Optics: measuring and testing inventions 07/09

20090190119 - Light meter apparatus and system: A light meter for measuring photometric quantities includes a telephotometer having a photo detector to receive light energy entering the telephotometer. A light metering valve, for the purpose of providing a variable field of view, is located in the body of the telephotometer generally at the focal plane of the... Agent: Douglas W Rudy Law Offices Of Douglas W. Rudy, LLC

20090190120 - Safety system for contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds: An optoelectronic safety sensor (10) is set forth for the contactless measurement of paths and/or speeds of the safety sensor (10) or of a first object connected in a fixed position to the safety sensor (10) with respect to a second object (12) moved relatively to the first object, which... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090190121 - Obtaining information from time variation of sensing results: Sensing results from moving objects, e.g. from photosensing emanating light or from impedance-based sensing, can indicate sensed time-varying waveforms with information about objects. For example, a sensed time-varying waveform can be compared with another waveform, such as a reference waveform produced by objects of a certain type, to obtain comparison... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20090190122 - Aerodynamic lens: An aerodynamic lens, comprises a cylindrical body having an inlet and an outlet; and a convergence-divergence lens portion inside the cylindrical body, having a lens hole formed at the center of the convergence-divergence lens portion, through which a carrier gas and particles pass, a convergence slant surface at a convergence... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20090190123 - Method and apparatus for detecting defects on a disk surface: The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting defects on a disk surface which projects light on the disk surface by a light transmitting system, receives specula reflection light and scattered light by a light receiving system, exposes defects by performing a two-dimensional frequency filter process on a signal,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090190124 - Uniform light generating system for testing an image-sensing device and method of using the same: A uniform light generating system for testing an image-sensing device includes a light-generating unit, a light-transmitting unit, a light-diffusing unit, and a lens unit. The light-generating unit has a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting elements electrically disposed on the substrate. The light-transmitting unit has one side communicated with the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090190125 - Device and method for spectrometric system: The invention relates to a device for use in analysing the performance of a spectrometric system of the type which comprises a spectrometer to which a probe for propagating electromagnetic radiation is connected. The device comprises a holder for holding both a reflectance standard and the probe so that the... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20090190126 - Color sensor performance: The present disclosure includes a number of method, medium, and apparatus claims utilized for color sensor performance. One method includes determining performance of a color sensor, which can be performed by measuring a color parameter intensity and reflectance spectral power distribution of a particular type of print medium with a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090190127 - Spectroscope having spectroscopic paths with individual collimators: A spectroscope includes a diffraction grating having a plurality of ruled parallel lines; and a plurality of spectroscopic paths, each of which has a collimator for collimating incident light, emits the collimated light to the diffraction grating, and emits return light, which returns from the diffraction grating, through a slit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090190128 - Particle counter with improved image sensor array: A particle counter for optically detecting an unconstrained particle of less than one micron in size suspended in a flowing liquid includes a sample chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; a laser module producing a laser beam; a beam shaping optical system providing a multiple laser beam... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20090190129 - Apparatus for reading signals generated from resonance light scattered particle labels: Embodiments of the present invention include a control and analysis system, a signal generation and detection apparatus, or reader for capturing, processing and analyzing images of samples having resonance light scattering (RLS) particle labels. An analyzer/reader includes an illumination system having a unique shutter/aperture assembly for delivering precise patterns of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090190130 - Device for determining the position of an object movable along at least one displacement direction: The device for determining the distance of the component of the respective length measuring device, which is movable together with the object to be measured, from the object to be measured includes a measuring graduation as a first module and an associated measuring head as a second module, one of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090190131 - Methods and system for aligning optical packages: A method for aligning a beam spot with a waveguide portion of a wavelength conversion device includes scanning a beam spot over the input face of the wavelength conversion device while measuring the output intensity of the device such that an output intensity for each of a plurality of fast... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090190132 - Color inspection system: The objective of the invention is to provide a color inspection system capable of making determination on pass or failure with accuracy equivalent to that for the case of visual inspection even in the case of inspecting various textile products as measurement targets, such as a raised cloth, cloth with... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090190133 - Miniaturized system and method for measuring optical characteristics: A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090190134 - Method and apparatus for inspecting color filter: A method for inspecting a color filter includes a first step of disposing the color filter so that the color filter is opposed to a light source, a second step of outputting, from the light source, monochromatic light of a color corresponding to one of the colors of color layers... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090190135 - Cell culture hydrogel with ph indicator: The invention provides devices, compositions and methods for maintaining conditions in a cell culture and for measurement of conditions in the cell culture. In particular, the invention provides hydrogel materials, apparatus and methods for several non-invasive techniques of maintaining glucose and pH levels in cell cultures at near-optimal levels and... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090190136 - Detecting and/or measuring a substance based on a resonance shift of photons orbiting within a microsphere: Detecting and/or measuring a substance based on a resonance shift of photons orbiting within a microsphere of a sensor. Since the resonance of the microsphere has a large quality factor, the sensor is extremely sensitive. The sensor includes the microsphere coupled with at least one optical fiber. The surface of... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20090190137 - Method and apparatus for testing conic optical surfaces: According to one aspect, a part has two reflective surfaces, one being a conic surface portion having an axis with a focus thereon, and the other being part of a spherical surface with a centerpoint at the focus. According to a different aspect, a method includes fabricating a part with... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090190138 - Line profile asymmetry measurement: This disclosure provides methods for measuring asymmetry of features, such as lines of a diffraction grating. On implementation provides a method of measuring asymmetries in microelectronic devices by directing light at an array of microelectronic features of a microelectronic device. The light illuminates a portion of the array that encompasses... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20090190139 - Multi-source sensor for three-dimensional imaging using phased structured light: A system for sensing a three-dimensional topology of a test surface is provided. A first illumination source generates first patterned illumination from a first point of view. A second illumination source generates second patterned illumination from a second point of view, the second point of view differing from the first... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090190140 - Body metric differential measurement device: A method of measuring a metric of a measurement area of interest on a subject comprises contacting a part of the subject on a rest of a measurement apparatus that comprises an arm, a base attached to or formed on the arm, and a displacement sensor attached to the arm;... Agent: Avigdor Ronn

20090190141 - System for measuring a sample with a layer containing a periodic diffracting structure: To measure the critical dimensions and other parameters of a one- or two-dimensional diffracting structure of a film, the calculation may be simplified by first performing a measurement of the thickness of the film, employing a film model that does not vary the critical dimension or parameters related to other... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Kla-tencor Corporation

20090185157 - Pattern projection light source and compound-eye distance measurement apparatus: A pattern projection light source is disclosed in which a light source (2a); a plurality of mask regions (5) in each of which a light-transmitting portion that transmits light from the light source therethrough is formed in a predetermined pattern; and a plurality of lenses (7) that each form an... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090185158 - Device for optical distance measurement: The invention relates to a device for optically measuring distance, in particular a hand-held device, comprising an transmitter unit (12) which is provided with a light source (17, 18) for transmitting optical measuring radiation (13, 20, 22) to a target object (15), and a capturing unit (14) which is arranged... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090185159 - Distance measuring method and distance measuring element for detecting the spatial dimension of a target: A distance measuring method for detecting the spatial dimension of at least one target by at least one emission of a multiplicity of light pulses, in particular laser light, towards the target, detecting the light pulse scattered back by the target by means of a multiplicity of distance measuring pixels... Agent: Workman Nydegger/leica 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090185160 - Measuring device for determining the size, size distribution and quantity of particles in the nanoscopic range: d

20090185162 - Apparatus and method for measuring and/or controlling paper pulp properties: A method includes illuminating a material using first light. The first light is associated with one or more ultraviolet wavelengths/wavelength bands, and the material includes pulp fibers. The method also includes measuring second light from the material, where the second light is based on the first light. The method further... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090185163 - Apparatus for inspecting food: A food inspection apparatus 1 or 2 includes a light source or a plurality of light sources 10 that outputs near infrared light L1, and a detector unit 20 that measures a diffuse reflectance spectrum of light which is the near infrared light L1 and is diffusively reflected from an... Agent: Venable LLP

20090185164 - Method of inspecting food and inspection apparatus implementing the same: A food inspection apparatus of the present invention, which allows the improvement of throughput, comprises a light source unit 10 for irradiating near-infrared light to an irradiation range including an inspection object 90; a detection range setting means 60 for setting a detection scope in the irradiation range; a detector... Agent: Venable LLP

20090185165 - Method of inspecting food and inspection apparatus implementing the same: A food inspection apparatus of the present invention, which allows throughput improvement, comprises a light source unit 10 for irradiating near-infrared light to an irradiation range including an inspection object 90; a detector unit 20 having a plurality of photodetectors for receiving light such that the light caused in the... Agent: Venable LLP

20090185161 - Optical measurement apparatus and wideband light source apparatus employable therein: The present invention relates to an optical measurement apparatus and wideband light source apparatus equipped with a structure for making it possible in optical measurement utilizing light in a near-infrared region to expand the measurement range to the longer wavelength side in the near-infrared region. The optical measurement apparatus comprises... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090185166 - Magnetomotive optical coherence tomography: A spectral-domain magnetomotive optical coherence tomography apparatus, includes (a) a spectral-domain optical coherence tomography device, and (b) a magnet. The magnet is coupled with the optical coherence tomography device so that changes in the magnetic field are coordinated with collection of data by the optical coherence tomography device. This device... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC Suite 625

20090185167 - Image scanning apparatus and method: An image scanning apparatus comprises a time delay integration sensor for obtaining first image information from a target and a scan device for causing relative motion between the time delay integration sensor and the target. The image scanning apparatus is characterized by detector array for obtaining second image information from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090185169 - Monofibre optical meter for chemical measurement: Apparatus for determining a parameter of a sample has an optical sensor in the form of a monofibre waveguide having a distal end coated with a film that is placed in a sample. The waveguide has an input channel connected to a radiation light source and an output channel connected... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20090185168 - Optical measurement using fixed polarizer: Optical measurement method and systems employing a fixed polarizer are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing at least one optical detection system having a fixed polarizer having a first type polarization; providing a first target on a substrate and a second target on the substrate; optically measuring the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090185171 - Measuring modal content of multi-moded fibers: The output modal content of optical fibers that contain more than one spatial mode may be analyzed and quantified by measuring interference between co-propagating modes in the optical fiber. By spatially resolving the interference, an image of the spatial beat pattern between two modes may be constructed, thereby providing information... Agent: Law Office Of Peter V.d. Wilde

20090185172 - Optical inspection of optical specimens supported by a work holder: An optical inspection system includes an optical inspection device and an interface. The optical inspection device houses optical imaging components that acquire microscope visual images and acquire interference fringe images of a plurality of optical specimens along an optical path. The optical path is located along an optical axis of... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090185170 - Sensor cable and multiplexed telemetry system for seismic cables having redundant/reversible optical connections: An optical sensor cable includes at least one light source fiber extending substantially the entire length of the cable. A plurality of optical sensors are functionally coupled at an input thereof to the at least one light source fiber. At least one signal return fiber extends substantially along the entire... Agent: E. Eugene Thigpen

20090185173 - Apparatus and method for determining characteristics of a light source: The invention provides an apparatus for sampling and determining characteristics of a light source. The apparatus comprises a sensor system configured to sample the spatial and spectral radiation characteristics of the light source and a goniometer that is configured to desirably control and adjust the relative position between the sensor... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property And Standards

20090185174 - Method for testing a lens and positioning the lens relative to an image sensor: A method for testing and positioning a lens includes determining whether a modulation transfer function (MTF) value of the lens for an object at a first object distance is not less than a first required MTF value and whether another MTF value of the lens for an object at a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090185175 - Cavity ring down system having a common input/output port: A system having a multiple-mirror ring-down cavity with one mirror where light may be input into the cavity and light from the cavity may be detected. A valve may permit light to enter or not to enter the cavity. An amplifier may be connected to a detector for detecting light... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090185177 - Apparatus and method for the inspection of the surface of a component: An apparatus for inspection of a surface of a component includes a probing device (21) which is coupled to a traversing device (50) and has at least one probe carrier (22, 23), to which at least one inspection mechanism is fitted. In order to enable surface defects in a component... Agent: Harbin Klima Law Group PLLC

20090185176 - Diffractive method for control of piston error in coherent phased arrays: A high-power laser system includes a laser master oscillator, a plurality of fiber laser amplifiers producing intermediate output beamlets, a combiner for combining the intermediate beamlets into a combined output beam, and a piston error controller for minimizing errors related to beam combination that may degrade the quality of the... Agent: Carmen Patti Group , LLC

20090185178 - Surface inspection tool and surface inspection method: An object of the present invention is to provide a surface inspection tool in which a flat inspection range capable of measuring surface roughness of a wafer with patterns with high accuracy and in a nondestructive manner can be searched without visual search. In order to solve the object, in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090185179 - Glazing inspection: A method of inspecting a glazing for faults involves illuminating the glazing with light having a first wavelength to produce a bright-field image, and illuminating the glazing with light having a second wavelength to produce a dark-field image. The bright-field image and dark-field image are captured using a single image... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090185180 - Method for determining spherical aberration: m

20090185181 - Method for measuring a surface plasmon resonance and noble metal compound used for the same:

20090185182 - Simultaneous acquisition of fluorescence and reflectance imaging techniques with a single imaging device for multitask inspection: A hyperspectral reflectance and fluorescence line-scan imaging system is used for on-line quality and safety inspection of agricultural commodities. The system simultaneously acquires hyperspectral/multispectral combinations of both fluorescence and reflectance images of the agricultural commodities.... Agent: Usda, Ars, Ott

20090185183 - Monitoring stage alignment and related stage and calibration target: Methods, apparatuses and systems for monitoring a stage alignment in a processing system are disclosed. A method for monitoring a stage alignment in a processing system may include providing a calibration target on a surface of the stage; measuring an angle of incident of a light beam to the calibration... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090185184 - Alignment apparatus for manufacturing a liquid jet head, an alignment method for manufacturing the same and method of manufacturing a liquid jet head unit: An alignment apparatus includes a mask 410 which has a reference mark 401 at which an alignment mark 22 of an ink jet recording head 220 is positioned and a bifocal microscope 500 which has a first optical system 501 having an optical axis L1 and a second optical system... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090185185 - Apparatus and method for camera-based color measurements: A method includes receiving light from a material at a digital imaging device. The method also includes filtering the light into at least three spectral bands using a filter, where different regions of the filter pass different spectral bands. The method further includes measuring the light in each of the... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090185186 - Systems and methods for improving measurement of light transmittance through ink deposited on a substrate: Systems, methods and apparatus for manufacturing color filters for flat panel displays are provided that include an inkjet printing system integrated with a light transmittance measurement system. The inkjet printing system includes a stage for supporting and moving a substrate past inkjet print heads adapted to deposit ink in pixel... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20090185187 - Fiber optic probe and related apparatus, systems and methods for making optics-based measurements of liquid samples: A fiber-optic probe includes first and second optical fibers disposed in a body, a liquid sampling region between ends of the fibers and a reflector, and apertures communicating with the sampling region. The probe may be inserted in media in a vessel. Optical signals are transmitted through the first fiber,... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20090185188 - Pass-fail tool for testing particulate contamination level in a fluid: A simple pass-fail tool that can be used to test the particulate contamination level in a fluid. The tool relies upon a comparison between a measured indicator of the contamination level in the fluid with another indicator of a contamination level of the fluid. Based on the comparison, conclusions about... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090185189 - Optoelectronic probe system with all-optical coupling: An optoelectronic probe system with all-optical coupling includes an optoelectronic measuring console coupled with an optoelectronic probe via an optical connector. A supplemental optical signal having an operative wavelength other than an operative wavelength of the regular optical part of the optoelectronic measuring console is communicated to the optoelectronic probe... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090185190 - Temperature-stable interferometer: This invention provides an interferometer for detecting analyte in a microfluidic chip. The device maintains a stable temperature at the chip with variation of no more than 5 microdegrees C. and/or no more than 20 microdegrees C. in the medium through which the optical train travels from a source of... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20090185191 - Device and method for imaging the ear using optical coherence tomography: A method of forming an image of tissue. The method includes non-invasively inserting a fiber-based device into a patient's ear canal and acquiring OCT data from ear tissue while the fiber-based device is in the ear canal. The method also includes converting the OCT data into at least one image.... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC

20090185192 - Apparatus and method for using a counter-propagating signal method for locating events: An apparatus and method for using a counter-propagating signal method for locating events is disclosed. The apparatus and method uses a Mach Zehnder interferometer through which counter-propagating signals can be launched. If the sensing zone of the Mach Zehnder interferometer is disturbed, modified counter-propagating signals are produced and the time... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090185193 - Interferometric measurement of dlc layer on magnetic head: An explicit relationship is developed between the ratio of average interferometric modulation produced by diamond-like carbon (DLC)-coated magnetic-head surfaces and the thickness of the DLC layer. Accordingly, the thickness of the DLC layer is calculated in various manners from modulation data acquired for the system using object surfaces of known... Agent: Antonio R. Durando

20090185194 - Wavefront-aberration measuring device and exposure apparatus including the device: A measuring device for measuring a wavefront aberration of an optical system includes a first mask for defining light that enters the optical system, and a second mask having first to fourth openings. The first opening transmits a component of the light passing through the optical system without removing information... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090185195 - Interference objective for annular test surfaces: An apparatus including: an interferometric objective comprising a beam splitter surface configured to separate input light into test light and reference light, and a reference surface configured to receive the reference light and direct it back to the beam splitter surface, which is configured to recombine the reference light with... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090185196 - Gap sensor enabling mounting of syringe and dispenser having the same: Disclosed herein is a gap sensor enabling the mounting of a syringe. The gap sensor includes an emitting part and a receiving part for measuring a distance to a substrate. A syringe mounting unit is integrally provided between the receiving part and the emitting part, so that the lower end... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090180098 - Determining target distance in imaging reader: A target distance to a system target located at variable distances from an imaging system is determined by illuminating a calibration target at a calibration distance with a collimated light beam during a calibration mode of operation, by illuminating the system target at the variable target distance with the collimated... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090180099 - Distance measuring system: The distance detector 12b returns part of the light received from the distance detector 12a located at the starting point side by reflection, or reflection and refraction, sends the remaining part of the light to the distance detectors 12b, 12c, 12d and 12e located at the forefront end side by... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090180100 - Engraved gemstone viewer: The present invention is an engraved gemstone viewer for viewing a smooth surface of a gemstone that has been micro or nano etched, engraved or embossed with an inscription such as an identification number. The gemstone is mounted on a piece of jewelry or can remain unmounted when received by... Agent: Jeffrey S. Sokol Cook & Franke, S.c.

20090180101 - Methods and apparatus for estimating a downhole fluid property: Apparatus and method for estimating a downhole fluid property using a carrier conveyable into a well borehole, one or more light sources carried by the carrier, the one or more light sources comprising at least one quantum cascade laser light source, a fluid sample cell that receives light emitted from... Agent: Edmonds, P.C.

20090180102 - Apparatus and method for analyzing milk in field: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for analyzing milk in a field, capable of analyzing the quality of milk by rapidly and easily examining components of milk in a field, other than a laboratory. To manage the quality of milk, a monochromator using an interference filter having different wavelength... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090180103 - Apparatus for measuring residual stress of optical fiber: There is provided an apparatus for measuring a residual stress of an optical fiber including a light generation unit that generates light; a lens unit that converts the generated light into collimated light; a polarization unit including variable polarization devices that divide the collimated light into two vertically polarized light... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20090180104 - Methods for configuring optical projection system: An optical projection system for use with a display surface includes at least one image source comprising an array of source image pixels, a projector to project a first projection of the array of source image pixels, and at least one mirror including at least one curved reflecting surface having... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090180105 - Swept-angle spr measurement system: A swept-angle SPR measurement system deflects an optical beam over a range of deflection angles according to a control signal and maps the deflected beam to a target within a range of incidence angles that corresponds to the range of deflection angles.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090180107 - Angular position sensor for relative attitude sensing: A disclosed sensor includes a light emitter configured to transmit an emitted light beam having a range of wavelengths toward a reflecting element that is configured to produce a reflected light beam having a particular wavelength that is a function of an angle of incidence of the emitted light beam... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20090180106 - Method and device for contact angle determination from radius of curvature of drop by optical distance measurement: A drop on a sample surface in a gaseous environment has a curved surface with a symmetry axis and a defined volume. To determine the contact angle, an object is imaged based on the reflection property of the surface of the drop, the position of the object with respect to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090180108 - Determining angle of incidence with respect to workpiece: A method, system and computer program product for determining an angle of incidence of a light beam illuminating a workpiece positioned on a stage are disclosed. A method for determining an angle of incidence of a light beam illuminating a workpiece positioned on a stage may include: positioning a calibration... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090180109 - Defect inspection method and defect inspection system: An object of the invention is to provide a defect inspection method which can prevent the failure in detecting a defect, caused by saturation of a pattern signal obtained by inspecting an inspected object, so that the investigation of the cause for defect occurrence can be done earlier. To achieve... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090180110 - Inspection system and method: A method of inspecting a lateral pipe extending from a manhole, said method comprising: (a) inserting an imaging head into said manhole using a positioning system, said imaging head connected to an elongated member and comprising an imaging device adapted to convert an image to an image signal, a lens... Agent: Saul Ewing LLP Centre Square West

20090180111 - Illuminator for specular measurements: A system for detecting reflectance from an image bearing surface in a printer or electronic copier includes an illuminator array, positioned adjacent to the image bearing surface, comprising a plurality of discrete illuminator elements that are spaced in a linear arrangement; a light diffuser positioned between the illuminator array and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20090180112 - Optical sensing system based on a micro-array structure: An optical sensing system includes an optical sensor that includes a substrate having an upper surface and a plurality of tapered walls on the substrate, wherein at least one of the tapered walls is aligned along a longitudinal direction, wherein the plurality of tapered walls comprise sloped surfaces oriented at... Agent: Xin Wen

20090180113 - Method and apparatus for identifying the chemical composition of a gas: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the analysis of the components of one or more gases, for example a gas mixture sampled from a semiconductor manufacturing process such as plasma etching or plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). Particular embodiments provide sufficient power to a plasma of the sample,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090180114 - Fine particle constituent measuring method and fine-particle constituent measuring apparatus: Fine particles such as nanoparticles and microparticles is irradiated to generate plasma by focusing an ultrashort pulse laser beam 15 emitted from a laser device 16. More preferably, the plasma is generated by a filament 14 generated in the ultrashort pulse laser beam 15. A constituent of the fine particles... Agent: Notaro & Michalos P.C.

20090180115 - Single-lens computed tomography imaging spectrometer and method of capturing spatial and spectral information: Computed tomography imaging spectrometers (“CTISs”) employing a single lens are provided. The CTISs may be either transmissive or reflective, and the single lens is either configured to transmit and receive uncollimated light (in transmissive systems), or is configured to reflect and receive uncollimated light (in reflective systems). An exemplary transmissive... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090180116 - Modular dust measurement: A modular dust measuring device (10) is set forth for the determination of a foreign body concentration in a gas having at least one optical sensor head (14) which has a light transmitter (16) and a light receiver (22) and having a central unit (12) which has an evaluation unit... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090180118 - Method of optically monitoring the progression of a physical and/or chemical process taking place on a surface of a body: The invention relates to a method for optically monitoring the progression of a physical and/or chemical process taking place on a surface of a body in which the surface radiation which emanates from part of the surface during the physical and/or chemical process, is measured with the aid of a... Agent: John C. Thompson

20090180117 - Optical device for dispersing light: An optical device includes an aperture stop that limits an angular extent of light from an illuminated sample. A first lens is positioned between the aperture stop and a detector plane. A second lens is positioned between the first lens and the detector plane and is operable to map light... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090180119 - Multi-color cavity ringdown based detection method and apparatus: A multi-color cavity ringdown based spectrometer is housed in a light tight enclosure to detect the presence of trace quantities of gas phase molecules emanating from explosives, drugs, or hazardous materials being transported through the enclosure or compounds contained in a patient's breath. A method is also disclosed for detecting... Agent: Butler, Snow, O'mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC

20090180120 - Automatic analysis apparatus and automatic analysis method: An automatic analysis apparatus and an automatic analysis method analysis that includes an optical convergence point adjusting unit in order to variably adjust an optical convergence point of irradiation light or an optical convergence point of detection light to or from a reaction cuvette in accordance with at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090180121 - Method of particle detection, apparatus therefor, method of forming particle concentration difference in dispersion liquid, and apparatus therefor: A method of particle detection includes a shock wave generating step of irradiating a dispersion liquid having dispersed first particles having a first diameter and second particles having a second diameter larger than the first diameter, with a pulse laser, and generating a shock wave in the dispersion liquid, a... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090180122 - Methods and apparatus for rapid scanning continuous wave terahertz spectroscopy and imaging: Methods and apparatus are provided employing rapid scanning continuous wave terahertz spectroscopy and imaging for the non-destructive evaluation of materials such as animal hides and natural cork, and explosive detection, concealed weapon detection, and drug detection. A system employing an aperiodic detector array and implementing phase modulation at 100 kHz... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090180123 - Enhanced optical coherence tomography for anatomical mapping: A system, method and apparatus for anatomical mapping utilizing optical coherence tomography. In the present invention, 3-dimensional fundus intensity imagery can be acquired from a scanning of light back-reflected from an eye. The scanning can include spectral domain scanning, as an example. A fundus intensity image can be acquired in... Agent: Carl Zeiss Meditec C/o Mofo

20090180124 - Method and apparatus for identifying dynamic characteristics of a vibratory object: A method and apparatus for identifying dynamic characteristics of a vibratory object is provided in the present invention, in which a series of dynamic interference images of the vibratory object is acquired through a frequency sweeping procedure and a two-dimensional image scanning procedure. Thereafter, the acquired images are processed for... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090180125 - Rotary encoder apparatus: Rotary encoder apparatus is described that comprises one or more readheads (114) and a radial scale (20). Each of the one or more readheads (114) includes a light emitting portion (30, 32) for illuminating the radial scale and a light detecting portion (40, 42) for detecting interference fringes formed at... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090174878 - Optical measurement device: An optical measurement device for measuring an optical appearance of a surface of a sample, in particular the surface of a human skin, wherein the optical measurement device comprises: a first illumination device (16) for illuminating the surface (14) with a first illumination beam (22), wherein the first illumination beam... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090174879 - Apparatus and method for optically examining security documents: An apparatus for optical analysis of value documents (BN) possesses a recording area (14) in which a value document (BN) is located during analysis, and a spectrographic device (16). The latter has a spatially dispersing optical device (29) for at least partly decomposing optical radiation coming from the recording area... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090174880 - Inspection apparatus and method: An optical plate having an exit pupil array or a lens array aligned at a predetermined pitch is disposed at the front of a display. A test pattern is supplied to the display to light a pixel corresponding to the predetermined pitch. A first optical element transmits a light from... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090174881 - Optical system for a flow cytometer with an interrogation zone: The optical system of the preferred embodiments includes a first light source that creates a first beam of a first wavelength, a first collimating element that collimates the first beam, a second light source 102 that creates a second beam of a second wavelength, a second collimating element that collimates... Agent: Schox PLC

20090174882 - Spatial separation of optical frequency components using photonic crystals: Disclosed are various devices and methods employing photonic crystals (103, 126) to facilitate spatial separation of frequency components of a beam. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a preconditioning waveguide (106, 306) facilitating a predefined amount of diffraction of a beam comprising a plurality of wavelengths. A... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090174883 - Optical metrology systems and methods: Metrology systems and methods that measure thin film thickness and or index of refraction of semiconductor wafers with at least one deposited or grown thin film layer. The present invention measures near normal incidence and grazing angle of incidence reflection (using reflected broadband UV, visible, and near infrared electromagnetic radiation)... Agent: Ross Patent Law Office

20090174884 - Resonant optothermoacoustic detection of optical absorption: A device comprising an acoustic detector, one or more thermal sensing elements coupled to the acoustic detector, and a light source. A method comprising directing a beam of light at a wavelength at or near one or more thermal sensing elements, wherein the thermal sensing elements are coupled to an... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20090174885 - Sensor and method utilizing multiple optical interferometers: Disclosed is a low-cost high-resolution compact accelerometer which utilizes multiple self-mixing optical interferometers. The device is also a micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS) sensor. The interferometers are used to detect acceleration as well as monitor the wavelength, temperature, and refractive index and perform differential measurements. In addition, photodetectors are employed to monitor... Agent: Chian Chiu Li

20090174886 - System for producing tomographic image by optical tomography: In optical tomography measurement using light, the wavelength of which is periodically swept, interference light between reflection light and reference light is split into first interference light and second interference light by a light splitting means. The optical path length of the first interference light and that of the second... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090168045 - Three-dimensional surround scanning device and method thereof: A three-dimensional surround scanning device and a method thereof are described, which are adopted to perform surround scanning on a scene area, so as to construct a three-dimensional model. The device includes an image acquisition element, a first moving mechanism, a range acquisition element, and a controller. The controller controls... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090168046 - Feature detecting vision sensor: A visual sensor for generating an array of binarized feature signals based on a visual field is provided. The visual sensor comprises an array of photoreceptor circuits capable of generating photoreceptor signals based on the visual field, an array of feature detectors capable of generating feature signals based on the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090168047 - Flow velocity detector and ink-jet printer: A flow velocity detector for detecting a flow velocity of a fluid flowing through a flow passage is provided, the flow velocity detector including a flow passage-forming section which defines the flow passage; a stress light-emitting section which is arranged at the flow passage-forming section to receive a stress having... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20090168048 - Evaluation method and manufacturing method of light-emitting element material, manufacturing method of light-emitting element, and light-emitting device and electric appliance having light-emitting element: The present invention provides an evaluation method for evaluating whether a light-emitting element material to be evaluated is suitable for a host material or a guest material. By carrying out a first step of measuring absorption intensity of a light-emitting element material and a second step of irradiating the light-emitting... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090168049 - Method and apparatus for measuring analytes: A method for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a part of a subject is provided. An invasive or non-invasive sample of blood may be used for this determination. Also provided is a device for measuring the concentration of a compound in the blood of a... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090168050 - Optical sensor system and method: The disclosed optical component may include an optical device and an overmold. The optical device may be configured to transmit or receive one or more wavelengths of light. The overmold may be disposed about the entirety of the optical device and may include a material transparent to the one or... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20090168053 - Optical detector for a particle sorting system: An optical system for acquiring fast spectra from spatially channel arrays includes a light source for producing a light beam that passes through the microfluidic chip or the channel to be monitored, one or more lenses or optical fibers for capturing the light from the light source after interaction with... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090168051 - Particle counting and dna uptake system and method for detection, assessment and further analysis of threats due to nebulized biological agents: The Nebulized Airborne Biohazard Stage Alert (NABSA) is a method utilizing an optical particle counter in conjunction with a fluorometer as triggers to detect and assess potential biohazard threats infused into surrounding air. In the first stage an optical particle counter is constantly passing sampled air in front of an... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090168052 - System and method for improved biodetection: A portable substance identification system and method are configured to identify at least one detection target faster and with greater accuracy than is possible using prior substance identification systems and/or prior substance identification techniques. An embodiment of the portable substance identification system includes a portable substance identification device containing a... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090168054 - 3-d shape measuring method for auto-grinding equipment of lcd color filter and 3-d shape measuring apparatus for the same: Provided are a three-dimensional image measuring method and apparatus for an LCD color filter automatic grinder. It is possible to measure a three-dimensional image of an LCD color filter, even though textures for recovering the three-dimensional image are insufficient, by irradiating illumination passed through a patterned filter to the LCD... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090168056 - Pattern formation device: A pattern formation device is for forming a pattern on a substrate includes first and second foreign matter detection sensors. Each of the first and second foreign matter detection sensors includes a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit disposed across a transport path of the substrate from the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090168055 - Semiconductor manufacturing peripheral verification tool: Apparatus and methods for verification of the dimensions of a semiconductor manufacturing peripheral are disclosed, in which the peripheral, e.g., a wafer cassette, is positioned between, and is enveloped by, an emitter housing and an opposing receiver housing adapted for emitting and receiving, respectively, light from a selected portion of... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090168057 - Reflex sight: A reflex sight (10) comprises a housing (20) fitted with a proximal aperture (21) and a distal aperture (22) along an optics axis (A). It further includes a projection unit (40) reproducing the light generated by a light source (50) as a target mark (Z), and a feed optics (60)... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090168059 - Analysis method effected with rapid analyte chemical separation and quick detection: A stationary medium is employed both to separate chemicals from a sample solution and also to generate surface-enhanced Raman scattering, so that spectral analysis of the separated analyte chemical can be performed. Applied driving force causes the sample to flow into the stationary medium and to distribute therethrough, thereby causing... Agent: Ira S. Dorman

20090168058 - System and method for improved biodetection: Portable substance identification system and method are configured to identify at least one detection target faster and with greater accuracy than is possible using prior substance identification systems and/or prior substance identification techniques. An embodiment of the portable substance identification system includes a portable substance identification device containing a Raman... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090168060 - Spectrometric measurement system and method for compensating for veiling glare: The present solution is directed to a measuring system and a method for determining spectrometric measurement results with high accuracy. The spectrometric measuring system, comprises a radiation source, an entrance slit, a dispersion element, and a detector with detector elements arranged in a linear or matrix-shaped manner in one or... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20090168061 - Fluorescence detection apparatus: A fluorescent detection apparatus relates to an analysis technique for qualitatively detecting or quantifying biomolecules by producing an evanescent field on a surface of a substrate, exciting fluorescently labelled biomolecules on the substrate surface in the evanescent field, and detecting the resultant fluorescent light emitted from the biomolecules. The fluorescent... Agent: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.

20090168062 - Inspection method and apparatus, lithographic apparatus, lithographic processing cell, and device manufacturing method to measure a property of a substrate: A system is configured to measure two separately polarized beams upon diffraction from a substrate in order to determine properties of the substrate. Circularly or elliptically polarized light sources are passed via a fixed phase retarder in order to change the phase of one of two orthogonally polarized radiation beams... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090168063 - Dental color measurement tool, dental color measurement tool system, and dental color measurement system: A dental color measurement tool disposed opposite an opening portion for capturing light from an artificial tooth to undergo color measurement with a color measurement device includes at least one pair of guide posts having an engaging portion corresponding to an engaging portion on the color measurement device side, and... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090168064 - Method and apparatus for measuring the optical absorption of samples: In a method and apparatus for measuring the optical absorption of samples having a light source (1), a photoelectric converter (8), a measurement beam path extending between the light source (1) and the converter (8), in which path the sample to be examined is arranged, a reference beam path extending... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090168065 - Examining device and examining method: An examining device adapted to examining a transmittance of a display panel is provided. The examining device includes a light source, a first polarizer, a photodetector, a second polarizer, at least one first reflector and at least one second reflector. The light source and the photodetector are respectively disposed on... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090168066 - Microfluidic protein crystallography: The use of microfluidic structures enables high throughput screening of protein crystallization. In one embodiment, an integrated combinatoric mixing chip allows for precise metering of reagents to rapidly create a large number of potential crystallization conditions, with possible crystal formations observed on chip. In an alternative embodiment, the microfluidic structures... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090168067 - Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays: A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and a release sheet. This front plane laminate can be prepared as a continuous web, cut... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20090168068 - Coated metal surface on solid support for displacement reactions: A coated metal surface on a solid support, wherein the coating consists of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated amide group-containing alkyl thiols firmly attached to the metal surface via the thiol-end and low molecular weight antigens bound via an amide-group to the SAM-forming OEG molecule, wherein the alkyl... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090168069 - Measuring method: The measuring method for providing a precise determination of a geometry of a concave portion is provided. The measuring method includes: measuring an angle of a side wall of a concave portion with a bottom surface thereof formed in an insulating film (operation S1); defining a plurality of parameter groups... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090168070 - Method and device for measuring the spectral phase or the combined spectral and spatial phases of ultra short light pulses: e

20090168071 - Method and system for producing tomographic image by optical tomography: When reflection light, reflected from a measurement target that has been irradiated with measurement light in such a manner to scan the measurement target, and reference light are combined in each wavelength sweep, interference light is detected as interference signals. When a thinning region in which the interference signals obtained... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090168072 - Illumination system: A coherence remover includes a first partially reflective surface and a second partially reflective surface. The coherence remover is configured to receive an input beam. Each of the first and second reflective surfaces is configured to reflect a respective portion of the input beam to produce respective one or more... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090168073 - Cantilever sensor system and profilers and biosensors using the same: The present invention relates to a cantilever sensor system and profilers as well as biosensors using the same. The cantilever sensor system comprises: an interferometric lens module; a cantilever module; and an imaging device. The interferometric lens module further comprises: a light source; a light splitting unit; and an interferometric... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090168074 - Method of assessing bond integrity in bonded structures: A technique for acoustic detection of a disbond within a bonded structure involves thermal excitation of the surface of the bonded structure to induce a lifting and membrane vibration and is applicable to laminates and coated structures, as well as foam core structures or a honeycomb structures. The technique does... Agent: Ira S Dorman

20090168075 - Measurement method, a measurement apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium: A measurement method for measuring a shape of a target using an interference pattern includes the steps of converting a first interference pattern into a first shape of the target (S103 to S105), obtaining a second interference pattern at a position where the target moves in an optical axis direction... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090168076 - Light wave interferometer apparatus: The light wave interferometer apparatus is provided and includes: a luminous flux, which is sent from the light source and divided into two portions by the luminous flux separation and composition unit, are combined with each other again under the condition that the divided luminous fluxes hold wavefront information corresponding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090168077 - High-resolution encoder array: A position sensing apparatus and method, motion control system, and integrated circuit are provided that include a plurality of sensors and a tracking processor. The plurality of sensors includes a linear array of sensors that sense a plurality of features of an object. A spacing between two of the plurality... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20090168078 - Measuring instrument for determining the actual condition of wheel sets: A measuring instrument has a first section for rolling a wheelset under lateral guidance of the wheelset into a measurement section with an auxiliary rail for supporting the wheelset on the outer edges of its wheels and a third section for rolling out the wheelset into the railway track, with... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090168079 - Reflective film thickness measurement method: A reflective film thickness measurement method includes reading an original spectral image of a thin film measured by a broadband light source passing through a measurement system, transforming the original spectral image into a broadband reflectance wavelength function and then into a broadband frequency-domain function, dividing the broadband frequency-domain function... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC