Optics: measuring and testing inventions 11/07

20070273864 - Obstacle detection apparatus, method and medium: An obstacle detection apparatus and method which can detect the state of an obstacle according to a signal generated when the obstacle detection apparatus collides with the obstacle and a change in the posture of the obstacle detection apparatus caused due to the collision with the obstacle. The obstacle detection... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070273862 - Laser diode switching system: An improved technique for a laser rangefinder includes a pulsed laser sending out a repetition of light pulses and the received signal (light pulse and noise components combined) being analyzed by continuous averaging of successive received signal discrete time sequences, each sequence beginning with the onset of transmitted laser light.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070273863 - Ultra-linear signal processing for radar and laser radar: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for accurately measuring frequency-and/or-phase-related parameters of a sinusoidal signal that varies non-linearly in frequency or phase. A sinusoidal signal is sampled over a finite period of time at a plurality of sample points. The sampled signals are pre-processed, and a Fourier transform... Agent: Robert R. Richardson, P.s.

20070273865 - Stress measuring method and instrument: A laser light R is subjected to photoelastic modulation in a PEM 6 to generate a birefringence phase difference and then it is passed through first and second quarter wavelength plates and detected. This reference signal data is stored in a signal processor. The laser light R of polarized wave... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070273866 - Tension measurement by optical means: An apparatus and method for determining a tension in a target strand is disclosed. The method and apparatus provides a non-contact way for determining tension in any type of elongate element simply and efficiently.... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070273867 - Ir-atr-based process for analyzing very small amounts of sample in the nanoliter range: A process and an are described, which enable the analysis of very small amounts of sample (2) by infrared spectroscopy method. The invention relates in particular to a method which includes the following steps: aspirating the liquid sample (2) into a metering apparatus (1), metering the sample (2) onto the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20070273868 - Optical measurement apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical measurement apparatus equipped with an ion-exchange resin for pretreating a sample, thereby enabling the concentration of component in the sample to be measured with higher accuracy. The optical measurement apparatus of the present invention includes, in addition to the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070273870 - Method and a device for measuring the power of an ophthalmic lens by combined feeling and contactless overall measurement: A method includes a step of contactless optical measurement of the local value of at least one refringence optical characteristic of the lens over defined local zone around the measurement point of the lens, and at least one step of determining the axial position of the measurement point on one... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070273869 - Sensor for lithographic apparatus and method of obtaining measurements of lithographic apparatus: A sensor arrangement may be used to measure properties, such as optical properties, of a device arranged to process substrates. The sensor arrangement includes a substrate having the following: a plurality of sensor elements provided as an integrated circuit in the substrate, for each one of the plurality of sensor... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070273871 - Portable target locator apparatus and method of use: A portable target locator for use by a ground observer to accurately determine the location of a target and transmit location information and firing instructions to an unmanned vehicle so the unmanned vehicle can locate the target and perform an operation based on the firing instructions. The apparatus comprises optics... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070273872 - Devices for determining the longitudinal and angular positions of a rotationally symmetrical apparatus: Devices are provided for determining the longitudinal and angular positions of a rotationally symmetrical apparatus, when guided inside an element surrounding the same is provided. In one implementation, a device is provided that comprises a bead held in motion-transmitting contact with the apparatus, and includes an imaging optical navigation sensor... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070273873 - Object inspection machine: An object inspection machine comprises one or more engaging units and one or more sustaining units on the turnplate of the nip device. With the sustaining unit and the engaging unit engaging to each other, an object can be nipped and rotated. The camera thus designed is capable of taking... Agent: Banger Shia

20070273874 - Method and apparatus for bump inspection: A method of dynamically imaging, calibrating and measuring bump height and coplanarity of a plurality of bumps on a surface is disclosed. The method includes illuminating the plurality of bumps with multispectral light from at least one light source, and receiving light of a first wavelength at an imaging device... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070273875 - Transfer/inspection apparatus and transfer apparatus: The invention is to provide a transfer/inspection apparatus capable of inspecting any defect even during transferring and to provide a transfer/inspection apparatus capable of inspecting any defect in a non-contact state during transferring, even if the an object to be transferred is a transparent material. The transfer/inspection apparatus includes a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070273876 - Encoder spectrograph and modulator for use therewith: An encoder spectrograph is used to analyze radiation from one or more samples in various configurations. The radiation is analyzed by spatially modulating the radiation after it has been dispersed by wavelength or imaged along a line. Dual encoder spectrographs may be used to encode radiation using a single modulator.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070273877 - Examination apparatus, fluoroscopy apparatus, examination method, and experimental method: Even when the magnifying power is reduced, an image can be obtained at high resolution without significantly reducing the numerical aperture, and examination accuracy is improved. There is provided a microscope examination apparatus including a light source for emitting excitation light or illumination light to a specimen placed on a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070273878 - Particle image analyzing apparatus: A particle image analyzing apparatus for analyzing an image of an imaged particle, the particle image analyzing apparatus comprising: an illuminating unit for providing dark field illumination the a particle; an imaging unit for acquiring capturing an imaged image by imaging the dark field illuminated particle; and an image processing... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070273879 - Particles with light-polarizing codes: Systems using coded particles for multiplexed analysis of biological samples or reagents, in which the codes on the particles are at least partially defined by light-polarizing materials.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070273880 - Process monitoring system, process monitoring method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device: A process monitoring system has a process chamber configured to hold an object to be processed, an illumination source configured to emit a light to the object, a polarizer configured to polarize the light, a monitor window having a birefringent material and provided on the process chamber to propagate the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070273881 - Biofiedlic displacement measuring system for an anthropomorphic testing device: A sensing system (22) for a device (34) contains a light absorbing or scattering object (44). An illumination device (50,72) generating and emitting an illumination beam into the object (44). A first light filter (85) has at least one associated light spectrum filtering frequency. A first light sensor (60,80) is... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070273882 - Measuring trace components of complex gases using gas chromatography/absorption spectrometry: Low concentrations of complex gas mixture components may be detected and quantified using a gas-chromatograph to separate a gas mixture prior to analysis of one or more eluting components using an absorption spectrometer. Substantial reductions in analytical system complexity and improvements in reliability are achieved compared with other commonly used... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070273884 - Localized plasmon resonance sensor and examining device: The metal fine particles 33 are sparsely fixed on the surface of the transparent substrate 32, and the acceptor 35 for attaching the specific ligand is immobilized on the transparent substrate 32 or the metal fine particles 33. The prism 36 is closely attached to the lower surface of the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070273883 - Sensor arrangement: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement comprising a radiation-conducting substrate, said arrangement having a plurality of sensor fields and separating regions for separating the individual sensor fields from the respectively adjacent sensor fields. Said separating regions are formed by a separating agent layer that causes a reflectivity lower than... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070273886 - Reflection characteristic measuring apparatus: A reflection characteristic measuring apparatus includes: at least one illuminator for illuminating a sample surface to be measured with light; a plurality of light receiving sections each adapted for receiving the light reflected on the sample surface illuminated by the light from the illuminator to output two-dimensional light receiving data,... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070273885 - Method and device for analysing visual properties of a surface: A method for imaging a sample by means of a device having a cavity with black inner walls and a sample opening, the device further comprising illumination means for illumination of the cavity and a digital imaging device directed from the cavity to the sample opening, the method comprising the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070273887 - Airway adaptor with optical pressure transducer and method of manufacturing a sensor component: An airway adapter that comprises a housing and a pressure transducer. The housing comprises a flow path having a first end and a second end, a first pressure port that communicates with the flow path, and a second pressure port that communicates with the flow path. The first pressure port... Agent: Michael W. Haas Respironics, Inc.

20070273888 - Variable spectroscopy device, spectroscopy apparatus, and endoscope system: It is possible to a variable spectroscopy device that has a plurality of coating layers facing each other at an interval and changes a transmission band of light passing through the coating layers by adjusting an optical path length between the coating layers, in which the coating layer is structured... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070273889 - Calibration method for optical modulator: An aspect of the present invention features a calibration apparatus for an optical modulator comprising: a light source emitting a beam to the optical modulator; an optical scanning unit scanning and projecting a beam emitted from the optical modulator; a light measuring unit measuring a beam emitted from the light... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070273890 - Method and device for measuring coarseness of a paint film: A method for analyzing the visual coarseness of a paint film comprising effect pigments by means of a measuring device having a cavity with reflective inner walls and a sample opening, the device further comprising illumination means for illumination of the cavity and a digital imaging device directed from the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070273891 - Illumination unit and method for the operation thereof: wherein the cross-sectional surface of the focal point is at least twice as large as the cross-sectional surface of the optical waveguide (2) on the light inlet side, and the intensity of the light coupled into the optical waveguide (2) can be varied by axial displacement of the high-power light... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070273893 - Measuring device for determining the relative offset between two components: A measuring device for determining the relative offset between two components in a z-direction includes two measuring members. A first measuring member is affixable on a first component, and the second measuring member is affixable on a second component. Furthermore, the measuring device includes a sensor device for determining the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070273892 - Vertical heat treatment system and automatic teaching method for transfer mechanism: A transfer mechanism 21 of a vertical heat treatment system 1 includes a base capable of vertical movement and turning movement, and plural substrate support devices, disposed on the base so as to be movable anteroposterior, that hold wafers W. Provided on the base 25 is a first sensor 45... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070273894 - Method and apparatus for remote spatial calibration and imaging: Disclosed are remote spatial calibration apparatuses and spatial calibration methods. A first plurality of line-generating lasers is arranged for generating a first set of substantially parallel lines in a first orientation. A second plurality of line-generating lasers is arranged for generating a second set of substantially parallel lines in a... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

20070268477 - Method and device for measuring the temperature of a molten metal bath: A method is provided for measuring a temperature of a molten metal bath by an optical fiber surrounded by a cover. The optical fiber is immersed in the molten bath, and the radiation absorbed by the optical fiber in the molten bath is fed to a detector, wherein the optical... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070268478 - Metrology system with spectroscopic ellipsometer and photoacoustic measurements: An optical system includes both a microspot broadband spectroscopic ellipsometer and a photoacoustic film thickness measurement system that are supplied laser light by the same laser light source. One of the systems makes a measurement, the result of which is used to adjust a parameter of the other system; e.g.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070268479 - Refractive index sensor utilizing gold island surface plasmon resonance on optical fiber: A system for measuring an index of refraction that has a light emitting diode and a plurality of reference fibers not in contact with a sample to be measured and that receive light from the light emitting diode. A plurality of sensing fibers with different-shaped plasmon sensors are in contact... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070268480 - Bed angle sensor for reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia: Apparatus for indicating the angular position of a patient support surface such as a mattress relative to the direction of gravity is disclosed. An angle sensor mounted to a frame associates with the patient support surface to create an output responsive to changes in position relative to gravity. Circuitry transmits... Agent: Klehr , Harrison Et Al

20070268481 - System and method for measuring scene reflectance using optical sensors: A system measures reflectance in a scene. A first optical sensor is configured to measure incident energy at a location in a scene. A second optical sensor is configured to measure reflected energy from the location in the scene. The incident energy and the reflected energy are analyzed to determine... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070268482 - Method for optically detecting an electrical arc in a power supply: A method for optically detecting an electrical arc in a power supply. The method includes capturing light with a light pipe, transmitting the captured light along at least a portion of a length of the light pipe, optically detecting the transmitted light with a photodetector which is optically coupled to... Agent: Elsa Keller Siemens Corporation

20070268483 - Inspection apparatus for image pickup device, optical inspection unit device, and optical inspection unit: A probe card is equipped with a plurality of openings that transmit light to an image pickup device. An optical inspection unit that emits a test light through the plurality of openings of the probe card while being arranged in opposition to a light receiving portion of the image pickup... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070268484 - Optical inspection method and optical inspection apparatus: An optical inspection apparatus irradiates a light beam onto the outer surface of an object to be inspected, in the form of an illumination spot having an illumination intensity which is higher in the outer peripheral part of the object to be inspected than in the inner peripheral part thereof... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070268485 - Method and apparatus for standoff detection of liveness: A method for remotely detecting whether a subject is alive, comprising the steps of determining a calibration spectral signature for light reflectance from living skin, normalizing the calibration spectral signature values to the calibration reflectance value at a reference wavelength, storing the normalized calibration spectral signature, determining a subject spectral... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070268486 - Encoder spectrograph with optimized diffraction grating: An encoder spectrograph is used to analyze radiation from one or more samples in various configurations. The radiation is analyzed by spatially modulating the radiation after it has been dispersed by wavelength or imaged along a line. Dual encoder spectrographs may be used to encode radiation using a single modulator.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070268487 - Epir analyzer with orthogonal-encoded components: An encoder spectrograph is used to analyze radiation from one or more samples in various configurations. The radiation is analyzed by spatially modulating the radiation after it has been dispersed by wavelength or imaged along a line. Dual encoder spectrographs may be used to encode radiation using a single modulator.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070268488 - Target acquisition attachment for portable spectrophotometer: A target acquisition attachment device for the accurate handheld spectrophotometric measurement of small samples or samples of particular areas of larger objects, having an orifice in its base plane of precise location and size that will properly align with the aperture of the handheld spectrophotometer. The alignment occurs when the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070268489 - Device and method for invetigating analytes in liquid suspension or solution: An optical detection device is provided for analysing analytes in a liquid suspension or solution that can detect and process a large number of wavelengths of incident and fluorescent light simultaneously, which is small in size and can be easily adapted to different investigation requirements. In one embodiment an optical... Agent: The Fleshner Group, PLLC

20070268490 - Ellipsometer and ellipsometry: A small and high-speed polarization analysis device and ellipsometer having no driving section are provided by overlapping one polarizer array rendered by arranging a plurality of polarizer regions of mutually different optical axis directions in the form of stripes and one wavelength plate array rendered by arranging a plurality of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070268491 - Real-time monitoring optically trapped carbon nanotubes: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to monitor carbon nanotubes (CNTs). A carbon nanotube (CNT) is manipulated in a fluid by a laser beam. An illuminating light from a light source is aligned along axis of the CNT to produce an optical response from the CNT. The... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070268492 - Arrangement and method for illuminating an object: A device for different applications of measuring properties of samples on e.g. microtitration plates and corresponding sample supports. It achieves more efficient illumination for activating a sample in measuring e.g. fluorescence. This is achieved by providing an illumination arrangement in an optical measurement instrumentation which includes at least one cavity... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070268493 - Optical apparatus for capturing spectral image: An optical apparatus for capturing spectral images includes a variable spectroscopy device having first and second optical members that face each other and have a space therebetween, the spectral characteristics of the variable spectroscopy device being changed in accordance with changes in the relative positions of these optical members; a... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070268494 - Method for estimating absolute distance of tracking laser interferometer and tracking laser interferometer: To provide a method for estimating an absolute distance L between a tracking laser interferometer and a retroreflector 70, the tracking laser interferometer including; the retroreflector 70 for reflecting and returning incident measurement light A in an incident direction; and a two-axis rotating mechanism 40 for rotationally moving in an... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070268495 - Method for enhancing the measuring accuracy when determining the coordinates of structures on a substrate: A method for the high-precision measurement of coordinates on a substrate is disclosed. The substrate is placed on a stage moveable in X/Y coordinate directions. First, a plurality of images of a structure on a substrate are imaged by means of a 2-dimensional detector during the relative movement of a... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070268496 - Method for enhancing the measuring accuracy when determining the coordinates of structures on a substrate: A method for the high-precision measurement of coordinates of at least one structure on a substrate. A stage traversable in X/Y coordinate directions is provided, which is placed in an interferometric-optical measuring system. The structure on the substrate is imaged on at least one detector (34) via a measuring objective... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070268498 - Matching optical metrology tools using diffraction signals: Optical metrology tools in a fleet of optical metrology tools can be matched using transforms. In particular, a first set of measured diffraction signals is obtained. The first set of measured diffraction signals was measured using a first optical metrology tool from the fleet of optical metrology tools. A second... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070268497 - Matching optical metrology tools using hypothetical profiles: Optical metrology tools in a fleet of optical metrology tools can be matched using transforms. In particular, a first set of hypothetical profiles of one or more structures is obtained. The first set of hypothetical profiles was determined based on a first set of measured diffraction signals measured using a... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070263204 - Interferometer using vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers: An interferometer which incorporates a single mode VCSEL to facilitate miniaturization through integration of parts. The interferometer includes a beam splitter for partially reflecting and transmitting light; a single mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser for generating a beam of light perpendicular to a wafer; a first mirror fixedly perpendicular to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070263202 - Distance measuring device: The present invention provides a distance measuring device, which comprises a light projecting unit for projecting a distance measuring light (22) to an object to be measured, a reference reflection unit (55) provided relatively movable and arranged at a known position so as to traverse the projected distance measuring light,... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20070263203 - Device and process for optical distance measurement: Device and process for determining a distance to an object. The device includes a low coherence light source, at least one lens arranged to focus light from the low coherence light source onto the object and to collect light reflected and scattered from the object, and a window arranged between... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070263205 - System and method for measuring velocity using frequency modulation of laser output: A system for measuring velocity of a target is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a laser device, a detector and a signal processor. The laser device produces a frequency-modulated laser beam, wherein the frequency-modulated beam is split into at least two laser beams, wherein a reflected beam comprising... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070263206 - Apparatus and method for characterizing defects in a transparent substrate: An apparatus and method for detecting defects in a transparent substrate by simultaneously using a combination of bright field and dark field light sources for illuminating the substrate. The apparatus is capable of detecting both inclusions and surface defects simultaneously while the substrate is in motion, simplifying the characterization of... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070263207 - Flow-through, inlet-gas-temperature-controlled, solvent-resistant, thermal-expansion compensated cell for light spectroscopy: Optical cells include a spacer formed of a hydrocarbon-resistant polymer, so that fluids such as hydrocarbons and alcohols can be introduced to a sample space, or include a fluid inlet and a heated inlet tube, so that a humid gas can be introduced to the sample space without condensation occurring.... Agent: National Institutes Of Health C/o Venable LLP

20070263208 - Systems and methods for generating data based on one or more spectrally-encoded endoscopy techniques: Exemplary systems and methods for generating data associated with at least one portion of a sample can be provided. For example, according to one exemplary embodiment of such systems and methods, it is possible to provide a particular radiation using at least one first arrangement. The particular radiation can include... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070263209 - Combination reader: An apparatus for imaging an array of a plurality of features associated with a sample tile. The apparatus includes a stage that supports the sample tile in an illumination region, and an illumination source having a plurality of LEDs adapted to emit light. At least a portion of the light... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070263210 - Fluorescence measuring apparatus: The present invention relates to a fluorescence measuring apparatus having a structure enabling fluorescence measurement of a microvolume sample to be made readily in a short time. The fluorescence measuring apparatus comprises a pumping light source, a pipette device, a tip, attached to the pipette device, and a fluorescence detection... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070263212 - Non-hazardous bulk material analyzer system: A system for processing bulk materials, comprising at least one transport apparatus that conveys a stream of bulk materials from a first process position to a second process position, an illumination source that projects light on to a surface of the stream, and at least one spectrometer that captures light... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070263211 - Portable vuv spectrometer: In accordance with this invention, a housing and adaptors to receive a commercial off-the-shelf compact spectrometer was built. The resulting system is particularly adapted for VUV spectrum measurements. Currently portable spectrometer systems have wavelength cutoff at 200 nm or 300 nm, but by adding out invention, we successfully extend this... Agent: William G. Auton Esc/jaz

20070263213 - Remote emissions sensing system and method incorporating spectral matching by data interpolation: A system and method for correcting for “wavelength drift” in an RES system. One advantage provided by the invention includes the ability to correct for offset amounts of “wavelength drift” that are not divisible by an integer number of pixels (e.g., fraction pixel offset amounts) in an optical detector used... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070263214 - System and method for encoded spatio-spectral information processing: Encoded spatio-spectral information processing is performed using a system having a radiation source, wavelength dispersion device and two-dimensional switching array, such as digital micro-mirror array (DMA). In one aspect, spectral components from a sample are dispersed in space and modulated separately by the switching array, each element of which may... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070263215 - Means and methods for signal validation for sizing spherical objects: Methods and apparatuses for validating signals to determine sizes and velocities of spherical objects are described. Light is scattered from a spherical object to form an interference fringe pattern. Portions of the interference fringe pattern are received by photodetectors. In response, the photodetectors generate time varying electrical signals. At least... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070263216 - A fluid light guide system: A system having a flow channel for conveying a sample and having fluid light guides for projecting light to the sample target area and collecting light from the sample target area. The system may have fluid light guides on or off the card containing the flow channel. Accurate alignment may... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070263217 - Particle-measuring system and particle-measuring method: The present invention provides a particle measuring system which is provided in a processing system 40 which generates an atmosphere obtained by exhausting air or a gas in a processing chamber 48 by a vacuum pump 98 and applies a process concerning semiconductor manufacture to a wafer W in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070263219 - Metrological characterisation of microelectronic circuits: Method and a polarimetric measurement device of a planar object carrying patterns repeated regularly and forming the lines of a grid. A first measurement is carried out at zero order, under an angle of incidence θ1 and for a first azimuthal angle φ1, a second measurement at least is carried... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070263218 - Rapid 4-stokes parameter determination via stokes filter: A system for determining polarization profiles of points in a scene from video frames using Stokes parameters includes a scene having a region that emits scene light rays that correspond to the points in the scene, an optical chopper controller, a rotating Stokes filter wheel that includes five trigger holes,... Agent: U.s. Army Tacom Attn: Amsta-lp/281

20070263220 - Optical measurement system with simultaneous multiple wavelengths, multiple angles of incidence and angles of azimuth: The present invention discloses an optical measurement and/or inspection device that, in one application, may be used for inspection of semiconductor devices. It comprises a light source for providing light rays; a half-parabolic-shaped reflector having an inner reflecting surface, where the reflector having a focal point and an axis of... Agent: Emil Chang Law Offices Of Emil Chang

20070263221 - Sensor, multichannel sensor, sensing apparatus, and sensing method: A new and novel sensor having a simple structure with high detection sensitivity. The sensor (S1) includes the following from measuring light (L1) input side in the order listed below: a first reflector (10) having semi-transmissive and semi-reflective properties; a translucent body (20); and a second reflector (30) having perfect... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070263222 - Monitoring road reflectance and street lighting: This invention relates to an apparatus for measuring and recording reflectance of a road surface compliance with luminance-specified lighting standards for roads, said apparatus including at least one road surface reflectance monitoring system capable of determining at least one spectral component and brightness of light reflected from the road surface,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070263223 - Time resolution measurement device and position detection election multiplier: A time-resolved measurement apparatus (100) reads a detection timing pulse from an MCP (24) in a front-side MCP stack (30) in a photomultiplier tube (14). A detection timing of a photon is determined based on this pulse. A principal component of this pulse is a potential rise pulse in response... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070263224 - Integrated optical rotation sensor and method for sensing rotation rate: Methods and apparatus are provided for a low cost optical gyro using thin film waveguides to direct light beams among the components of the gyro. The gyro includes a substrate having an insulator layer, a silicon waveguide formed on the insulator layer, and a resonator coupled to the silicon waveguide... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070263225 - Counting signal processing method for fiber optic interferometric sensor: A counting signal processing method for a fiber optic interferometric sensor including following steps is provided. An output intensity of the fiber optical interferometric sensor is converted into an electrical signal having the form V0+V1 cos ψ(t). Then, the number of times N1 that the maximum peak values are greater... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070263226 - Tissue imaging system: A tissue imaging system (200) for examining the medical condition of tissue (290) has an illumination optical system (205), which comprises a light source (220), having one or more light emitters, beam shaping optics, and polarizing optics. An optical beamsplitter (260) directs illumination light to an imaging sub-system, containing a... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company

20070263227 - Processes, arrangements and systems for providing a fiber layer thickness map based on optical coherence tomography images: A system, arrangement, computer-accessible medium and process are provided for determining information associated with at least one portion of an anatomical structure. For example, an interference between at least one first radiation associated with a radiation directed to the anatomical structure and at least one second radiation associated with a... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070263228 - Device and process for optical distance measurement: Device and process for determining a distance to an object. The device includes at least one lens arranged to focus light from a source onto the object and to collect light reflected and scattered from the object. An apertured element includes a circular aperture structured and arranged to form a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070263229 - Laser and photogrammetry merged process: The invention relates to processes for measuring one or more surfaces of a part utilizing both Photogrammetry and laser tracking devices. The measured part may comprise the barrel of an airplane. In other embodiments, varying types of surfaces may be measured in both airplane and non-airplane applications. In one embodiment,... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070263230 - Medical equipment: Medical equipment is provided. The medical equipment may be a radiotherapy system. The medical equipment employs an optical coordinate display system, which includes at least one radiation source and a radiation detector that has a photoelectric line constructed of a row of photoelectric cells.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070263231 - Monitoring slot formation in substrates related application: A light beam is used to cut a slot in a first side of substrate. An optical sensor monitors a surface of a second side of the substrate that is opposite the first side while cutting the slot. If the light beam breaks through the surface of the second side,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070258082 - Method, device, and computer program for determining range to a target: A method, device, and computer program for determining range to a target is disclosed. Specifically, the invention provides a method, device and computer program for determining a second range to a target based on a first range to the target and an angle to the target such that the parabolic... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070258083 - Noise reduction for analyte detection systems: Methods and apparatus are provided for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample, such as an analyte in a sample of bodily fluid. Some embodiments use a synchronous demodulator and digital filter to reduce microphonic signal content. Some embodiments monitor the microphonic signal content and “hold off” on... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070258084 - Focal point detection device: An object of the present invention is to provide a focal point detection apparatus capable of enlarging a pull-in range of an auto-focus operation easily. To attain the above-stated object, the focal point detection apparatus includes: an illumination part illuminating an object plane (11) via a first visual field stop... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070258086 - Inspection method and apparatus using same: The invention relates to a method and device of inspecting contamination particles on an object comprising a patterned structure. The device includes a radiation system for directing a radiation beam to the object. The object is configured to scatter the beam. The device also includes an optical system arranged to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070258085 - Substrate illumination and inspection system: A substrate illumination and inspection system provides for illuminating and inspecting a substrate particularly the substrate edge. The system uses a light diffuser with a plurality of lights disposed at its exterior or interior for providing uniform diffuse illumination of a substrate. An optic and imaging system exterior of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070258087 - Optical fiber temperature sensor: An optical fiber temperature sensor has a sensing part composed of an optical fiber arranged at a temperature measurement point; a light source for injecting a light to the sensing part; a wavelength filter module for branching the Raman scattered light from the back scattered light generated at the sensing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070258088 - Coherently controlled nonlinear raman spectroscopy and microscopy: A method and system are presented for producing an output coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering (CARS) signal of a medium. The method comprises generation of a unitary optical excitation pulse that carries a pump photon, a Stokes photon and a probe photon; and inducing a CARS process in the medium by... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070258089 - 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... Agent: Sharon C. Mccullen

20070258090 - Optical spark mode discriminator methods and systems: Methods and systems for discriminating among sparking modes are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving light from a spark into a spectrometer, generating a light intensity spectrum using the spectrometer, and classifying the sparking mode based on an analysis of the light intensity spectrum. The light intensity spectrum... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070258091 - Calibrated spectroscopy instrument and method: A calibrated spectroscopy instrument and a method for calibrating a spectroscopy instrument are disclosed. The spectroscopy instrument includes a monochromator having a drive mechanism comprising a pair of spur gears for rotating a diffraction grating of the monochromator for selecting a desired wavelength. The drive mechanism is calibrated to account... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20070258092 - Optical measurement device and method: A system and method are presented for measurement on an article. The system comprises an illuminator for producing light of at least one predetermined wavelength range; an optical system; a displacement arrangement; and a control system. The optical system is configured to define at least a measurement channel, and comprises... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070258093 - Apparatus and method for angular colorimetry: An apparatus for measuring the reflectance properties of an object having a front reflecting surface and at least one back reflecting surface. The apparatus includes a sample stage for placement of the object, a light source, a detector configured to detect reflected light from the object, and a positioning device... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070258094 - Methods, systems and computer program products for optical coherence tomography (oct) using automatic dispersion compensation: Methods, systems and computer program products for generating parameters for software dispersion compensation in optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems are provided. Raw spectral interferogram data is acquired for a given lateral position on a sample and a given reference reflection. A trial spectral phase corresponding to each wavenumber sample of... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070258095 - High-resolution retinal imaging using adaptive optics and fourier-domain optical coherence tomography: This invention permits retinal images to be acquired at high speed and with unprecedented resolution in three dimensions (4×4×6 μm). The instrument achieves high lateral resolution by using adaptive optics to correct optical aberrations of the human eye in real time. High axial resolution and high speed are made possible... Agent: Deputy Laboratory Counsel For Intellectual Property

20070258096 - On-chip phase microscope/beam profiler based on differential interference contrast and/or surface plasmon assisted interference: A differential interference contrast (DIC) determination device and method utilizes an illumination source, a layer having a pair of two apertures that receive illumination from the illumination source, and a photodetector to receive Young's interference from the illumination passing through the pair of two apertures. In addition, a surface plasmon... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070252972 - Inspection system and method: A method of inspecting a lateral pipe extending from a manhole, the method comprising: (a) extending an imaging head into the manhole using a positioning system, the imaging head comprising an imaging device and at least one lamp capable of producing a light beam, the positioning system comprising an elongated... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070252973 - Position detecting device: Position detecting device, comprising a photo detection element array having n segments and a parallel arithmetic processing portion that is arranged to identify the segment having maximum intensity by comparing the output values (OV) from the segments of the photo detection element array. The parallel arithmetic processing portion comprises at... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070252974 - System and method for determining range in 3d imaging systems: A system and method of imaging an object. An array of detectors is mounted in an image plane. Each detector in the array of detectors is connected to a timing circuit having an interpolator, wherein the interpolator includes a first circuit which charges a first capacitor at a different rate... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070252975 - Phase shifting grating-slit test for optical surface reconstruction: An optical system representing the configuration of a tested element disposed therein is provided. The optical system comprises a light source emitting a spatial-incoherent light having a phase shifting scheme toward the tested element and then forming an image with a transverse ray aberration on the image plane of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252976 - Optical sensor and method for optically inspecting surfaces: In one aspect, an optical sensor is used to detect defects, which can appear on smooth surfaces, is provided. The sensor includes a telecentric laser scanner and a detection unit. The scanner includes a laser for the approximately perpendicular illumination of a smooth surface, a scanning mirror, and a telecentric... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070252977 - System and method for controlling a beam source in a workpiece surface inspection system: A surface inspection system, as well as related components and methods, are provided. The surface inspection system includes a beam source subsystem, a beam scanning subsystem, a workpiece movement subsystem, an optical collection and detection subsystem, and a processing subsystem. The system features a variable scan speed beam scanning subsystem,... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC

20070252983 - Analyte stages including tunable resonant cavities and raman signal-enhancing structures: An analyte stage for use in a spectroscopy system includes a tunable resonant cavity that is capable of resonating electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths less than about 10,000 nanometers, a substrate at least partially disposed within the cavity, and a Raman signal-enhancing structure at least partially disposed within the tunable resonant... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252979 - Binary arrays of nanoparticles for nano-enhanced raman scattering molecular sensors: A nano-enhanced Raman scattering (NERS)-active structure includes a substrate, a monolayer of nanoparticles disposed on a surface of the substrate, and a spacer material surrounding each nanoparticle in the monolayer of nanoparticles. The monolayer of nanoparticles includes a first plurality of nanoparticles and a second plurality of nanoparticles. The nanoparticles... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252978 - Method and apparatus for optical spectroscopy: The present invention provides for a method of optical spectroscopy, in particular Raman spectroscopy for performing invasive or non-invasive blood analysis. The fluorescence component of return radiation which is received from a detection volume is eliminated which is enabled by the usage of a pulsed excitation light source. The pulse... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070252981 - Photonic crystal raman sensors and methods including the same: Raman-enhancing structures include a photonic crystal having a resonant cavity and at least one waveguide coupled to the resonant cavity. A nanostructure comprising a Raman-enhancing material is disposed proximate the resonant cavity of the photonic crystal. Raman-enhancing structures include a microdisk resonator, at least one waveguide coupled to the microdisk... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252980 - Raman and hyper-rman excitation using superlensing: Raman-enhancing structures include a layer of dielectric material, a superlens configured to focus electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength greater than about 100 nanometers to a two-dimensional focal area having linear dimensions less than about 100 nanometers on a surface of the layer of dielectric material, and at least two nanoparticles... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252982 - Raman signal-enhancing structures and devices: Raman systems include a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a Raman device or signal-enhancing structure. Raman devices include a tunable resonant cavity and a Raman signal-enhancing structure coupled to the cavity. The cavity includes a first reflective member, a second reflective member, and an electro-optic material disposed between the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070252984 - Autofocus mechanism for spectroscopic system: The present invention provides an autofocus mechanism for a spectroscopic system that is adapted to determine a property of a volume of interest. The volume of interest has an optical property that varies with time. The invention provides measurement means that are adapted to measure the fluctuations of the optical... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070252985 - Analysis apparatus: Pulse laser light transmitted through a laser light transmission optical fiber to an optical system unit passes through a distribution reflecting mirror and is condensed by a condenser lens group. The condenser lens group irradiates the condensed laser light onto an analysis object. The fluorescence emitted as a result of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070252986 - Method and apparatus for recording of images and study of surfaces: This application discloses a new method to record an image. It relates to microscopy and surface analysis in many scientific and technical fields. In particular it relates to the imaging and inspection of surfaces used in microelectronics: non-patterned and patterned wafers and photomasks. In the sense that it records electric... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070252987 - Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions: Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods may be performed in a high-throughput manner. An apparatus for detecting biochemical interactions occurring on the surface of a biosensor includes a light source. A first optical fiber is coupled to the light... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070252989 - Monolithic offner spectrometer: A monolithic Offner spectrometer is described herein as are various components like a diffraction grating and a slit all of which are manufactured by using a state-of-the-art diamond machining process. In one embodiment, a monolithic Offner spectrometer is directly manufactured by using a diamond machining process. In another embodiment, a... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070252990 - Line camera for spectral imaging: An apparatus for the detection of spectral information along a geometrical line with a dispersive element, which is suspended from an axis of rotation, for the spectral dispersion of electromagnetic radiation from a range on the geometrical line into spectral constituents, a line detector for the detection of the spectral... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070252988 - Multi-channel dual phase lock-in optical spectrometer: The development of a multiple-channel dual phase lock-in optical spectrometer (LIOS) is presented, which enables parallel phase-sensitive detection at the output of an optical spectrometer. The light intensity from a spectrally broad source is modulated at the reference frequency, and focused into a high-resolution imaging spectrometer. The height at which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070252991 - Method for determining stokes parameters: A method of determining polarization profiles of points in a scene from video frames using Stokes parameters. The method includes emitting scene light rays from points in a region in a scene, and emitting a correlator light ray from a correlator. The correlator includes a uniform light source, a second... Agent: U.s. Army Tacom Attn: Amsta-lp/281

20070252992 - Apparatus and method for obtaining sample information by detecting electromagnetic wave: A sample information obtaining apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave generator; a sample holding unit which holds a sample to be tested and serves as a polarizer having a polarization axis which defines how an incident electromagnetic wave is to be divided according to a polarization state of the incident electromagnetic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252993 - Wafer alignment apparatus: In a method of aligning a wafer, which is capable of precisely and rapidly aligning the wafer, and a wafer alignment apparatus using the method of aligning the wafer, a first wafer is aligned to form a first template pattern corresponding to an image of the first wafer. Image data... Agent: Digital Optics Corporation

20070252994 - Alignment of substrates for bonding: An alignment apparatus for a substrate bonding system is provided with a first optical arm arranged to direct onto a detector radiation from a first alignment mark on a first substrate, and a second optical arm arranged to direct onto the detector radiation from a second alignment mark on a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070252995 - Cavity ring-down sensing apparatus and methods: We describe an evanescent wave cavity-based optical sensor. The sensor comprises an optical cavity including a reflection from one or more totally internally reflecting (TIR) surfaces generating an evanescent wave to provide a sensing function; a light source to optically excite said cavity at least two different wavelengths; and a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070252996 - Device and method for detecting scratches: The invention relates to a device and a corresponding method for detecting scratches on the surface (2) of a material, in particular glass. Said device comprises an illumination unit (3) and a recording unit (4), which register a scanning line (6) on the surface (2) of the material and can... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070252997 - Hair detection device: The present invention relates to a hair-detection device (100), with a source (80) of electromagnetic radiation and an imaging sensor (74), and with radiation selection means (83, 48). During use of the device, the selection means improve a ratio between the part of the emitted radiation that is coupled into... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070252999 - Optimized reference level generation: A method, apparatus and system for optimizing the magnitude of reference levels in non-invasive imaging and analysis is disclosed. Optimizing the magnitude of reference levels enables improving signal to noise ratios and thereby improving the sensitivity and performance of the imaging and analysis system. The invention includes dynamically modifying the... Agent: Josh Hogan

20070252998 - Apparatus for continuous readout of fabry-perot fiber optic sensor: An apparatus to interrogate one or more fiber optic sensors to make high-resolution measurements at long distances between the sensor and the interrogator apparatus. The apparatus comprises a tunable light source, an optical switch for pulsing the light source, at least one sensor (e.g., a Fabry-Perot sensor) for reflecting the... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20070253000 - System and method for measuring distances, displacement and mechanical actions: An optical transducer adapted to detect external mechanical actions or forces acting comprising at least one sensing optical path (5) adapted to transmit at least one sensing optical signal (b′) and to emit at least one sensing output electrical signal (d) along with at least one reference path (4) adapted... Agent: Paul A. Fattibene Fattibene & Fattibene

20070253001 - Three-dimensional shape measuring unit, processing unit, and semiconductor device manufacturing method: A semiconductor device manufacturing technique measures simultaneously a plurality of points on a sample to realize a high-speed three-dimensional shape measurement and reflects it to setting of a processing condition in a semiconductor device process, thereby making it possible to realize stable device manufacture with high precision. A three-dimensional shape... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070253002 - Device and process for quantitative assessment of the three-dimensional position of two machine parts, shafts, spindles, workpieces or other articles relative to one another: An apparatus and a method that can be used for qualitative or quantitative determination of the three-dimensional location of two bodies relative to one another which can be used, for example, to determine the mutual position of two bodies according to angular or translational coordinates. Furthermore, the apparatus and method... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070253003 - Eyeglass frame measurement apparatus: An eyeglass frame measurement apparatus includes a holding unit; a rotational base and a tracing stylus arranged on the rotational base. Three-dimensional shape of a frame is measured by detecting the movement of the tracing stylus in a radius direction and a warpage direction. Slit place is integrally arranged with... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070253004 - Foot measuring device: An apparatus for measuring the dimensions of pairs of human feet and a method for carrying out the measurements using the apparatus is described. The device is based on two light emitter/detector pairs. The emitter/detector pairs are caused to move in mutually orthogonal directions in order to measure the length... Agent: Kevin D Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber