emitted radiation c... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6650810 | Tunable filter A tunable optical filter for simulating the waveband spectrums of selected substances. The filter includes an optical waveguide with a core material for transmitting light energy and a nominal core refractive index for the core material. Predetermined per... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6646724 | Device for determining the influence of dispersion on a measurement A device determines and subsequently corrects the dispersive influence on a measurement made according to the principles of phase or pulse modulation along a visible range. The device has an element for emission of electro-magnetic radiation with two carr... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6618138 | Scanning fluorescent systems for various diagnostic An angularly multiplexed store contains filters derived from prior examination of input image reference samples, a spectrum analyzer produces spectral data representing the frequency spectrum of the input image under examination, a computer produces an en... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6587600 | Methods and apparatus for producing topocompositional images A topocompositional image of an inanimate object or surface can be generated that comprises data that relates to a topographical image, data that relates to a chemical compositional image, and combining such topographical and chemical compositional data t... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6582903 | Method and a device for the evaluation of biopolymer fitness A method for identifying one or a small number of molecules, especially in a dilution of ࣘ1 μM, using laser excited FCS with measuring times ࣘ500 ms and short diffusion paths of the molecules to be analyzed, wherein the measurement is performed in sm... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6580091 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL EVALUATION, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A top surface of a wafer is provided with an n-type source region, an n-type drain region, and an n-type semiconductor region. Dry etching using a plasma is performed with respect to an interlayer insulating film deposited on the wafer to form openings re... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6560546 | Remote analysis system Spectrographic instruments at remote site locations measure near infrared absorbance spectra for unknown materials and transmit the absorbance spectra to a central web site where, the measurements are standardized to be the same as if they were measured b... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6421553 | Spectral data classification of samples A system and method for classifying tissue by application of discriminant analysis to spectral data. Spectra are recorded as amplitudes at a series of discrete wavelengths. Pluralities of reference spectra are recorded for specimens having known condition... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6413786 | Binding assays using optical resonance of colloidal particles A device and a method enable the rapid, quantitative evaluation of a large collection of ligands for binding affinity with a certain immobilized receptor, the improvements being that binding pan be detected without the need for a label and that binding is... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6352502 | Methods for obtaining enhanced spectroscopic information from living tissue, noninvasive assessment of skin condition and detection of skin abnormalities Disclosed is a method for obtaining feedback to drive a servo system for aligning and maintaining alignment in optical systems that bring light to an in vivo skin sample, for adjusting the focus of the optical system, and for adjusting the net depth of fo... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6322555 | Method and apparatus for monitoring laser surgery A method and system for laser surgery produces controlled laser pulses and simultaneously verifies that a sequence of pulses of prescribed energy are being delivered to the patient. A photo detector receives a predetermined portion of the energy of each t... | 11/27/2001 |
