Optics: measuring and testing inventions 04/09

20090109420 - Surveying method and surveying instrument: A surveying method using a the video total station comprises placing the video total station on a first platform, recording a first image of scenery, placing the video total solution on a second platform disposed at a distance from the first platform, measuring the distance from the first platform and... Agent: Richard S Milner Cooper 7 Dunham

20090109421 - Laser area sensor: One embodiment includes: a laser range finder that obtains a distance to an object and a light-reception level of reflected light: a scanning mechanism that changes the measurement direction; a data acquiring portion that periodically performs measurement while changing the measurement direction; a data correcting portion that removes distance information... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090109422 - Detecting element, detecting device and detecting method: The present invention provides a detecting element which can stably detect a substance with high sensitivity; a detecting device therefor; and a detecting method therefor. The detecting element and the detecting device according to the present invention have a plurality of planes having a plurality of mutually-separated metallic structures arranged... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090109423 - Dual cavity displacement sensor: An optical displacement sensor is disclosed comprising a beam splitter having two optically coupled and mechanically coupled optically resonant cavities. The respective cavity lengths of the optically resonant cavities are functions of an environmental stimulus. By virtue of the optically coupled optically resonant cavities, the output of the beam splitter... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090109424 - Polarity checking apparatus for multi-fiber connectors: A polarity checking apparatus for multi-fiber connectors includes a body, a diverging lens attached to the body and a screen attached to the body, wherein the apparatus is configured to determine test and/or determine polarity of the multi-fiber connector. The screen may be translucent or may be opaque in part... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090109425 - System and method for determining fiber characteristics: A system is provided for characterizing optical fibers carrying signal traffic. The system includes a transmitter, a variable optical attenuator (VOA), a receiver, and a computing device. The transmitter propagates an optical test signal along a channel of a fiber pathway. The VOA adjusts the attenuation of the optical test... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090109426 - Self-compensating laser tracker: A self-compensating laser tracker may include a frame assembly including a laser, and at least two-embedded, non-moveable, reflecting members; and a rotatable mirror. The laser and the mirror are arranged such that a laser beam emitted from the laser may be reflected by the mirror. One of the at least... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090109427 - Conversion of properties of light to frequency counting: In an embodiment, the invention provides a method for measuring properties of light of a photoelectric device. A capacitor is charged through a switch until a first voltage is obtained. After the capacitor is charged to the first voltage, the switch is opened from the capacitor and the capacitor is... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20090109428 - Integrating photometer for measuring total flux of light generated from light source to be measured, and method for measuring total flux of light through use of the same: A mirror is provided with a light source window and an illumination window each establishing communicative connection between an inner face side and an outer side of a hemispherical unit. The light source window is an opening to which a light source OBJ to be measured is attached mainly. The... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090109429 - Inspection apparatus having heat sink assembly: An inspection apparatus can include a handset and an elongated inspection tube extending from the handset. For reduction of heat energy radiating from one or more components of the apparatus, the apparatus can include a particularly designed heat sink assembly.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090109430 - Device for inspecting a surface: A device that is usable to inspect the surface of a material uses an inspection system which includes an optical unit. That optical unit can register the light which is reflected by the surface to be inspected. An illumination system, that uses at least two light sources, provides the light.... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090109431 - Visual inspection apparatus having light source bank: A visual inspection apparatus can include a handset, elongated inspection tube extending from the handset and a light source bank disposed within a hand held housing of the handset. For reduction of heat energy radiating from the light source bank, the apparatus can include one or more of a thermal... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090109433 - Analyzer: An analyzer in which optical measurement is performed with respect to a sample placed in optically transparent cells of an analysis tool includes a light source unit, a light-receiving unit, a tray on which the tool is placed, and a drive mechanism for driving the tray. The tray includes a... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090109432 - Systems and methods for submersible imaging flow apparatus: The systems, methods, and apparatus described herein use a combination of video and flow cytometric technology to both capture images of organisms for identification and measure chlorophyll fluorescence associated with each image. Images can be automatically classified with software based on a support vector machine, while the measurements of chlorophyll... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090109434 - Cylindrical model eye, cylindrical test device and the manufacturing method thereof: A cylindrical model eye comprises a plano-cylindrical portion having a plano surface and a first cylindrical surface opposite to the plano surface, a sphero-cylindrical portion having a convex spherical surface and a second cylindrical surface opposite to the convex spherical surface. The second cylindrical surface mates with the first cylindrical... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090109435 - Device containing non-blinking quantum dots: An optoelectronic device including two spaced apart electrodes; and at least one layer containing ternary core/shell nanocrystals disposed between the spaced electrodes and having ternary semiconductor cores containing a gradient in alloy composition and wherein the ternary core/shell nanocrystals exhibit single molecule non-blinking behavior characterized by on times greater than... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20090109436 - Method for measuring micro-particle: A method for measuring a micro-particle caused to flow through a flow channel, includes the steps of: measuring a property of a material to be measured as a micro-particle in a predetermined position of a flow channel for measurement, and measuring properties of one or more reference materials in a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090109437 - Method and device for measuring polarization state and polarization mode dispersion in photonic transmission systems: From the analysis the variation in the polarization state versus frequency is calculated, as well as its associate PMD vector and the DGD present in the signal transmitted. This information may be used as a control signal for a PMD compensator device in order to upgrade the quality of communication... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090109438 - Spectroscopic ellipsometer and ellipsometry: A spectroscopic ellipsometer has a polarized light generating part for generating elliptically polarized lights of a plurality of wavelengths included in a predetermined measurement wavelength band from white light and directing the elliptically polarized lights to a measurement surface of a substrate, a rotating analyzer where reflected light reflected on... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090109439 - Measurement apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: A measurement apparatus which measures a transmittance distribution of an optical system, comprises a light source, a first spherical mirror which forms reference light by reflecting light which is emitted by the light source and is not transmitted through the optical system, a second spherical mirror which forms test light... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090109440 - Optical sensor and operating method thereof: The present invention discloses an optical sensor. The optical sensor comprises a sensor for sensing a reflected light, an image capture device coupling with the sensor for reading the reflected light and calculating an average light intensity of the reflected light, a controller coupling with the image capture device for... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090109441 - Method and apparatus for enhancing waveguide sensor signal: A detection system for a first specific material is provided by which an interferometer, having a reference waveguide segment and a test waveguide segment, is enhanced. The test waveguide segment carries a second capture material for specifically capturing said first specific material that may be present in a fluid specimen.... Agent: William M. Brown Ngimat Co.

20090109442 - Interferometer with double polarizing beam splitter: An interferometer has a first reflective surface having a nominal orientation; a second reflective surface having a nominal orientation orthogonal to the nominal orientation of the first reflective surface; a retroreflector facing the first reflective surface; a double polarizing beam splitter (DPBS) between the first reflective surface and the retroreflector;... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090109443 - Method for determining positions of structures on a substrate: A system for determining positions of structures on a substrate is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of stations enclosed by a housing. At least one of the stations inside the housing is designed to be movable. The housing is provided with a filter fan unit generating an air flow... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090109444 - Methods and systems for white light interferometry and characterization of films: Methods are provided for estimating a surface profile of a sample in an interferometer having a broad bandwidth light source. The interferometer detects interference pattern intensity data over a series of frames of a relative scan between the sample and a reference surface. Particular methods comprise, for each location (x,y)... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20090109445 - Parallel plate arrangement and method of formation: A method for forming a structure comprising multiple parallel surfaces having a precise separation is disclosed. Precise separation and parallelism of the surfaces is achieved through the use of an adhesive mixture that comprises a plurality of spacers having a dimension substantially equal to the desired separation.... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090109446 - Zeroeth order imaging: A method of imaging critical dimensions by measuring the zeroeth order of diffracted light. The method involves providing a target, directing light onto the target so as to cause the target to diffract the light. The zeroeth order of the diffracted light is collected and analyzed to determine structural features... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20090109447 - Microscope and microscope microexamination procedure method for the measurement of the surface profile of an object: The invention provides a microscope for measuring the surface profile of an object, including (1) an illumination module which directs illumination radiation with different wavelengths to different surface portions of the object in such a way that a predetermined object intersection length range is illuminated for every portion, and (2)... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20090103072 - Method and a system for determining a physical property as a function of position: The invention relates to a method and system for determining a physical property for determining physical property as a function of position, where a data series is obtained by FMCW. The data series comprises data points from one or more channels and the method comprises measuring a number of data... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20090103073 - Device and method for flow state observation: The present invention discloses a device for observing a flow state comprising a translucent duct. It further comprises an irradiation unit irradiating projection light, a condensing unit condensing the projection light along a length direction with respect to an axial core area of the translucent duct in which a fluid... Agent: Yokoi & Company U.s.a., Inc.

20090103075 - Method for measuring chroma value by a colorimeter: A method for measuring chroma value by colorimeter to solve the drawbacks of conventional technologies, such as an inaccurate illuminant and the filter of color-matching function is difficult to be deposited and manufactured within an filter mod colorimeter, and an expensive spectrometer used within an spectrum mode calorimeter. The present... Agent: Alan D. Kamrath Kamrath & Associates, P.A.

20090103074 - Methods for performing quality control of process to treat a surface: The present application is directed to methods for performing quality control analysis of a process to treat a surface of a workpiece. A sensor is placed in proximity to the surface, and a controller analyzes data obtained by analyzing a signal from the sensor. The controller may determine whether the... Agent: David P. Hendricks Law Office Of David P. Hendricks

20090103076 - Transmitted light refractometer: A transmitted light refractometer allows high measurement accuracy across a broad measurement range, even under difficult measuring conditions. The transmitted light refractometer can be connected to a process simply via a single access. In accordance with advantageous features, the transmitted light refractometer covers a measurement range for all practically relevant... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090103077 - Photometer with modular light emitter: A photometer is provided with modular lighting units wherein each lighting unit includes one or more light emitters. A user may select a desired lighting unit and install it within a photometer base unit, and thereafter activate one or more of the emitters (which may emit light of different wavelengths)... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090103078 - Surface inspection apparatus and method thereof: An apparatus for detecting defects, including: a table unit which mounts a specimen to be inspected having a linearly moving stage and a rotationally moving stage; a first illumination optical unit which illuminates an inspection region of a surface of the specimen from a normal direction or in the vicinity... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090103079 - Apparatus and method for inspecting defect in object surface: In a foreign matter anti-adhesive means 180, a transparent plate 187 is placed on a placement table 34 through a frame 185. In the foreign matter anti-adhesive means 180, a shaft 181 which is rotatably supported by two columnar supports 184 fixed onto a base 186 is coupled to a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090103080 - Surface inspecting apparatus: A surface inspecting apparatus is provided with an illuminating means for illuminating a repeated pattern formed on the surface of an object to be inspected by linear polarization; a setting means for setting an angle formed by a direction on the surface of an incidence plane of the linear polarization... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090103081 - Calibration of a radiometric optical monitoring system used for fault detection and process monitoring: The present invention is directed to a system and method for radiometric calibration of spectroscopy equipment utilized in fault detection and process monitoring. Initially, a reference spectrograph is calibrated to a local primary standard (a calibrated light source with known spectral intensities and traceable to a reference standard). Other spectrographs... Agent: Rudolph J. Buchel Jr., Law Office Of

20090103082 - Systems and methods 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.

20090103083 - Acoustic and optical illumination technique for underwater charaterization of objects/environment: The invention provides a method for acoustically and optically characterizing an immersed object of interest by generating a serial plurality of acoustic and optical illumination pulses through a liquid. In addition to the spectral analyses/imaging of objects/environment made possible by the white-light illumination, a target material can be ablated, generating... Agent: Jones Day

20090103084 - Oxygen sensor for use in harsh, especially high, ph environments: An oxygen sensor usable and accurate in solutions of up to pH 14 is featured. The sensor is fabricated by immobilizing a layer of polystyrene mixed with a fluorophore (e.g., Ruthenium tris(4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline) dichloride) in a solvent such as dichloromethane. The mixture may be coated onto a structure such as a... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20090103085 - Method and apparatus for spectrophotometric characterization of turbid materials: Method and apparatus for spectrophotometric characterization of turbid materials are provided. An incident light beam is used to illuminate a turbid material sample and optical signals of coherent reflectance, diffuse reflectance, collimated transmittance and diffuse transmittance are measured from the sample as functions of wavelength. The following optical parameters are... Agent: Xin Hua Hu

20090103087 - Method and apparatus for performing spectroscopy downhole within a wellbore: An analysis system, tool, and method for performing downhole fluid analysis, such as within a wellbore. The analysis system, tool, and method provide for a tool including a spectroscope for use in downhole fluid analysis which utilizes an adaptive optical element such as a Micro Mirror Array (MMA) and two... Agent: Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, Lc Attn: BoxIPDept.

20090103086 - Portable sample preparation and analysis system for micron and sub-micron particle characterization using light scattering and absorption spectroscopy: There is provided a method and device for remote sampling, preparation and optical interrogation of a sample using light scattering and light absorption methods. The portable device is a filtration-based device that removes interfering background particle material from the sample matrix by segregating or filtering the chosen analyte from the... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090103089 - Spectrometer with a slit for incident light and fabrication of the slit: A spectrometer including an entrance slit and the production of the entrance slit. The spectrometer includes a housing, an entrance slit, and an imaging diffraction grating inside the housing for splitting and imaging the light onto an optoelectric detector. The detector is arranged inside the housing. The housing and the... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090103088 - Spectrometer with cylindrical lens for astigmatism correction and demagnification: A spectrometer which in one embodiment including a dispersive element and a concave element. The dispersive element may be a flat or concave grating which receives light and reflects the light in different collimated wavelengths. The concave element being located downstream from the dispersive element and arranged to reflect and... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090103090 - Sensing apparatus: The sensing apparatus includes a measuring light emission device, a waveguide member including a sensing surface modified by a surface modification substance, a detection device and an analyzer. The measuring light of a predetermined polarized state is emitted from the emission device so that the measuring light is totally reflected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090103091 - interferometric detection system and method: Disclosed are improved optical detection systems and methods comprising interferometric detection systems, methods for determining a characteristic property of a fluid, methods for calculating a shift between at least two signals, computer program products encoded in a computer readable medium, and computational systems. Also disclosed are label-free, free-solution, and/or real-time... Agent: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

20090103094 - Ellipsometric investigation and analysis of textured samples: System for, and method of ellipsometric investigation of and analysis of samples which have, for instance, a non-random effectively “regular” textured surface, and/or a surface characterized by an irregular array of faceted structures.... Agent: James D. Welch

20090103093 - Fast sample height, aoi and poi alignment in mapping ellipsometer or the like: A sample investigation system (ES) in functional combination with an alignment system (AS), and methodology of enabling very fast, (eg. seconds), sample height, angle-of-incidence and plane-of-incidence adjustments, with application in mapping ellipsometer or the like systems.... Agent: James D. Welch

20090103092 - Method for the in-situ and real-time determination of the thickness, optical properties and quality of transparent coatings during their growth onto polymeric substrates and determination of the modification, activation and the modification depth of polyl: This invention concerns the in-situ and real-time determination of thickness, optical properties and quality of transparent inorganic thin films (oxides, nitrides) and organic materials during their growth and during modification of transparent polymeric materials, with the use of Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, with measurements in the spectral region of Vis-FUV from 1.5-6.5... Agent: Bruce L. Adams Adams & Wilks

20090103095 - Sensor using plasmon resonance: A sensing system can include one or more particles having one or more plasmon resonances. The particles can be positioned adjacent to the active region of a sensor to enhance the sensitivity of the sensor to electromagnetic radiation having frequencies corresponding to the plasmon resonances. An array of sensors such... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090103096 - Method for determining optical properties of turbid media: There is provided a method for improving contrast and resolution of an optical image of an object obtained by time-resolved techniques such as Time Domain (TD) and Frequency Domain (FD). The method comprises obtaining a Temporal Point Spread Function (TPSF), and determining optical properties of volumes of interest (VOI), each... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20090103097 - Window cleanliness detection system: A detector comprises a housing (1) having a window (3), a measuring and processing unit (2), a source (4) of electromagnetic radiation, a plurality of sensors (7), and a reflector (6). The measuring and processing unit (2), the electromagnetic radiation source (4) and the sensors (7) are mounted within the... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20090103099 - Integrated surface mode biosensor: An optical detection system (100) for detecting biological, chemical or bio-chemical particles is described. The optical detection system (100) typically comprises a surface mode interference means. The surface mode interference means may comprise a layer (102) such as for example a metal layer like e.g. a gold layer. The surface... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20090103098 - Method and composition for identification: This invention relates to a method for the identification of an article, the method including the step of applying at least one identification particle to the article, wherein the identification particle on the article is not evident to the casual observer, but is evident on close inspection of the article,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090103100 - Compensating for time varying phase changes in interferometric measurements: An optical device under test (DUT) is interferometrically measured. The DUT can include one or more of an optical fiber, an optical component, or an optical system. First interference pattern data for the DUT is obtained for a first path to the DUT, and second interference pattern data for the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090103101 - Oven width measurement instrument and push-out ram provided with the instrument: An oven width measuring instrument capable of measuring the oven width continuously while being subject to no restrictions of measurement area or measuring time has: a sensor unit SU composed of an integrated combination of laser displacement sensors 16 and 17 each containing a beam emitting element and a beam... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090103103 - Device for tomographic scanning objects: A device for tomographic scanning objects comprises a source of light for irradiating the object; a first grid arranged in the optical axis of the light beam so that a pattern of the first grid is projected on the object; an optical imaging assembly for imaging the object on a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20090103102 - Systems and methods for digital detection of a tomographic signal: Systems and methods for digital detection of an analog tomographic signal are described. The methods include receiving an amplitude-modulated analog signal containing tomographic information, the analog signal having a modulation frequency, fλi; and converting the analog signal into a digital signal at a sampling frequency, fs, to produce a number... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20090103104 - Optical lens system and postion measurement system using the same: An optical lens system includes a lens surface capable of forming concentric interference patterns on an object as if light emitted from a single light source were virtually emitted from two or more light sources within a plane containing an optical axis of the single light source.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090103105 - Method for interferometrically measuring an optical property of a test piece and a device suited for carrying out this method: The invention relates to a method for interferometrically measuring large optics. A combination of a method known as stitching technique, during which the sub-interferograms are determined on partial surfaces of measuring area and are joined in a software-controlled manner and which, as a result, enables the use of small, more... Agent: Tiajoloff & Kelly

20090103106 - Opitcal pickup: To reduce a bad influence on a tracking control signal and a data signal by reflected light from an adjacent layer on a multi-layer disc as stray light, the following device is made in the invention. Reflected light from the multi-layer optical disc including stray light from another layer is... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090103107 - Method and system for inspecting parts utilizing triangulation: A method and system for inspecting parts utilizing triangulation are provided. The system includes a part support subsystem including a fixture for supporting a part to be inspected and a head apparatus. The head apparatus includes at least one radiation source for directing a plane of radiation at the part... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090103108 - Surface profile measuring apparatus: A surface profile measuring apparatus includes a light source assembly, a spatial light modulator, a spectroscope, a wave-front sensor, and a control-processing device. The light source assembly has a liquid crystal display pixel structure and is configured for providing parallel light. The spatial light modulator is positioned to receive the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103109 - Optical modules and method of precisely assembling same: Optical modules and a method of precisely assembling the modules are provided. The method includes the step of providing a set of optical components including a plurality of beam shaping components for converting at least one initial shape in cross section of a laser beam to at least one desired... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090103110 - Pellet sorting by diameter measurement: t

20090103111 - Method and inspection head apparatus for optically measuring geometric dimensions of a part: A method and inspection head apparatus for optically measuring geometric dimensions of a part are provided. The method optically measures the geometric dimensions of a part having a part axis at an inspection station. The method includes directing an array of spaced planes of radiation at the part so that... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090103112 - Non-contact method and system for inspecting parts: A non-contact method and system for inspecting parts using two different types of machine vision methodologies are provided. The system has enhanced versatility and includes a triangulation-based subsystem to obtain triangulation-based sensor data, a radiation plane-based profile inspection subsystem to obtain shadowed radiation plane-based sensor data and a data processor... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090103113 - Method and system for optically inspecting parts: A method and system for optically inspecting parts are provided. The method includes the step of supporting a part along a measurement axis. The method includes scanning the part with an array of spaced planes of radiation so that the part occludes each of the planes of radiation at spaced... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090097011 - Distance measuring device: A distance measuring device including a housing that contains a radiation emitting and receiving device, a switch for emitting the radiation and a control panel, where a first wall of the housing features an opening for radiation emission and reception, and the opposite wall or its outer surface forms a... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090097010 - Optical range-finding sensor, object detection device, self-cleaning toilet seat, and method for manufacturing optical range-finding sensor: An optical range-finding sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a light-emitting element that emits irradiation light, a light-emitting side lens that collects the irradiation light and irradiates the light to a range-finding object, a light-receiving side lens that collects reflected light of the irradiation light reflected... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090097012 - Optical ultrasound device: A new optical ultrasonic analysis transducer is described. The device includes a new detection means for the reflected ultrasound signal. The detector may be incorporated into a microchip design. The detector is compatible with a variety of material and design geometries that may be optimized for the particular application. Versions... Agent: Law Office Of Mark Wisnosky

20090097013 - System and method for microplate image analysis: A system and a method as defined herein for scan interrogation of, for example, a label-independent-detection (LID) biosensor, such as for monitoring a surface change or an event on a biosensor for use, for example, in microplate image analysis.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090097014 - Measurement of optical fiber length and determination of chromatic dispersion over the optical fiber: In one embodiment, first optical signal can be generated at a first end of an optical fiber segment at a first time. The first optical signal can be detected at a second end of the optical fiber segment at a second time. A second optical signal can be generated at... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20090097015 - Measuring a characteristic of a multimode optical fiber: To measure a characteristic of a multimode optical fiber, a light pulse source produces a light pulse for transmission into the multimode optical fiber. A spatial filter passes a portion of Brillouin backscattered light from the multimode optical fiber that is responsive to the light pulse. Optical detection equipment detects... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20090097016 - Culture vessel and cellular thickness measurement method: To enable precise measurement of a cellular thickness distribution regardless of changes in the refractive index of a culture solution with the progress of culture. There is provides a culture vessel made of a transparent material with a culture surface capable of culturing cells in an adhesive manner on the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090097017 - Optical inspection methods: Inspection methods. A method includes adhering an optical blocking layer directly onto and in direct mechanical contact with a semiconductor process wafer, the blocking layer being substantially opaque to a range of wavelengths of light; applying at least one layer over the blocking layer; and inspecting optically at least one... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090097018 - Surface inspection apparatus: A surface inspection apparatus for observing an edge portion of an object to be inspected includes an illumination device that irradiates an illumination light to the edge portion; and an observation device that forms an image of an observation region of the edge portion illuminated with the illumination light. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090097019 - Optical device for detecting live insect infestation: The disclosure relates to a detection device for detecting movement of a live insect located within a seed or grain. The device may include a light source with a masking arrangement to block stray light. It may also include a detection region sized to contain at least one seed. Finally,... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20090097022 - Discovery tool with integrated microfluidic biomarker optical detection array device and methods for use: The present disclosure relates to the fields of microchips with microfluidic optical chambers with enhanced Raman surfaces for multiplexed optical spectroscopy. Embodiments of the present invention allow for ultra small sample volume, as well as high detection speed and throughput, as compared to conventional cuvettes or devices used in optical... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20090097023 - Molecular dye for spectroscopy: A method of detecting the presence, absence or quantity of a dye in a sample in a reaction region is provided, comprising the steps of providing a dye comprising a ligand ion complex, the ligand having a lowest unoccupied electron level and the ion having an excited electron level, the... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20090097020 - Multipoint method for identifying hazardous agents: The invention relates to apparatus and methods for assessing occurrence of a hazardous agent in a sample by performing multipoint spectral analysis of the sample. Methods of employing Raman spectroscopy and other spectrophotometric methods are disclosed. Devices and systems suitable for performing such multipoint methods are also disclosed.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090097021 - Substrate and substrate assembly for use in raman spectroscopic analysis: e

20090097024 - Optical analysis system and method for real time multivariate optical computing: An optical analysis system and method for determining information carried by light include a multivariate optical element disposed in the system to receive a source light from an illumination source; filtering the source light through a spectral element in the optical element analysis system; reflecting the filtered light through an... Agent: Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A.

20090097026 - Color measurements of reconstituted tigecycline and degradant thereof: The present invention relates to a color method and multivariate model whose color measurements of reconstituted tigecycline for injection is predictive of appearance and oxidative degradation wherein said method is a means of detecting the presence of a degradant which forms when tigecycline is contacted with oxygen.... Agent: Wyeth Patent Law Group

20090097025 - Miniscule-size photo-spectrometer units: Device and method for implementing a photo-spectrometer unit, PSU (20), for use with a spectrometry system (100) having optical means (12), and electronic means (13) including detection means (15, 25, 25j) and processing means (16, 26, 26k). The PSU is formed in a first manufacturing process step into a monolithic... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20090097027 - System and method for image analysis pointing-error correction: The disclosure relates to a system and a method for light beam interrogation of an optical biosensor and for monitoring a biological event on the biosensor for use, for example, in microplate image analysis. The system and method correct pointing-errors that can be encountered, for example, in scanning label-independent-detection biosensor... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090097028 - Color measurement systems and methods addressing effects of ultra-violet light: Systems and methods are provided to address the potential impact of lighting conditions/light sources on color measurement and/or color matching, particularly as such light variation relates to UV levels. The systems and methods generally include a UV visualizer that is adapted to establish and/or compare UV profiles for individual substrates/samples,... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20090097029 - Optical product detection sensor: An optical detection sensor detects presence or absence of a product within a fluid delivery medium. An emitter directs radiation into the fluid delivery medium. Each of a plurality of detectors detects light within an associated one of a plurality of wavelength ranges transmitted through the fluid delivery medium. The... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20090097030 - System and method for checking filter segment arrangement of a color filter in a color wheel: A system for checking filter segment arrangement of a color filter includes a light source, an image capturing device, a processor, and an output device. The light source is disposed at a first side of a color filter for emitting light beams to illuminate the color filter. The image capturing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097031 - Micro-cavity gas and vapor sensors and detection methods: Micro-cavity gas or vapor sensors and gas or vapor detection methods. Optical energy is introduced into a resonant micro-cavity having a deformable coating such as a polymer. The coating swells or expands when it is exposed to or absorbs a gas or vapor, thereby changing the resonant wavelength of optical... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20090097032 - Surface plasmon resonance detecting apparatus and method thereof: A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detecting apparatus which controls the flow of fluid without using an additional pressure difference or pump is provided. The SPR detecting apparatus includes a detection chip, a fluid driving chip and an optical device. The fluid driving chip has a plurality of electrodes disposed on... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090097033 - Microgloss measurment of paper and board: Microgloss is a novel two-dimensional representation of how light is reflected from a target surface area. Systems and methods for measuring the microgloss can yield data for characterizing the reflective properties of a variety of products for which surface appearance is important. These products include paper, plastics, metals, and ceramics.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090097034 - System and method for visual quality characterization of holographic materials: Apparatus and method for characterizing perceived visual quality of holographic materials, such as diffraction gratings. A white light source directs a collimated beam onto an embossed material. The first order diffracted light strikes a white background directly in view of a digital camera, which records an image. The image is... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090097035 - Method and apparatus for optical frequency measurement: A method and an apparatus for optical frequency measurement, using one or two frequency-stabilized mode-locked laser combs operating at different repetition rates to mix with a laser under measurement (LUM) respectively so as to generate two beat frequencies. The ordinal comb number where the beat frequency is generated is determined... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090097036 - System and method to determine chromatic dispersion in short lengths of waveguides using a common path interferometer: The present invention relates to a system and method to determine chromatic dispersion in short lengths of waveguides using a two wave interference pattern and a common path interferometer. Specifically the invention comprises a radiation source operable to emit radiation connected to a means for separating incident and reflected waves;... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20090097037 - Method for measuring volume by an optical surface profilometer in a micromechanical device and a system for carrying out said measurement: e

20090097038 - Machine vision for predictive suspension: A predictive suspension system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor, and energy source and a control. The imaging sensor is disposed at a vehicle and has a generally downward field of view, with the field of view encompassing an area forward of a tire of the vehicle. The energy... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090097039 - 3-dimensional shape measuring method and device thereof: It is possible to measure a 3-dimensional shape by using a projector and an imaging device without requiring calibration in advance. A pattern light is applied from a projector to an object and this is imaged by an imaging device to capture an image as an input. An in-camera parameter,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090097040 - Linear motion position sensor and method of use: A linear motion sensing system for sensing at least shaft position of a linear moving shaft of a linear motion device includes a sensed structure associated with and moving linearly in unison with the linear moving shaft; a light sensor assembly including a light emitter emitting light directed at the... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090097041 - Method for determining the centrality of masks: A method for determining the centrality of masks is disclosed. The mask is positioned in a coordinate measuring device on a measurement table displaceable in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of an imaging measurement system in an interferometrically measurable way. The position of a mask coordinate system with... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090097042 - Detection apparatus detecting predetermined positions of member: A detection apparatus detecting predetermined positions of a member includes: n (n≧2) sensors one-dimensionally disposed at a sensor pitch equal to or greater than a distance D; and a member to be detected having m (2≦m<n) parts to be detected, the m parts to be detected being formed in k... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090091737 - Laser measuring device: A laser measuring device for precisely measuring a short distance is obtained by adding a relatively simple structure to a TOF laser measuring device that is simple and easily handled. The laser measuring device includes a light emitter, a light receiver and an optical length extender, which increases an optical... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090091738 - Surface profile measurement: l

20090091739 - Laser measuring device: A laser measuring device maintains high responsivity irrespective of changes in surrounding environment, provides more correct measurement and long distance measurement due to reduced noise, and ensures the safety and reliability of a product. A first light emitter emits first wavelength light having a first wavelength. A second light emitter... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090091740 - Methods and systems for analyzing solids: Methods and systems for the analysis of solid materials are disclosed. The present invention comprises x-ray and Raman analytical techniques and systems which facilitate the rapid characterization of a plurality of solid samples.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090091741 - Optical coagulation monitor and method of use: An optical coagulation monitor and the method of monitoring blood coagulation status are disclosed. The method includes positioning a sample probe containing an optical fiber within a circulating blood; transmitting a low-coherence light through the optical fiber into the blood; detecting dynamic light scatter signals generated by the blood within... Agent: Melvin K. Silverman And Assocs PC

20090091744 - Egg micro-crack detection systems: An avian eggshell egg-check/crack detection system was developed to aide official egg graders. It includes an imaging system and a device to produce negative pressure in an egg chamber.... Agent: Usda, Ars, Ott

20090091742 - Methods and apparatus for candling eggs via embryo heartbeat detection: An apparatus for candling eggs includes a waterproof housing having a free end, a light source configured to emit light from the housing free end and illuminate an egg positioned adjacent to the housing free end, and a photodetector that generates an output signal corresponding to intensity of light from... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090091743 - Methods and apparatus for candling eggs via embryo heartbeat detection: An apparatus for candling eggs includes a waterproof housing having a free end, a light source configured to emit visible light from the housing free end and illuminate an egg positioned adjacent to the housing free end, and a photodetector that generates an output signal corresponding to intensity of light... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090091746 - Cell analyzer and cell analyzing method: The present invention is to present a cell analyzer capable of measuring cells which are approximately 20 to 100 μm in size with high precision via flow cytometry. The cell analyzer 10 comprises: a flow cell 51 in which a measurement sample including a measurement target cell flows; a light... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090091745 - Method and system to measure the concentration of constituent elements in an inhomogeneous material using libs: A system and method to improve the accuracy of the measure of constituent element(s) in a sample containing domains potentially including the constituent element(s) are described herein. For each domain, the volume of the domain is estimated and the concentration of the constituent element(s) in the domain is determined using... Agent: Ungaretti & Harris LLP Intellectual Property Group - Patents

20090091747 - Edge flaw detection device: An edge flaw detection device includes an elliptical mirror having an inner mirror surface, with a cut-out formed in the vertex portion to enable insertion of an object; a light-emitting portion which radiates coherent light toward an edge of the object, the edge of the object being positioned in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090091748 - Edge flaw detection device: An edge flaw detection device includes an elliptical mirror having a mirror surface on the inside thereof and having a cutout that allows an object to be inserted therethrough formed at the apex thereof, a light-emitting unit that radiates coherent light toward an edge of the object arranged in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090091749 - Multi mode inspection method and apparatus: An inspection system for inspecting an object, the system comprising an illuminator including at least one pulsed light source, a detector assembly, and a relative motion provider operative to provide motion of the object relative to the detector assembly, along an axis of motion, the detector assembly comprising a plurality... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090091750 - Method for inspecting pattern defect and device for realizing the same: When using a CCD sensor as a photo-detector in a device for inspecting foreign matters and defects, it has a problem of causing electric noise while converting the signal charge, produced inside by photoelectric conversion, into voltage and reading it. Therefore, the weak detected signal obtained by detecting reflected and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090091751 - Multichip ccd camera inspection system: In one embodiment, a surface inspection system comprises a radiation source that emits a broadband radiation beam, a radiation directing assembly to target radiation onto a surface of an object, the radiation directing assembly comprising a radiation collection assembly to collect radiation reflected from the surface of the object, the... Agent: Lng/kla 2 Joint Customer Number C/o Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090091752 - Apparatus and a method for inspection of a mask blank, a method for manufacturing a reflective exposure mask, a method for reflective exposure, and a method for manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuits: The mask blank inspection apparatus is constituted of a stage for mounting a reflective mask blank thereon, a light source for generating inspection light, a mirror serving as an illuminating optics, an imaging optical system, a beam splitter, two two-dimensional array sensors, signal storage units, an image processing unit, a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090091753 - Three mirror anastigmat spectrograph: A spectrograph including a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, and a tertiary mirror forming a TMA having a common vertex axis. The spectrograph also may include a collimating mirror, a diffraction grating, and a dispersive prism. The collimating mirror and an entrance aperture form an interchangeable module. Radiation received through... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20090091754 - Compact spectrometer: Spectrometers, particularly compact spectrometers, are constructed without sacrificing performance characteristics, but with their instrument/device volume being reduced significantly. The light propagation path, either in transparent media or in free space, of the optical beams emitting from a small input aperture/slit of a spectrometer, is caused to be two-dimensional or unilateralized... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090091755 - Measuring method and system for measuring particle size and shape of powdery or grain like particles: The invention relates to a measuring method for measuring the properties of a powder or granular sample (1) from the surface information of the sample. According to the method the sample is leveled for the measurement, at least one image of the surface of the sample (1) is taken and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090091756 - Correlator: In order to improve an accuracy of an autocorrelation function, a correlator comprises a counter 61 for receiving a pulse signal at given time intervals (sampling times) and counting the number of pulses; a shift register 63 for receiving the number of pulses counted by the counter 61 and performing... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090091757 - System and method for detecting and analyzing particles utilizing online light scattering and imaging techniques: A chromatographic system that includes a light source and an imaging and analysis system for detecting particle size and analyzing other characteristics of particles in the effluent of a filtration column while filtration is ongoing. The effluent is directed into a guiding tube having a flow axis. Coherent light from... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20090091758 - Method of constructing a deviation angle self compensating substantially achromatic retarder to compensate beam traslation: A method of configuring a system for introducing a relative phase retardation into orthogonally polarized components of an electromagnetic beam entered thereinto, wherein the system involves a substantially achromatic multiple element retarder system for use in wide spectral range (for example, 190-1700 nm) rotating compensator spectroscopic ellipsometer and/or polarimeter systems.... Agent: James D. Welch

20090091759 - Multiple wavelength optical analyzer device: A device and method of operation for analyzing signal features over multiple optical wavelengths is presented. A plurality of rotating thin film filters is arranged with respect to a collimated beam of light so that each thin film filter transmits light of a particular wavelength to a detector unit responsive... Agent: Aka Chan LLP

20090091760 - Measurement system and scanning device for the photoelectric measurement of a measurement object pixel by pixel: The scanning device enables the entire printed sheet to be scanned at high speed and is relatively uncomplicated in terms of its construction. It combines the advantages of technologies known from imaging technologies but without their intrinsic disadvantages. It is suitable for quality control applications in the graphics industry and... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20090091761 - Apparatus for detection of the accuracy of format of a web of corrugated cardboard: An apparatus for detection of the accuracy of format of a web of corrugated cardboard moved in a conveying direction comprises a light source which emits a light band to the surface of the web of corrugated cardboard in a direction crosswise of the conveying direction and at an angle... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090091762 - Metallic structure and photodetector: In a metallic structure including a metallic nano-chain with plasmon resonance absorption, a metallic nanoparticle forming the metallic nano-chain is formed in a circular, triangle, or rhomboid shape. The wavelength selectivity can be increased also by forming a closed region by mutually linking all of metallic nanoparticles that are mutually... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090091763 - Microgyroscope: A new high-performance, compact microgyroscope is implemented using a microlaser such as a microsphere laser or a microdisc laser that can be easily reduced in size. The microgyroscope includes a pumping unit for inputting pumping light for optical pumping, at least one microsphere or microdisc for oscillating a laser beam... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090091765 - Apparatus for interferometric sensing: An apparatus for interferometric sensing, comprising a plurality of single-longitudinal mode laser sources to each provide radiation at a corresponding plurality of selected wavelengths, and at least one modulator to frequency or phase modulate the radiation from each laser; a plurality of Fabry-Perot interferometers formed by Bragg Gratings written into... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090091764 - Low cost fiber optic velocity sensor for sonar applications: A fiber optic sensor includes a housing having first and second end plates with a sidewall extending therebetween with the sidewall having an inwardly facing groove. A flexural disk having a central passage therethrough has an outer edge portion mounted in the inwardly facing groove in the housing. The flexural... Agent: John H. Lynn

20090091766 - Optical coherence tomographic apparatus: An optical coherence tomographic apparatus wherein a reference light path includes at least a first reference light path and a second reference light path having an optical path length shorter than that of the first reference light path, wherein first tomographic information of the object at a first inspection position... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090091767 - Linear displacement and tilting angle measuring device: A tilting angle measuring device includes an optical device, a four-quadrant optical detector and a computing unit. By the optical device, a light beam emitted by the coherent light source is processed into a reference beam and a test beam. The four-quadrant optical detector has four photoelectric converting units arranged... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090091768 - Color filter inspection method, color filter manufacturing method, and color filter inspection apparatus: Included are an illumination lamp (2) for illuminating a color filter edge (23) at a predetermined angle of incidence, a sensor (3) for taking at least two images by imaging light reflected at a predetermined angle different from the angle of incidence, an image processing section (9) for calculating a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090091769 - Inner surface measuring apparatus: The inner surface shape of a hole, in particular, the inner surface shape of a hole the entry of which is narrow and which becomes wider further in from the entry, can be measured at a high level of accuracy. An inner surface measuring apparatus is provided which comprises: a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090086188 - Optical member driving apparatus for laser radar: An optical-member driving apparatus for laser radar, comprising: an optical-member integrated portion including an optical member and an optical-member mounted portion having the optical member mounted thereon; first erection members supporting the optical-member integrated portion; a relay portion to which the first erection members is connected; second erection members: supporting... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090086189 - Clutter rejection in active object detection systems: According to a method and apparatus taught herein an active object detection system performs reliable object detection based on light pulse emissions and corresponding and time-of-flight based distance determination, while advantageously rejecting clutter. While not limiting, the method and apparatus taught herein may be particularly advantageous for safety-critical object detection... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20090086190 - Liquid droplet measurement apparatus and liquid droplet measurement method: A liquid droplet measurement apparatus has: a first laser light source emitting a laser light; a first optical device which makes, in terms of a beam cross-section of the laser light, a beam width in a direction perpendicular to a direction of ejection of a liquid droplet, greater than a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090086191 - Optical gas detector: A gas detector is provided. The gas detector includes a measurement source of optical radiation, a reference source of optical radiation, a measurement detector configured to provide an output signal indicative of a gas of interest, a reference detector configured to provide an output signal at least partially independent of... Agent: Rick Comoglio Sr. Intellectual Property Counsel

20090086192 - Spectrum verification imaging system and method: A system (200) and method (800) for determining whether a sample object (203) has a color that is within a predetermined range is provided. The system (200) includes a light source (201) capable of projecting lights having different light wavelength spectrum upon the sample object (203). A controller (222) causes... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20090086193 - Optical time domain reflectometer: An improvement is added to an optical time domain reflectometer for emitting pulsed light of invisible light to a measured optical fiber, receiving return light of the pulsed light by a light detection section, measuring the measured optical fiber, and emitting visible light for visible inspection of a fault point... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090086194 - Method and system for detecting retroreflectors: An optical device that may include a sighting portion including an optical axis; an electromagnetic beam source coupled to said sighting portion, electromagnetic beam source facilitates generating a source beam including an axis that is substantially parallel to said optical axis; an optical surface coupled to said electromagnetic beam source;... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20090086195 - Method and apparatus for analyzing a dry-chemical test element: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for analyzing a dry-chemical test element, in particular an immunological test element, wherein, in the method, a dry-chemical test element is analyzed by optical scanning, whereby measurement light beams leaving assay regions of the test element, which are loaded with one... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.

20090086196 - Edge inspection apparatus: An edge inspection apparatus includes: an illumination means 5 that illuminates an edge of a flat subject with diffused light from a position other than directly above or directly below a surface or a reverse surface of the subject; an imaging means 4 that takes an image of the edge... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090086197 - Inspection apparatus: In order to realize an inspection with higher accuracy of an excrescence adhering to a front or rear surface of an inspection subject, the present invention provides an inspection apparatus including, a stage allowing an inspection subject to be mounted thereonto, an illumination unit for emitting diffused light to the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090086198 - Micro cuvette assembly and use thereof: Relates to a micro cuvette assembly (1), comprising a first partial plate (2) with one or more first cuvette surfaces (3) and a second partial plate (4) which is arrangeable relative to the first partial plate and has at least one or more second cuvette surfaces (5) which, in an... Agent: Notaro & Michalos P.C.

20090086199 - Method involving a pointing instrument and a target object: A first method determines a position of a point of interest on a target object surface in a target object coordinate system using orientation and distance measurements of a pointing instrument in an instrument coordinate system. A second method determines an orientation of a pointing instrument in an instrument coordinate... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP

20090086200 - Spectrometric characterization of pharmaceutical heterogeneity: In one general aspect, a spectroscopic method for monitoring heterogeneity of a sample is disclosed. In this method, sampled spectroscopic measurements are acquired over a range of different micro locations in a macro-sample of the sample. This step is repeated for micro-locations in further macro-samples of the sample, and a... Agent: Kristofer E. Elbing

20090086203 - Method for correlating spectroscopic measurements with digital images of contrast enhanced tissue: A system and method of correlating Raman measurements with digital images of a sample so to classify the sample's disease state. A spectroscopic data set is obtained for the sample positioned in the field of view of a spectroscopic device. With the sample removed from the field of view, the... Agent: Chemimage Corporation

20090086202 - Non-invasive disease diagnosis using light scattering probe: A method for non-invasive detection of a disease, a status of illicit-drug use, or smoking status includes transferring a body fluid obtained from a patient to a sensor comprising a nano-scale surface structure to allow the body fluid to come in contact with the nano-scale surface structure, illuminating the body... Agent: Xin Wen

20090086201 - Surface enhanced raman spectroscopy (sers) systems for the detection of viruses and methods of use thereof: Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems and methods for detecting and differentiating biomolecules of interest, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are provided.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090086204 - Fluorescence correlation microscopy with real-time alignment readout: This invention relates to a confocal fluorescence correlation microscope with real-time alignment read out. With this instrument it is possible to do confocal imaging together with the particle size determination at a chosen location in the specimen. In particular, this invention relates to a detector module with a fixed aperture... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20090086205 - Method and apparatus for identifying a substance: A spectroscopic detector includes a tunable light source, such as a continuously tunable, optical parametric oscillator laser; means for measuring the emitted radiation at a plurality of emission wavelengths to obtain a plurality of spectral measurement data; and a processor for processing the spectral measurement data, where the processor includes... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20090086206 - Tunable semiconductor laser device, manufacturing method therefor, and gas detector using therewith: A tunable semiconductor laser device includes a wavelength control region that is formed to include an active layer formed above a semiconductor substrate in an optical waveguide which guides the light generated by the active layer and that includes in at least one portion a diffraction grating which selects light... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090086207 - Alignment system for optical lithography: An alignment system for optical lithography uses cameras fixed to a movable stage and to a lithography unit to view unique microscopic non-uniformities that are inherent to the surface of a work piece, e.g., metal or ceramic microcrystalline grains, for position referencing. Stage cameras image two sites on the work... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20090086208 - Broad wavelength range tunable photonic materials: The present invention provides polymeric materials arranged as photonic crystals, or portions of photonic crystals, having properties which can be easily tuned over a large range of wavelengths upon exposure to an external stimulus. In some embodiments, the photonic crystals comprise at least one portion which can undergo a change... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090086209 - Method for marking defect and device therefor: A defect marking device includes a flaw inspection device which has a plurality of light-receiving parts that identify reflected lights coming from an inspection plane of a metal strip under two or more of optical conditions different from each other; a signal processing section that judges the presence/absence of surface... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090086211 - Optical measurement apparatus: In optical measurement utilizing total reflection, various types of measurement are selectively performed. The invention provides an optical measurement apparatus using total reflection, including a light source, a measurement optical system, and a light detector. The measurement optical system is an infinity-corrected positive lens formed of an optical member having... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090086210 - Surface plasmon resonance sensors and method for detecting samples using the same: Disclosed is an optical sensing device including a source unit providing a beam of light with continuously modulated phase retardation between p- and s-polarization components of the light by employing a LCM; a reference unit receiving a first part of the light to provide a reference signal; a SPR sensing... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090086212 - Semiconductor ring laser gyro: In a semiconductor ring laser gyro having a ring resonation structure, a semiconductor laser element with a luminous region having a width which is ten times or more as large as an oscillation wavelength is used as an exciting source, or a semiconductor laser element with a luminous region having... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090086213 - Optical tomographic imaging system: The optical tomographic imaging system includes a main body for acquiring an optical tomographic image, an optical probe having a rotary optical fiber for guiding the measuring and returning light, a measuring unit, and a sheath rotatably holding the rotary optical fiber and the measuring unit, a rotary drive unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090086214 - Aligned embossed diaphragm based fiber optic sensor: The present invention is a diaphragm-fiber optic sensor (DFOS), interferometric sensor. This DFOS is based on the principles of Fabry-Perot and Michelson/Mach-Zehnder. The sensor is low cost and is designed with high efficiency, reliability, and Q-point stability, fabricated using MEMS (micro mechanic-electrical system) technology, and has demonstrated excellent performance. A... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090086215 - Polarization-multiplexed multilevel differential phase shift keyed signal detector: An apparatus and method for detecting a PMUX multilevel DPSK signal having at least two polarization components with equal symbol periods, which comprises utilizing two polarization-independent Optical Delay Interferometers (ODIs), detecting the four outputs of the two ODIs with two balanced detectors, and digitizing the two detected electronic signals at... Agent: Wall & Tong, LLP/ Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc.

20090086216 - Partially coherent illumination for inverse scattering full-field interferometric synthetic aperture microscopy: Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional imaging of a sample. A source is provided of a beam of light characterized by partial spatial coherence. The beam is focused onto a sample and scattered light from the sample is superposed with a reference beam derived from the source onto a focal plane... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090086217 - Sheet thickness measuring device and image forming apparatus: A sheet thickness measuring device includes: an illumination unit that outputs a light that is illuminated into a stack of sheets from a first area defined on one of faces including a top face, a bottom face, and side faces of the stack of sheets; a detection unit that detects... Agent: Gregory Turocy Amin & Turocy, LLP