Optics: measuring and testing inventions 02/06

20060038976 - Focus processing with the distance of different target wheels: An apparatus and method for automatically focusing a miniature digital camera module (MUT) is described. A MUT is loaded onto a test fixture and aligned with an optics system of a test handler. Focus targets contained within two target wheels are positioned over an optical centerline above the digital camera...

20060038975 - Wavelength-tracking dispersion compensator: A wavelength-tracking dispersion compensator (WT-DC) tracks the wavelength of a received input signal. The WT-DC includes an input signal optical monitor, a differential detector control circuit, a temperature controller, and an input signal dispersion compensator. The monitor includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer that matches the dispersion compensator free-spectral range or an...

20060038977 - Doppler tracking optical monopulse: A method and apparatus for finding a relative direction to, a radial speed of, and a distance to a target is described. A laser source illuminates the target and the Doppler shifted return beam is incident upon a window system at an angle and is transmitted therethrough. The magnitude of...

20060038978 - Automatic candling machine: Eggs are loaded on a tray in rows and columns and conveyed to a candling station having a plurality of candling locations, each location for candling a portion of eggs on a tray, a different tray at each location. Different rows of eggs of a tray are candled in the...

20060038979 - Nanoparticles as covert taggants in currency, bank notes, and related documents: Methods for applying security tags and/or data to currency and other documents and systems for use are provided....

20060038980 - Substrate inspection apparatus and method: The present invention provides a method and substrate examining device that sequentially and automatically measures at least the thickness and the internal stress of the thin film at a predetermined measurement point on the surface of every manufactured semiconductor substrate to perform quality control on each substrate, and reliably recognizes...

20060038981 - Determination of polarization dependent properties: The invention relates to determining a polarization dependent property of an optical device under test, wherein a response signal is received from the device under test in response to an optical stimulus signal having an reference state of polarization, an output state of polarization of the response signal is determined,...

20060038982 - Systems and methods for adjusting programming thresholds of polymer memory cells: Systems and methodologies are provided for adjusting threshold associated with a polymer memory cell's operation by applying thereupon a regulated electric field and/or voltage pulse width, during a post fabrication stage. Such customization of programming thresholds can typically be obtained at any cycle of programming the memory cell, to increase...

20060038983 - Sunlight measuring device: A sunlight measuring device that quantifies the accumulation of light at a particular site. The sunlight measuring device is a battery-operated device mounted on a stake for easy insertion into the ground. The device is placed at the intended site for growing a plant. The light that falls on the...

20060038985 - Apparatus for optically analyzing products such as fruit having bilateral imaging devices: The invention relates to an apparatus for optically analyzing products such as fruit for automatic sorting of the products, comprising at least one conveying line (1, 2), a plurality of analysis stations, and a device for driving each product in rotation. The imaging devices (12 to 19) of the different...

20060038986 - Method of reviewing detected defects: A method to solve the problem of a technique generally used to detect a defect of a semiconductor by calculating the differential image based on pattern matching, which requires that a reference image must be picked up to pick up an image of the inspection position in an area with...

20060038984 - System for detecting anomalies and/or features of a surface: A cylindrical mirror or lens is used to focus an input collimated beam of light onto a line on the surface to be inspected, where the line is substantially in the plane of incidence of the focused beam. An image of the beam is projected onto an array of charge-coupled...

20060038987 - Defect inspection method and apparatus: A method of inspecting defects of a plurality of patterns that are formed on a substrate to have naturally the same shape. According to this method, in order to detect very small defects of the patterns with high sensitivity without being affected by irregular brightness due to the thickness difference...

20060038988 - Borescope assembly for detecting a condition of a rotating part: A borescope assembly is suitable for detecting a condition of a rotating part. The assembly includes a borescope disposed in a borescope housing and including structure that relays an image to an image viewer. A plurality of fiber optic lines are disposed in the borescope housing, and a strobe light...

20060038989 - Sensor alignment apparatus for an analysis system: An apparatus for analyzing a population of particles is set forth. The apparatus includes an emitter adapted to generate a beam of electromagnetic radiation, such as from a laser, and a particle chamber disposed in a path of the electromagnetic radiation beam. The apparatus also includes a sensor to detect...

20060038990 - Nanowire optical sensor system and methods for making and using same: An optical SERS analysis system with an array of nanowires for detecting, discriminating, and quantifying molecular species. The SERS analysis system has a sensor, an illumination source, and optical data collection and analysis section for the detection of targets including biotargets. The sensor head has at least one array of...

20060038991 - Light source: A light source for an atomizing device, specifically an atom absorption spectrometer comprising one, two, or more lamps, whose ray can be selected by means of at least one two-dimensionally moveable optical selection element, and which can be directed in the direction of atomizing device. Fine-tuning is thereby achieved quickly...

20060038992 - Induction device for generating a plasma: A device for sustaining a plasma in a torch is provided. In certain examples, the device comprises a first electrode configured to couple to a power source and constructed and arranged to provide a loop current along a radial plane of the torch. In some examples, the radial plane of...

20060038993 - High spatial resolution imaging: In a method of high spatial resolution imaging a structure of a sample, the structure is marked with a substance. The substance is selected from a group of substances which are capable of being repeatedly transferred out of a first state having first optical properties into a second state having...

20060038994 - Compact imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings: A compact imaging spectrometer with an immersive diffraction grating that compensates optical distortions. The imaging spectrometer comprises an entrance slit for transmitting light, means for receiving the light and directing the light, an immersion grating, and a detector array. The entrance slit, the means for receiving the light, the immersion...

20060038995 - Compact imaging spectrometer utilizing immersed gratings: A compact imaging spectrometer with an immersive diffraction grating that compensates optical distortions. The imaging spectrometer comprises an entrance slit for transmitting light, a system for receiving the light and directing the light, an immersion grating, and a detector array. The entrance slit, the system for receiving the light, the...

20060038997 - Multi-channel, multi-spectrum imaging spectrometer: A multi-spectrum, multi-channel imaging spectrometer includes two or more input slits or other light input devices, one for each of two or more input channels. The input slits are vertically and horizontally displaced, with respect to each other. The vertical displacements cause spectra from the two channels to be vertically...

20060038996 - Spectroscope and spectrum laser microscope: An object is to provide a spectroscope and a spectrum laser microscope capable of carrying out sensitivity correction of a multi-channel photodetector with real time. The spectrum laser microscope 100 includes a laser microscope 101 and a spectral analyzer 103 having a multi-channel photodetector 13 composed of a plurality of...

20060038998 - Particle counter with laser diode: A liquid particle counter for optically detecting an unconstrained particle suspended in a flowing liquid includes a sample chamber having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet; a laser diode module producing a symmetrically collimated laser beam; a beam shaping optical system directing the laser beam at the sample chamber;...

20060038999 - Polarization conversion unit for reducing polarization dependent measurement errors: A first optical signal with a first polarization state is received by a polarization conversion unit. From this first optical signal, a set of n derived optical signals with n different well-defined polarization states i, i=1, . . . , n, is generated, whereby n is a natural number greater...

20060039000 - Device of verifying and reading color, and a process of verifying and reading color in liquids: f

20060039001 - Method and apparatus for chemical imaging in a microfluidic circuit: The disclosure generally relates to a system for detecting a change in an attribute of a substance. The system may include a photon source for producing a first of a plurality of photons which interact with the substance while an attribute of the substance changes to produce a second plurality...

20060039002 - Analysis device and analysis disc used for the same: It is an object of the present invention to provide an analysis device which can reproduce an image of an analysis object more accurately even when an analysis disc is an optical disc having the analysis object therein. A second pickup (106b) is provided for capturing and tracing a track...

20060039003 - Measuring apparatus and measuring chip: Disclosed herein is a measuring apparatus equipped with a plurality of measuring units. Each measuring unit includes a dielectric block, a thin film layer formed on the dielectric block, and a sample holding mechanism for holding a sample on the thin film layer. The measuring apparatus is further equipped with...

20060039004 - Process, system and software arrangement for determining at least one location in a sample using an optical coherence tomography: A system, process and software arrangement are provided to determine at least one position of at least one portion of a sample. In particular, information associated with the portion of the sample is obtained. Such portion may be associated with an interference signal that includes a first electromagnetic radiation received...

20060039005 - Differential interferometers creating desired beam patterns: An interferometer system includes a rhomboid assembly having a first optical stack and a second optical stack mounted on the first stack. The first stack includes a first prism having an angled face mounted to an angled face of a second prism. The interface between these angled faces includes a...

20060039006 - Polarizing beam splitter device, interferometer module, lithographic apparatus, and device manufacturing method: The invention relates to a polarizing beam splitter device, an interferometer module system, a lithographic apparatus, and a device manufacturing method. The polarizing beam splitter device includes an optical element and a polarizing beam splitter layer. The optical element includes a retroreflector surface having three mutually perpendicular faces of high...

20060039007 - Vibration-insensitive interferometer: The present invention relates to vibration-insensitive point-diffraction interferometry. For the purpose of obtaining high immunity to vibration, a single-mode optical fiber is used to generate the reference wave, by means of point diffraction, directly from the measurement wave reflected from test objects. The capability of vibration desensitization is further strengthened...

20060039008 - Film thickness measuring method of member to be processed using emission spectroscopy and processing method of the member using the measuring method: A standard pattern of a differential value of an interference light is set with respect to a predetermined film thickness of a first member to be processed. The standard pattern uses a wavelength as a parameter. Then, an intensity of an interference light of a second member to be processed,...

20060039009 - Chip-size wavelength detector: A chip-size wavelength detector includes a film with laterally varying transmission properties and a position-sensitive detector. The film transmits a different wavelength as a function of lateral position across the film. The position of a spot of light transmitted through the film will shift, depending on the wavelength of the...

20060039010 - Multi-axis integration system and method: An image acquisition system and method employing multi-axis integration (MAI) may incorporate both optical axis integration (OAI) and time-delay integration (TDI) techniques. Disclosed MAI systems and methods may integrate image data in the z direction as the data are acquired, projecting the image data prior to deconvolution. Lateral translation of...

20060039011 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device: Concerning a plurality of wafers which compose one lot, amounts of misalignment between alignment marks of these wafers and alignment patterns transferred on photoresists are measured in advance, and then, a mutual relation between a thickness of an interlayer dielectric film and a value of Wafer Scaling is calculated. When...

20060033907 - Computer implemented method and system for formulating haircolor: A computer implemented method and system for determining the formula or formulas of haircoloring agents to be used in the process of coloring hair, including the steps of receiving input on the current color, state, and desired color of the hair, and using a database of haircoloring formulas to determine...

20060033908 - Rotary borescopic optical dimensional mapping tool: A borescopic device and an associated method are provided that permit the controlled movement of the object under test both angularly and along several different axes, such that the object including its internal surfaces, can be thoroughly inspected in a controlled fashion. The borescopic device includes an adjustable holder assembly...

20060033909 - Reticle particle calibration standards: Methods and apparatus are described for reticle particle calibration standards. A method includes making a reticle particle calibration standard including depositing a solution that includes a plurality of particles onto a first plate; drying the solution to evaporate a solvent; bonding the plurality of particles to the first plate; coupling...

20060033910 - Multiplexed detection of analytes in fluid solution: Methods and devices for solution-based detection of molecular and cellular analytes in a sample using composite organic-inorganic nanoclusters (COINs) are provided. The nanoclusters include metallic colloids and a Raman-active organic compound. A metal that enhances the Raman signal from the organic compound is inherent in the nanoparticle. Since a wide...

20060033911 - Measuring head for planar measurement of a sample: A measuring head of the present invention conveys light from an external source through at least one optical fiber to at least one respective plane mirror inside the measuring head, where the light reflects through and is collimated by at least one collimating lens so as to be incident on...

20060033913 - Diffraction element and optical head device: The diffraction element has a construction that, either one material between a concavo-convex material 102 forming concavo-convex portions of grating and a filling material 103, is made of a material having the absorption edge of light in a wavelength region shorter than the wavelength to be used, and either one...

20060033912 - In-situ spectrograph and method of measuring light wavelength characteristics for photolithography: An in-situ spectrograph having a spectrometer module positioned at a reticle plane or at a wafer plane of a photolithography projection system is disclosed. The spectrometer module disperses light projected from an illumination source, and the produced spectrum may be recorded. The spectrum may be recorded using a photodetector or...

20060033914 - Multiple beam ellipsometer: An ellipsometric apparatus provides two impinging focused probe beams directed to reflect off the sample along two mutually distinct and preferably substantially perpendicular directions. A rotating stage rotates sections of the wafer into the travel area defined by two linear axes of two perpendicularly oriented linear stages. As a result,...

20060033915 - Method of assembling reticle module: A method of assembling a reticle module comprising a first element and a second element is provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a collimated beam of light shines on a first reticle of the first member and a second reticle of the second member to project an image...

20060033917 - Calibration wafer for a stepper: There is a method for manufacturing wafers. In an example embodiment, the method employs a stepper with a reticle, lens, and stage movement parameters that comprise providing a set of intentionally-misaligned calibration wafers with predetermined input corrections, the input corrections accounting for linearity of response and interactions between the reticle,...

20060033916 - Selection method, exposure method, selection unit, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: In step 401, a subset of an arbitrary plurality of numbers of shot areas is selected from a plurality of shot areas. Then, in step 403, based on the design value of position information related to shot areas included in the subset information on a predetermined accuracy index relative to...

20060033918 - Scanning microscope and laser microscope: A scanning microscope includes: a light source; an optical system that irradiates light from the light source onto a sample while two-dimensionally scanning the light, and collects light from the sample; a photo-detector that receives the light from the sample which has been collected by the optical system, and converts...

20060033919 - Electro-optically inspecting and determining internal properties and characteristics of a longitudinally moving rod of material: Electro-optically inspecting a longitudinally moving rod of material (12). Guiding rod (12) along its longitudinal axis by rod guiding unit (14), along optical path (20) within transparent passageway (22). Optical path (20) and transparent passageway (22) coaxially extend along longitudinal axis of rod (12) and pass through an electro-optical transmission...

20060033920 - Multiple-color monochromatic light absorption and quantification of light absorption in a stained sample: An absorption detection system is provided. The system includes a plurality of monochromatic light sources and a separator for separating the light from the plurality of monochromatic light sources into a plurality of wavelengths. A plurality of detectors, receives light of a single wavelength to measure absorption of light in...

20060033922 - Device for a goniometric examination of optical properties of surfaces: A device for examining the optical properties of surfaces includes at least one first radiation device emitting radiation to a surface to be examined at least at a first predetermined spatial angle, at least one first detector for capturing the radiation emitted to and reflected back from the surface, wherein...

20060033921 - Method and apparatus for angular-resolved spectroscopic lithography characterization: An apparatus and method to determine a property of a substrate by measuring, in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture lens, an angle-resolved spectrum as a result of radiation being reflected off the substrate. The property may be angle and wavelength dependent and may include the intensity of...

20060033924 - Apparatus and method for joint and time delayed measurements of components of conjugated quadratures of fields of reflected/scattered and transmitted/scattered beams by an object in interferometry: A method of interferometrically obtaining measurements for properties associated with a spot on or in an object, the method involving: receiving a sequence of M optical pulses separated in time; from each pulse in the sequence of M optical pulses, generating an n-tuplet of measurement pulses, and an n-tuplet of...

20060033923 - Autonomous ultra-short optical pulse compression, phase compensating and waveform shaping device: Disclosed is an apparatus for autonomously compressing, phase-compensating and waveform-shaping an ultrashort light pulse that is fast and high in sensitivity in compensating for phase fluctuations and allows the use of a usual laser light source that is low in light intensity and has large temporal fluctuations in phase. The...

20060033925 - Interferometric measuring device: An interferometric measuring device for recording shape, roughness or separation distance of the surface of a measuring object, having a modulating interferometer, to which is supplied short-coherent radiation by a radiation source, and having a first beam splitter for splitting the radiation supplied into first and second beam components guided...

20060033926 - Spatially distributed spectrally neutral optical attenuator: A system, apparatus and method for spatially distributed, spectrally neutral optical attenuation are disclosed. One embodiment of the apparatus comprises: an attenuator fin plate; a set of attenuator fins, wherein each of the fins is operably coupled to the fin plate at a preset fin angle to the fin plate...

20060033927 - Heterodyne optical spectrum analyzer: A heterodyne optical signal analyzer (HOSA) permits accurate reconstruction of an optical input signal (Es) in the time domain. In one embodiment, a vector representation of the light is used to account for two polarization states of the optical signal. The components of a heterodyne optical signal analyzer (10), including...

20060033928 - Method and apparatus for measuring the absorption coefficient and the reduced scattering coefficient of a multiple scattering medium: In a method for measuring an absorption coefficient and a reduced scattering coefficient of a multiple scattering medium, a source light beam is outputted, and is transformed into a transformed light beam that includes a mutually parallel circularly polarized photon pair. The transformed light beam is split into a signal...

20060033929 - Phase measuring method and apparatus for multi-frequency interferometry: The invention provides a novel method for absolute fringe order identification in multi-wavelength interferometry based on optimum selection of the wavelengths to be used. A theoretical model of the process is described which allows the process reliability to be quantified. The methodology produces a wavelength selection which is optimum with...

20060033930 - Time-resolved nonlinear complex sensitivity measuring instrument: A time resolved, nonlinear complex susceptibility measuring apparatus (1) that is capable of measurement unaffected by any distortion of the wave front of a probe light whereby a temporal change in the nonlinear complex susceptibility of a nonlinear optical material that occurs when it is irradiated with a light pulse...

20060033931 - System and method for three-dimensional measurement: An optical measurement system increases the number of translational and angular measurements made with a single laser beam by combining an optical interferometer with an optical autocollimator. Translational measurements are made with an optical interferometer and yaw and pitch measurements are made with an autocollimator. In a preferred embodiment, angular...

20060033932 - Scatterometry by phase sensitive reflectometer: A phase-sensitive interferometric broadband reflectometer includes an illumination source for generating an optical beam. A beam splitter or other optical element splits the optical beam into probe beam and reference beam portions. The probe beam is reflected by a subject under test and then rejoined with the reference beam. The...

20060033934 - Method and apparatus for interferometric measurement of components with large aspect ratios: Methods and apparatus that combine the techniques of reversal (or self-calibration) to provide a low spatial frequency measurement of a part shape, independent of systematic errors in the staging used to move the part and small aperture interferometry to provide high spatial frequency information on a large part. The low...

20060033933 - Method and device for wave-front sensing: A method for sensing a wave-front of specimen light scattered from an illuminated area in a specimen (10) includes the steps of focusing illumination light into the specimen (10), directing specimen light scattered in the specimen (10) to a detector device (50) having a plurality of detector elements (51) and...

20060033935 - Laser sheet generator: A laser line generator having a laser diode, or other laser source, emits a laser which is passed through an aspherical lens to create a two-dimensional fan-shaped light sheet. This light sheet is reflected off a flat mirror to expand the width of the light sheet without increasing the size...

20060028635 - System and method for illuminating a platen in a live scanner and producing high-contrast print images: Light from an illumination source is injected into a prism of a print scanner through an illumination injection surface that is not directly imaged by an optical system and an image sensor of the print scanner. This light travels across the prism and hits a highly reflective surface of the...

20060028637 - Natural fiber span reflectometer providing a virtual differential signal sensing array capability: A CW lightwave modulated by a continuously reiterated pseudorandom (PN) code sequence is launched into an end of a span of ordinary optical fiber cable. Portions of the launched lightwave back propagate to the launch end from a continuum of locations along the span because of innate fiber properties including...

20060028636 - Natural fiber span reflectometer providing a virtual phase signal sensing array capability: A CW lightwave modulated by a continuously reiterated psuedorandom code sequence is launched into an end of a span of ordinary optical fiber cable. Portions of the launched lightwave back propagate to the launch end from a continuum of locations along the span because of innate fiber properties including Rayleigh...

20060028638 - Method for measuring optically reflective vehicle wheel surfaces: A method for the operation of a vehicle wheel service system configured to illuminate a surface of a vehicle wheel rim and tire assembly. The method includes the steps of mounting a vehicle wheel rim and tire assembly onto the vehicle wheel service system, coating a surface of the vehicle...

20060028639 - Light meter for detecting and measuring intensity of two or more wavelengths of light: 5A light meter for detecting two or more different wavelengths of light and methods for determining whether a light source configure to emit light at two or more dominant wavelengths is working properly. The inventive light meter includes a housing, two or more receiving means for receiving light energy emitted...

20060028640 - Test apparatus and method for examining sheet-like components for perforations: A test apparatus (1) is provided for examining sheet-like components (8), in particular membrane electrode assemblies for use in a fuel cell, at least in sections and preferably continuously, for perforations (7), which apparatus includes means (9) for applying a test gas (6) to one side of the sheet-like component,...

20060028641 - Light beam apparatus and method for orthogonal alignment of specimen: A system for orthogonal alignment of a specimen disclosed. The system includes a light-beam illumination source, collection optics, imaging optics, and a tiltable specimen holder. The light-beam source is activated to illuminate a spot on the specimen, and the imaging optics is used image that spot. The location of the...

20060028642 - Support device for chromophore elements: A support for chromophore elements, which elements are for being illuminated by excitation light to emit fluorescence at a wavelength different from that of the excitation light, the support including an internal reflective layer reflecting the light emitted by the chromophore elements, a layer of absorbent material absorbing the excitation...

20060028643 - Method and system for spectroscopic data analysis: A method of analysing spectroscopic data, the method comprising collecting spatially resolved measurement spectroscopic data of a sample for a series of measurements spots, assigning the measurement spots into a predefined set of spectral categories, based on characteristics of the spectroscopic data of the respective measurement spots, identifying groupings of...

20060028644 - Method for detection of pathogenic microorganisms: Pathogenic microorganisms are detected and classified by spectral imaging of the Raman light scattered by the organisms....

20060028645 - Fabrication method of semiconductor device: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes an exposing process in which a lower pattern is formed by a first exposing process and an upper pattern is formed thereon by a second exposing process, wherein the exposure process includes the steps of obtaining a first correction value representing a...

20060028646 - Method for automatic determination of substrates states in plasma processing chambers: A method for automatic determination of a state of a substrate in a plasma processing chamber is provided. Substrate reflectance data is collected in a processing chamber prior to processing to be analyzed with reference reflectance data to determine if the substrate state meets a control criterion. The substrate state...

20060028647 - Gray optical standard: A system for providing and using a gray optical standard is disclosed, the standard generally comprising a housing having a cavity and an at least partially transparent portion adjacent to the cavity for receiving the radiation emitted radiation by an optical instrument and a particulate material disposed in the cavity....

20060028648 - Poptable, scanning and analyzing apparatus: A portable, scanning and analyzing apparatus that uses an integrated scan probe for the scanning operation is described. The integrated scanning probe is formed with a light emitting diode array light source and a photodiode detector array. After a test sample finishes the reaction in test strip paper, a scanner...

20060028649 - Multi beam scanning with bright/dark field imaging: Bright and dark field imaging operations in an optical inspection system occur along substantially the same optical path using the same light source by producing either a circular or an annular laser beam. Multiple beam splitting is achieved through the use of a diffractive optical element having uniform diffraction efficiency....

20060028650 - Optical sensing apparatus: Optical sensing apparatus (10) for measuring the temperature and flow-rate of a fluid comprises a DFB fibre-laser (20) and an AO modulator (16) for modulating the power of pump radiation delivered thereto. Modulated pumping results in cyclical heating of a grating structure in the fibre-laser and hence wavelength variations in...

20060028651 - Method for sensing acoustic energy: A method for sensing acoustic energy as the energy passes from a more dense to a less dense medium while compensating for energy level loses that may have occurred along the acoustic path of the acoustic energy. The method may be used to replace a multi-sensor system for detecting acoustic...

20060028652 - Optical image measuring apparatus and optical image measuring method: Provided is an optical image measuring apparatus capable of effectively obtaining a signal intensity of interference light and phase information thereof by improving detection sensitivity. The optical image measuring apparatus includes a broad-band light source for outputting a light beam whose intensity is periodically modulated, a polarizing plate for converting...

20060028653 - Sensor using roof mirror/roof prism array scale, and apparatus equipped with the sensor: A divergent light beam from a light source unit having a plurality of light-emitting regions is almost contained within the surface of a reflecting body that is an array of micro roof mirrors/roof prisms disposed in a regular manner. The light beam emitted from the light source unit with an...

20060028654 - Methods and systems for substrate surface evaluation: A method for determining a surface quality of a substrate sample using a differential interference contrast microscope is described. The microscope includes an eyepiece, an eyepiece focus adjustment, a microscope focus adjustment, a light source, at least one of an aperture or reticule, a camera view, a prism and an...

20060028655 - Methods and systems for precisely relatively positioning a waist of a pulsed laser beam and method and system for controlling energy delivered to a target structure: A method and system for locally processing a predetermined microstructure formed on a substrate without causing undesirable changes in electrical or physical characteristics of the substrate or other structures formed on the substrate are provided. The method includes providing information based on a model of laser pulse interactions with the...

20060028656 - Method and apparatus for determining surface displacement based on an image of a retroreflector attached to the surface: An imaging system and method are provided that use imaging information relating to positions of one or more retroreflectors attached to one or more surfaces of an object of interest to determine the shape and/or displacement of the surface or surfaces on which the retroreflector or retroreflectors are located. A...

20060028657 - Optical triangulation device and method of measuring a variable of a web using the device: Device and method of measuring a position of an irregular surface. The method includes projecting a spot along a first axis onto the irregular surface, focusing an image of the spot along a second axis onto a detector, wherein the second axis is non-coaxially arranged with respect to the first...

20060028658 - Method and apparatus for measuring a characteristic of plastic container: A method for measuring the wall thickness of plastic containers during a container manufacturing process includes providing a plastic container, the plastic container having a longitudinal axis and at least two side walls spaced radially from the longitudinal axis. The side walls are formed of a material that absorbs light...

20060023200 - Distance-measuring optical apparatus, distance-measuring method, distance-measuring system, in-vehicle imager, and in-vehicle driving support apparatus: A distance-measuring optical apparatus for measuring a distance to an object as a target comprises an imaging optical system; an image sensor; a driving section for moving at least the imaging optical system substantially perpendicular to an optical axis; an image sensor control section for outputting a periodical timing signal...

20060023199 - Mobile measuring system, and an operating method for such a mobile measuring system: The invention relates to a mobile measurement system, comprising at least one apparatus (16) for optical distance measurement having at least one transmission unit having a light source for emitting modulated, optical radiation (24) in the direction of a target object (26), and having a reception unit for receiving the...

20060023201 - Laser microdissection on inverted polymer films: Systems and methods for automated laser microdissection are disclosed. A sample of biological material is located between a polymer membrane and a substrate. Targeted biological material is manually or automatically selected and a transfer film is placed in juxtaposition with the targeted biological material on the side of the polymer...

20060023202 - Portable device for measuring the light intensity from an object, and the use of such a device: The invention relates to a device for measuring the light intensity of an object or object portion. The device comprises a dioptric central portion and a catadioptric peripheral portion that are independent from each other and that are suitable for delivering, from the light diffused by the object, two non-intersecting...

20060023204 - Laser-gps marking and targeting system: What is new in this invention, it is the complete automation of coordinate data collection of remote target objects. It is also a new procedure a single measurement instead of multiple triangulation measurements for coordinate data collection....

20060023203 - Surveying methods and apparatus: The invention relates to a surveying system, comprising at least one total station unit (210, 220), and at least one target (201, 203), said targets having wireless communication means, each unit provided with a unique wireless communication address for wireless communication, the wireless communication to be used to activate a...

20060023205 - High throughput multi beam detection system and method: A system and method for inspecting an article, the system includes a spatial filter that is shaped such as to direct output beams towards predefined locations and an optical beam directing entity, for directing the multiple output beams toward multiple detector arrays. The method includes spatially filtering multiple input light...

20060023206 - Gantry-type xy stage: Nine vibration isolating mounts are disposed on a pedestal, and a granite plate is placed thereon. A pair of guide bases are disposed on the granite plate, and disposed thereon are a pair of posts made of CFRP for movements in a Y-direction relative to the granite plate. A beam...

20060023207 - Cytometer having fluid core stream position control: A cytometer having two or more chambers or regions in a containment structure of sheathing fluid that may be used to provide hydrodynamic focusing of another fluid having particles to be observed. The latter fluid may be a core stream which may have its lateral position in a flow or...

20060023208 - Liquid specimen analysis disk assembly: The present invention provides a liquid specimen analysis disk assembly, which prevents a liquid specimen from adhering onto a surface of a disk and leaking out of the disk, and is easy to handle during injection of the specimen. The disk assembly includes a guide member detachably provided on the...

20060023209 - Cargo inspection apparatus having a nanoparticle film and method of use thereof: A cargo inspection apparatus for the inspection of an analyte carried by a medium is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having an inlet allowing for entry of the medium and an outlet allowing for exit of the medium, and an adsorber disposed within the housing in fluid communication with...

20060023210 - Apparatus and method for the spectroscopic determination of carbon: An optical emission spectrometer for analysis, identification or identity testing of metallic materials, and a method for optical emission analysis of metallic materials with a spectrometer, wherein the spectrometer has at least one arc or spark generator for producing a discharge between an electrode and a workpiece in a spark...

20060023211 - Method and apparatus for stand-off chemical detection: A method, suitable for stand off analysis of a sample (2), comprising: (i) using an excitation means (6) to vaporise the sample (2) thereby producing a vapour plume (10) of molecular species; and (ii) using an analytical means (12) to analyse the molecular species within the vapour plume (10) wherein...

20060023212 - Spectrometer using diffraction grating: A spectrometer using a diffraction grating includes a light-incident portion including an incident-side optical waveguide emitting a light beam that includes a plurality of wavelength components and that approximates a Gaussian beam, and a collimating lens that is arranged on an emission side of the incident-side optical waveguide and that...

20060023213 - Optical characteristic analysis method, sample measuring apparatus and spectroscopic ellipsometer: The spectroscopic ellipsometer, by a computer program incorporated therein, applies voltage to a sample placed on a stage, with a power supply device and conducting probe stands, polarizes multi-wavelength light, with a light polarizer, generated by a xenon lamp and irradiates the polarized light to the sample. The sample is...

20060023214 - Alignment method, method of measuring front to backside alignment error, method of detecting non-orthogonality, method of calibration, and lithographic apparatus: In a method of measuring front to backside alignment error according to one embodiment, a transparent substrate has a plurality of marks on both the front and backside. The relative location of the marks on the front and backside of the substrate is determined to calculate the front to backside...

20060023215 - Apparatus and a method for determining the color stimulus specification of translucent objects: The Apparatus for determining the color stimulus specification of a translucent object, for example of a tooth, comprises an illumination device as well as an image capture device. For illuminating the object under test with light in different wave length portions, the illumination device comprises an LED array with a...

20060023216 - Integrated luminescence read device: The invention concerns a device (1) for testing at least one sample by optical detection of luminescence, comprising a site for receiving (3) the sample, said site being arranged in such a way that the sample can receive a luminescence excitation and emit a luminescence light in an optical guiding...

20060023217 - Method and apparatus for producing a mosaic image: The disclosure relates to method and apparatus for providing a mosaic image based on two or more sub-images. A method according to the disclosure includes irradiating a sample with light to thereby produce photons from the sample and forming two or more sub-images from the photons; the sub-images formed from...

20060023218 - Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object: Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics preferably are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the object/tooth being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics...

20060023219 - Optical tomography of small objects using parallel ray illumination and post-specimen optical magnification: A shadowgram optical tomography system for imaging an object of interest. The shadowgram optical tomography system includes a parallel ray light source for illuminating the object of interest with a plurality of parallel radiation beams, an object containing tube, where the object of interest is held within the object containing...

20060023220 - Multiplexed optical detection system: A multiplexed optical detector includes a set of optical sensors coupled to a multiplexer that maps subsets of the optical sensors to at least one multiplexed output provided by the multiplexer. The subsets of optical sensors are configurable according to addresses that are provided to the multiplexer....

20060023221 - Sample analysis apparatus and analysis method: A light beam irradiating optical system is associated with a dielectric material member having a surface, on which a thin film layer has been formed, a sample being brought into contact with a surface of the thin film layer. The light beam irradiating optical system produces and irradiates a light...

20060023222 - Goniophotometer: A hemispherical goniophotometer is disclosed, in which two pivoting arms are articulated on a revolving rotating arm and are each fitted with a measurement head. The geometry of the arrangement is chosen such that the measurement heads can move along the envelope surface of a hemisphere during rotating of the...

20060023223 - Apparatus and methods for scanning conoscopic holography measurements: Apparatus and methods for scanning conoscopic holography measurements are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a conoscopic holography sensor, a beam directing assembly, and a control assembly. The beam directing assembly is adapted to adjustably direct a laser beam from the sensor toward the workpiece, and to direct a...

20060023224 - Method, system and device for measuring the polarisation mode dispersion of an optical fibre: The present invention relates to a new model for interpreting interferometric measurements, able to lead to a new method, system (10) and device (27) for measuring the PMD (Polarisation Mode Dispersion) of an optical fibre (11). The model, which is based on the theory of propagation of the optical signal...

20060023225 - Microscope and method of measurement of a surface topography: The invention relates to a microscope and a method for measuring the surface topography of a workpiece in a quantitative and optical manner. The invention includes a differential interference contrast microscope embodiment according to Nomarski, comprising a light source, a polariser, a changeable Nomarski prism and an analyser. The light...

20060023226 - Arrangement for measuring the geometry or structure of an object: An arrangement for measuring the geometry or structure of an object by means of a co-ordinate measuring device with an optical system for recording and reproducing a measured point on at least one optical sensor, whereby the optical system has at least one displaceable lens group having at least one...

20060023229 - Camera module for an optical inspection system and related method of use: Aspects of the present invention relate to a camera module for use in an optical inspection system. The camera module includes a beamsplitter assembly, a first detector assembly, and a second detector assembly. The beamsplitter assembly defines orthogonally arranged first and second sides that are optically separated by a beamsplitter...

20060023228 - Custom fit facial, nasal, and nostril masks: In one of many possible embodiments, the present system and method provides a process for fabricating a facial mask to custom fit a patient's face for a comfortable fit for facilitating various medical procedures including the steps of generating a 3D data set to define a portion of a patient's...

20060023227 - Method for positioning a measuring device emitting and receiving optical radiation for measuring wear in the lining of a container: The present invention relates to a method for positioning a method for positioning a measuring device which emits and receives optical radiation to measure wear in the lining of a container, said method involving fixing coordinate systems for the measuring device and the container by combining that coordinate systems, and...