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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7463353 | Modular, micro-scale, optical array and biodetection system A modular, micro-scale, optical array and biodetection device for quantifying fluorescence intensities of a plurality of substantially separated, and dimensionally uniform elements of a bioarray that are located at known positions on a plain support includes a light... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463357 | Wide dynamic range chemical array reader A system for detecting a predetermined wavelength of light emitted from an area on the surface of a chemical array is provided. Aspects of the system include: a beam splitter for splitting emitted light into two or more light beams and a detector for detecting photo... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463356 | Method for analyzing hair An apparatus for analyzing a sample hair mixture having a mixture of two hair colors and an overall spectrum representative of the two colors, comprising: a first color selector, configured to select a first spectrum representative of a first color in the hair mixtu... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462293 | Method and apparatus for measuring electron density of plasma and plasma processing apparatus An apparatus for measuring plasma electron density precisely measures electron density in plasma even under a low electron density condition or high pressure condition. This plasma electron density measuring apparatus includes a vector network analyzer in a measurin... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463345 | Method for correlating spectroscopic measurements with digital images of contrast enhanced tissue A system and method of correlating Raman measurements with digital images of a treated sample to classify the disease state of the sample. A spectroscopic data set is obtained for the sample positioned in the field of view of a spectroscopic device. Information abou... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463346 | Optical fiber birefringence measurement method and measurement device, and optical fiber polarization mode dispersion measurement method and optical fiber In a method of measurement of the birefringence of an optical fiber, the round-trip Jones matrix R(z) for a first interval (0, z) from a measurement starting point 0 in the optical fiber for measurement to a prescribed position z, and the round-trip Jo... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460226 | Spectrophotometer An analyzer or spectrophotometer for the detection of material is described with a single source with variable intensity, a single detector having a variable spectral response where the sample is able to be analyzed based on varying the intensity and spectral respon... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460228 | Fast particle generating apparatus A laser beam emitted from a laser source is projected onto a target set in a vacuum chamber while being focused by a focusing optical system. This results in generating fast particles, such as protons and emitting the particles from the target. A light measuring dev... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460227 | Method to detect bone fragments during the processing of meat or fish Bones, bone fragments, and shell fragments on or near the surface of processed animal flesh may be detected by detecting their fluorescent emissions. The surface of the flesh is illuminated with UV or visible light to elicit fluorescence of animal bones or shells, a... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456957 | Littrow spectrometer and a spectral domain optical coherence tomography system with a Littrow spectrometer A compact conical diffraction Littrow spectrometer is disclosed. The distortion of the conically diffracted spectral component beams is compensated and as a result, the diffracted spectral beams can still be focused into a substantially straight line to shine onto a... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456951 | Fluorescence detection method, detection apparatus and fluorescence detection program In fluorescence detection, complicated concentration adjustment and retry of detection operation can be eliminated. In a fluorescence detection method for irradiating an exciting light ray on a fluorescent material or a sample having the fluorescent material to dete... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453557 | Temperature compensating method and apparatus for an optical disc device A temperature compensating method and apparatus uses a front sensor to measure a first power of a light-emitting unit emitting a light, and a thermal sensor to measure the temperature of the light-emitting unit. The temperature is inputted into an I/O unit to figure... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453556 | Process for determining the particle size distribution of an aerosol and apparatus for carrying out such a process The measurement of the particle size distribution of an aerosol is of crucial importance in pharmaceutical development. A prerequisite for this is a valid method, e.g. the cascade impactor method described in the pharmacopoeias. It requires measurement of the active... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453564 | Method of determining a property of a fluid and spectroscopic system A property of a fluid is determined spectroscopically, such as for the purposes of in vivo blood analysis. First the position of a volume of interest through which the fluid flows is determined by an optical detection step by making use of an objective. Preferably t... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450228 | Spectral imaging of biofilms A spectroscopic method and system to identify a biofilm of a microorganism. A sample containing a sample microorganism is irradiated with substantially monochromatic radiation. A Raman data set is obtained based on radiation scattered from the irradiated sample. A d... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7433041 | Illumination arrangement for a colour measurement device An illumination arrangement for a color measurement device includes a linear arrangement of light emitting diode chips (11) packed tightly along a narrowly defined path. A plurality of light emitting diode chips within at least one region of the path emit lig... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430045 | High spatial resolution imaging In high spatial resolution imaging, a structure of a sample is marked with a substance selected from a group of substances capable of being repeatedly transferred out of a first state having first optical properties into a second state having second optical properti... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428046 | Trace chemical optical probe New and improved applications of Raman Scattering are disclosed. These applications may be implemented with or without using an enhanced nano-structured surface that is trademarked as the RamanNanoChip™ disclosed in a pending patent. As a RamanNanoChip™ provides... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426026 | Method and system for measuring the concentrations of fluorescent dyes By using an imaging device (30), it is possible to determine the concentration of flourescent pigments contained in a target sample (1). The imaging device has a plurality of detection wavelength bands. There are prepared a plurality of reference sampl... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426033 | Methods and apparatus for colorimetrically characterizing color deviation in color imaging devices Methods and apparatus are provided that print a set of similar color patches using a color output device, determine colorimetric values for each color patch, calculate a standard deviation value for each of the colorimetric values, and calculate a numerical value th... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420673 | Spatial radiation modulator pattern generation A method of generating a design pattern for a spatial radiation modulator to encode two or more selected spectral components in one or more spectral ranges for the chemometric analysis of a group of analytes. The method includes obtaining a corresponding spectrum fo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420678 | Multi-spectral imaging Systems and techniques for multi-spectral imaging. Light may be received at a multi-spectral optical module, which transmits a plurality of wavelength band portions of the received light, each having a pre-selected bandwidth between about two nanometers and about fo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420672 | Method and apparatus for conducting Raman spectroscopy Disclosed herein are Raman probes that include: (a) a first optical fiber for receiving laser excitation light from a light source and transmitting the same; (b) a first filter for receiving light from the first optical fiber and adapted to pass the laser excitation... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420664 | System and method for robot mounted sensor An apparatus and method for the remote analysis and identification of unknown compounds. A robotic arm positions a sensor on a surface. The sensor unit has a monitoring mechanism to monitor separation between the sensor unit and the surface when placed in contact wi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414718 | Apparatus for measuring spectrographic images The present invention discloses an apparatus for measuring spectrum and image with high spatial resolution and spectral resolution. The apparatus comprises an imaging side telecentric lens for collecting light from an object, an optical slit positioned behind the im... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414714 | Light adjustable aberration conjugator A method of correcting aberrations in an optical system by applying a light adjustable aberration conjugator layer to a component of the system, determining the nature of the aberration, applying radiation to the conjugator layer such as to change the refraction and... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411670 | Collection probe for use in a Raman spectrometer system and methods of making and using the same A photonic crystal based collection probe is provided. The probe includes a photonic crystal configured to guide and condition a beam of Raman scattered photons. Further, the device includes a spectrograph in optical communication with the photonic crystal and confi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408644 | Coloration measuring device A scanning mechanism 6 moves an optical head 5 relative to a mount plate 2 in a scan direction, and light emitting diodes 3A, 3B mounted on the optical head 5 emit their respective beams of measurement light along the scan d... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408636 | Method and apparatus for dark field chemical imaging The disclosure is generally directed to a method and apparatus for providing an image of a sample. The apparatus includes an illuminating source for transmitting photons to a sample. The transmitted photons illuminate the sample or are scattered upon reaching the sa... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405821 | Method of instrument standardization for a spectroscopic device In a spectroscopic process a sample for producing a test spectral line or spectrum of at least one component contained in the sample is stimulated and the transmitted and/or emitted electromagnetic rays are used to create the test spectral line or spectrum. In order... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405824 | Optical coupling system of light measuring device and sample A light measuring device is designed, so that excitation light, emitted by a light source, is guided through an excitation light optical fiber to irradiate a sample, and that fluorescence discharged by the sample is guided to an optical detection system through a re... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403294 | Optical measurement device and method Devices and methods according to the invention allow measurement of deformation of objects by installing on them one or several of lasers or other light sources and a corresponding number of arrays of photo-sensors. The light beams may be shaped so that the response... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400389 | Method and apparatus for testing image sensors Methods and apparatuses for testing image sensors are disclosed. Desirable apparatuses of the present invention include image sensor testing devices comprising a digital light projection system capable of projecting static or dynamic images onto an image sensing dev... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400399 | Methods for using resonant waveguide-grating filters and sensors Methods of detecting one or more parameters of a medium are disclosed. The methods include providing a waveguide grating device, contacting the waveguide grating with a medium, propagating a signal having at least one signal attribute through the waveguide, and comp... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400405 | Pesticide detector and method Highly portable, handheld instrument which can be pointed at the produce to be checked. Light from a source within the instrument is directed onto the produce to induce fluorescent emission from the produce, and fluorescent emissions from the produce are monitored w... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400397 | Optical structures for metal-enhanced sensing The present invention is directed to optical structures and methods detecting the fluorescence of a molecule using metal-enhanced fluorescence. In particular, the invention describes the use of surface plasmon excitation for excitation of fluorophores near the metal... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400395 | Metal coated nanocrystalline silicon as an active surface enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate The disclosed methods and apparatus concern Raman spectroscopy using metal coated nanocrystalline porous silicon substrates. Porous silicon substrates may be formed by anodic etching in dilute hydrofluoric acid. A thin coating of a Raman active metal, such as gold o... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7382455 | Spectrophotometric optical system of microplate reader and filter wheel thereof A spectrophotometric optical system of a microplate reader and a filter wheel thereof are disclosed. The filter wheel comprises a pivotable wheel body, at least one narrow-band filter with a relatively long central wavelength mounted to the wheel body, and at least ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7355710 | Optical system and method for exciting and measuring fluorescence on or in samples treated with fluorescent pigments An optical system for exciting and measuring fluorescence of samples has a first laser; a deflection element; a mirror; and an optic fixed in relation to one another. A unit is linearly movable back and forth along the optical axis and is mechanically connected to a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352460 | Directed color standard and method for using same The present invention discloses a method for establishing a directed color standard. Color reflectance data is measured from a fabric to construct an initial color standard. Because all fabrics have inherent quality fluctuations, a second series of color reflectance... | 04/01/2008 |
