Optics: measuring and testing inventions 08/08

20080204697 - Surface measurement apparatus and method using depth of field: The invention provides for surface mapping of in-vivo imaging subjects using a single camera and a moveable stage on which a subject animal for in-vivo imaging is placed. Images are taken and the stage is moved by known amounts along the optical axis, and the heights of individual features on... Agent: Alfred W. Froebrich, Esq. Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080204699 - Method and system for determining the position of a receiver unit: Disclosed are a method and a system for determining the position of a receiver unit (5′). According to said method, modulated radiation is generated by at least one radiation projector (1′), and a number of reference points, from among which reference points (2″) lying within a detection range (6′) of... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080204698 - Phase noise compensation for interferometric absolute rangefinders: The invention relates to a method for interferometric absolute distance measuring by a frequency modulation electromagnetic radiation on at least one measurable target and for subsequently receiving a retransmitted radiation with a heterodyne mixture, wherein the radiation is guided in a parallel direction via a reference interferometric length. In such... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080204701 - Hand-held laser distance measuring device with a pulse reflection mixing method: A hand-held pulse laser distance measuring device and a pulse reflection mixing method both having an algorithm which controls a microcontroller and which serves to calculate the distance to a measurement object by at least two different time differences τ11, τ12 between a measurement pulse and a reference pulse with... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080204700 - Method for light propagation time measurement: In a method and a device for light propagation time measurement, in particular for cameras, a light signal clocked by a clock controller (11) is transmitted from at least one transmitter (12) into a light path (14) via a retroreflective object (O) to a receiver (13) for detecting the alteration... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080204702 - Optical observation apparatus: The invention relates to an optical observation apparatus (1) with at least one observation beam path (4) and with means (7) for laser range-finding, which have at least one transmitting device (8) and at least one receiving device (9) and are arranged outside the at least one observation beam path... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080204703 - Determining a length of a carrier line deployed into a well based on an optical signal: A component is deployed into a well on a carrier line having an optical cable. An optical signal is transmitted into the optical cable, and a travel time of the optical signal in the optical cable is determined. A profile of a characteristic along the optical cable is determined, and... Agent: Schlumberger Ipc Attn: David Cate

20080204704 - Monitoring system and method for determining the speed and/or angle of motion of an object: A monitoring system and associated method are provided to determine various parameters, such as the speed and/or angle of motion, of an object. The monitoring system includes a phototransmitter for illuminating the space through which the object will pass. The monitoring system also includes a plurality of photoreceivers spaced apart... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080204705 - Apparatus and method for color measurement and color grading of diamonds, gemstones and the like: The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for color measurement and color grading of faceted gemstones, diamonds and the like. The apparatus comprises a spectrometer, a computer, and a dual integrating sphere measurement arrangement comprising a measurement integrating sphere, a sample integrating sphere, a sample platform, a filter, a... Agent: Charles C.h. Wu

20080204706 - System for distributed measurement of the curves of a structure: The invention relates to a system for distributed or dispersed measurement of axial and bending deformations of a structure including at least one threadlike device (10) equipped for the distributed or dispersed measurement of these axial and bending deformations, and means for processing measurement signals generated by said device, in... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080204707 - Monitoring device for rotating body: The present invention relates to a monitoring device for a rotating body, which can accurately measure signals from a fiber Bragg grating sensor provided on the rotating body by compensating a transmission loss variation and a distortion of the sensor signals. A rotation-side optical fiber has at least one deformation... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080204709 - Biosensor using microdisk laser: A compact sensor for detecting the presence of biological or chemical species includes a microdisk laser and a wavelength shift detector. The microdisk laser is coated with a biological or chemical recognition element, which binds preferentially with a target analyte. Because the recognition element and the target analyte adhere to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080204708 - Functionalised surface sensing apparatus and methods: We describe an evanescent wave cavity-based optical sensor. The sensor comprises an optical cavity formed by a pair of highly reflective surfaces and including a totally internally reflecting (TIR) surface generating an evanescent wave to provide a sensing function. The TIR surface is provided with a functionalising material over at... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20080204712 - Dispersive near-infrared spectrometer with automatic wavelength calibration: The present invention is a dispersive, diffraction grating, NIR spectrometer that automatically calibrates the wavelength scale of the instrument without the need for external wavelength calibration materials. The invention results from the novel combination of: 1) a low power He—Ne laser at right angles to the source beam of the... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.l.p.

20080204710 - Spectrometer with collimated input light: An optical spectroscopy tool is provided. In one embodiment a highly efficient means by which moderate resolution spectroscopy may be performed in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) is described. In one embodiment the techniques can be used as a high throughput spectrometer to spatially disperse wavelengths in and around the VUV... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080204711 - Spectrometer with moveable detector element: An optical spectroscopy tool is provided. In one embodiment a highly efficient means by which moderate resolution spectroscopy may be performed in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) is described. In one embodiment the techniques can be used as a high throughput spectrometer to spatially disperse wavelengths in and around the VUV... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080204713 - Methods and apparatus for label-independent monitoring of biological interactions on sensitized substrates: Sensor interrogation systems based on optical phase changes are configured to quantify analytes. Sensor chips and wells can include light scattering regions, light absorbing regions, or tilted regions to reduce or eliminate unwanted portions of an interrogation optical beam. In some examples, a spatial phase modulation is used to compensate... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080204714 - On-vehicle fuel property detection device: The detection device provides with an optical fiber composed of a core, a clad and a fiber jacket. A grating is applied to the core, and the fiber jacket located at the portion to which the grating is applied is removed so that the clad is in contact with a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080204725 - Lamination status inspecting apparatus, lamination status inspecting method, and recording medium storing lamination status detecting program: A lamination status inspecting apparatus inspects a lamination status of adjacent sheets, and includes a first illumination unit that irradiates a portion where sheets are adjacent to each other with light from a predetermined direction, a second illumination unit that irradiates with light from a direction opposite to a direction... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080204723 - Mask defect inspection apparatus: The mask defect inspection apparatus including an illumination optical system for illuminating a mask on which a pattern is formed; an objective lens facing the mask; at least a pair of detection optical systems having a detection sensor for obtaining an image of the pattern, respectively, and which receive illumination... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080204715 - Method and device for producing and detecting a raman spectrum: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing and detecting a Raman spectrum. The problem addressed by the present invention is that of devising a method and a device for producing and detecting a Raman spectrum of a medium under investigation, whereby the Raman spectrum of a... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080204724 - Method of apparatus for detecting particles on a specimen: A method and apparatus of detecting a defect by inspecting a specimen in which a surface of a specimen on which plural patterns are formed is illuminated with an elongated shape light flux from one of plural directions which are different in elevation angle by switching an optical path of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080204716 - Methods and apparatus for determining characteristics of particles: An instrument for measuring the size distribution of a particle sample by counting and classifying particles into selected size ranges. The particle concentration is reduced to the level where the probability of measuring scattering from multiple particles at one time is reduced to an acceptable level. A light beam is... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080204717 - Methods and apparatus for determining characteristics of particles: An instrument for measuring the size distribution of a particle sample by counting and classifying particles into selected size ranges. The particle concentration is reduced to the level where the probability of measuring scattering from multiple particles at one time is reduced to an acceptable level. A light beam is... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080204718 - Methods and apparatus for determining characteristics of particles: An instrument for measuring the size distribution of a particle sample by counting and classifying particles into selected size ranges. The particle concentration is reduced to the level where the probability of measuring scattering from multiple particles at one time is reduced to an acceptable level. A light beam is... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080204719 - Methods and apparatus for determining characteristics of particles: An instrument for measuring the size distribution of a particle sample by counting and classifying particles into selected size ranges. The particle concentration is reduced to the level where the probability of measuring scattering from multiple particles at one time is reduced to an acceptable level. A light beam is... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080204722 - Process for monitoring the functioning and/or adjustment of an optoelectronic sensor arrangement, as well as an optoelectronic sensor arrangement:

20080204721 - Thin films measurement method and system: A method and system are presented for use in controlling the processing of a structure. First measured data is provided being indicative of at least one of the following: a thickness (d2) of at least one layer (L2) of the structure W in at least selected sites of the structure... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080204720 - Two line gas spectroscopy calibration: A method of calibrating an absorption spectroscopy measurement wherein the calibration method includes projecting laser light through a sample of a first quantity of a gas of interest and a second irrelevant quantity of a spectroscopically identical or similar gas (10). The first and second spectroscopic absorptions of the laser... Agent: Robert J. Foley

20080204726 - Apparatus for characterizing fiber bragg gratings: An apparatus characterizes at least one fiber Bragg grating. The apparatus includes a laser pulse source, an optical spectrum analyzer, and multiple optical paths. A first optical path includes a pulse stretcher and an attenuator. A second optical path optically coupled to the first optical path includes a mirror. A... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080204727 - Lens meter: A lens meter capable of obtaining optical characteristics of a lens with high stability and accuracy has a measurement optical system including a target panel having measurement targets having first measurement targets and second measurement targets and a photodetector which photo-receives a measurement light bundle, a calculation means which calculates... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080204728 - Method and apparatus for detecting concentricity of lens module: A detecting apparatus includes a light source configured (i.e., structured and arranged) for irradiating the lens module with light, the light being brought into a focus by the lens module; a detecting device configured for measuring and recording a location of the focus; and a driving device configured for driving... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080204729 - Method and apparatus for determining at least one optical property of an imaging optical system: A method and an apparatus for determining at least one optical property of an imaging optical system which is designed to image an object disposed in an object plane of the optical system into an assigned image plane. The method includes disposing at least one test structure in the object... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080204730 - Method and system for improving accuracy of critical dimension metrology: A method for improving accuracy of optical critical dimension measurement of a substrate is provided. A process parameter that influences the refractive index and extinction coefficient of a thin film in the substrate is identified. A refractive index and extinction coefficient across a plurality of wavelengths as a function of... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080204731 - Optical device with tilt and power microlenses: A microlens array includes plural powered microlenses or microlens elements for tilting different light-emitting elements or portions of a light-emitting device. Each microlens or microlens element both has optical power, and adjusts the tilt of the wavefront so that in combination the individual microlenses act like a more complex multiple-element... Agent: Jonathan A. Platt Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080204732 - Method and system for the inspection of integrated circuit devices having leads: The invention relates to optical inspection of integrated circuit devices, such as QFP and TSOP devices. There are provided methods of inspecting objects, such as integrated circuit devices, using a single laser triangulation system oriented in a fixed direction, where the given inspection system rotates the inspection tray for scanning... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080204733 - Sensing in meat products and the like: Methods and devices for sensing foreign bodies and the like in products, such as food products, are described. Said products, which are generally light transmissive, are backlit by a source of light and an image of said object is taken. In one form of the invention, the light is polarized... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080204734 - Method and system for monitoring photolithography processing based on a batch change in light sensitive material: A method for monitoring photolithography processing includes monitoring application of a light sensitive material to the surface of each of a plurality of substrates and detecting that a supply of the light sensitive material applied to the substrates has changed from a first batch of light sensitive material to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204735 - Apparatus and method for measuring structures on a mask and or for calculating structures in a photoresist resulting from the structures: An apparatus (1) for measuring structures (3) on a mask (2) and for calculating structures in a photoresist on a wafer resulting from the structures (3) on the mask (2) is disclosed, wherein the apparatus (1) comprises at least one incident-light illumination means (14) and/or one transmitted-light illumination means (6),... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080204736 - Defect inspection method and defect inspection apparatus: Provided are a defect inspection apparatus having a large range for receiving light scattering from fine defects while securing a sufficiently large signal strength; and a defect inspection method for the same. The defect inspection apparatus includes: a stage part capable of traveling relative to optical systems with a substrate... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080204737 - Mask pattern inspection apparatus with koehler illumination system using light source of high spatial coherency: A semiconductor device fabrication-use mask pattern inspection apparatus having an optical configuration adaptable for achievement of a Koehler illumination system using a light source high in spatial coherency is disclosed. This apparatus includes a laser light source, a beam expander which is disposed between the laser source and a mask... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204738 - Method for acquiring high-resolution images of defects on the upper surface of the wafer edge: A method for acquiring high-resolution images of defects on the upper surface of the wafer edge is disclosed. For this purpose, first the position of at least one defect on the upper surface of the wafer edge is determined. The thus determined position of the defect is stored. Then the... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, Llc

20080204739 - Process excursion detection: A method for analyzing defect information on a substrate, including logically dividing the substrate into zones, and detecting defects on the substrate to produce the defect information. The defect information from the substrate is analyzed on a zone by zone basis to produce defect level classifications for the defects within... Agent: Lng/kla Joint Customer C/o Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.c.

20080204740 - Distortion measurement imaging system: A distortion measurement and inspection system is presented. In one embodiment, a vision system is implemented. The vision system performs dual focal plane imaging where simultaneous imaging of two focal planes is simultaneously performed on a sample substrate and a reference substrate to determine distortion. In addition, a highly reflective... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080204741 - Method for quantifying defects in a transparent substrate: Disclosed is a method for the detection and quantification of defects in transparent substrates and, more particularly, in glass sheets. The method comprises providing a transparent planar substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. The surface topography of at least a portion of the top surface of the... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080204743 - Method and apparatus for improved signal to noise ratio in raman signal detection for mems based spectrometers: A method of Raman detection for a portable, integrated spectrometer instrument includes directing Raman scattered photons by a sample to an avalanche photodiode (APD), the APD configured to generate an output signal responsive to the intensity of the Raman scattered photons incident thereon. The output signal of the APD is... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080204742 - Method and system for optimizing surface enhanced raman scattering: A substrate for enhanced electromagnetic spectroscopy of an analyte comprises a solid support and a plurality of individual nanoparticles affixed thereto, wherein the nanoparticles are designed to have an increased electromagnetic field strength and/or plasmon resonance frequency that is between the frequency of an incident electromagnetic radiation and the frequency... Agent: Conley Rose, P.c. David A. Rose

20080204744 - High speed, optically-multiplexed, hyperspectral imagers and methods thereof: High speed, optically-multiplexed, hyperspectral imagers and methods for producing multiple, spectrally-filtered image information of a scene. In a preferred embodiment, an array of imaging lenslets project multiple images of a scene along parallel optical paths which are then collimated, filtered into distinct wavelengths, and focused onto an array of image... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080204745 - Thin-film polarization sample cell for biological and chemical agents and a method of sampling: The present invention provides sample cells for use in thin film fluorescence polarization systems, methods of loading sample cells, and methods of detecting biological or chemical agents using thin film fluorescence polarization.... Agent: Jonathan P. O'brien Miller Canfield Paddock And Stone

20080204746 - Novel optical sensor for the instantaneous detection and identification of bioaerosols: The invention relates to an apparatus and a process of using the said apparatus in the in-time air sampling, detection and identification of bioaereosols; wherein identification of the said aerosol is based on a multiphoton laser diagnostic technique in combination with the velocity and aerodynamic size of the particular bioaerosol.... Agent: Eugenio J. Torres

20080204747 - Multiwavelength optical sensors: An optical sensor comprises at least two planar Bragg gratings defined on a single substrate and arranged to receive light from a light source, each grating having a wavelength filtering response that varies with an effective modal index experienced by light propagating in the Bragg grating and a Bragg wavelength... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080204748 - Measuring device for workpiece held on chuck table: A measuring device for measuring the height of a workpiece held on a chuck table provided in a processing machine. The measuring device includes a white light source for emitting white light, an acousto-optic deflecting unit for separating the white light emitted from the white light source to produce a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080204749 - Method, system and apparatus for monitoring variations in the size of particles present in a fluid: The present invention relates to a method, system and apparatus for continuously monitoring variations in the size of particles present in a fluid on a real time basis. The method comprises of passing one or more optical signal through the fluid such as engine oil. The variation (attenuation or enhancement)... Agent: Lempia Braidwood Llc

20080204750 - Image acquisition, processing, and display: Image data is acquired, processed, and/or displayed in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure to display, monitor, and/or demonstrate the progress of an experiment substantially in real-time and with high sensitivity. In one embodiment, at least one time-resolved value of spatially distributed polarization change data is provided and... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080204751 - Optical rotating power measurement method and optical rotating power measurement apparatus: An optical rotating power measurement method comprising: an optical rotating power data acquisition step of starting measurement of the optical rotating power of the sample in a measurement apparatus during a temperature changing process where a controller controls the temperature of the sample such that the temperature reaches the predetermined... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080204752 - System and method for remote, free-space optical detection of potential threat agent: A system and method for free space, optical remote sensing of a potential threat agent using spectrally responsive sensor material. In one example the sensor material is formed by particles, which in one particular form are porous photonic crystals. The particles are dispersed into an area being monitored for the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080204753 - Fluorescence sensor: A fluorescence sensor comprises a sensor section for collecting a fluorescent substance, which acts to represent presence of a substance to be detected in a sample, and an exciting light source, which produces exciting light for exciting the fluorescent substance to produce fluorescence. Besides the exciting light source, at least... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080204754 - Device for reconfigurable processing optical beams: A device for optical processing of at least one main optical beam, including an optical transforming module contributing towards optical transformation of the main optical beam input in the processing device, formed of a plurality of discrete elements in one plane. An upstream spatial configuration module upstream of the optical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080204755 - Device for analysis or absorption measurement on a small amount of liquid: A device (1) for analysis of absorption measurement on small amounts, for example on a drop or droplet of a liquid medium (2) using light (3) is provided, with an upper planar location (4) for the application or dropping of the medium (2), a light entry (5) in the housing... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080204756 - Edge normal process: An edge inspection method for detecting defects on a wafer edge normal surface includes acquiring a set of digital images which captures a circumference of the wafer. An edge of the wafer about the circumference is determined. Each digital image is segmented into a plurality of horizontal bands. Adjacent edge... Agent: Dicke Billig & Czaja, Pllc Attn: Christopher Mclaughlin

20080204757 - Handheld ft-ir spectrometer: Novel spectrometer arrangements are described. They may employ a resin-based preconcentration system to sample chemical vapors. A field-widened interferometer modulates radiant energy. The signal generated by the interaction of the radiant energy with the sample is detected and processed by a computer. A variety of enhancements to the basic design... Agent: Christopher Manning

20080204758 - Apparatus and method for chemical sensing: A chemical detector for detecting predetermined chemicals. The chemical detector includes an optical fiber and a polymer having a high fractional free volume higher than about 0.1 that clads a length of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is arranged within an optical resonator. The chemical detector further includes a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080204759 - Method for demodulating signals from a dispersive white light interferometric sensor and its application to remote optical sensing: A method for demodulating signals from a dispersive, white light interferometer includes generating test interferometry spectra from an interferometer forming part of a sensor for various values of interferometer sensor optical path length. The various test spectra are correlated to a measured spectrum from the sensor to generate a correlation... Agent: Richard A. Fagin

20080204760 - Swept wavelength imaging optical interrogation system and method for using same: A swept wavelength imaging optical interrogation system and a method for using the same to interrogate one or more biosensors are described herein. The swept wavelength imaging optical interrogation system is built upon a swept wavelength optical interrogation technology where a 2-D label free image is extracted from a series... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080204761 - Pointing device: There is provided a pointing device including a light source that provides incident light for illuminating a front surface of a substrate at a predetermined angle of incidence, the substrate having a rear surface as well as the front surface and being transparent to the wavelength of the incident light,... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080204762 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for removing undesired artifacts in fourier domain optical coherence tomography (fdoct) systems using integrating buckets: Methods, systems, and computer program products for removing undesired artifacts in Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) systems using integrating buckets are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes introducing a variable phase delay between a reference arm and a sample arm of an FDOCT interferometer using sinusoidal phase... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080204764 - Lead terminal inspection method and lead terminal inspection apparatus: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a lead terminal inspection method for inspecting the shape condition of lead terminals of an electronic apparatus by irradiating irradiation light from an optical sensor to the lead terminals, and detecting reflected light reflected from the lead terminals with the optical sensor. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080204763 - Measuring apparatus and method for range inspection: The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and method for measuring the three-dimensional characteristics of an object (1) using range data acquisition and analysis. The imaging apparatus comprises: means for configuring the range data acquisition and analysis before starting the measuring; means for creating an image of said object... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080204765 - Method for contactless dynamic detection of the profile of a solid body: The present invention relates to a method for contactless dynamic detection of the profile of a solid body, particularly a moving one, a laser beam, expanded to form a linear light band, from a laser device being projected onto a region of the surface of the solid body, and the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080204766 - Method and microscope device for observing a moving specimen: There is provided a microscope device comprising an objective, a light source for illuminating a specimen via an illumination beam path, an arrangement for continuously moving the specimen during observation in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the objective, a two-dimensional detector for detecting light coming from the... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.c.

20080204767 - Commutator measuring device: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for the measurement of the width and radial spacing of commutator segments with respect to span. The apparatus utilizes a microprocessor and computer to record and calculate data from both a rotary encoder wheel held in contact with the commutator surface as... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.c.

20080198355 - Surface measurement of in-vivo subjects using spot projector: The invention provides for surface mapping of in-vivo imaging subjects using a single camera and an illuminator that projects a plurality of targets such as spots on the subject. By limiting the depth-of-field of the camera lens, or of the illuminator optics, or both, a spatial plane is defined in... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080198356 - Laser range finder for use on a golf course: An improved range finder for use on a golf course. The improved range finder includes means for identifying the closest target in a field of view during a sweep operation of the field of view and means for presenting the distance of the closest target at the conclusion of the... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20080198357 - Optical navigation device and method thereof: An optical navigation device and a method thereof, wherein the optical navigation device comprises a pair of linear sensor arrays which are arranged non-parallel to each other for detecting light signal. Furthermore, an algorithm including correlation and vector analysis is processed by a computation unit to determine velocity and displacement... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080198359 - Direct icp emission spectral analysis method of solid sample: An ICP analysis method for solid samples which can secure reliability of the analytical results. The present invention provides an analytical method in which a finely powdered solid sample is directly injected into an inductively coupled plasma-aided emission spectrometer, wherein standard liquid samples of known concentration of objective element are... Agent: Roberts & Roberts, LLP Attorneys At Law

20080198358 - Fiber optic device for sensing analytes: A device for sensing analyte concentration, and in particular glucose concentration, in vivo or in vitro is disclosed. An optical conduit, preferably an optical fiber has an optical system at the proximal end of the optical conduit. A sensing element is attached to the distal end of the optical conduit,... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20080198361 - Method and apparatus for determining blood analytes: The present invention provides a method of measuring the concentration of a compound and a value of oxygen saturation in the blood of a part of a subject. Also provided is a device for carrying out the disclosed method. The method relates to measuring the concentration of a compound and... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080198360 - Transmission spectroscopy system for use in the determination of analytes in body fluid: A total transmission spectroscopy system for use in determining the analyte concentration in a fluid sample comprises a sample cell receiving area, a light source, a collimating lens, a first lens, a second lens, and a detector. The sample cell receiving area is adapted to receive a sample to be... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080198362 - Non-dispersive electromagnetic radiation detector: A flow-through gas cell and a method for passing a sample gas through a flow-through gas cell for spectroscopy are disclosed. In an embodiment, a flow-through gas cell is disclosed. The gas cell includes a substantially cylindrical interior cavity. The interior cavity comprises an inner surface that is reflective. In... Agent: Tod T. Tumey

20080198363 - System and method to align and measure alignment patterns on multiple layers: A system and method are used to increase alignment accuracy of feature patterns through detection of alignment patterns on both a surface layer and at least one below surface layers of an object. A first frequency of light, such as visible light, is used to detect alignment patterns on the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080198364 - Gas sensor: A combined gas sensor device allowing the measuring of the concentration of a gas by tunable diode laser spectrometry as well as by resonant photo-acoustics within one housing. A laser beam used for laser spectrometry is sent across the openings of a measuring cell usually used for resonant photo-acoustic determination.... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080198366 - Apparatus for measuring defects in a glass sheet: A method of measuring the topography of a large, thin, non-flat specular substrate in a production environment with minimal movement of a majority of the measurement apparatus. A gimbal-mounted reflecting element is used to steer a short coherence length probe beam such that the probe beam is substantially perpendicular to... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080198368 - Fluorescence detection apparatus: Fluorescence detection apparatus detects fluorescence from a fluorescent object. The apparatus includes a light source configured to irradiate the fluorescent object with light, a shutter configured to block the light, from the light source, directed to the fluorescent object, an optical output measuring unit arranged in an optical path between... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080198369 - Interferometer air-fluctuation monitors and systems comprising same: Sensors and monitors are disclosed for monitoring density fluctuations in an atmosphere, particularly an atmosphere through which interferometer beam(s) are propagating. An exemplary sensor includes multiple interferometers that produce respective beams propagating in a direction through the atmosphere. The interferometers are of a quantity that is at least one more... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080198367 - Interferometric system for complex image extraction: The invention provides an interferometric system and method for quadrature detection of optical characteristics of a sample. The system includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer providing a variable optical delay between light collected from the sample and reference light. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer has an output M×N coupler with N≧3 output ports. Two... Agent: Teitelbaum & Maclean

20080198365 - Time and space resolved standoff hyperspectral ied explosives lidar detection: A system and method for standoff detection of explosives and explosive residue. A laser light source illuminates a target area having an unknown sample producing luminescence emitted photons, scattered photons and plasma emitted photons. A first optical system directs light to the target area. A video capture device outputs a... Agent: Chemimage Corporation

20080198370 - Method and device for measuring the concentricity of an optical fiber core: Device for measuring the concentricity of the core 21 of an optical fiber 19 relative to a reference axis 22, comprising a means for determining the position of the intersection of the reference axis 22 with an optical face 23 on the end of the optical fiber 19, a means... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080198371 - Systems and methods for characterizing laser beam quality: A measure of the quality of a laser beam is obtained by comparing the power of a theoretical Gaussian beam through a (certain sized area) pinhole to the power of a test beam through a same sized (area) pinhole. The theoretical surrogate Gaussian beam with the same second moment of... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20080198372 - Vehicle headlight with image display: A vehicle includes a headlight comprising a light source configured to emit light and a device to produce an image pixel in a display image in front of the vehicle. The image projected by the headlight can provide the driver with information, such as onto a roadway on which the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080198373 - Specimen inspection stage implemented with processing stage coupling mechanism: A specimen inspection stage implemented with a processing stage coupling mechanism provides a capability to conduct with maximum efficiency post-processing specimen inspections on-board a processing platform. Heavy inspection equipment is mounted on a specimen inspection stage that is separate from a processing stage. In a preferred embodiment, the processing stage... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20080198374 - Spectral estimation of spectrometers time-sampled signals using fast implementation of the reverse non-uniform discrete fourier transform: A spectrometric system has a primary channel with a signal waveform and a reference channel with a signal waveform. A digital representation of the primary signal waveform and a digital representation of the reference signal waveform to provide a digital output representing the primary signal at datum points synchronized with... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080198375 - Downhole laser measurement system and method of use therefor: A downhole laser measurement system useful for evaluating the chemical or elemental composition of geologic formations or formation fluids or interrogating a fiber optic sensor includes a pressure housing, wherein the pressure housing further includes a laser disposed in communication with a laser temperature control chamber; a laser light feedthrough;... Agent: Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P.

20080198376 - Optical sensor with layered plasmon structure for enhanced detection of chemical groups by sers: An optical sensor and method for use with a visible-light laser excitation beam and a Raman spectroscopy detector, for detecting the presence chemical groups in an analyte applied to the sensor are disclosed. The sensor includes a substrate, a plasmon resonance mirror formed on a sensor surface of the substrate,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080198377 - Method for operating an optical emission spectrometer:

20080198379 - Device for detection and measurement of a target compound such as a food toxin: Apparatus comprising a holder for a sample which comprises a packing or coating capable of immobilising or isolating a target compound in a layer or band, an excitation unit that emits radiation that excites fluorescence in a target compound or derivatised target compound immobilised or isolated in the packing or... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080198378 - Method and device for diagnosing chronic fatigue syndrome (cfs) by using near infrared spectrum: The present invention provides a method and device of quantitatively or qualitatively examining and diagnosing chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) by: irradiating a sample derived from an examinee or other animal with light having a wavelength in a range of 400 nm to 2500 nm or a wavelength in part of... Agent: Kirk Hahn

20080198380 - Inspection method and apparatus, lithographic apparatus, lithographic processing cell and device manufacturing method: The present invention refers to the simultaneous measurement of four separately polarized beams upon diffraction from a substrate in order to determine properties of the substrate. Circularly or elliptically polarized light sources are passed via up to three polarizing elements. This polarizes the light sources by 0, 45, 90 and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080198381 - Pressurized detectors substance analyzer: An apparatus, system and method to measure the concentration of a constituent element in a gas sample contained in an analyzer. A sample cell has an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is to receive a predetermined mass of a gas sample and the outlet is to couple to a... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080198382 - Method and assembly for determining soot particles in a gas stream:

20080198383 - Horizontal surface plasmon resonance sensor apparatus: Disclosed is a horizontal SPR sensor apparatus that provides a simplified beam path, ease of sample handling with concomitant ease of analysis. The horizontal SPR device disclosed herein includes an input and output transfer mirror pair that translates vertically along an axis perpendicular to the beam path. The invention includes... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20080198384 - Surface plasmon resonance sensor: An SPR sensor comprising: a thin conducting layer comprising at least one conductive element formed on a surface of a transparent substrate; an illumination system controllable to illuminate an interface between the conducting layer and the substrate; a photosensitive surface that generates signals responsive to light from the light source... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080198385 - Integrated visible pilot beam for non-visible optical waveguide devices: In one embodiment, a radiation based analysis system comprises a first radiation source to generate first radiation having a wavelength outside the visible spectrum, a second radiation source to generate second radiation having a wavelength within the visible spectrum, and a waveguide coupler to couple a portion of the first... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC

20080198386 - Vibration detection device: A vibration detection device includes: a light source emitting a laser beam; an interferometer including a first vibrating body and a second vibrating body both capable of reflecting the laser beam, the interferometer splitting the laser beam into beams traveling along first to third optical paths, and the interferometer causing... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080198387 - Optical axis polarization type laser interferometer: An optical axis polarization type laser interferometer including a reference sphere which forms a reference of measurement, a retro-reflecting means disposed at a measurement object, a laser interference measuring apparatus for outputting a measurement value corresponding to an increase or a decrease in the distance to and from the retro-reflecting... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080198388 - Miniature fourier transform spectrophotometer: The Miniature Fourier Transform Spectrophotometer provides the capability, in a miniaturized device, of determining the light absorption/transmission spectra of a collected sample of gas or liquid though Fourier Transform spectroscopy techniques. The device takes an optical input from an optical fiber, manipulates that light through miniature optical components, and launches... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080198389 - Outer and inner diameter measuring apparatus and method for transparent tube: An outer and inner diameter measuring method for a transparent tube in a non-contact manner includes the steps of irradiating a light having a linear sectional shape, inclined at a pre-determined angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to a length direction of a transparent tube, to the transparent tube;... Agent: Jones Day

20080192227 - Distance-measuring device: The invention is based on a distance-measuring device, in particular a laser distance-measuring device (10) which is in the form of a handheld device, having a printed circuit board (18) and a transmitting or receiving unit (20, 22) which is provided for transmitting or receiving a measurement signal, and comprises... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080192228 - High-speed laser ranging system including a fiber laser: Apparatuses and methods for gathering data describing a surface are disclosed. The apparatuses transmit pulses of light at a high rate using one or more fiber lasers. Examples of such apparatuses include laser ranging systems, such as light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems, and laser scanners. Data received from the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080192229 - Relative movement sensor comprising multiple lasers: A relative movement sensor for measuring movement of an object (15) and the sensor relative to each other, the sensor comprising a plurality of lasers (3,5) for generating respective measuring beams and illuminating the object (15) therewith, and a plurality of respective photodiodes (4,6) for measuring changes in operation of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080192230 - Apparatus for pressure sensing: The present invention provides an apparatus for pressure sensing. The apparatus comprises a light guide, a Bragg grating incorporated into the light guide and a moveable wall portion. The moveable wall portion has opposite first and second sides and is being positioned so that a change in pressure at one... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080192231 - Stochastic scanning apparatus using multiphoton multifocal source: A rapid-sampling stochastic scanning multiphoton multifocal microscopy (SS-MMM) fluorescence imaging technique enables multiparticle tracking at rates upwards of 1,000 times greater than conventional single point raster scanning. Stochastic scanning of a diffractive optical element may generate a 10×10 hexagonal array of foci with a white noise driven galvanometer to yield... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080192232 - Method and device for monitoring hydrogen gas and hydrogen flame: A method for monitoring hydrogen gas and a hydrogen flame wherein an object light having a wavelength of about 309 nm and resulting from two or more laser beams, which have been irradiated to a space to be monitored, is collected and converted to an electronic image, and the electronic... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080192233 - Near infrared electromagnetic radiation absorbing composition and method of use: The present invention is directed to a liquid composition for coating surfaces. The composition includes an absorbing agent that attenuates reflection of radiation having a wavelength in the visible and NIR ranges. The coating further includes an acrylic homopolymer or copolymer carrier vehicle and a solvent system.... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.c. 8 Penn Center

20080192235 - Image processing system: An image processing system is used for dentistry. Upon creating a false tooth of a patient (59), a plurality of illuminating light of LEDs with different wavelengths emit light and a photographing apparatus (1A) photographs a tooth portion of the patient (59), thereby obtaining image data. The image data is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080192234 - Method of sensing motion of a sensing device relative to a surface: A method of sensing motion of a sensing device relative to a surface, the method including the steps of: optically imaging a position-coding pattern disposed on or in the surface; independently sensing relative position changes of the sensing device using a motion sensor; generating absolute motion data by determining a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080192238 - Inspection apparatus, inspection method, and manufacturing method of pattern substrate: A defect inspection apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a laser source generating light beam, an objective lens focusing the light beam emitted from the laser source to form a light spot on a surface of a sample W, a prism dividing the light beam reflected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080192236 - Interference apparatus and method and probe: An optical interference apparatus for carrying out Fourier domain optical coherence tomography including means to provide multiple beams whereby interferograms are recorded simultaneously for a plurality of different focal depths within a substance to be examined, each interferogram being provided by one of the multiple beams. Means are provided for... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080192237 - Photoelectric transducer capable of detecting a finger resting on it, and display panel having the same: A photoelectric transducer includes a photoelectric transducer element array which is composed of a plurality of photoelectric transducer elements, a lower polarizing plate which allows passage of only light polarized in a specific polarized direction, and an upper polarizing plate which allows passage of only light polarized in a specific... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080192239 - Measurement method of non-circularity of core optical fiber base material and apparatus therefor: There is provided a measurement method of non-circularity of a core part of an optical fiber base material and an apparatus therefor, which can accurately and easily measure non-circularity of the core part, regardless of a refractive index difference between a core and a clad and an interval between a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080192241 - Method and apparatus for extracting light from an optical waveguide: Apparatus for extracting light from an optical waveguide (12) by bending the waveguide to such an extent that a portion of any light propagating in the waveguide leaks therefrom comprises a bending unit (10) for bending a portion of the waveguide in dependence upon a control signal (S) and providing... Agent: Adams Patent & Trademark Agency

20080192240 - Methods and systems for recognizing tamper events: A method of recognizing a tamper event is provided. The method uses an optical medium having a unique signature, and transmits at least one light wave into the optical medium. The light wave is altered by the unique signature of the optical medium and at least one property of the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080192242 - Method of mobile radio positioning aided by single fan self-surveying laser transmitter: A method of mobile radio positioning aided by a single fan self-surveying laser transmitter (SF_SS_LT), wherein a rover comprises a mobile radio positioning system (Mobile_RADPS) integrated with a mobile laser detector; and wherein THE SF_SS_LT comprises a single fan laser transmitter and a positioning system integrated with the single fan... Agent: Law Offices Of Boris G. Tankhilevich

20080192244 - Jewish-law-compliant insect checker and sabbath toothbrush: Devices for assisting in the observance of Jewish law are provided. An insect checking devise includes a light source in the form of a light board including a translucent surface powered by rechargeable batteries. Also, a toothbrush that prevents bleeding includes a handle and bristles coupled to the handle, with... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080192243 - Plural light source and camera to detect surface flaws: A method for detecting specular surface flaws on a coated substrate includes impinging visible non-integrated electromagnetic radiation from a first source onto the coated substrate, reflecting the visible non-integrated electromagnetic radiation off the coated substrate into a first photosensitive device, forming a recorded high frequency surface flaw image, and impinging... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080192245 - System and method for reticle illumination: A reticle illumination system. The novel system includes a first light source adapted to output light toward a target surface and a material having a predetermined index of refraction disposed between the first light source and the target surface for coupling light from the first light source to the target... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams Ste. 2740

20080192246 - Multimodal method for identifying hazardous agents: The invention relates to apparatus and methods for assessing occurrence of a hazardous agent in a sample by performing multimodal spectral analysis of the sample. Methods of employing Raman spectroscopy for entities in a sample which exhibit one or more optical properties characteristic of a hazardous agent are disclosed. Devices... Agent: Daniel H. Golub

20080192247 - Optical probe for detecting sers-active molecules and process for its manufacture: The invention relates to an optical probe for detecting SERS-active molecules. The probe can transmit incident electromagnetic radiation at a predetermined wavelength and comprises a core and a shell. The core in turn comprises a first tapered portion and a second portion. The second portion is connected to the first... Agent: King & Spalding

20080192248 - System and method for confocal multispectral scanning: A system for multispectral confocal mapping of a tissue, comprising: a light source; an optical fiber having an aperture providing a confocal pinhole, a scanner being free-space coupled to said aperture and operative to scan the tissue and provide intensity signals for each of a plurality of points therein; a... Agent: Howard Ip Law Group

20080192249 - Portable device and method for on-site detection and quantification of drugs: The present invention discloses a portable, reliable, automated and simple device using Spectral Fluorescence Signature technology (SFS) for fast and accurate drug detection, quantification and data storage. The present also discloses a method for using Spectral Fluorescence Signature technology (SFS) for fast and accurate drug detection, quantification and data storage.... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080192251 - Method for determining residues in plastics: The present invention relates to a method for determining dangerous or pesticidal residues in plastics, which comprises processing a plastic sample to a fine powder, converting the powder into a form accessible for determining the analyte, and determining the analyte. The present invention is thus concerned with the analysis of... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080192250 - Optical emission spectroscopy process monitoring and material characterization: Methods and systems for control and monitoring processing of semiconductor materials with a focused laser beam. Laser light may be focused on a sample to excite optical emission at the sample surface during processing, which may include laser processing. Optical emission spectra produced may be analyzed for various properties effectively... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080192252 - Optical measuring device and method, and nanoparticle measuring method and device: The invention provides an optical measuring device capable of performing measuring using a transient diffraction grating by only adjusting probe light, and a nanoparticle measuring device using the same principle as the optical measuring device. An optical measuring device includes: a power supply 15; a container 11 that stores a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080192253 - Method and test-structure for determining an offset between lithographic masks: A method and a test-structure for determining an offset between lithographic masks are described. In one embodiment, an image of a first mask is provided in a patterning layer on a substrate. The image of the first mask comprises a first set of lines, each line separated by a distance... Agent: Applied Materials/blakely

20080192254 - System and method for detecting fluorescence in microfluidic chip: A system and a method for detecting fluorescence in a microfluidic chip having a microchamber and measuring the amount of the fluorescence are disclosed. In the system and method, an optical device detects fluorescence generated by a fluorescent material. The position of the outer circumference of a microfluidic chip is... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080192255 - Method and apparatus for optical detection of a phase transition: The device and the method are used for optical detection of at least one phase transition between at least two media, which are taken into a line and/or dispensed from the line by an intake and/or dispensing device. A light-emitting transmitter emits light across and onto the line at a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080192256 - Electro-optical measuring device: The invention relates to an electrooptical measuring device, in particular a hand-held device (10) for contactless distance measurement, said device having an optical transmission path (28), which has at least one optical transmitter (20) for transmitting a measurement signal, and having a reception path (29) having at least one receiving... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080192257 - Inspection apparatus and inspection method for pattern profile, and exposure apparatus: Disclosed is a pattern inspection apparatus which easily and highly accurately detects a profile error (deviation) of at least one pattern having a cross section with projections and recesses. The inspection apparatus for the pattern 32 is for detecting the profile error of the pattern having a cross section with... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.c.

20080192258 - Dual beam set-up for parousiameter: A scatterometer or parousiameter having a dual beam setup and method for use thereof is provided for producing measurements of optical parameters. The dual beam parousiameter includes a hemispherical dome enclosure (318) sealed at the bottom with a base (320). A radiation source (302) produces radiation in two beams, an... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080192259 - Volume hologram, light source device, illumination device, monitor, and image display device: A volume hologram includes: an incidence surface onto which coherent light having a plurality of wavelengths is incident; and a plurality of interference fringes having streaks so that the angles between the streaks and the incidence surface are different from each other and so that the each interference fringe corresponds... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080192260 - Cascade type interferometric nonlinear optical imaging apparatus: The present invention relates to a cascade type interferometric nonlinear optical imaging apparatus, and the imaging apparatus comprises a light source for generating Stokes beam having a desired frequency band and a pump beam for exciting medium molecules in a sample with the Stokes beam; a phase shifting unit for... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080192261 - Apparatus and method for examining a curved suface: An apparatus and a method for examining a curved surface (5), having a camera (2) and an objective (3) and a lamp (4), is described. The camera (2) can be aimed at the inside of the curved surface (5), and the lamp (4) can be located such that light (7)... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080192262 - High resolution optical microscopy featuring fluorescence transient measurement: According to the invention, an excitation layer is focused into a sample and switched on suddenly in order to improve the microscopic resolution; the history of the resulting fluorescence transient is detected and imperatively depending on the excitation intensity, wherein different patterns for the history of different transients are determined... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, Llc Henry M Feiereisen

20080192263 - Method for determining the position of an object in space: A method for determining the position of an object (1) in space is described, in which measurement characteristics (4) of the object (1) are recorded with an optical recording device (3) calibrated to a space coordinate system (5), and on the basis of these measurement characteristics (4), the position of... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080192264 - Device for determining the position of at least one structure on an object, use of an illumination apparatus with the device and use of protective gas with the device: Device for measuring the position of a structure on an object 30 with at least one laser interferometer system 29 to determine a positional displacement of the object 30 in at least one spatial direction, whereby the object is placed on a stage which is translatable in the X and... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080186470 - Taking distance images: The invention relates to a method for the taking of a large number of distance images comprising distance picture elements, wherein electromagnetic radiation is transmitted in each case in the form of transmission pulses using a plurality of transmitters arranged in an array for each distance image to be taken... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080186471 - Apparatus for stabilizing mechanical, thermal, and optical properties and for reducing the fluorescence of biological samples for optical evaluation: An apparatus is presented in which a sample can be accurately repositioned in a spectroscopic and/or imaging apparatus upon multiple insertions, and where the apparatus can be worn by living subjects for extended periods of time. The apparatus additionally reduces the temperature increase and stabilizes the temperature of the sample... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080186472 - Apparatus and method for inspecting a wafer: An apparatus for inspecting a wafer includes a light source, a detecting part and a signal analyzing part. The light source emits a light onto the wafer, and the detecting part detects a radiation light emitted from the wafer by the light and generates a signal. The signal analyzing part... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080186473 - Method of detecting end point of plasma etching process:

20080186479 - Enhanced detection system and method: An enhanced detection system can eliminate use of a sheath fluid by selecting which particles that pass through an sensing region to detect parametric characteristics thereof based upon position of each particle while it is in a sensing region relative to one or more predetermined positions, such as an in-focus... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20080186476 - Inspection apparatus and method, and production method for pattern substrates: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an inspection apparatus including an objective lens, a reflected illumination optical system that illuminates a first area which is part of a field of view of the objective lens, a transmitted illumination optical system that illuminates the first... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080186474 - Method and apparatus for measurement of chromatic aberrations of optical systems: Disclosed is a method of measuring an optical system artifact that includes introduction into an optical path of a measurement target (64) having at least one edge. Illuminating a section of the edge by a first illumination and illuminating another section of the edge by a second illumination. The difference... Agent: Dekel Patent Ltd., David Klein

20080186475 - Method and apparatus for position judgment: The disclosed subject matter relates to a method and apparatus for position judgment, which can include a plurality of light sources and a photo-detector. The plurality of light sources can be configured to emit a plurality of pulsed lights towards an object from different directions, and a photo-detector can be... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080186478 - Pressure transmitter for detection of a variable relative to a process fluid: A pressure transmitter for detection of a physical variable relative to a process fluid, comprising: a first and a second pressure-sensitive membrane suitable for interfacing with said process fluid; a pressure sensor having a supporting body provided with a cavity inside which a third pressure-sensitive membrane is positioned; an analysis... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080186477 - System with extended range of molecular sensing through integrated multi-modal data acquisition: A multi-modal data acquisition system for detecting target material on a biological reaction surface, the system comprising a radiation source for generating an incoming beam that impinges on the biological reaction surface at an oblique incidence angle and produces a reflected beam, an interferometric detector for detecting an interferometric signal... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP 2700 First Indiana Plaza

20080186480 - Apparatus, system and method of controlling and monitoring the energy of a laser: The present invention is based on the concept to detect the noise which is generated when a laser pulse of the excimer laser hits on a reference material. In particular where the laser pulse of an excimer laser hits on a reference material the radiation ablates a corresponding volume of... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20080186481 - Optical vision inspection apparatus: The present invention discloses an optical vision inspection apparatus, wherein the light supply unit thereof includes a light source base having a concaved surface and a plurality of light-emitting elements providing shorter-wavelength light. The concaved surface can focuses the light emitted by the light-emitting elements onto the surface of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080186482 - Inspection method and apparatus, lithographic apparatus, lithographic processing cell and device manufacturing method: A scatterometer has a radiation source capable of emitting radiation in distinct first and second wavelength ranges. An adjustable optical element is provided to effect a chromatic correction as necessary according to which wavelength range is in use. A single scatterometer can thereby effect measurements using widely separated wavelengths.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080186483 - Implanting optical cavity structures: An implantable product includes an optical cavity structure with first and second parts, each of which can operate as an optical cavity. The first part includes a container with at least one opening through which bodily fluid can transfer between the container's interior and exterior when the product is implanted... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080186484 - Optical sight having an unpowered reticle illumination source: An optical sight includes an optical train having an optical path therethrough, an entrance, and an exit. A reticle is visible through the exit of the optical path. An unpowered reticle illumination source has a first light source that illuminates the reticle responsive to the level of ambient light, and... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams

20080186485 - Optical sight with reticle including a quantum-dot light emitter: An optical sight has an optical train defining an optical path and having at least one optical element. The optical train includes as an optical element a reticle having a reticle pattern defined by a quantum-dot light emitter that is excited by light of an excitation wavelength and emits light... Agent: Benman, Brown & Williams Ste. 2740

20080186486 - Nanosecond flash photolysis system: A nanosecond pump-probe LFP system is disclosed and adapted to a substantially lower energy requirement of a pump light source and to electronically extend a time interval during which a chemical change of a sample may be measured. The LFP system includes a photonic crystal fiber based probe light source,... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080186487 - Measuring device for optical and spectroscopic examination of a sample: n

20080186488 - Distinguishing objects: While objects travel through an optical cavity, the cavity provides output light that is affected by the objects, causing the output light to have a varying intensity function. The output light is photosensed to obtain sensing results that depend on the varying intensity function. The sensing results are used to... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080186489 - Condensation particle counter: A condensation particle counter is capable of efficiently measuring the number and size of fine particles. The condensation particle counter includes a saturator, a plurality of condensers and a plurality of optical particle counters. The saturator is designed to generate a saturated gas by saturating a gas in which fine... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080186490 - Irradiation unit for a flow-cytometry-based analytical instrument and analytical instrument including the same: The invention provides an irradiation unit for a flow-cytometry-based analytical instrument and analytical instrument including the same. The irradiation unit comprises a light source; a light beam focusing module for focusing the illuminating light beam on an irradiated area; and a light beam shaper disposed between the light source and... Agent: Mindray C/o VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080186491 - Rotary encoders: An optical rotary encoder uses polarization difference imaging techniques to calculate an angle of orientation of a rotatable member. The optical rotary encoder includes a light source, a polarization sensor that has a polarizer and image sensing structure, and a polarizer disk fixed between to the rotatable and interposed between... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080186492 - Encoding optical cavity output light: Output light from an optical cavity includes, for each of a set of modes, an intensity function. Analyte can be positioned in the cavity, and a mode's intensity function can be encoded to include information about an optical characteristic of an analyte. For example, the intensity function can include a... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080186493 - method and a system for determination of particles in a liquid sample: The present invention relates to a method for the assessment of quantity and quality parameters of biological particles in a liquid analyte material. The method comprises applying a volume of a liquid sample to an exposing domain from which exposing domain electromagnetic signals from the sample in the domain can... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080186494 - Containing analyte in optical cavity structures: A device can include both a photosensing component and an optical cavity structure, with the optical cavity structure including a part that can operate as an optical cavity in response to input light, providing laterally varying output light. For example, the optical cavity can be a graded linearly varying filter... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080186495 - Cylindrical waveguide biosensors: Sensors include a substrate having defined thereon at least one polymer optical cavity with a sensitizing agent such as antibodies immobilized on the exterior of the polymer optical cavity. The polymer optical cavity can be defined in a polymer layer that is spin coated onto a substrate and photolithographically exposed.... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080186497 - Method and apparatus for inspecting defects on mask: Provided are a method and apparatus for inspecting mask defects. The method may include preparing a mask with a defect inspecting pattern, formed on a transparent substrate. The method may further include preparing a wafer defect inspecting apparatus including a defect inspecting unit capable of detecting defects through radiating light... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080186496 - Method of observing biological tissue, in particular human skin: The present invention relates to a method of observing biological tissue, the method comprising: collecting through a first end of a bundle of optical fibers light from a surface of the tissue; observing at least one image of the tissue at a second end of the bundle, while injecting light... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080186498 - Reflector having a trapezoid reflection and method for precision photo-scanning for recognition of an object: A reflector having a lenticular light entry surface produces a reflective signal in the shape of a trapezoid. It thereby allows a method for precision scanning of objects, particles, or gases, having a particularly slight diameter of the transmitter beam and a changeable distance of up to close to 0... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080186499 - Verification apparatus and methods for optical inpection machine: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for verifying one or more operational conditions of an optical inspection machine. A row of grooves (1-5) that simulate a reagent pad containing a specific type of analytes at known concentrations can be used for verification of the operation of the machine. Apparatus can include... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080186501 - Full circumferential scanning oct intravascular imaging probe based on scanning mems mirror: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging probe 500 comprises a reference arm, and a sample arm which are both preferably disposed in a hollow outer tube 515. The sample arm comprises a MEMS scanning mirror 210 disposed inside and secured to the tube 515 for providing lateral scanning of a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080186502 - Holographic optical element: A method of measuring a dimension and/or position of an object located in a measuring field, includes projecting a fan-shaped reference wave onto a holographic optical element having a first interference pattern and a second interference pattern; forming a first parallel partial wave front from the fan-shaped reference wave using... Agent: Venable LLP

20080186500 - Obtaining information from optical cavity output light: Output light from an optical cavity includes, for each of a set of modes, an intensity function, and a mode's intensity function includes information, such as about an optical characteristic of an analyte or of a region. For example, the intensity function can include a peak, and its central energy,... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080186504 - Moving analytes and photosensors: While two or more analytes within an optical cavity move relative to an array of photosensing elements, the cavity provides output light that has a position/time varying intensity function that depends on optical characteristics of the analytes and on the relative movement. The output light is photosensed to obtain sensing... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080186503 - Photosensing optical cavity output light: An optical cavity, such as a laser or transmissive cavity, that can contain an analyte provides a different intensity-energy function with analyte present than when absent. The intensity-energy functions can, for example, include respective peaks that are different in at least one of central energy, amplitude, contrast, and full width... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080186505 - Fiber-optic assay apparatus based on phase-shift interferometry: Apparatus and method for detecting the presence or amount or rate of binding of an analyte in a sample solution is disclosed. The apparatus includes an optical assembly having first and second reflecting surfaces separated by a distance “d” greater than 50 nm, where the first surface is formed by... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080186506 - Transducer for measuring environmental parameters: Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with measuring environmental parameters are described herein. In one embodiment, a transducer comprises a tube, an elongated member, a first reflective surface, a second reflective surface, and an optical fiber. The tube has a first end and a second end, and the elongated member... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20080186507 - Highlighting gaps in a surface: A surface gap detector facilitates determining conformance of a surface of an object by providing a light source integrated into the detector that diffusely illuminates the surface of the object so that a user may observe the light that passes between the detector and the object when the surface of... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080186508 - Tuning optical cavities: A tunable optical cavity can be tuned by relative movement between two reflection surfaces, such as by deforming elastomer spacers connected between mirrors or other light-reflective components that include the reflection surfaces. The optical cavity structure includes an analyte region in its light-transmissive region, and presence of analyte in the... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20080186510 - Measurement apparatus for measuring surface map: A measurement apparatus for measuring a surface map comprises an image sensor, an optical system including a reference surface and arranged to form an interferogram of a reflected wavefront from a test surface and that from the reference surface on an image sensing surface of the image sensor and a... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080186509 - Measurement apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device fabrication method: The invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a wavefront aberration of an optical system to be measured, the apparatus includes a measurement mask which is inserted on an object plane of the optical system to be measured, and includes a plurality of reflection units configured to generate spherical waves... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080186511 - Polishing pad surface shape measuring instrument, method of using polishing pad surface shape measuring instrument, method of measuring apex angle of cone of polishing pad, method of measuring depth of groove of polishing pad, cmp polisher, and method of: The main sensor 15 measures the distance Lm to the surface of the pad 2a, and the sub-sensor 16 measures the distance Ls to the surface of the reference block 12. What is actually taken as the measured value is the value of (Lm+Ls). The reference block 12 is used... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080186512 - Apparatus and method for measuring curvature using multiple beams: There is provided a curvature measuring apparatus and method using multiple beams. m×n multiple beams generated by an m×n laser diode (LD) array or an m×n vertical cavity surface emitting laser array having a uniform pitch are converted into multiple divergent or multiple parallel beams. The multiple beams strike and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080186513 - Method of measuring gap depth of thin film magnetic head for horizontal magnetic recording, and method of measuring neck height of thin film magnetic head for vertical magnetic recording: By the method of measuring a gap depth of a thin film magnetic head for horizontal magnetic recording, the gap depth of a write-magnetic pole can be easily and correctly measured. The method comprises the steps of: forming a first standard marker; measuring a distance between an actual position of... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080186514 - Method for optical chassis measurement: The invention relates to a method for optically measuring a chassis at a testing station. According to said method, radiation that is reflected by several optically distinguishable characteristic structures on a vehicle, comprising at least one wheel and a surrounding bodywork section, is detected by a measuring device with the... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080186515 - Method and a device for measurement of edges: In a method for measuring the size or shape of an edge of a machined work piece or of a cutting edge of a tool, the surface of the edge is illuminated by diffused radiation from several positions in the vicinity to the edge by an illumination arrangement, and a... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP