Optics: measuring and testing inventions 03/09

20090079954 - Method and device for measuring distances: Described are systems/devices and methods for measuring distances using a laser distance meter. The device may include a range finder measuring a distance; and a processor receiving the distance from the range finder and performing a calculation based on the distance. The method may include steps of determining, using a... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP/ Motorola

20090079955 - Spatial information detection device and spatial information detection system using the same: A spatial information detection device is provided, which is capable of, even under the condition that an environmental light having intensity fluctuations exists in a target space, projecting a light intensity-modulated with a predetermined modulation signal from a light emitting source into the target space, receiving light from the target... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090079956 - Three-dimensional ladar module with alignment reference insert circuitry comprising high density interconnect structure: s

20090079957 - Distance determination and virtual environment creation using circle of confusion: A data processing system, computer implemented method, and computer program product code determines distances to an object. Computer generated environments can be calculated therefrom. A light source is focused on an object at an unknown distance from an imaging device, creating a point-of-light. The imaging device, focused on a focal... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090079958 - Unknown: The invention relates to an optical range finder comprising a light transmitter for the transmission of measurement light into a monitored space, a light receiver for the reception of measurement light reflected or remitted by an object in the monitored space, and an evaluation circuit to determine the time of... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090079959 - Method and device for measuring distance: Erroneous measurement in distance measurement using a TOF technique is prevented. Intensity-modulated light being modulated with a constant cycle is emitted toward a subject. Reflected modulated light from the subject is received by a light receiving unit, and four types of (first to fourth) detection signals with different phases are... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090079960 - Integrated still image, motion video and speed measurement system: Devices capable of capturing still and motion imagery are integrated with an accurate distance and speed measuring apparatus. By measuring the changing distance of the target over that time, a target's speed can be determined. At substantially the same time as the target's speed is determined, imagery of the target... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20090079961 - Brillouin spectral measuring method and brillouin spectral measuring apparatus: The present invention relates to a Brillouin spectrum measuring method and measuring apparatus that have a structure for more accurately measuring the parameters of Brillouin spectra at predetermined sections of an optical fiber. The measuring method comprises an optical fiber section including first and second optical fibers that are serially... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090079963 - Device and method for the detection of particles: The present invention relates to devices and methods for the qualitative and/or quantitative detection of particles. In particular, the invention relates to devices for the detection of particles, comprising a reaction chamber formed within a chamber body between a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090079964 - Optical device components: Embodiments of the invention relate to a light illumination funnel. The funnel includes a first opening positioned to receive an incoming light source, a second opening positioned opposite the first opening and with a diameter smaller than the first opening and inner reflective walls, in contact with the first opening... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090079962 - Tank for an optical device for blood analysis, analysis apparatus equipped with such a tank: A flow-through tank 300 is suitable for an optical device for the counting and/or differentiation of leucocytes in an automatic blood analysis apparatus 1. The tank has an analysis zone 304, in which the section of the tank has at least one transverse dimension between 1 and 5 millimetres. It... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090079965 - Device for determining of properties in a fluid and/or constituents thereof: The present invention (HBX) describes a system and device design for measuring and analysis of properties in liquids with suspensions, preferably human body fluids e.g. whole blood and in the fluid existing substances and particles. By penetrating a sample of the liquid suspension with specifically calibrated light passing through a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090079966 - Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object: Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of an object are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the object being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics... Agent: Alan Loudermilk Loudermilk & Associates

20090079967 - Method for mapping of dispersion and other optical properties of optical waveguides: A method is provided for measurement of dispersion or other optical and mechanical properties within a waveguide by inducing four-photon mixing at different locations within the waveguide by timing a pump signal to counter-collide with and abruptly amplify or attenuate one or both of a probe pulse and a signal... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090079968 - Apparatus for measuring differential refractive index: The invention provides an apparatus for measuring the differential refractive index for liquid chromatography which greatly improves the sensitivity while having quick responsiveness to refractive index difference of sample liquid, as well as a differential refractive index detector and a measurement method for a differential refractive index using the same.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090079970 - Illumination device for product examination via pulsed illumination: An illumination device for use with a product inspection machine inspecting products according to at least one characteristic using pulsed illumination for inspection in two wavelengths. The invention includes a plurality of arrays of semiconductor light sources from which a wavelength may be selected, either specifically or by combination of... Agent: Crain, Caton & James

20090079969 - Method and apparatus for scatterfield microscopical measurement: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for scatterfield microscopical measurement. The method integrates a scatterometer and a bright-field microscope for enabling the measurement precision to be better than the optical diffraction limit. With the aforesaid method and apparatus, a detection beam is generated by performing a process on a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090079973 - Method and apparatus for inspecting foreign particle defects: The invention relates to a device production process for forming a circuit pattern on a substrate such as semiconductor device. To enable a stable inspection of a minute foreign particle and a pattern defect occurring in manufacture of a device at a high speed and with a high sensitivity, an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090079972 - Method and device for the detection of surface defects of a component: A method serves the detection of surface defects of a component. The surface of the component (5) is radiated from the side with light from a light source (4, 4′). The light radiated back from the surface of the component (5) is detected by a sensor. To improve such a... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090079971 - Method for determining the surface quality of a substrate and associated machine for converting the substrate: A method for determining the surface quality of a substrate passing from an initial state into a converted state during a conversion process including the steps of acquiring first information relating to surface defects detected on the initial substrate, acquiring second information relating to surface defects detected on the converted... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090079974 - Methods and systems for lithography process control: Methods and systems for evaluating and controlling a lithography process are provided. For example, a method for reducing within wafer variation of a critical metric of a lithography process may include measuring at least one property of a resist disposed upon a wafer during the lithography process. A critical metric... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20090079975 - Fiber optic detection system: A sealed and decontaminated fiber optic detection apparatus includes an optics portion with individual chambers. Each chamber housing optical and electro-optical components. A manifold accommodates fibers, with each of the fibers being in optical communication with the optical and electro-optical components of a corresponding chamber. The apparatus also includes a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090079976 - Photonic crystal sensors with integrated fluid containment structure, sample handling devices incorporating same, and uses thereof for biomolecular interaction analysis: Photonic crystal (PC) sensors, and sensor arrays and sensing systems incorporating PC sensors are described which have integrated fluid containment and/or fluid handling structures. The PC sensors are further integrated into a sample handling device such as a microwell plate. Sensors and sensing systems of the present disclosure are capable... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090079977 - Calibrated analyte concentration measurements in mixtures: The concentration of analytes in a complex mixture can be ascertained by spectroscopic measurement, even if the spectra of substances other than the analyte overlap with that of the analyte. Both independently measured concentrations of the analyte in a training set and of the analyte spectrum are used. Variances in... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090079978 - Method for detecting molecular analysis light, and apparatus and sample plate for use with the same: A molecular analysis light detection apparatus is formed by: a sample plate provided with an enhancing member which is disposed at a small predetermined area of a sample contact surface contacting with a sample containing a substance to be analyzed and which generates an enhancing field for enhancing light generated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090079979 - Spectrophotometer: A spectrophotometer is provided capable of reducing the influence of the vibration as much as possible when a wavelength dispersion element is rotationally driven and capable of increasing the analysis accuracy. When a fluorescence signal is obtained from the fluorescence detector, the central control unit A/D converts the fluorescence signal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090079980 - Compact cross-dispersed spectrometer for extended spectral range: A spectrometer includes a structural member made of a light-weight material having a small coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The spectrometer is dimensionally stable over a range of expected ambient temperatures, without controlling the temperature of the spectrometer.... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090079981 - Laser-based apparatus and method for measuring agglomerate concentration and mean agglomerate size: Apparatuses, methods, and systems for measuring mean particle size and concentration of a polydispersion of agglomerates are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatuses include a light source; a focusing lens to form a probe volume; a first light detector positioned at a first angular position from the beam of light;... Agent: Mardson Q. Mcquay

20090079982 - Method and system for stokes polarization imaging: A device and a method for high-speed linear polarization imaging of a scene are disclosed. The device comprises a polarization modulator for modulating the polarization of light emitted from the scene in order to obtain at least three linear polarization states of the light. The polarization modulator comprises a polarizer,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090079983 - Surface inspection device: A surface inspection device includes an illumination optical system that illuminates, with a linearly polarized light, a surface of a wafer where a repeated pattern is formed; an alignment stage that holds the wafer; a pick-up optical system that picks up an image of reflected light from the surface of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090079984 - Optical characteristic measuring apparatus: An optical characteristic measuring apparatus of the invention is configured in such a manner that a specular reflection light component in reflection light from an object to be measured is received, and shake of the apparatus is detected based on the amount of the received light. The optical characteristic measuring... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090079985 - Stirring state detecting method: A stirring state detecting method of the present invention is a method for detecting a stirring state of a test solution by using: a sample cell (101) which holds the test solution in an internal space thereof; a stirring device (111) which stirs the test solution held in the sample... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090079988 - Apparatus and method for detecting target substance, or device used for these apparatus and method: An object of the present invention relates to detecting a target substance with high contrast. The invention relates to analysis of a target substance using a light-transmitting substrate and a metal for inducing plasmon resonance, and further using a low refractive index layer with an opening portion, which forms an... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090079986 - Method and device for object detection in the case of a vehicle: A method and device for object detection in the case of a vehicle equipped with an object-detection system, the object-detection system emitting electromagnetic radiation and receiving radiation reflected off objects within the detection range, and the radiation reflected off a detected object, which was additionally reflected off an object extending... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090079987 - Photodiode-based bi-directional reflectance distribution function (brdf) measurement: Photodiode-based bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) measurement is described. Multiple photodiodes are distributed approximately symmetrically at a fixed distance from a surface to be measured. One or more of the photodiodes are directed to emit light, while readings are gathered from the other photodiodes that are not emitting light. The... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090079989 - Optical fiber coating system and monitoring method for improved thermal performance in fiber optic sensors: A method and apparatus for reducing the thermal induced errors in an IFOG system. The apparatus including a highly thermally conductive material configured to encapsulate a waveguide of an interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG). The highly thermally conductive material more evenly distributes thermal changes encountered by a sensing coil of... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090079990 - Homodyne laser interferometer probe and displacement measurement system using the same: A low-cost homodyne laser interferometer probe of simple structure is provided which allows predetermined performance to be easily obtained by a simple adjustment, and a displacement measurement system using the same is also disclosed. The homodyne laser interferometer probe includes an optical fiber (1) for guiding light, a collimator lens... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090079991 - Optical characteristic measuring apparatus: An optical characteristic measuring apparatus includes: a light source section which sweeps wavelengths of a first input light and a second input light respectively, frequencies of the first and second input lights being different from each other and polarized states of the first and second input lights being perpendicular to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090079992 - Method and system for measuring a surface of an object: Methods and systems for measuring a surface of an object are provided, wherein portions of the surface of the object are interferometrically measured and data representing a shape of the surface of the object are obtained by stitching the measurement data corresponding to each portion together. For measuring the individual... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090079993 - Dental optical coherence tomograph: A dental optical coherence tomography apparatus for measuring tissue in a stomatognathic region of a living body or an artificial composition in the stomatognathic region as a measured object includes: a variable wavelength light source (15); a light splitting portion (19) that splits light-source light emitted from the variable wavelength... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090079994 - Method for reliable optical coherence tomography scans of volumes of retinal tissue: A method of building up a three dimensional OCT image of an object having a limited region sensitive to movement of a scanning beam performs an OCT scan in a scanning pattern that results in said limited region, typically the fovea of the eye, being scanned last.... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20090079995 - Tilting adjustable surface profilometer: The invention relates to a tilting adjustable surface profilometer, comprising an apparatus capable of adjusting an image acquiring angle. The apparatus includes two types of frameworks. One is a translation-stage-type tilting adjustable surface profilometer, which is enabled by the translations of two translation stage with the rotation of a rotary... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090079996 - Position measuring arrangement: A method for absolute position measuring that includes scanning a code having code elements arranged one behind the other in a measuring direction, wherein the code elements include sequential first and second code elements which define a code word containing absolute position information. The method including generating scanning signals within... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090079997 - Device for measuring wear of trolley wire by image processing: The present invention provides a trolley wire wear measurement device by image processing in which a line sensor is arranged vertically and upward on a roof of an inspection car so that the line sensor looks up to a trolley wire and a lighting means that illuminates the trolley wire... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090079998 - Method and apparatus for measuring the width of composite tape: Apparatus is provided for slitting composite material into tape and for measuring the width of the slit tape as the tape is being reeled onto take up rolls. The tape width is measured by an optical micrometer. The optical micrometer includes a transmitter for directing radiant energy over the tape... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090073416 - Range finder: A range finder is provided. A light emitting unit emits a light pulse. A light receiving unit senses an incident light pulse. A reflective mirror reflects the light pulse emitted from the light emitting unit to an outside space and reflects the light pulse incident from the outside space to... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090073417 - Coherent doppler lidar: A coherent Doppler lidar which can oscillate high energy pulses and output laser beams in a longer wavelength range of 1.5 μm to the atmosphere is provided. The coherent Doppler lidar has a pulse laser an oscillation wavelength of which is controlled by means of injection locking of a seed... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090073418 - Cell counting board: [Means for Solving Problems] The cell counting board comprises a main body and a cover plate attached to the main body. The main body comprises a planar lands positioned at a lower position by a predetermined distance with respect to the top face of the other part than the lands,... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090073421 - Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object: Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics preferably are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the object/tooth being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics... Agent: Alan Loudermilk Lpidermilk & Associates

20090073422 - Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object: Color/optical characteristics measuring systems and methods are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics/elements are spaced apart from a central source fiber optic/element and received light reflected from the surface of the object is measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics pass to a variety of filters. The system utilizes the perimeter... Agent: Alan Louder Milk Loudermilk & Associates

20090073423 - Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object: Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics preferably are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the object/tooth being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics... Agent: Alan Loudermilk Loudermilk & Associates

20090073419 - Dual resolution, dual range sensor system and method: A distance detecting arrangement employs at least two sensors having different ranges and resolutions of operation. Embodiments disclosed contemplate at least four modes of operation. In a first mode, only one sensor is employed. In a second mode, a longer range and lower resolution sensor is employed until a threshold... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

20090073420 - Optical waveguide surface plasmon resonance sensor: An optical waveguide SPR sensor is adapted for differential measurement. The optical waveguide SPR sensor includes a base, a bottom layer, and at least one set of optical waveguide layers. The set of the optical waveguide layers includes a measuring optical waveguide channel and a reference optical waveguide channel. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090073424 - Fiber rack assembly and associated testing system: A fiber rack assembly is provided. The assembly includes at least one patch panel having adapters configured to couple a first plurality of fibers to a second plurality of fibers and a test system for measuring the optical power lever of the fibers. The test system may include a base... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090073425 - Integrated circuit image sensor for wheel alignment systems: An integrated circuit (IC), for use in an imaging module of a wheel alignment system, incorporates an image sensor as well as a number of other features. Some of the added features are implemented within the integrated circuit. The IC also incorporates interfacing for signaling or communication with other devices... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090073426 - Multiple surface inspection system and method: A system for on-the-fly inspection of components is provided. The system includes a prism structure disposed below an inspection item transit path. An image data system is disposed below the prism structure. A lighting assembly provides a first lighting source to illuminate a plurality of sides of an inspection item... Agent: Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP

20090073427 - Parts manipulation, inspection, and replacement system and method: Improved method and apparatus for machine vision. One embodiment provides automated imaging and analysis, optionally including Scheimpflug's condition on the pattern projector, telecentric imaging and projecting, an IR filter, a mask to constrain observed illumination, and/or a sine-wave projection pattern for more accurate results. Another embodiment provides circuitry for a... Agent: Lemaire Patent Law Firm, P.l.l.c.

20090073428 - Rail measurement system: A system and method of continuously measuring the profile of a rail in real time is disclosed. The rail which the profile is obtained in position on a track bed, The system includes a means for transmitting a beam of light at a selected wavelength onto the rail to illuminate... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke

20090073429 - Illuminator for darkfield inspection: Light from a single source is divided among several illumination arms, each of which directs light via a multimode fiber bundle from the source to the wafer location. The arms are arranged circumferentially around a common illumination region, so that the region is illuminated from several directions. For each arm,... Agent: Dicke Billig & Czaja, PLLC Attn: Christopher Mclaughlin

20090073430 - Inspection apparatus and inspection method: An inspection apparatus includes: a first light source having a first plurality of surface emitting laser elements which emit fundamental waves, respectively; a first illumination optical system configured to illuminate a first plurality of fundamental waves emitted from the first plurality of surface emitting laser elements on an object to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090073432 - Apparatus and method for raman spectroscopy and microscopy with time domain spectral analysis: An apparatus and method for measuring Raman-type spectra using optical dispersion to convert an optical spectrum into a waveform which can be detected directly in the time domain without the use of a conventional spectrometer. In the example of stimulated Raman spectroscopy, the apparatus and method exposes a sample to... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20090073433 - Optical analysis system and methods for operating multivariate optical elements in a normal incidence orientation: A method of arranging and utilizing a multivariate optical computing and analysis system includes transmitting a o first light from a light source; generating a second light by reflecting the first light from the sample; directing a portion of the second light with a beamsplitter; and arranging an optical filter... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090073434 - Surface plasmon-enhanced nano-optic devices and methods of making same: A nanostructured optical device includes a metal film or a plurality of metal islands having an array of a plurality of openings having a width that is less than at least one first predetermined wavelength of incident radiation to be provided onto the film or the islands. The metal film... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090073435 - Optical measurement device for trace liquid sample: In a spectrophotometer for measuring transmitted light of a trace liquid sample, four sample holders 12 are provided on a disk-like sample plate 11 while spaced apart by 90 degrees. The sample plate 11 is driven to rotate so that each of the sample holders 12 is sequentially moved to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090073436 - Attenuated total reflection optical probe and apparatus therewith for spectroscopic measurement of aqueous solution: An optical probe consists of a first component made of a first optical material having a light transmission property in the far ultraviolet region, and a second component made of a second optical material arranged in contact with the surface of the first component. For example, the second optical material... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090073437 - Plurality of samples and method for selecting a target sample therefrom: The present invention provides a plurality of samples, each of which includes particles of a predetermined particle dimension, within narrow predetermined limits, dispersed in a carrier at a predetermined particle concentration. The predetermined particle dimension and the predetermined particle concentration are the same for each sample. However, advantageously, each sample... Agent: Teitelbaum & Maclean

20090073438 - Particle size distribution measuring device: This invention may measure the sprayed particle sprayed from the nozzle safely with the use of a conventional particle size distribution measuring device The particle size distribution measuring device may measure particle size distribution of a particle group, and may include a device body comprising a light source that irradiates... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090073439 - Apparatus, computer-accessible medium and method for measuring chemical and/or molecular compositions of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in anatomical structures: Exemplary apparatus and method can be provided for controlling at least one electro-magnetic radiation. For example, it is possible to rotate and/or translate at least one optical waveguide. At least one of the optical waveguide(s) can receive a first radiation at a first wavelength and transmit the first radiation to... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090073440 - System and method for detecting surface features on a semiconductor workpiece surface: A method and system for inspecting a surface of a semiconductor workpiece comprises providing a surface inspection system and using the surface inspection apparatus to cause laser light to impinge upon a test location on the workpiece surface and thereby cause the laser light to emerge from the surface as... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC

20090073441 - Polarization-modulating element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method: There is disclosed a polarization-modulating element for modulating a polarization state of incident light into a predetermined polarization state, the polarization-modulating element being made of an optical material with optical activity and having a circumferentially varying thickness profile.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090073442 - Local non-perturbative remote sensing devices and method for conducting diagnostic measurements of magnetic and electric fields of optically active mediums: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to pulsed polarimeters for conducting remote, non-perturbative diagnostic measurements of inducing fields of a medium demonstrating induced optical activity. In one aspect, a pulse polarimeter includes a light source emitting a polarized light pulse having sufficiently narrow spatial extent at a prescribed wavelength... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20090073443 - Method and equipment for detecting pattern defect: An inspection apparatus and method includes a light source which emits an ultraviolet laser beam, an illuminating unit having a polarization controller and an object lens for illuminating a specimen with light emitted from the light source and passed through the polarization controller and the object lens, a detection unit... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090073444 - Optical measurements of properties in substances using propagation modes of light: This application describes designs, implementations, and techniques for controlling propagation mode or modes of light in a common optical path, which may include one or more waveguides, to sense a sample.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20090073445 - Bonding agent sticking inspection apparatus, mounting apparatus, and method of manufacturing electrical component: A bonding agent sticking inspection apparatus includes a photographing section, a movement section, and a control section. The photographing section photographs an image of a substrate. The image includes a sticking expected range indicating a range in which a bonding agent should be positioned. The control section controls the photographing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090073446 - Lighting subsystem for a machine vision system: According to one of the preferred embodiments, the invention includes a machine vision system 110 for inspecting a moving object. The machine vision system 110 includes a camera subsystem 30 to capture the image of a moving object when the object moves into a viewing area, a lighting subsystem 12... Agent: Schox PLC

20090073447 - Sensor chip with connected non-metallic particles comprising a metallic coating: c

20090073448 - Method of measuring the overlay error, an inspection apparatus and a lithographic apparatus: The reflected radiation from a target mark including, for example, a plurality of gratings is detected by an array of pixels. The overlay error of the gratings for each pixel is detected, and an array of overlay errors is determined. Rather than simply averaging the overlay error value for all... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090073449 - Application of digital light processor in scanning spectrometer and imaging ellipsometer and the like systems: Application of digital light processor (DLP) systems in monochromator, spectrophotometer or the like systems to mediate selection of individual wavelengths, and/or to image elected regions of a sample in an imaging ellipsometer, imaging polarimeter, imaging reflectometer, imaging spectrophotometer, and/or to provide chopped beams.... Agent: James D. Welch

20090073450 - Apparatus and methods using highly optically dispersive media: Embodiments of the invention pertain to the optical phenomena of ‘slow-light’ and ‘fast-light’, provided by a highly optically dispersive medium; that is, one in which the absolute value of the group index of refraction of the medium is equal to or greater than four. Apparatus embodiments of the invention are... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20090073451 - Spectrally diverse, spatially sensitive apparatus and associated methods: A spectrometer for use with a desired wavelength range includes an array of filters. Each filter outputs at least two non-contiguous wavelength peaks within the desired wavelength range. The array of filters is spectrally diverse over the desired wavelength range, and each filter in the array of filters outputs a... Agent: Digital Optics Corporation

20090073452 - Semiconductor solid-state laser gyro having a vertical structure: The field of the invention is that of solid-state laser gyros used in particular in inertia control systems. This type of equipment is used for example for aeronautical applications. It is possible to produce a solid-state laser gyro from optically or electrically pumped semiconductor media. Currently laser gyros of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090073453 - Elasticity and viscosity measuring apparatus: Brillouin scattered light is used to measure the distribution of elasticity and viscosity in a measurement object without contact and in a noninvasive and simpler manner. Measuring light emitted from a light source is directed from a light probe onto a measurement object, and scattered light is received by the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090073454 - Optical tomography imaging system, contact area detecting method and image processing method using the same, and optical tomographic image obtaining method: The optical tomography imaging system includes a light source, a branching section which branches a light beam into a measuring light beam and a reference beam, an optical probe having an optical fiber, a measurement section which irradiates a measurement target with the measuring beam and picks up a reflected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090073456 - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for low-coherence interferometry (lci): Embodiments described herein involve low-coherence interferometry (LCI) techniques which enable acquisition of structural and depth information regarding a sample of interest. In one embodiment, a “swept-source” (SS) light source is used in LCI to obtain structural and depth information about a sample. The swept-source light source can be used to... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20090073455 - Image diagnostic apparatus and method: An image diagnostic apparatus includes a probe capable of light transmission and reception, wherein a reflection light in a coelom is obtained from the probe by scanning the probe rotatingly in the coelom, and a tomographic image in the coelom is formed and outputted based on the obtained reflection light.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090073457 - Method and its apparatus for measuring displacement of a specimen: In measuring the displacement of an object using the phase-shifting light interference, since three beam splitters were used for generating the four phase-shifting optical paths, an interferometer was increased in size, whereby the application objects were limited. Also, to solve an essential problem that if there is a disturbance such... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090073458 - Means and method for determining the spatial position of moving elements of a coordinate measuring machine: A means and a method for determining the spatial position of at least one moving element (9, 20) of a coordinate measuring machine (1) are disclosed. At least one laser interferometer (24) directs a measurement beam (23) to the moving element (9, 20). At least one laser interferometer directs a... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090073459 - Wavefront measuring apparatus for optical pickup: A wavefront measuring apparatus for optical pickup includes: a beam splitting section; a wavefront shaping section; a beam combining section that generate interference light; an interference fringe image-acquiring section that acquires an interference fringe image including wavefront information of the light beam; and an analyzing section that analyzes a wavefront... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090073460 - Substrate measuring stage: w

20090073461 - Waveguide and optical motion sensor using optical power modulation: An optical motion sensing device included a sensor frame defining an opening, a sensor pad disposed in the opening, an optical sensing system adapted to detect an amount of movement of the sensor pad in the sensor frame, and an output unit. The optical sensing system includes an optical waveguide,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090066929 - Creation of a range image: P

20090066930 - Measurement system: A measurement system 1 for measuring a distance to an object to be measured, includes: a half mirror 10; a measurement light emitting unit 11; a projection unit 12; a light-receiving unit 13; a distance calculation unit 14; and a diffusion lens 16.... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090066931 - Distance measurement method, medium, and apparatus for measuring distance between the distance measurement apparatus and target object: A distance measurement method, medium, and apparatus for measuring a distance between the distance measurement apparatus and a target object are provided. The distance measurement method comprises counting pulses of a clock pulse signal having a low frequency during a period from when an optical pulse signal is applied to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090066932 - Absolute distance meter that measures a moving retroreflector: A laser device and method capable of one or more dimensional absolute distance measurements and/or surface scanning and/or coordinate measurements of a moving external retroreflector or other moving target surfaces without using an incremental interferometer.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090066933 - Surface inspection apparatus and surface inspection method for strained silicon wafer: An image pickup device disposed in a predetermined position relative to a surface of a strained silicon wafer photographs the surface of the strained silicon wafer in a plurality of rotation angle positions on photographing conditions under which bright lines appearing on the surface of the strained silicon wafer can... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090066934 - Optical devices for biological and chemical detection: A biological and chemical detection system is provided that detects and identifies biological and/or chemical particulates of interest. The biological and chemical detection system comprises a collector, a first optical device, a second optical device and a processor. The collector is configured to deposit particulates drawn from a fluid stream... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20090066935 - Optical sheet and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides an optical sheet that excels in a light convergence function or a light diffusion function, has excellent brightness increase ratio in the desired angular direction, in particular the front surface direction, and greatly inhibits the side lobe, and a method for manufacturing such an optical sheet... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090066936 - Three-dimensional (3d) hydrodynamic focusing using a microfluidic device: A microfluidic device comprises inlets for a sample flow and an out-of-plane focusing sheath flow, and a curved channel section configured to receive the sample flow and out-of-plane focusing sheath and to provide hydrodynamic focusing of the sample flow in an out-of-plane direction, the out-of-plane direction being normal to a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090066937 - Method of measuring the differential group delay of an optical fiber connection: Apparatus for measuring the differential group delay τ1 in an optical fiber connection. The apparatus comprises at the inlet to said connection, a generator (10) for generating a binary signal sequence at a data rate D and a first polarization controller (30) suitable for subjecting the binary signal of an... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090066938 - Method using concentrator for measuring luminous flux of led: The present invention relates to the technical field of measuring light source, specifically, to the method for measuring the luminous flux of LED. In the present invention, a reflecting cup is used as a collector of the luminous flux of LED. The collector has two sectional openings in the direction... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090066939 - Method for automatic identification of defects in turbine engine blades: A method for automatically identifying defects in turbine engine blades is provided. The method comprises acquiring one or more radiographic images corresponding to one or more turbine engine blades and identifying one or more regions of interest from the one or more radiographic images. The method then comprises extracting one... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090066941 - Method for detecting particles and defects and inspection equipment thereof: A method and equipment which includes an illustrated-spot illumination-distribution data table for storing an illumination distribution within an illustrated spot and which calculates a coordinate position for a particle or a defect and the diameter of the particle on the basis of detection light intensity data about the particle or... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090066940 - Surface inspection method and surface inspection apparatus: A surface inspection apparatus capable of acquiring scattered light intensity distribution information for each scattering azimuth angle, and detecting foreign matters and defects with high sensitivity. A concave mirror for condensation and another concave mirror for image formation are used to cope with a broad cubic angle. Since mirrors for... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090066943 - Apparatus and method for inspecting pattern: A method and apparatus for inspecting defects includes emitting an ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source, illuminating a specimen with the ultraviolet light in which a polarization condition of the ultraviolet light is controlled, controlling a polarization condition of light reflected from the specimen which is illuminated by the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090066942 - Method and system for evaluating an object that has a repetitive pattern: A method and system for evaluating an object that has a repetitive pattern. Illumination optics of an optical unit are adapted to scan a spot of radiation over a repetitive pattern that includes multiple regularly repeating structural elements that are optically distinguishable from their background, generating a diffraction pattern that... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090066944 - Device and method for detecting a defect in a finnish ring of a glass: A device and method for detecting a defect in a finish ring of a glass article are described. The actual position of the finish ring is measured and enables a photographic device to be accurately positioned in relation to the finish ring, whereby the optical axis of the photographic device... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090066945 - Holding apparatus for spectrum measurement: A holding apparatus (40) for spectrum measurement of optical elements includes a fixed board (11) having a first through hole (111), and a receiving board (12) having a plurality of receiving holes (120) with different sizes configured for holding different optical elements. The receiving board is coupled to the fixed... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090066946 - Arrays of nano structures for surface-enhanced raman scattering: Disclosed herein is a SERS sensing surface device comprising a substrate supporting a plurality of nano structures, an exposed sensing surface upon the nano structures, wherein said surface includes at least one active SERS nano surface and at least one inactive SERS nano surface established in proximity to the active... Agent: Xin Wen

20090066947 - Method and apparatus for interactive hyperspectral image subtraction: Disclosed is a method of obtaining a spectral image of each of a plurality of predetermined chemical species in a sample, comprising: (a) illuminating the sample with a first plurality of photons to produce a second plurality of photons; (b) collecting the second plurality of photons and producing a plurality... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - Dc

20090066948 - Compact terahertz spectrometer using optical beam recycling and heterodyne detection: Compact terahertz spectrometer. The spectrometer includes an optical beam both for generating terahertz radiation for interaction with the sample and for use in a detector. A DC heterodyne detector uses a DC field-induced second harmonic wave at a sensor plasma to serve as a local oscillator. The spectrometer has a... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090066949 - Measurement method and measurement apparatus: a first step of measuring the spectroscopic characteristic of the scattering medium by using diffuse optical tomography by irradiating light into the scattering medium, a second step of measuring the spectroscopic characteristic of the scattering medium by using acousto-optical tomography or photo acoustic tomography by irradiating light into the scattering... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090066950 - Sample table for a food analyzing device: Disclosed is a sample table for a food analyzing device used for analyzing a food sample. Said sample table includes a sample holder (14) for receiving the food sample, a means for moving the sample holder (14), and a housing (12) that surrounds the moving means. The moving means and... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090066951 - Method for evaluating an optical imaging process: A method includes calculating destructive interference conditions between two linearly s-polarized waves and between two linearly p-polarized waves, respectively, in dependence on varying parameters of the s- and p-polarized waves, representing the destructive interference conditions in a diagram, setting an optical radiation field to be used in the optical imaging... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090066952 - Apparatus and system for electro magnetic field measurements and automatic analyses of phase modulated optical signals from electrooptic devices: An apparatus, for measuring an electric field while minimally perturbing the electric field being measured, includes an analyzing stage and a sensor head. The sensor head is optically coupled to the analyzing stage by a laser probe beam transmitted from the analyzing stage. The sensor head includes an electro optic... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20090066954 - Detector configurations for optical metrology: An apparatus is disclosed for obtaining ellipsometric measurements from a sample. A probe beam is focused onto the sample to create a spread of angles of incidence. The beam is passed through a quarter waveplate retarder and a polarizer. The reflected beam is measured by a detector. In one preferred... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20090066953 - Spectroscopic ellipsometer and film thickness measuring apparatus: In a spectroscopic ellipsometer, reflected light reflected on a measurement surface of a substrate is divided into a first polarized light being a linearly polarized component and a second polarized light being a linearly polarized component in a polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarized light, by an analyzer. A... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090066955 - Device and method for determining an optical property of a mask: A coordinate measuring machine (1) including a plane (25a) in which there is arranged a movable measurement table (20) moving the mask (2) correspondingly in the plane (25a), at least one objective (9) and a detector (11), an incident light source (14) arranged to provide incident light and/or a transmitted... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090066956 - Method and apparatus for enhancing the accuracy of crds measurements: A method and apparatus for enhancing the accuracy of spectroscopic measurements using a cavity ringdown spectrometer (CRDS) is provided. A first aspect of the invention consists of a novel algorithm for the processing of ring-down data that significantly reduces the amplitude of an exponential fitting artifact, and thereby gives a... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090066957 - Method and apparatus for sensing a target substance by analysing time series of said target substance: A method of detecting a target substance using an optical sensor, the method comprising: repeatedly measuring a level of said target, with said optical sensor to provide a time series of target levels; determining a first derivative of said target level time series with respect to time and outputting a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090066958 - Method and device for determining the total oxygen content and/or the total carbon content in ammonia: The invention relates to a process for determining the total oxygen content and the total carbon content in ammonia, in which ammonia is first split into nitrogen and hydrogen, then the oxygen still present in the ammonia is reacted essentially fully with hydrogen to give water and the carbon still... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090066959 - Apparatus and method for estimating a property of a fluid in a wellbore using photonic crystals: A method, system and an apparatus for estimating a property of a fluid in a wellbore are disclosed. In one aspect, the fluid may be exposed to light and light reflected by or passed through the fluid may be separated into a plurality of channels by a plurality of photonic... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20090066960 - Luminescence imagining installation and method: A luminescence imaging installation is disclosed comprising a lightproof enclosure containing: a support receiving a sample to be imaged; a detector detecting a luminescence image from the sample to be imaged; and a light reflector device reflecting light towards the detector. The light reflector device surrounds the support at least... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20090066961 - Spectral measuring system: A measuring system for photoelectrically scanning measurement points of a measurement object includes a lighting channel (21-24) for applying illuminating light to the measurement object (M) disposed in a measurement plane (MP) and a measuring channel (11-13) for capturing and photoelectrically converting the measurement light reflected by the measurement points... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20090066962 - Surface plasmon resonance sensor and biochip: The present invention relates to a surface plasmon resonance sensor which has a first dielectric layer, a metal layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer covering the metal layer. The surface plasmon resonance sensor includes: a sensor main body provided with an opening for exposing... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090066963 - Ultrafast microscopy of surface electromagnetic fields: System(s) and method(s) to probe electromagnetic fields at the surface of a solid-state material are provided. The technique combines ultrafast (e.g., less than 10 fs) optical excitation and electron microscopy to generate electronic excitations and image the ensuing electromagnetic fields with nanometer-scale spatial resolution and femtosecond time-scale resolution. In addition,... Agent: James J. Pingor Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090066964 - Displacement sensor based on photonic crystal waveguides: A displacement sensor comprising at least one pair of co-planar photonic crystal waveguide (PCWG) sections aligned along or parallel to a common axis and separated by a gap, one PCWG section of a pair operative to perform a displacement relative to the other section of the pair. In some embodiments,... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20090066965 - High power broadband superluminescent diode: A superluminescent diode according the present invention employs a unoform AlGaInAs quantum well on an InP substrate, emitting in a range of 1100 to 1800 nm. The favorable conduction band: valence band offset ratio of this material system enables superluminescent diodes which simultaneously provide high power and large optical bandwidth.... Agent: Vijaysekhar Jayaraman

20090066966 - Method and device for contactless level and interface detection: Method and apparatus for determining the thickness of material layers of a container-held (11) substance comprising a first material disposed in an upper layer (101) and a second material disposed in a lower layer (102), by transmitting a radio signal through the substance towards a container portion (13); receiving reflected... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090066967 - Method of measuring micro-structure, micro-structure measurement apparatus, and micro-structure analytical system: This invention provides a method and an apparatus of measuring a micro-structure, capable of evaluating a geometry of a micro-structure formed typically on the surface of a semiconductor substrate, in a non-destructive, easy, precise and quantitative manner. A reflection spectrum of a sample having a known dimension of a target... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090066968 - Method and apparatus for performing three-dimensional measurement: A control processing unit simultaneously drives cameras to produce images of a measuring object, the control processing unit searches corresponding point on a comparative image produced by one of the cameras for a representative point in a reference image produced by the other camera, and the control processing unit computes... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090066969 - Height position detector for work held on chuck table: A height position detector for detecting the height position of an upper surface of a work held on a chuck table, including: an annular spot forming part by which a spot of a laser beam oscillated by a laser beam oscillator is formed into an annular shape; a beam splitter... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090066970 - Arrangement and method for improving the measurement accuracy in the nm range for optical systems: A method and a device for improving the measurement accuracy in the nm range for optical systems are disclosed. The object is provided with a plurality of structures oriented in the X and Y-coordinate direction. The light beam coming from at least one light source defines an optical illumination path.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090059201 - Full-field light detection and ranging imaging system: Apparatuses and methods determine positional information from a reflected optical signal for an object on a per pixel basis. A spread spectrum imaging system includes a transmitting module transmitting a transmitted optical signal that illuminates a target space and contains a transmitted pulse that is modulated with a first pseudo-noise... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090059202 - Sample analyzer and sample analyzing method: The present invention is to present a sample analyzer capable of automatically stabilizing the laser diode in multi-mode oscillation. A sample analyzer 1 comprises: a laser diode (LD) 501d for irradiating a sample with laser light; a photodiode (PD) 501e for detecting amount of light emitted from the LD 501d;... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090059203 - Apparatus for measuring concentration of a specific ingredient in-situ: Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring the concentration of a specific ingredient in a solution. According to one embodiment of the present invention, said apparatus comprises: a signal collector for collecting a plurality of signals emitted from a target in a selected volume of the solution, and one of the... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20090059205 - Apparatus and method for obtaining information related to terahertz waves: To provide an apparatus capable obtaining a temporal waveform of terahertz waves transmitted through or reflected by a sample in a set region. A delay unit is configured to change a timing at which the detection unit detects terahertz waves transmitted through or reflected by a sample, which is originated... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090059204 - Method and apparatus for inspecting objects using multiple images having varying optical properties: An automated object inspection system is presented. The inspection system includes an imaging system to produce at least two images of said object having different optical properties and an analyzer coupled to the imaging system to receive the images and to perform a variety of inspection operations on said images.... Agent: Acushnet Company

20090059206 - Optical linear and rotation displacement sensor: A system includes a measuring tool, a fixture, and a rotatable target. The measuring tool includes a light source, an imaging device, and an electronic circuit. The fixture allows the rotatable target to rotate about an axis. The rotatable target includes a surface having microscopic asperities. The imaging device is... Agent: James Marc Leas

20090059208 - Apparatus and method for a combined interferometric and image based geometric determination, particularly in the microsystem technology: The apparatus and method according to the invention includes an objective (8) which is capable of operating basically in two different measuring modes. In a first interference mode, a measuring object (9) is interference—optically measured. In a second imaging operating mode on a detector array (12) designed like a camera,... Agent: Ronald S. Lombard

20090059207 - Method and device for measuring photoluminescence, absorption and diffraction of microscopic objects in a fluid: The invention relates to a device and to a method for measuring photoluminescence in a fluid present in a measurement vessel. According to the invention, the fluid in the measurement vessel simultaneously receives at least two excitation beams coming from two optical systems. The optical systems are positioned so that... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090059209 - Lock-in demodulation technique for optical interrogation of a grating sensor: A grating sensor and method for optical interrogation of that sensor uses a lock-in technique to achieve simultaneous measurements of strain (and related temperature) and ultrasonic stress wave signals, as well as other environmental conditions that affect a reflection spectrum of the grating sensor. It achieves this by using a... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20090059210 - Simple matrix method for stray-light correction in imaging instruments: A simple matrix method and computer program product for stray-light correction in imaging instruments is provided. The stray-light correction method includes receiving raw signals from an imaging instrument and characterizing the imaging instrument for a set of point spread functions. For high resolution imaging instruments, the raw signals may be... Agent: BurtonIPLaw Group

20090059211 - Optical biosensor using spr phenomenon: An optical biosensor using a surface plasmon resonance phenomenon includes an input optical waveguide including a first optical mode converting unit for converting a core mode to a cladding mode; and an optical sensing unit for allowing a specific wavelength among wavelengths constituting the converted cladding mode to be lost... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090059213 - Apparatus and method for wheel alignment: A mounting fixture assembly allows the attachment of a laser light emitting device—in this case a laser level—used along with a light reception board to determine thrust, toe, and camber measurements of motor vehicles. The mounting fixture provides a means of surface mounting the laser device to the rims of... Agent: Scott M. Wesby

20090059212 - Inclined detector: An inclined detector comprises: a detector body provided with an interior containing space including a lower alcove which is funnel-shaped; a pair of detection components including a transmitting component and a receiving component, wherein, the transmitting component is used to transmit a first signal which goes through the said containing... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20090059214 - Methods and systems for inspection and/or identification of pellet-shaped articles: A conveyer mechanism may include one or more composition inspection units provided along the intended product transport path. The product's composition, e.g., its ink composition, is compared with a predetermined standard, to determine whether the product is acceptable. A bar code may be provided to an external surface of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090059215 - Systems and method for simultaneously inspecting a specimen with two distinct channels: A system is provided herein for inspecting a specimen. In one embodiment, the system may include a dual-channel microscope, two illuminators, each coupled for illuminating a different channel of the dual-channel microscope and two detectors, each coupled to a different channel of the dual-channel microscope for acquiring images of the... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel LLP

20090059216 - Defect inspection method and defect inspection apparatus: A defect inspection apparatus comprises: a stage which scans a sample in a horizontal plane; an illumination optical system which illuminates light at an oblique angle with respect to a normal of a sample surface, and illuminates light in a linear form on the sample at an angle inclined to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090059217 - Substrate processing method, substrate processing system, program, and recording medium: A wafer measurement/inspection instrument receives information on at least one of a processing result and an operating state of at least one of a coater/developer that performs film forming/resist processing to a wafer and an exposure apparatus that performs liquid immersion exposure to the wafer, and optimizes inspection conditions of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090059218 - Stable turbidity calibration standards: The present invention relates to a turbidity calibration standard comprising: a number of from 1 to 5 sequentially-interfaced layers, wherein each layer independently comprises a light-permeable polymer or light-permeable interpolymer; a measured light transmission modulating amount of at least one light transmission modulator, which is distributed in any one or... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20090059219 - Electronic multi-reticle pattern scope: A scope is disclosed as including a display to display a plurality of reticle-patterns, means for selecting one of the reticle-patterns to be displayed by the display, and an optical prism for projecting the displayed reticle-pattern onto a piece of lens viewable by a user.... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20090059220 - System and method for chemical imaging of microarrays: The disclosure relates to systems and method for chemical imaging of microarrays. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a system for simultaneous spectral imaging of a plurality of samples arranged on an array. The system includes an illumination source for providing illuminating photons to said plurality of samples, the... Agent: Duane Morris LLP (chemimage CorporationIPDepartment)

20090059221 - Plasma spectroscopy system with a gas supply: A spectroscopy system for spectro-chemical analysis of a sample includes a plasma torch (50) for generating a microwave induced plasma (90) as a spectroscopic source. The plasma forming gas is nitrogen which can contain an oxygen impurity. Thus the system includes a nitrogen generator (70) which is preferably supplied with... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20090059222 - Integrated nucleic acid analysis: The present disclosure provides fully integrated microfluidic systems to perform nucleic acid analysis. These processes include sample collection, nucleic acid extraction and purification, amplification, sequencing, and separation and detection. The present disclosure also provides optical detection systems and methods for separation and detection of biological molecules. In particular, the various... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090059225 - Instrument for making optical measurements on multiple samples retained by surface tension: The invention is an installment for making multi-channel spectroscopic measurements on a plurality of nanodrop samples held by surface tension between opposing optical fibers wherein a single fiber is scanned across a linear spaced array of receiving, detecting fibers.... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090059223 - Light irradiation method, light irradiation device, and fine particle analyzing apparatus: A light irradiation method of irradiating a specimen in a flow channel with directional light includes the step of irradiating the specimen with the directional light while performing scanning using the directional light in a widthwise direction of the flow channel. The directional light has an irradiation spot that is... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090059224 - Polychrometer and method for correcting stray lights of the same: In a polychrometer and a method for correcting stray light of the polychrometer, relative spectral (inter-pixel) distribution of stray light independent of a spectral distribution of an incident light is obtained, intensity coefficient of the stray light is calculated according to spectral (inter-pixel) distribution of the incident light, spectral (inter-pixel)... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090059226 - Electromagnetic analysis apparatus: An analysis apparatus for analyzing a specimen comprises a spectral separator for dispersing spatially an electromagnetic wave introduced from the specimen into spectral components, a sensing element array containing plural sensing elements for sensing the spectral components of the electromagnetic wave dispersed spatially by the spectral separator, and a spectrum... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090059227 - Method and system for the polarmetric analysis of scattering media utilising polarization difference sensing (pds): A method for polarmetric analysis of scattering media. A first step involves directing stimulus from a linearly polarized stimulus source at a sample. A second step involves directing the stimulus coming from the sample through a collimating system into a polarization segregation unit which causes the stimulus to be segregated... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090059229 - Apparatus for detecting position of substrate, ellipsometer, and film thickness measuring apparatus: In an apparatus for detecting a position of a substrate in a film thickness measuring apparatus, an image pickup area on a substrate by an image pickup device of an imaging part is rotated by a rotation mechanism of a position detecting part. With this operation, an image of an... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090059230 - Device for determining the concentration of a substance present in a solution, using ellipsometry: According to the invention, the device is to that end characterised in that said substance is glucose, wherein the substrate comprises glucose oxidase (GOX) and/or horseradish peroxidase (HRP) bonded thereto, and wherein said means are arranged for determining the presence of glucose on the basis of the precipitation rate of... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090059228 - Spectroscopic ellipsometer, film thickness measuring apparatus, and method of focusing in spectroscopic ellipsometer: In a spectroscopic ellipsometer, light emitted from a light source enters a measurement surface of a substrate through an optical system in a lighting part so as to incline to the measurement surface to be directed to a light receiving device, and ellipsometry is performed based on spectral intensity of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090059231 - Surface inspection apparatus: A surface inspection apparatus includes units illuminating repetitive patterns formed on a surface of a suspected substance and measuring a variation in an intensity of regular reflection light caused by a change in shapes of the repetitive patterns, units illuminating the repetitive patterns with linearly polarized light, setting an angle... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090059232 - Web measurement device: A sensor is provided that measures web caliper using optical and magnetic measuring devices. The optical measuring devices may employ a confocal chromatic aberration method to accurately determine the distance to the moving web and the magnetic devices may be ferrite core coil and target. Means of stabilizing a moving... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20090059233 - Microfiber photonic devices immersed in a liquid material: An electromagnetic device, including: a microfiber or other optical waveguide configured to guide an electromagnetic field output by an electromagnetic field source, the microfiber or other optical waveguide having a diameter that is less than or on an order of a wavelength of the electromagnetic field output by the electromagnetic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090059234 - Hollow waveguide cavity ringdown spectroscopy: Laser light is confined in a hollow waveguide between two highly reflective mirrors. This waveguide cavity is used to conduct Cavity Ringdown Absorption Spectroscopy of loss mechanisms in the cavity including absorption or scattering by gases, liquid, solids, and/or optical elements.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20090059235 - Rotationally asymmetric chaotic optical multi-pass cavity: The present invention relates to a rotationally asymmetric chaotic optical multi-pass cavity useful in optical gas sensing spectroscopy, optical delay lines, and laser amplification systems, for example. The cavity may include a single closed mirror having a light reflective surface that is deformed in two orthogonal directions and more particularly,... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090059236 - Wafer edge inspection: In one embodiment, a surface analyzer system comprises a radiation targeting assembly to target radiation onto an edge surface of a wafer, the radiation targeting assembly comprising a first expanded paraboloid or expanded ellipsoid reflector positioned adjacent the edge surface of the wafer, a reflected radiation collecting assembly that collects... Agent: Lng/kla 2 Joint Customer Number C/o Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090059237 - Digital feedback systems and methods for optical gyroscopes: A digital feedback system and for an optical gyroscope include a fiber optic sensing coil, an optical phase modulator, a photo detector and a processor. The sensing coil induces a phase differential between light waves traveling though the coil. The optical phase modulator causes a second phase differential between the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090059238 - System and method for using slow light in optical sensors: An optical sensor includes at least one optical coupler and an optical waveguide in optical communication with the at least one optical coupler. The optical waveguide is configured to receive a first optical signal from the at least one optical coupler. The first optical signal has a group velocity and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090059239 - Method of determining the depth profile of a surface structure and system for determining the depth profile of a surface structure: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of determining the depth profile of a surface structure includes: irradiating the surface structure with irradiation light including light components of different wavelengths; and determining the depth profile of the surface structure in dependence on interferometric effects caused by the... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090059240 - Incorporating film optical property measurements into scatterometry metrology: A method includes collecting optical data from an unpatterned region including a first process layer. At least one optical parameter of the first process layer is determined based on the optical data associated with the unpatterned region. Optical data is collected from a patterned region including a second process layer.... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090059241 - System and method for three-dimensional measurement of the shape of material objects: A system and method are provided for the 3D measurement of the shape of material objects using non-contact structured light triangulation. The system includes a light projector for projecting a structured light pattern onto the surface of any object and a camera for capturing an image of the structured light... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20090059242 - Three-dimensional measurement method and three-dimensional measurement apparatus: Images of a work piece in which measurement object is restricted to a specific point or domain are taken by a camera which takes the image of the work piece from a front-view direction and a camera which takes the image from obliquely above, and a height of each measurement... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090059243 - Method for determining the absolute thickness of non-transparent and transparent samples by means of confocal measurement technology: The invention relates to a method for determining the absolute spatially resolved double-sided topography and thickness of specimens using two opposite confocally working microscopes. After the unit has been calibrated, the topography of the specimen is measured on both sides of the specimen, is added and the calibration plane is... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090059244 - Web measurement device: A sensor is provided that measures web caliper using optical and magnetic measuring devices. The optical measuring devices may employ a confocal chromatic aberration method to accurately determine the distance to the moving web and the magnetic devices may be ferrite core coil and target. Means of stabilizing a moving... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6