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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155921 | Power transmission line dip measurement method A power transmission line dip measurement method is disclosed. The dip measurement method includes installing a measurement instrument at a place where power line support points of steel towers can be seen from the ground, collimating the measurement instrument at t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8126677 | Analyzing surface structure using scanning interferometry A method includes comparing a scanning interferometry signal obtained for a location of a test object to each of multiple model signals corresponding to different model parameters for modeling the test object, wherein for each model signal the comparing includes cal... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8090554 | Torque testing system and method An exemplary torque testing system includes a first screwdriver, a second screwdriver, a height measuring device, and a processor. The first screwdriver turns the first structure into the second structure using a maximum torque until the depth of the first structure... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8069008 | Depth measurement apparatus and depth measurement method A via hole depth measurement apparatus generates a light beam of white light, divides the light beam into a measurement and reference beams, focuses the measurement beam and projects it onto a sample, reflects the reference beam and advances it along the original op... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065109 | Localized substrate geometry characterization A system for evaluating the metrological characteristics of a surface of a substrate, the system including an optical substrate measurement system, a data analyzing system for analyzing data in an evaluation area on the substrate, applying feature-specific filters t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7920986 | Surface shape metric and method to quantify the surface shape of electronic packages A method of quantifying a shape of a surface includes measuring an elevation (z) of the surface at a plurality of locations in an x-y plane of the surface. The measurement data is fit to a series expansion in terms of one or more base functions that include a series... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7797128 | Calibration procedure for rivet height gages A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for calibrating rivet height gages. In one embodiment, the process calculates a size of sphere required to create a sphere-based ring gage to simulate a contact point between a rivet height gage and a sharp ed... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7620519 | Burn-in process of producing data correlating elevation of disk drive head to temperature and method of controlling the elevation of the disk drive head using the data Data characterizing a read/write head of a hard disk drive is produced in a burn-in process. The method includes measuring the flying height of the head at a first temperature in a burn-in chamber, measuring the flying height of the head at a second temperature in t... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617072 | Device for creating a full three-dimensional representation of a limb of a patient from a reduced number of measurements taken from said limb The device comprises means for taking a height measurement (H) and a plurality of circumference measurements (b, c, g) on the limb of the patient at different predetermined z-positions (zb, zc, zg). A first data file includes the coordinates (X0, Y0 | 11/10/2009 |
| 7567885 | Method and system for determining object height An apparatus and method for measuring a height of an object above a surface includes a housing with a first portion having an upper surface and a lower surface and an extension portion extending a first distance from the lower surface of the first portion. The exten... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7516040 | System and method for automated detection of printing defects in an image output device A system and method for the automated detection of printing defects in an image output device are described, employing an imaging device adjacent a photoresponsive member in the output device, wherein the imaging device generates image signals in response to develop... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7483808 | System and method for measuring machine rolling resistance A method of measuring rolling resistance of a machine is disclosed. The method may include determining a drive axle torque value of the machine and calculating a total effective grade value using the drive axle torque value. The method may further include determinin... | 01/27/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7350400 | Test method to measure lubricant mobility on a hard drive disk A method for measuring the mobility of a lubricant located on the top surface of a disk used in hard disk drives. The method includes forming one or more scribe lines in a lubricant layer of the disk. The disk is then spun by a spin stand where lubricant moves in re... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345956 | Portable electronic device with analog display rate of climb indicator A portable electronic device (1) is described, in particular of bracelet watch type, comprising at least first and second display members (8 and 9), means (23, 31) for making measurements of a physical magnitude related to the value of th... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7310549 | Dive computer with heart rate monitor A dive computer that includes heart rate monitoring capability is provided. The heart rate monitoring is accomplished by a belt that fits around the diver's chest, and the information is wirelessly transmitted to the dive computer. The heart rate information may be ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302360 | Defect size projection A system and method of inspecting semiconductor wafers that is capable of determining a scattering power associated with a wafer surface defect whether or not the scattering power associated with the defect exceeds the dynamic range of the system. The scattering pow... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7265754 | Method for displaying material characteristic information A system and method for displaying graphical information indicative of a plurality of material characteristics for a portion of a part under test. Energy is directed at the selected portion of the part under test. Resultant energy is detected from the selected porti... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265820 | Method of determining atmospheric refraction profile using two spatially separated light sources An atmospheric refraction profile is determined using an imaging system positioned at a location that is simultaneously within line-of-sight of two celestial light sources. A variety of active or passive methods can be employed to cause the line-of-sight to vertical... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251094 | Recording medium apparatus A disk control apparatus includes a shock sensor detecting a shock applied to a disk portion performing data reading and writing on a hard disk, and a shock log data generation manager creating shock log data concerning the detected shock, based on a predetermined s... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248994 | Digital method and apparatus for sensing position with a linear variable differential transformer An apparatus and method for determining a linear position from a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) including a primary coil driven by an excitation signal, and two secondary coils coupled to two correlated signals. The method includes converting the co... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236257 | Jump takeoff position indicator system A jump takeoff position indicator system that discloses the point of takeoff of a long jump or triple jump in athletic competition or practice when an athlete's foot comes in contact with a takeoff board when beginning a jump. A plurality of light beams are emitted ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231060 | Systems and methods of generating control signals Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; computing a short-time similarity measure between the left channel and the right channel; classifying portions of th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7212949 | Automated system and method for tool mark analysis An automated system for tool mark analysis includes an acquisition mechanism for acquiring 3D data of tool marks left on the surfaces of specimens by tools, a signature generation module for generating tool mark signatures from the acquired data, an analysis unit fo... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7177740 | Method and apparatus for dynamic measuring three-dimensional parameters of tire with laser vision Three-dimensional parameters of a tire are measured dynamically in a non-contact way using laser vision technology. Two laser vision sensors are used, which are calibrated and then used for practical measurement. The system offers a wide measuring range, high accura... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174277 | Product integrity systems and associated methods System determines integrity of a product through shipment and has: (a) plurality of identical smart sensors for direct attachment to different locations on the product and (b) interrogating device, the identical smart sensors monitoring like environmental condition ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171332 | Method of assessing a surface of a fuel injector assembly A method of assessing a profile of a surface of a fuel injector assembly. The method includes the steps of measuring the surface to obtain a set of data points, selecting a subset of the set of data points, fitting a regression line to the subset, establishing a tol... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152467 | Parallel seismic depth testing using a cone penetrometer A parallel seismic tester utilizing a cone penetrometer to test the depth of a foundation or the like comprises three important elements: the cone penetrometer which houses a receiver, an impactor to impact the structure, and data gathering and analyzing equipment. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144198 | Diver information processing apparatus and method of controlling same To provide safety-ensuring information that is considered to enhance safety in accordance with the movement of the diver's body in the water. An information processing device is provided that is worn on the diver, and has an external sensor unit 5 to measure ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7113884 | Positioning apparatus for an electrical discharge machine and a method therefor A positioning apparatus for an electrical discharge machine includes: a power supply 106 for applying a pulse voltage between an electrode 101 and a workpiece 102; a discharge detecting means 1108 for detecting the occurrence of electrica... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7013235 | Method, apparatus and program for determining growth of trees The present invention relates to a method of determining the growth of trees based on first and second measurement data obtained at different moments of time by utilizing a laser scanner located above the measured trees. In order to determine the growth of a large n... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006406 | Underwater detecting apparatus, depth measuring apparatus and display apparatus A display having a screen providing historical water depth information and a screen providing fish school detection information is presented. The water depth information and the fish school detection information may be derived from an echo signal, and can be display... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6968288 | Method for detection of photolithographic defocus The present invention relates to determining the location of a defect source which results in a localized elevation on the surface topography of a substrate such as, for example, a silicon wafer. The wafer is placed on a chuck of a semiconductor process tool such as... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6936824 | Portable apparatus and method for monitoring user's skin This portable apparatus comprises a housing having a circuit built-in, and an input key, an ultraviolet receptive opening and a display, which are combined with the housing as one body. An ultraviolet sensor is provided in the interior of the ultraviolet receptive o... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6915073 | Stereo camera and automatic convergence adjusting device A stereo camera with an automatic convergence adjusting device is provided. A stereo-image is captured by a CCD through a stereo adapter. A fiducial light beam in a plane of symmetry which includes a perpendicular bisector line of a segment between the viewpoints of... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6909985 | Method and apparatus for recording changes associated with acceleration of a structure The present invention is directed to recording changes associated with the acceleration of a structure. An exemplary embodiment includes an accelerometer array having at least one silicon beam type accelerometer, a nonvolatile memory, a clock timer, a programmable c... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6882956 | Lapping plate topography system A lapping plate topography system includes a measuring apparatus for measuring the surface of a lapping plate, and an analysis apparatus for analyzing and presenting the data resulting from such measurements. The measurement apparatus has a non-contacting capacitive... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6825676 | Apparatus for determining dynamic gaps between a proximity probe and a conductive target material A digital eddy current proximity system including a digital impedance measuring device for digitally measuring the proximity probes impedance correlative to displacement motion and position of a metallic target object being monitored. The system further including a ... | 11/30/2004 |
