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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175841 | Colour feedback with single optical sensor A method for controlling an illumination system comprises determining first drive settings for each of a plurality of colored light sources, the first drive settings generating an ON and an OFF time of the light sources; for each of the light sources of a first colo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8150652 | Method and system for automatic wedge identification for an ultrasonic inspection system Disclosed is a method and system which efficiently and accurately identifies an acoustic wedge by as simple as pressing a button to execute a command for a phased array inspection system, once the wedge is engaged with the system. It is based on the approach to use ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8069007 | Light scanning photoelectric switch This invention provides a light scanning photoelectric switch with which various settings of the light scanning photoelectric switch such as setting of a protection area can be easily set. The light scanning photoelectric switch includes: a display unit having a dis... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8010316 | System and method for laser range-finding A system and method is described for determining a distance to a desired target via correlating a pulse modulated signal with its corresponding reflected signal, while compensating for noise error in the reflected signal to allow for a more precise distance determin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000926 | Method and system for positional measurement using ultrasonic sensing A method for determining position and alignment is provided. The method includes monitoring a first and second sequence of ultrasonic signals transmitted from the first device to a second device, estimating a location of the first device from Time of Flight measurem... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991576 | Indoor navigation system and method This document discusses, among other things, a portable device that generates position and orientation data to facilitate movement within a building. The device can be, for example, handheld or affixed to a cane. Data for navigation is derived from reflections from ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983873 | Non-contact deviation measurement system A non-contacting deviation measurement system projects a first line and a second line upon a surface of an object. The projections of the first line and second line are arranged to overlap at an intersection line oriented at a nominal location such that when the sur... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970578 | Compensation table generation method, apparatus and computer program product, and tomography image processing apparatus using the same A compensation table for compensating interference signal obtained by OCT measurement is generated easily. When a reflection body interference signal is obtained by OCT measurement, the reflection body interference signal is compensated by a compensation table (Form... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966147 | Generating images according to points of intersection for integer multiples of a sample-time distance According to one embodiment, generating images according to intersection points includes obtaining samples of signals from transmitter-receiver pairs. A transmitter-receiver pair is configured to transmit a signal and receive the signal reflected by an object. Inter... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7899645 | Acoustic assessment of characteristics of a fluid relevant to acoustic ejection Methods are provided for analyzing characteristics of fluids in the context of an acoustic ejection system. Such a system has a controller, an acoustic radiation generator, and a coupling medium coupling the radiation to a reservoir holding fluid. The methods can us... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890293 | Device for determining the distance between a rotor blade and a wall of a turbine engine surrounding the rotor blade A device for determining distance between a rotor blade and a wall of a gas turbine surrounding the rotor blade is provided. A waveguide guides and emits electromagnetic waves in the direction of the rotor blade through a waveguide opening facing the rotor blade. Th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7725288 | Method and system for object control A system (100) and method (400) for touchless object control is provided. The system can include a sensing unit (110) for capturing a first signal (677) reflected off a first object (151) at a first time and a second signal (679... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7647200 | Monitoring motion of a crusher A method of measuring one or more motion parameters of a main shaft in a gyratory or cone crusher is disclosed. Signals are directed from a stationary sensor means located apart from the main shaft to one or more signal reflective surfaces situated on a target locat... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7499829 | Laser rangefinder and method thereof Disclosed is a laser rangefinder and method thereof. By using characteristics that noise has non-correlation and signals have correlation, laser beams are output to a target to find a range to the target with iteration rates of thousands of times per second, signals... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7428056 | Method and apparatus for optically analyzing a surface A method and apparatus for analyzing a surface of a test object employs apparatus with a scanning interferometry system which generates a windowed interferometric signal from the surface of a test object to characterize the surface of the test object. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428468 | Monitoring apparatus To provide a monitoring device which can detect conditions of a sleeping person reliably and which is simple. A monitoring device comprising: multiple independent distance sensors 11 installed facing different positions in a monitored target area 50 to... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7409312 | Handheld laser light detector with height correction, using a GPS receiver to provide two-dimensional position data A laser light receiver is provided with an integral laser distance measurement (LDM) device for measuring the distance from a laser plane of a desired elevation to a desired physical target point to be measured on a jobsite. The laser receiver can be combined with a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406394 | Spectra based endpointing for chemical mechanical polishing Methods and apparatus for spectrum-based endpointing. An endpointing method includes selecting two or more reference spectra. Each reference spectrum is a spectrum of white light reflected from a film of interest on a first substrate and has a thickness greater than... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403900 | Franking system and method A billing system for determining package transportation charges. The billing system includes a reader to read a package identifier associated with said package and the reader generates a package identifier signal and transmits the same to a microprocessor. The billi... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7383152 | Non-contact deviation measurement system A non-contacting deviation measurement system projects a first line and a second line upon a surface of an object. The projections of the first line and second line are arranged to overlap at an intersection line oriented at a nominal location such that when the sur... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376492 | System for measuring points on a vehicle during damage repair A carriage moves back and forth under a vehicle and three cameras or laser fixed along one axis pivot in a common plane, utilizing two cameras at time to locate a target fixed to a reference point on the undercarriage of the vehicle. Triangulation calculations, comb... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372978 | System and method for determining a seed vigor index from germinated seedlings by automatic separation of overlapped seedlings A system and method for automatically determining a seed vigor index for a lot of seeds by analysis of a scanned image of a plurality of seedlings grown from lot of seeds, including automatically separating and analyzing overlapped seedlings. According to one aspect... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373273 | Light extractor for a light guide lamp There is described a light extractor (8) for a light guide lamp (1) whose useful surface, that is to say, the surface that, in use, faces the emission surface (5) of the light guide lamp (1), comprises a predetermined distribution of diff... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365862 | Methods and apparatus for inspecting an object A method for generating a mask for use with a light measurement system that includes a light source for projecting light onto an object, and an imaging sensor for receiving light reflected from the object. The method includes determining a profile of the object to b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366620 | Evaluation method of fine pattern feature, its equipment, and method of semiconductor device fabrication Equipment extracts components of spatial frequency that need to be evaluated in manufacturing a device or in analyzing a material or process out of edge roughness on fine line patterns and displays them as indexes. The equipment acquires data of edge roughness over ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365955 | Material processing machine A material processing machine such as a wood chipping machine, a press, a cane cutting machine or other machine comprising an operating region having at least one processing element and an access region through which material passes to the operating region, has at l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360435 | Ultrasonic control of bolt tightening Tightening of a bolt is controlled by monitoring the change in round trip time of propagating longitudinal ultrasonic waves through the bolt and the reflection of these waves at the end of the bolt. The round trip time of the longitudinal waves through bolt is conti... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353986 | Electronic pedometer An electronic pedometer has a walk detecting sensor to detect a walking movement of a user and to output a walk signal corresponding to the walking movement. A walk judging circuit judges, based on a walk signal from the walk detecting circuit, whether or not the us... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353141 | Method and system for monitoring component consumption A method for monitoring consumption of a component, including the steps of emitting a radiation beam onto a first area of the component and detecting a portion of the radiation beam that is refracted by the component. A radiation level signal is generated based at l... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339611 | Method and arrangement for carrying out an information flow and data flow for geodetic instruments A method and an arrangement for carrying out an information flow and data flow in a geodetic instrument with image processing is disclosed. For this purpose, the data flow and information flow needed for image processing are distributed to a plurality of function mo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340382 | Lens array and display apparatus using same In an autostereoscopic display, a horizontal view range can be widened without reducing two-dimensional resolutions. Lenses are arranged to be a linear combination having integer coefficients of two unit vectors, thereby to control the vertical and horizontal view r... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328080 | Manufacturing methods and systems for rapid production of hearing-aid shells Methods, apparatus and computer program products provide efficient techniques for designing and printing shells of hearing-aid devices with a high degree of quality assurance and reliability and with a reduced number of manual and time consuming production steps and... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325328 | Methods and apparatus to determine vessel draft and amount of cargo loaded in a vessel The present invention discloses the methods and apparatus to acquire, record, and analyze data to determine the draft of a water-borne vessel and/or the amount of cargo that has been loaded in a water-borne vessel. The apparatus includes a portable, handheld housing... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323798 | Microwave displacement measurement system for an electrodynamic direct drive An electrodynamic direct drive includes an armature that travels within a housing and a drive system for moving armature in relation to housing. The drive system has two drive means, that are moved in relation to each other in the form of a coil system with at least... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324904 | Methods for determining dimensional stability of wood products utilizing single and multiple sensor groups Systems and methods are provided for detecting the potential of a wood sample, such as a board, to stay on grade, i.e., resist warp, after it is put into service and/or its moisture has re-equilibrated with the surrounding environment. The systems and methods includ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321859 | Billing system and method for determining transportation charges for packages A billing system for determining package transportation charges. The billing system includes a reader to read a package identifier associated with said package and the reader generates a package identifier signal and transmits the same to a microprocessor. The billi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315794 | Timber survey process and apparatus A timer survey system performing the steps of: placing a first reference point and a second reference point on a tree trunk, wherein an actual distance between the first reference point and the second reference point is a known distance, “A1”; capturi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310431 | Optical methods for remotely measuring objects A class of measurement devices can be made available using a family of projection patterns and image processing and computer vision algorithms. The proposed system involves a camera system, one or more structured light source, or a special pattern that is already dr... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305367 | Instantaneous price quotation system for custom manufactured parts An automated quotation system is provided for generating firm binding price quotations for custom manufactured parts in either an online or offline context. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299150 | Ultrasonic flow meter In an ultrasonic flow meter for measuring a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a conduit by detecting a propagating time difference between a forward propagating time of an ultrasonic wave propagating within the conduit in a forward direction and a backward propag... | 11/20/2007 |
