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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189192 | Volume phase grating spectrometers and related methods and systems A Spectrometer is provided including a camera and an axial symmetric camera mount configured to receive the camera and to rotate. The spectrometer furthers include an input for providing optical radiation to a spectrometer system; a diffraction grating for dispersin... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8174694 | Hyperspectral imaging systems Hyperspectral imaging system and methods that may be used for imaging objects in three-dimensions are disclosed. A cylindrical lens array and/or a slit array may be used to re-image and divide a field of view into multiple channels. The multiple channels are dispers... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174695 | Arrayed micro-ring spectrometer system and method of use A spectrometer system includes an array of micro-zone plates (MZP) each having coaxially-aligned ring gratings, a sample plate for supporting and illuminating a sample, and an array of photon detectors for measuring a spectral characteristic of the predetermined wav... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169609 | System and method for improving performance of optical systems with tilted windows An optical system with a tilted window. The novel optical system includes a first optical element for receiving an input signal and generating an output signal; a first window adapted to transmit the output signal, the first window being tilted at an angle relative ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8144324 | Method and apparatus for scanning hyper-spectral image The apparatus for scanning at least one hyper-spectral image comprises an optical system, the hyper-spectrometer and the relay module. The hyper-spectrometer is disposed apart from the optical system. The optical system can focus an optical image of a target in a fo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139214 | Spectroscopy module, and method for manufacturing the same In a spectroscopy module 1, a light passing hole 5b through which a light L1 advancing to a spectroscopic portion 4 passes is formed in a light detecting element 5. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the relative positiona... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139213 | Two-dimensional spectral imaging system Systems, including methods, apparatus, and algorithms, for spectrally imaging a two-dimensional array of samples. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125639 | Temperature compensated spectroscope and optical apparatus A spectroscope includes an emitting portion from where light is output, a dispersive element which is disposed on a side of the light emitting portion, to which the light is output, an incidence portion on which, light dispersed by the dispersive element is incident... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125638 | Spectroscope An improvement is added to a spectroscope for performing wavelength dispersion of measured light with a wavelength dispersion element and receiving the light at a light reception element. The spectroscope has a first compound lens made up of a plurality of lenses fo... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8115924 | Optical characteristic measuring apparatus An optical characteristic measuring apparatus of the invention includes a sequentially-readable charge storage sensor array having a plurality of light receiving elements. Irradiation of first illumination light and second illumination light is controlled in such a ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102527 | Spectrometer assembly The invention relates to a spectrometer arrangement (10) having a spectrometer for producing a spectrum of radiation from a radiation source on a detector (34), comprising an optical imaging Littrow arrangement (18, 20) for imaging the radiation... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102526 | Spectrometer with a slit for incident light and fabrication of the slit A spectrometer including an entrance slit and the production of the entrance slit. The spectrometer includes a housing, an entrance slit, and an imaging diffraction grating inside the housing for splitting and imaging the light onto an optoelectric detector. The det... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098373 | Spatially and spectrally parallelized fiber array spectral translator system and method of use System and method for spatially and spectrally parallelized FAST. A sample is illuminated to thereby produce interacted photons. The photons are passed through a filter and received at a two-dimensional end of a FAST device wherein said FAST device comprises a two-d... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094306 | Micro ring grating spectrometer with adjustable aperture A spectrometer includes a micro-ring grating device having coaxially-aligned ring gratings for diffracting incident light onto a target focal point, a detection device for detecting light intensity, one or more actuators, and an adjustable aperture device defining a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085397 | Fiber optic sensor utilizing broadband sources Fiber optic sensors employ a high brightness light source such as a fiber optic supercontinuum source, multiplexed superluminescent light emitting diodes, or a broadband tunable laser diode. Light is delivered to the measurement location via fiber optics and sensor ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068224 | Spectroscopic module In the spectroscopy module 1, a light absorbing layer 6 having a light-passing hole 6a through which light L1 advancing into a spectroscopic portion 3 passes and a light-passing hole 6b through which light L... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059272 | Time-resolved spectroscopic measurement apparatus Light dispersing device comprising a slit element having a slit for exposure to electromagnetic radiation, wherein the slit element is configured and disposed for turning the slit between at least two positions. The light dispersing device is used together with a st... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059273 | Micro spectrometer for parallel light and method of use A spectrometer system includes an optical assembly for collimating light, a micro-ring grating assembly having a plurality of coaxially-aligned ring gratings, an aperture device defining an aperture circumscribing a target focal point, and a photon detector. An elec... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049887 | Spectroscopic module The spectroscopy module 1 is provided with a body portion 2 for transmitting light L1, L2, a spectroscopic portion 3 for dispersing light L1 made incident from the front plane 2a of the body portion 2 in... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045157 | Spectroscopic module Since a spectroscopic module (1) has a plate-shaped body section (2), the spectroscopic module can be reduced in size by reducing the thickness of the body section (2). Moreover, since the body section (2) is plate-shaped, the spectroscop... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045159 | Optical apparatus of a stacked design, and method of producing same An optical apparatus includes a first substrate including an optical functional element, and a second substrate including a movable micromechanical functional element, the first substrate and the second substrate being connected in a stacked manner, so that a light ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045158 | Spectrometer In a state that the body portion 4 is regulated by inner wall planes 27, 29, 28 of the package 3 so as not to move in parallel or perpendicularly with respect to the rear plane 4b, the spectroscopic module is directly supported by ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045160 | Spectroscopy module Alignment marks 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d are formed on the flat plane 11a of the peripheral edge portion 11 formed integrally with the diffracting layer 8, and when the lens portion | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040507 | Spectrometer In the spectrometer 1, a lens portion 3 having a spherical surface 35 on which a spectroscopic portion 4 is provided and a bottom plane 31 in which a light detecting element 5 is disposed, has a side plane 32 substant... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035814 | Spectroscopy module In a spectroscopy module 1, a light passing hole 50 through which a light L1 advancing to a spectroscopic portion 4 passes is formed in a light detecting element 5. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the relative positional relat... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8013993 | Spectroscopy module In a spectroscopy module 1, a light passing hole 50 through which a light L1 advancing to a spectroscopic portion 4 passes is formed in a light detecting element 5. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the relative positional relat... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7978324 | Multi-channel array spectrometer and method for using the same A multi-channel array spectrometer combines a spectral measurement system and a reference detector which measures photometric or radiometric qualities. High accuracy photometric or radiometric measurement of a wide dynamic range can be achieved by correcting measure... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978325 | Biochemical analyzer A light amount is increased and an analyzing accuracy can be kept in accordance with an enlargement of a load angle, however, a scattered light tends to be loaded in an analysis accompanying the scattered light and a dynamic range of a concentration which can be mea... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973928 | Spectroscopic instrument, image producing device, spectroscopic method, and image producing method The spectroscopic instrument includes a plurality of first lenses arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally; an aperture opening provided near a focal plane of each of the plurality of first lenses; a spectroscopic unit that spectrally distribute the light tha... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7961317 | Spectroscopy module Alignment marks 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d are formed on the flat plane 11a of the peripheral edge portion 11 formed integrally with the diffracting layer 8, and when the lens portion 7 ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7944559 | Airborne hyperspectral imaging system A hyperspectral imaging system has fore-optics including primary, secondary and tertiary fore-optics mirrors, and an imaging spectrometer including primary, secondary and tertiary spectrometer mirrors. Light from a distant object is collected by the primary fore-opt... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7936455 | Three mirror anastigmat spectrograph A spectrograph including a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, and a tertiary mirror forming a TMA having a common vertex axis. The spectrograph also may include a collimating mirror, a diffraction grating, and a dispersive prism. The collimating mirror and an entra... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929134 | Even frequency spacing spectrometer and optical coherence tomography device This application describes a spectrometer that includes a set of collimating optics to collimate received EMR to produce a collimated EMR. The spectrometer also includes a first dispersive optical element for dispersing the collimated EMR and a second dispersive opt... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916292 | Concave diffraction grating device, reflective dispersion device, and spectral device A concave diffraction grating device, a reflective dispersion device, and a spectral device of the invention include a diffraction grating plane having an aspherical configuration, wherein the diffraction grating plane is symmetrical in a predetermined direction, an... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907278 | Staring imaging grating spectrometer for detection of projectiles A detection system comprising detection processing means, spectral discrimination means, and temporal tracking and declaration processing means which cooperate to detect and declare a missile launch. A spatial filter isolates discrete spectral features in an image f... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7898660 | Spectrometer designs Various embodiments include spectrometers comprising diffraction gratings monolithically integrated with other optical elements. These optical elements may include slits and mirrors. The mirrors and gratings may be curved. In one embodiment, the mirrors are concave ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894058 | Single-lens computed tomography imaging spectrometer and method of capturing spatial and spectral information Computed tomography imaging spectrometers (“CTISs”) employing a single lens are provided. The CTISs may be either transmissive or reflective, and the single lens is either configured to transmit and receive uncollimated light (in transmissive systems), or is con... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889336 | Optical integrated nanospectrometer A planar nanospectrometer formed as a single chip that uses diffraction structures, which are combinations of numerous nano-features placed in a predetermined configuration and providing multiple functionalities such as guiding light, resonantly reflecting light at ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876434 | Color camera computed tomography imaging spectrometer for improved spatial-spectral image accuracy Computed tomography imaging spectrometers (“CTIS”s) having color focal plane array detectors are provided. The color FPA detector may comprise a digital color camera including a digital image sensor, such as a Foveon X3® digital image sensor or a Bayer color fi... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876435 | Method for determining background and correction of broadband background A method to determine and correct broadband background in complex spectra in a simple and automatized manner includes carrying out a background correction with respect to broadband background before a calibration step. The background correction may involve recording... | 01/25/2011 |
