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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7641385 | Heating apparatus, heating apparatus control method and noncontact thermal sensing device A fixing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a non-contact temperature detecting element 81 allocated in non-contact with a heat roller, the sensing element detecting a temperature of the heat roller. The non-contact temperatur... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7340293 | Methods and apparatus for a remote, noninvasive technique to detect core body temperature in a subject via thermal imaging An approach to noninvasively, remotely and accurately detect core body temperature in a warm-blooded subject, human or animal, via thermal imaging. Preferred features such as the use of in-frame temperature references, specific anatomical target regions and a physio... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336987 | Method and apparatus for rapid, non-contact measurement of the core temperature of animals and humans A method and apparatus for measuring the core temperature of an animal or human. Emissions from the eyeball are detected, at one or more wavelengths selected on the basis of various factors, including the ability of that wavelength to reach the interior of the eyeba... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7314309 | Ambient and perfusion normalized temperature detector A body temperature detector is particularly suited to axillary temperature measurements of adults. The radiation sensor views a target surface area of the body and electronics compute an internal temperature of the body as a function of ambient temperature and sense... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293915 | Assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer An assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer is disclosed. The thermometer can be disassembled or assembled as required, wherein one of the detachable modules such as the measuring body has an incomplete electronic clinical thermometer circ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289927 | Method and apparatus for the monitoring of body temperature and/or blood flow A method and apparatus for estimating a body temperature and/or an ambient air temperature and/or blood flow. The method and apparatus acquire values indicative of temperature from two or more sensors. Some of the sensors being in thermal contact with a surface of t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282712 | Infrared sensor An infrared sensor of this invention is characterized by including a support member including a support film and a substrate that supports the support film, a polysilicon film which ranges from above a concavity to above the substrate, SiO2 which is forme... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275867 | Probe assembly of infrared thermometer A probe assembly of an infrared thermometer is capable of detecting the surface temperature of a thermal radiation source and is suitable for holding over human skin or inserting into a patient's ear canal for accurately taking human body temperature. The probe asse... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258482 | Thermoanalytical sensor, and method of producing the thermoanalytical sensor In a thermoanalytical sensor with a substrate and a thermocouple arrangement that is formed at a measurement position on the substrate, an increase in sensitivity can be achieved by way of a special geometry of the thermocouple arrangement and/or the selection of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234863 | Apparatus for measurement optical characteristic of a display panel An ambient temperature control apparatus used for measuring ambient temperature. The apparatus has a bottom plate, a panel fitting apparatus, an external mask, and a temperature control device. The panel fitting apparatus is disposed on the bottom plate and is suita... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231307 | Temperature measuring apparatus, and temperature correction processing device In some embodiments, a temperature measuring apparatus is provided with a light receiving portion having a plurality of light receiving units for measuring heat quantity of divided temperature detecting area in a noncontact manner, a thermal sensor for detecting tem... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226488 | Fast heating and cooling apparatus for semiconductor wafers The present invention is directed to an apparatus and process for heating and cooling semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers. In particular, the apparatus of the present invention includes a cooling device for actively cooling the wafers after the wafer... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7141792 | Radiation detector A radiation detector has a main body (1), and a radiation detection probe (2) detachably attached to the distal end of the main body (1). The probe (2) includes a detection unit (3) accommodating a radiation detection element (7... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121720 | Protective cap for infrared radiation thermometer The invention is directed to a protective cap (2) for a temperature measurement probe (30) of an infrared radiation thermometer (1) that can be introduced into a body cavity (31). The protective cap (2) is comprised of a base body ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119334 | Thermal imaging system and method Systems and methods for thermal sensing and imaging using the electro-optic effect. A thermal detection system comprises a temperature sensing element that includes an electro-optic (EO) material layer having a length axis and characterized by a temperature dependen... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108419 | Thermal tympanic thermometer tip The present disclosure provides a tympanic thermometer including a heat sensing probe defining a longitudinal axis and an outer surface extending from a distal end of the tympanic thermometer. The heat sensing probe includes a sensor housing extending to a distal en... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7070325 | Hot melt adhesive detection methods and systems Hot melt adhesive sensing systems and methods including detecting (410) multiple areas of a target, for example, a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding number of thermal sensors, summing (420) an output of the t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063458 | Ear type clinical thermometer An object of the present invention is to provide an ear type clinical thermometer in which the main body can be held according to the position of the eardrum of the person whose temperature is being measured. There is provided an ear type clinical thermometer compri... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7052180 | LED junction temperature tester An instrument measures the LED junction temperature directly by taking advantage of the linear relationship between the forward current driven through the LED, the forward drop of the LED, and the junction temperature to determine the LED junction temperature. | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040806 | Temperature detecting unit and fixing apparatus A temperature detecting unit including a temperature detecting sensor, a window member, and a frame which holds the window member. The temperature detecting sensor receives infrared rays radiated by an object, thereby detecting the temperature of the object without ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036978 | Pyrometer A first thermistor 8 and a second thermistor 9 are arranged forwardly and rearwardly of a thermopile sensor 5. A thermopile chip 55 is arranged and interposed between the first thermistor 8 and an integrated thermistor 57. A... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017433 | Non-contacting sensor multichip module with integral heat-sinks A sensor assembly having a housing including a first portion and a second portion. One of the portions of the housing includes a plurality of walls. The walls at least partially define a chamber. The assembly also includes a hinge connected to the first portion and ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014358 | Radiation thermometer comprising a heated measuring tip The invention relates to an infrared thermometer, especially an ear thermometer for measuring temperature, comprising an infrared sensor, a measuring tip which can be heated by a heating element, an actuating device which can be operated by a user, a control device ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6998612 | Sensor having membrane A sensor includes a detector for detecting physical quantity, a membrane, and a stress relaxation area. A stress is expected to concentrate in the stress relaxation area in a case of manufacturing process of the sensor or a case of operating the sensor. The detector... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976783 | Assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer An assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer is disclosed. The thermometer can be disassembled or assembled as required, wherein one of the detachable modules such as the measuring body has an incomplete electronic clinical thermometer circ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964515 | Temperature determining device, temperature correcting method, and image forming apparatus A temperature determining device is composed of a temperature detecting unit that detects a temperature of a determination object member based on an intensity of infrared rays from the object member, a unit for determining a temperature for correction that determine... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6937087 | Temperature sensor and method for detecting trip temperature of a temperature sensor A comparator circuit of a temperature sensor includes an output node and a variable current node. The output node is a first voltage at a given temperature when a current at the variable current node is less than a threshold current, and a different second voltage a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923572 | Data acquisition device using radio frequency identification (RFID) system A sensor 2 of a data collection system 2 is designed to make, in a predetermined environment, an operation of writing output data of a sensing circuit 24 into a non-volatile memory 22 as reference-value data, and, in a measurement environ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6919271 | Method for rapidly heating and cooling semiconductor wafers The present invention is directed to an apparatus and process for heating and cooling semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers. In particular, the apparatus of the present invention includes a cooling device for actively cooling the wafers after the wafer... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6877896 | Ambient temperature control apparatus used for measuring display panel An ambient temperature control apparatus used for measuring ambient temperature. The apparatus has a bottom plate, a panel fitting apparatus, an external mask, and a temperature control device. The panel fitting apparatus is disposed on the bottom plate and is suita... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6871999 | Method for the correction of the output signal of an infra red radiation multiple element sensor A method for the correction of the output signal of an infra red radiation multiple element sensor comprises the steps of determining and storing a parameter of a sensor element of the sensor and of generating a corrected signal of the sensor element in accordance w... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6830373 | Temperature measurement device The present invention relates to a temperature measurement device, particularly to a temperature measurement device for the cold junction of a non-contact temperature measurement element, characterized in that a plurality of electrical-conductive pins is provided on... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6735379 | Energy sensor A radiant energy sensor is adapted to detect radiant heat energy incident on a surface. The energy sensor has a body portion with a pair of sides. A temperature sensor is located on each side of the body portion. In use the body portion is mounted on the surface suc... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6682216 | Single-fiber multi-color pyrometry This invention is a fiber-based multi-color pyrometry set-up for real-time non-contact temperature and emissivity measurement. The system includes a single optical fiber to collect radiation emitted by a target, a reflective rotating chopper to split the ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6609824 | Radiation thermometer A radiation thermometer capable of precise measurement without depending upon an absolute precision of an infrared ray sensor for detecting infrared ray or a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the infrared ray sensor is provided wherein, co... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6572264 | Radiation clinical thermometer To provide a radiation thermometer capable of measuring a body temperature more accurately than it has been conventionally possible, by taking into account an infrared ray that is emitted from a front end of the probe portion and reflected from an eardrum... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6565254 | Infrared sensing element and temperature measuring device An infrared sensing element of the present invention includes a base including a thin film portion and a thick wall portion arranged around the thin film portion, and a thermopile including a plurality of thermocouples connected in series so that cold jun... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6499877 | Ambient and perfusion normalized temperature detector A body temperature detector is particularly suited to axillary temperature measurements of adults. The radiation sensor views a target surface area of the body and electronics compute an internal temperature of the body as a function of ambient temperatur... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6461036 | System and method for determining stray light in a thermal processing system A system and method for determining the stray radiation within a heating chamber of a thermal processing apparatus. The stray radiation is determined by moving a generally unheated wafer vertically through the heating chamber, and measuring with a detecto... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6425688 | Infrared temperature wave guide device An infrared temperature wave guide device that is adapted for use in all kinds of precision detecting and temperature sensing apparatus directed to apply in a contact or non-contact manner measuring, control, recording, monitoring, and inspecting on a tem... | 07/30/2002 |
