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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8121813 | System and method for clearance estimation between two objects A processing system for clearance estimation in a rotating machine includes one or more sensors and one or more digital signal processors for calculating the estimated clearance. The processing system may include techniques for obtaining real-time clearance estimate... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8060339 | Multistatic concealed object detection Concealed object detection using electromagnetic and acoustic multistatic imaging systems and methods. A method of simultaneously screening plural subjects for concealed objects includes transmitting a signal into a screening area where there is at least one subject... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7996180 | Method and device for determining geometric data of a conical measurement object Determining geometric data of a conical measurement object comprises determining spatial coordinates at a plurality of measurement points of the measurement object. At least six spatial coordinates are determined on at least six different measurement points. Element... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979236 | Finding minimum remaining float for a pattern of non-uniform sized features A method for analyzing tolerances for features for an object. A framework may be created from the plurality of features for the object. The framework may be fitted to a plurality of manufactured features for the object based on the plurality of features to form a fi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7941767 | Photomask management method and photomask wash limit generating method A photomask is washed and at least one physical amount of transmittance and phase difference of the photomask, dimension of a pattern, height of the pattern and a sidewall shape of the pattern is measured. After this, the two-dimensional shape of a borderline patter... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7904272 | System and method for calculating coordinate values of a measuring machine A method for calculating coordinate values of a measuring machine is provided. The method includes receiving signals in three dimensions from a raster ruler signal generator, identifying a direction of each signal and multiply a frequency of each signal. The method ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904273 | In-line depth measurement for thru silicon via A system, method and device for measuring a depth of a Through-Silicon-Via (TSV) in a semiconductor device region on a wafer during in-line semiconductor fabrication, includes a resistance measurement trench structure having length and width dimensions in a substrat... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7885787 | Magnetic winding and method of making same The present invention provides an improved magnetic winding and method of calculating desired winding parameters (winding layer thickness, number of winding layers and number of turns per winding layer) for a winding in a magnetic component. The invention may be app... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885786 | Sleeve cone quality measurement system and method A metrology system for measuring a cone angle, a cone straightness, and a cone quality of a sample and method of using the metrology system are disclosed. The system includes a rotary stage, one or more workpiece fixtures that hold the samples in the rotary stage, a... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7853426 | Device for automatically determining a category of mail to which a mailpiece delivered to a franking system belongs A device for determining the category of mail of a mailpiece, which device comprises: an stand designed to receive said mailpiece; at least one gauge fastened to said stand and provided with a slot of predetermined length and of predetermined height, which length an... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844416 | Intelligent modular transport system with object behavioral pattern recognition and traffic management Invention describes apparatus as closed-loop intelligent Object Transport System with Object Behavioral Pattern analysis and recognition for applications, including automatic self-check-out lanes at grocery, retail stores. Invention calculates Objects Behavioral Pat... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840373 | System and method for selecting a location for marking placement A system and associated method for selecting or creating an area which meets meet a set of marking criteria, for example, corresponding to a minimum surface area; a maximum slope angle; and a minimum deviation from a specified height. A marking station is directed t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818139 | Rotor/stator relative position determining method and apparatus A data signal indicative of a gap between a sensor and at least one of a surface of a rotor and a surface of a stator rotating relative to the sensor is sent to a computer processor. The computer implements defining a plurality of lowest values of the data signal ov... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7761257 | Apparatus and method for evaluating optical system An apparatus is for evaluating optical characteristics of an optical system based on an image forming position of a point image formed through the optical system. The apparatus includes a point image producing unit that forms a point image through the optical system... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7720632 | Dimension measuring apparatus and dimension measuring method for semiconductor device A dimension measuring apparatus used for measuring a dimension of a semiconductor device having a first pattern of repeated structure and a second pattern that is linear and formed on the first pattern to extend over the repeated structure. The invention includes a ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716009 | Metrology tool recipe validator using best known methods A method of preparing recipes of operating a metrology tool, wherein each recipe includes a set of instructions for measuring at least one dimension in a microelectronic feature. There is provided a desired recipe having instructions for measuring one or more desire... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684956 | Image reconstruction method A method of extracting the shape of a probe tip of a probe-based instrument from data obtained by the instrument is provided. The method employs algorithms based on the principle that no reconstructed image points can physically occupy the same region as the tip dur... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7660697 | Apparatus and method for calculating size tolerance, and computer-readable recording medium in which program for calculating size tolerance is stored The present invention aims at surely and efficiently calculating size tolerances of a plurality of parts constituting a structure with the configuration that includes a tentative size tolerance setting section setting tentative size tolerances of the plurality of pa... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7627449 | Apparatus for measuring eccentricity of optical module An exemplary apparatus (100) for measuring eccentricity of an optical module (23) includes a worktable (10), an image sensor device (17), a driving device (13), and a processing device (19). The worktable is configured for s... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7613588 | Shoe shape selection method, shoe shape selection system and shoe tip shape selection method A shoe shape selection method selects an appropriate shoe shape from a plurality of kinds of shoe shapes prepared beforehand, based on a plurality of items of data on a customer. The plurality of data items include the foot length of the customer, the foot girth of ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603252 | Method and apparatus for calculating effective volume of diesel particulate filter A method for calculating the effective volume of a diesel particulate filter invention may include: determining whether regeneration efficiency exists; determining, if regeneration efficiency exists, whether a learning condition of the ash coefficient is satisfied; ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7546218 | Dimension measuring device A dimension measuring device that has improved operability when an expensive display device, such as, a bar graph is used. The device includes plural dimension measuring sections and a display section for displaying dimension measurements generated by the plural dim... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7542870 | Immersed fuel level sensor A level sensor includes a first transducer generating a first signal, a second transducer generating a second signal, and a processor configured to switch operation between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the first transducer generates the first s... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7516039 | Mapping systems and methods Improved systems and methods for mapping are provided. In one embodiment, a system for mapping is provided. The system comprises a rangefinder adapted to output range measurements; an inertial sensor adapted to capture inertial measurements including inertial forces... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7483807 | Form measuring device, form measuring method, form analysis device, form analysis program, and recording medium storing the program The present invention provides a form measuring device comprising a measuring section (302) for obtaining measurement data obtained by measuring a space between a straightedge rule (321) and an edge of an object to be measured (305) paired with ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7463996 | Method and apparatus for scanning Disclosed is a scanner for the scanning of articles including a scanning apparatus (10) having a scanning device (18) and a rotatable sample mount (14,420) whereby, the scanning device and mount are relatively displaceable along the rotary axis ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460981 | Methods and systems for determining a presence of macro and micro defects on a specimen Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7440878 | Virtual models A method of generating a virtual model of an object, comprising the step of constructing a fused model to represent the variation of the shape of the object in a plurality of configurations. In the method, position variation vectors may be calculated which describe ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437263 | Method and apparatus for controlling the machining of mechanical pieces A method and a relevant apparatus for controlling the machining of a piece (18,38) rotating in a numerical control machine tool (33) includes the steps of detecting instantaneous values (V(i)) indicative of the dimensions of the piece during the machin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430052 | Method for correlating the line width roughness of gratings and method for measurement A method for correlating line width roughness of gratings first performs a step (a) generating a characteristic curve of a predetermined grating having a known line width, and a step (b) performing a comparing process to select a matching spectrum from a plurality o... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426451 | Handheld surface coordinate measuring device A surface coordinate measuring device (1) includes a computing unit (8) arranged in a handheld housing (9), a positioning device (2) for positioning the coordinate measuring device at a surface point (P) on a wall surface (3), a di... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424822 | Micro-hardness measurement method and micro-hardness meter A micro-hardness measurement method for calculating the hardness of a test sample by pushing an indenter in the test sample and forming an indentation thereon, including: a loading step for extracting load data showing the relationship between load L applied to the ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424388 | Motion determining apparatus and storage medium having motion determining program stored thereon Acceleration data which is output from an acceleration sensor is obtained. A rotation motion of an input device around a predetermined direction as a rotation axis is determined by comparing a start point in a two-dimensional coordinate system which is represented b... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417750 | Consecutive measurement of structures formed on a semiconductor wafer using an angle-resolved spectroscopic scatterometer Structures formed on a semiconductor wafer are consecutively measured by obtaining first and second measured diffraction signals of a first structure and a second structure formed abutting the first structure. The first and second measured diffraction signals were c... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414732 | Method and device for determining the 3D profile of an object The invention relates to a method for determining the 3D profile of an object. In order to improve a method of this type, several sections of the object (5) are measured. During at least one measuring operation, at least one reference object (4) is mea... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412348 | Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus, and game controlling method A game system includes a game apparatus and a controller. The controller is furnished with an acceleration sensor for detecting accelerations in at least two axis directions. Game processing corresponding to the kind of an acceleration input by means of the controll... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409256 | Footwear measurement and footwear manufacture systems and methods Foot measurement and footwear manufacture systems and methods. A three-dimensional foot frame of a foot and pressure data corresponding to a bottom of the foot are measured, and a first and a second group of characteristic points are respectively determined accordin... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400992 | Fitting multidimensional measurement data to tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainty of the measurements Measurement data collected within a measurement frame of reference is fitted to geometric tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainties of the measurement. Geometric freedoms for fitting the measurement data are exploited to fit uncertainty zones associated wi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398178 | Method of determining the irregularities of a hole In a method of calculating irregularities of a hole, a center coordinate of an actual hole is set. Inner wall coordinates of the actual hole are obtained from the center coordinate of the actual hole. An area of the actual hole is determined based on the inner wall ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398179 | Part measurement prioritization system and method A system, method, and apparatus are provided for prioritizing the measurements made on manufactured parts while maintaining specified part quality standards. According to the method, system and apparatus, the process used by the CMM is modified so that the number of... | 07/08/2008 |
