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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8090553 | Cable length detection apparatus and method for a keyboarding video mouse switch A cable length detection apparatus is provided to detect the length of a cable having at least three pairs of wires for transmitting video signals. The cable length detection apparatus has a signal compressing circuit, a signal converting circuit and a length calcul... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7970577 | Method and system for evaluating an object that has a repetitive pattern A method for evaluating placement errors within a lithographic mask, the method includes: providing or receiving a reference result that represents a distance between a reference pair of points of a reference element; measuring, for each pair of points out of multip... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962311 | Method using capacitive sensors for morphology discrimination of a passenger seating in an automotive seat The present invention relates to a method for discriminating the morphology of a passenger seating in an automotive seat, comprising the steps of i) providing a set of a plurality of capacitive sensors (100) covering substantially a transversal cross section ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949489 | Detecting cable length in a storage subsystem with wide ports A mechanism detects cable length in a storage subsystem with wide ports. The mechanism uses in-situ bidirectional cable wrapping for determining different cable lengths. The mechanism under-margins transmitter output to failure for each external port and even for ea... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7930134 | Electronic device for measuring motion of screw mechanism An electronic measuring device for measuring and displaying a linear displacement of a horizontal screw mechanism, the device comprising: a gravity acceleration sensor adapted for measuring an angle of rotation value of a horizontal rotational shaft of a screw mecha... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7895015 | Method for measuring the structural health of a civil structure Methods are disclosed wherein the structural health of a civil structure, such as, but not limited to, a bridge or the like is measured by electronic distance measurement from a plurality of stable locations to a plurality of cardinal points on the structure in a me... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895014 | Method for improving the localisation of a target in regard of a sensor The present invention relates to a method to locate a target in regard of a sensor, comprising the steps of collecting the outputs of a capacitive sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes and combining said outputs so as to obtain a signal representative of the d... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7873494 | Method and apparatus for an aircraft location position system A computer implemented method for identifying location information of an unknown point on an aircraft. The unknown point on the aircraft is identified. A plurality of reference points is identified for the aircraft located in a three-dimensional model of the aircraf... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853427 | Clearance estimation system and method for a rotary machine A method of estimating a clearance between at least one rotating object of a rotary machine and a second object is provided. The method includes measuring an operating parameter of the rotary machine. The method also includes obtaining signals corresponding to the a... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7797126 | Online determination of the quality characteristics for punch riveting and clinching The present invention discloses a method for the online determination of a bulge/upset dimension xST and rivet head end position K of a rivet 3 with a length L in a punch rivet process with the help of a moveable punch 10 and a rigid die ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7756672 | Method for setting a predetermined distance between a machine tool and an electrically conductive workpiece A method is for setting at least one predetermined distance between a machine tool (10) and a metallic or non-metallic electrically conductive workpiece (12) according to which a capacitive and/or inductive sensor (16) fixed to the machine tool (10 | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752009 | Method and apparatus for checking the height of a mail item on the fly for franking purposes A method of checking the height of a mail item relative to at least one dimensional threshold SH defining a change in postage. The mail items are advanced at a constant speed V along a reference surface. The presence of a mail item is detected relative to a given po... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7752010 | Distance measuring apparatus capable of controlling range and resolution There is provided a distance measuring apparatus having system flexibility by varying a distance measuring range and a distance measuring resolution according to an environment and circumstance. The apparatus includes a reference pulse generator and a delay pulse ge... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7729881 | Laser intensity noise rejection for interferometric apparatus A laser interferometric apparatus for measuring a displacement of an object is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a laser source for producing a laser beam having a given intensity, a beam splitter for dividing the laser beam into a reference beam and an object bea... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7716010 | System, method and kit for measuring a distance within a railroad system A system is provided for measuring a distance within a railroad system. The railroad system includes a rail vehicle having a plurality of pairs of wheels, where the plurality of pairs of wheels are in respective contact with a pair of rails. The system further inclu... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684957 | Counting device, distance meter, counting method, and distance measuring method A counting device includes a counting unit, period measuring unit, frequency distribution unit, representative value unit, and correction value unit. The counting unit counts signals input during an interval. The signals have a single frequency when the physical qua... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7640136 | System and method for determination of object location for calibration using patient data Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for determining a location of an object of interest for use in image calibration. Certain embodiments of a method include loading an image of at least a portion of a patient. The image includes... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7627450 | Movement distance measuring apparatus and method An apparatus and method for determining a location of a movement distance measuring apparatus are provided. The apparatus and method determine whether the movement distance measuring apparatus is mounted at the waist of a pedestrian or is located in a pocket and use... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7620518 | Distance measuring device an method for testing the operation of a distance measuring system A distance measuring device for measuring a distance of a vehicle to an obstacle and a method for testing the operation of a distance measuring system. Two measuring systems are provided, each operating according to a different measuring method. Reliable operation o... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7548829 | Hand-held pulse laser distance measuring device A hand-held pulse laser distance measuring device (1) with an algorithm (3) which controls a microcontroller (2) and which serves to calculate the distance (X) to a measurement object (4) by a time difference (Ï„) between a measurement pu... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7532998 | Cable length detection apparatus and method for a keyboarding video mouse switch A cable length detection apparatus is provided to detect the length of a cable having at least three pairs of wires for transmitting video signals. The cable length detection apparatus has a signal compressing circuit, a signal converting circuit and a length calcul... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7502711 | Error compensation method for a 3D camera A method for determining a distance value d in a scene from an output of a four-tap 3D imager sensor is disclosed wherein said distance value d is determined based on the charge accumulated in a pixel of said imager sensor during a predetermined integration time Tin... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7457721 | Method and apparatus for measuring small displacement Without using an interferometer, small displacement and/or three-dimensional shape of an object is detected in a noncontact way with high accuracy using pseudo-phase information calculated from e.g., a speckle pattern having a spatially random structure. A speckle i... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451060 | Method of producing aerial photograph data A method of producing aerial photograph data is provided which is capable of positively utilizing stored photograph data and an image of a desired object included in a photographed image. The method includes a step of determining a distance between a position of a v... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7430490 | Capturing and rendering geometric details A method and system for implementing capturing and rendering geometric details for mesostructure surfaces is described herein. A mesostructure distance function is defined as a function of a given reference point and a given viewing direction. A distance from a refe... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7418363 | Micropattern measuring method, micropattern measuring apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium on which a micropattern measuring program is recorded A micropattern measuring method disclosed herein includes acquiring an image of a micropattern including plural layers; extracting a rough outline of the micropattern in the image as a sequence of points including plural points; dividing the plural points composing ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414528 | Apparatus and method for improving ski jump safety An apparatus and method for the improving of ski jump safety comprises a first detector for detecting a skier entering a jump site, wherein the first detector produces a first signal, a second detector for detecting the skier exiting the jump site, wherein the secon... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7392155 | Distance calculation device and calculation program It is intended to accurately calculate the distance between a movable body and a subject on the basis of various quantities of state, such as the azimuth angle between the movable body and the subject, velocity, and yaw rate. A calculation device includes a unit for... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388968 | Method and device for length measurement of packaging webs The present invention concerns a method and a device for absolute measurement of a print repeat length and/or at least one package length of a moving packaging web (1) in line with a printing machine. Normally the print repeat length and one package length ar... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389200 | Incremental encoding and decoding apparatus and method An incremental encoding and decoding apparatus and method are provided. The incremental encoding and decoding apparatus comprises current converters, which respectively receive the pair of analog signals and convert the received analog signals into current signals e... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7363723 | Measuring device A hand held measuring device for measuring for construction or other industries using measuring tapes to ascertain measurements. The device features an extendable tape engaged to an electronic sensor communicating the measurement to a data processor and digital disp... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359696 | Communication apparatus, portable terminal and communication control program A communication apparatus, including: an identification information request receiver configured to conduct wireless communication a plurality of times without interruption with a portable device; a response transmitter configured to send a response signal including ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353609 | Hole location method and apparatus The invention discloses differing embodiments of methods for checking the location or potential location of one or holes in structure relative to edges, fillets, and thickness changes. The area in the vicinity of the hole may be checked in order to determine whether... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352293 | Multi-mode encoder output generator Various apparatus and methods of a multi-mode encoder output generator are disclosed. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349820 | Method and device for determining the position of at least one point of reflection on an obstacle The invention relates to a method for determining the position (x, y) of at least one point of reflection (R1-2) on an obstacle. According to traditional methods of this kind a first distance (r1) between the point of reflection (R1-2 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342608 | Focus detecting method, focus detecting mechanism and image measuring device having focus detecting mechanism Focus detecting methods and focus detecting mechanisms of an image measuring device able to execute focus detection at high speed with high accuracy, and image measuring device having the focus detecting mechanisms are provided. A rotation driving device rotates and... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333911 | Method for operating a position-measuring device and position-measuring device In a method for operating a positional measurement device and a corresponding positional measurement device, the device includes a signal generation unit configured to generate positional data and is connected to sequential or follower electronics by a communication... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333913 | Clearance measurement system and method of operation A clearance measurement system is provided. The clearance measurement system includes a reference geometry disposed on a first object having an otherwise continuous surface geometry and a sensor disposed on a second object, wherein the sensor is configured to genera... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325320 | Method for estimating the accuracy of azimuthal orientations and portable sighting device In a method according to the invention for estimating the accuracy of azimuthal orientations (a) of a measuring device (1) having an electronic magnetic compass (2), a plurality of determinations of an azimuthal orientation (a, a′, a″, a′″, aâ€... | 02/05/2008 |
