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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185341 | Surface temperature profile Thermometric apparatus includes one or more temperature sensors, which are configured to provide respective temperature-dependent readings at two or more locations on a surface in a vicinity of a sub-surface heal source. A processing unit is configured to process th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7657392 | Method and apparatus for detecting and characterizing particles in a multiphase fluid A method and apparatus for measuring the size and distribution of particles within a multiphase fluid flowing within a pipe is provided, wherein the apparatus includes at least one metering device for determining at least one of the mixture density of the fluid, the... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7412508 | Device for indicating downloading of data items A device (1) for indicating downloading of a data item (3) by a user computer (5) from a first computer (7) using a data communication network (9) is disclosed. The device (1) comprises a processor (13) being configur... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7352900 | Apparatus and method for processing particle images and program product for same A method for processing particle images are described that include: receiving image information obtained by capturing an image of a particle; determining the circumferential length and number of inflection points in the contour of a particle image based on the recei... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337889 | Automated teller machine An automated teller machine for handling a paper money, has a paper money path for transferring the paper money along a predetermined direction, and a detector for measuring a condition of the paper money, comprising a light beam emitter for emitting a light beam to... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316322 | Quality evaluation apparatus for fruits and vegetables In order to provide a quality evaluation apparatus having excellent measurement accuracy in obtaining quality evaluation values of fruits and vegetables, transmitted light from one or more measured objects is received by a photo-detective sensor of the charge storag... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309918 | Chip package structure This invention relates to a chip package structure comprising of a chip, multiple leads with inner and outer ends, an exposed chip upper surface, an encapsulated body encloses the peripherals of the chip, and multiple conducting wires used to connect electrically th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308380 | Vehicular collision object determining system A planar pressure-sensitive switch unit has multiple pressure-sensitive switches that are disposed in a longitudinal direction of a bumper cover of a vehicle with given intervals for detecting the number of collision objects. Collision load sensors are disposed betw... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301456 | Wireless terminal-interoperable home network system and method controlling the same Disclosed herein are a wireless terminal-interoperable home network system and a method for controlling the same. A home server is linked with a security device and camera installed in a building to, when the security device senses entrance/exit of an outsider into/... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7277777 | Method and system for real time reporting of boiler adjustment using emission sensor data mapping A method to adjust a boiler having a flue gas duct including: sensing flue gas emissions in the gas duct with a plurality of emission sensors arranged in an array; generating a multidimensional graphical depiction of the flue gas emissions by plotting sensor data ca... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269476 | Smart medicine container A medicine dispensing system is provided that comprises of a medicine container with an inbuilt pill dispensing assembly which automatically dispenses a prescribed dose of medicine at prescribed times. It alerts the patient when a dose of medicine has been dispensed... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263501 | Point-of-care inventory management system and method A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inventory of a plurality of point-of-care diagnostic devices. The plurality of devices includes at least one type of device. Each device is configured to perform at least one sample analysis. Each device has a usa... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242307 | System for monitoring hygiene appliances A hygiene appliance monitoring system for determining washroom element functional status and sequence of operation generally includes a plurality of wireless communication devices with a first number of the wireless communication devices being disposed within or adj... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243034 | Sensor device A sensor device according to the present invention has a detection mode for detecting an object W, a first setting mode for changing the output duration of an output signal, and a second setting mode for changing a light-emission period of light emitted to the objec... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7221119 | Robot system In a case in which an operation is alternately carried out by apparatus-1 and the apparatus-2 in cooperation with a robot, an operator carries out operation within an operation range of each of the apparatuses during the interruption of power supply to... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215420 | Optical method and apparatus for determining status of agricultural products A spectroscopic method, preferably Raman scattering, is used to rapidly determine the general health or stress status of living plants and plant products, including agricultural crops, forests, and harvested fruits and vegetables. In the preferred embodiments, carot... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210633 | Self-compensating speaker volume control system for data collection terminal A data collection terminal is provided with an audible feedback system that self-compensates for changes in ambient noise levels. The data collection terminal comprises a central processor adapted to execute stored instructions and having at least a display, a keybo... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200498 | System for remediating cross contamination in semiconductor manufacturing processes The present invention defines a system (100) for detecting copper contamination within a semiconductor manufacturing process. According to the present invention, a semiconductor wafer (102) is transferred (108) from a semiconductor manufacturing... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190895 | Photographic imaging system for brachytherapy device verification A photographic imaging system and method for brachytherapy device verification is disclosed. The method involves receiving an order from a customer; loading a container with materials according to the order to create a loaded container; making a photographic image o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168525 | Self-checkout method and apparatus including graphic interface for non-bar coded items A self-checkout system includes a graphical user interface for self-checkout of non-bar-coded items. The interface displayes a predetermined image corresponding to a non-bar-coded item, and means for the user to select the image. A product look up (PLU) entry device... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7139693 | Using software objects to communicate with hardware devices An interface to one or more hardware devices includes a configuration library and objects to model the hardware. Software programs using the interface need not understand how to communicate with the hardware. Instead, the software programs may communicate with the i... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136539 | Drug sample identification peripheral The present invention is a method and apparatus for drug sample identification, including a scale for weighing a drug sample and an imaging module for capturing digital images of the drug sample, from at least two different visual perspectives simultaneously, and an... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130771 | System and method for optimization of and analysis of insulated systems The present invention is directed to a method for generating a list of package shipment routes in a shipment solution system comprising the steps of entering product information, place of origin, destination and shipment temperature parameters for a package into the... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124707 | Selective animal feeding apparatus An apparatus for the dissemination of food to a first animal when the first animal is disposed proximate the apparatus includes a container for receipt of the food and a transmitter that is attached to the first animal and a receiver that is operatively attached to ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7116643 | Method and system for data in a collection and route discovery communication network A communication system provides for data collection and route discovery for a network of distributed nodes. A base code having a data collection function occasionally sends agent packets to selected nodes of the network (620), and these nodes in turn route th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115857 | Apparatus for remotely counting objects in a collection using differential lighting Apparatus for remotely counting the number of individual objects of the same general shape and disposed in a collection having a front end in a common vertical plane. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117101 | Remote particle counter for remote measurement of the number and size distribution of suspended fine particles in the atmosphere A remote particle counter comprising a pulsed laser generator, laser light emitting optics, scattered light collecting optics, a high-sensitivity two-dimensional photo detector as a scattered light detecting portion having a fast gating capability such as a CCD came... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7085670 | Reconfigurable measurement system utilizing a programmable hardware element and fixed hardware resources A system and method for configuring a device to perform a function, where the device includes a programmable hardware element and one or more fixed hardware resources. A program is stored which represents the function. A hardware configuration program is generated b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081728 | Apparatus for controlling heat generation and recovery in an induction motor An induction motor system comprising an induction motor, equipped with a heat recovery and water pumping apparatus and an apparatus for controlling the electrical efficiency and resulting heat generation of the induction motor. The motor is adapted to be coupled to ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7048183 | RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044421 | Electronically controlled roll towel dispenser with data communication system An electronically controlled roll towel dispenser with a data communication system. The dispenser automatically dispenses a predetermined length of paper toweling from a supply roll after a length of toweling has been detached by a user pulling and tearing the protr... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043394 | Method and device for measuring fine particles in ultrapure water A novel measuring method which allows measurement of fine particles which are extremely fine and contained in a very small amount in ultrapure water is provided. The number frequency with respect to the fine particles having a particle diameter of 0.1 μm or more is... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035989 | Adaptive memory allocation This functions maintains two trees: a fast access tree referring to memory blocks of a size most often requested, and a general access tree referring to memory blocks of a size less often requested. After satisfying a request for a memory block, the function adjusts... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028723 | Apparatus and method for automatic prescription verification An apparatus and method are used to perform the verification of a pharmaceutical prescription after it is filled but prior to shipment. Due to the high volume of mail/internet orders, the analysis is to be performed on the whole prescription, not on each individual ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017802 | Banknote store In a banknote store, banknotes are stacked such that alternate notes have their ends protruding from one end of the stack, with the intervening notes protruding from the opposite end. The topmost banknote can be dispensed individually by gripping the protruding end ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994248 | Universal pill counting device A bench-top pill counter accurately and automatically counts a wide variety of shapes and sizes of pharmaceutical pills and capsules, having a variety of coatings. A rotating bowl, periodically shaken during rotation, is combined with a fixed, flared spiral guide ra... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992561 | System for the control and monitoring of sanitary appliances A system for the control and monitoring of electronic sanitary appliances with a command level, an automation level and a field level. The automation level includes automation stations (1) which are each connected by a field bus (2) with several sanita... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6970799 | Method and apparatus for particle sizing A method and apparatus provides for particle size detection. A particle detector signal is utilized to provide particle size information. The particle detection signal is obtained by utilizing particle detector information. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6963782 | System and method for effecting control tuning of a manufacturing process The present invention includes a system and method for fine tuning the control of a manufacturing process. A material adjusting device is in communication with a PID controller and PID control loop, and is used to alter a flow of material used in the manufacturing p... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957733 | Method and apparatus for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 10/25/2005 |
