Optics: measuring and testing inventions 08/09

20090213358 - Method, device, and computer program for determining a range to a target: A method, device, and computer program for determining range to a target is disclosed. Specifically, the invention provides a method, device and computer program for determining a second range to a target based on a first range to the target and an angle to the target such that the parabolic... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090213359 - Optical device for measuring moving speed of an object relative to a surface: The invention relates to sensors of the speed of movement of a vehicle over the ground. The sensor comprises illumination means for illuminating the surface and at least one optical sensor able to detect the radiation returned by the surface. The illumination means and the optical sensor have one and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090213360 - Device and method for in vitro determination of analyte concentration within body fluids: A reagentless whole-blood analyte detection system that is capable of being deployed near a patient has a source capable of emitting a beam of radiation that includes a spectral band. The whole-blood system also has a detector in an optical path of the beam. The whole-blood system also has a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090213361 - Supporting remote analysis: This disclosure relates to optical measurement and identification of samples.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20090213362 - Optical measuring system: An optical measuring system has a first optical measuring instrument and a second optical measuring instrument. The optical measuring system includes a first optical path to guide a first beam from a measuring region to the first optical measuring instrument, a second optical path to guide a second beam from... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090213363 - Power monitoring device for powerful fiber laser systems: A pig-tailed optical component used in a powerful fiber laser system is configured with a power monitor unit. The monitor unit has a plate-shaped beam splitter operative to reflect portions of at least one of respective forward and backreflected light signals, and multiple photo-detectors.... Agent: Ipg Photonics Corporation

20090213364 - Surface inspection method and inspection device using the same: p

20090213365 - Device and method for checking and rotating electronic components: The invention relates to a device for inspecting and rotating electronic components, particularly flip chips, comprising a component which is rotatably mounted at a position of rotation and which is used to rotate electric components. A first receiving element is fixed to the outer side of the component in order... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20090213366 - Method and apparatus for detecting defects: A method and apparatus for detecting defects are provided for detecting harmful defects or foreign matter with high sensitivity on an object to be inspected with a transparent film, such as an oxide film, by reducing noise due to a circuit pattern. The apparatus for detecting defects includes a stage... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090213367 - Transmissive element: A transmissive element and a method for production thereof is provided, the element comprising a perforated layer (22) of conductive material (20). Applications include electrochromic windows, energy efficient architectural windows, and touch screen panels, for example.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090213368 - Tunable spectroscopic enhancement via transformation of electroless plating into metal films with predictably adjustable optical features: A plurality of gold nanoparticles disposed on a surface of a substrate includes nanoparticles having an average particle density greater than 1.8×1011 particles per squared centimeter of the surface. The gold nanoparticles include a monomodal diameter distribution and an average diameter capable of being arbitrarily controlled between about 5 nm... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090213370 - Apparatus and method for obtaining images using coherent anti-stokes raman scattering: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for obtaining images using coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering. The apparatus for obtaining images using coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering according to the present invention comprises: a pump light source and a stokes light source that irradiate pump light and stokes light on a sample to... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20090213369 - Metallic nanostructures adapted for electromagnetic field enhancement: The disclosure relates to metallic nanophotonic crescent structures, or “nanocrescent SERS probes,” that enhance detectable signals to facilitate molecular detections. More particularly, the nanocrescent SERS probes of the disclosure possess specialized geometries, including an edge surrounding the opening that is capable of enhancing local electromagnetic fields. Nanosystems utilizing such structures... Agent: Joseph R. Baker, Apc Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP

20090213371 - Spectrophotometer comprising two detectors for overlapping wavelength ranges: A spectrophotometer has a first photodetector (24) and a second photodetector (25) which is displaced spatially from the first photodetector in the direction of increasing wavelength in the spectrum. At any given time the second photodetector receives light at a wavelength which is substantially greater than that being received simultaneously... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090213372 - Method and apparatus for measuring particle sizes in a liquid field of the invention: A new method of measuring sizes of particles suspended in a liquid using optical mixing spectroscopy of scattered light and an apparatus for implementing the method are disclosed. The method consists in making measurements by a fiber optic probe introduced into a medium under investigation, the probe comprising several multiple... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20090213373 - Detection system and method for aerosol delivery: An apparatus comprises a detector, a pressure sensor and a processor. The detector is operable to detect light that is scattered by an aerosol that is associated with a pressure. The pressure sensor is operable to measure the pressure. The processor is coupled to the detector and to the pressure... Agent: Michelle Saquet Temple

20090213374 - Optical characteristic measuring apparatus and optical characteristics measuring method: An optical characteristic measuring apparatus includes an optical system 10 including first and second carrier retarders 24 and 32 having the retardations being known and differing from each other. The optical characteristic measuring apparatus performs: a spectrum extraction process of extracting a plurality of spectral peaks from a frequency spectrum... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090213376 - Optical equipment: Optical equipment for detecting beams emitted from a sample by irradiating the sample with linear polarization according to an aspect of the present invention includes a wavelength-independent optical path division element arranged at a position of coupling of a illumination optical path of the linear polarization and a detection optical... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, P.c.

20090213375 - Optical method for the characterization of laterally-patterned samples in integrated circuits: Disclosed is a method for characterizing a sample having a structure disposed on or within the sample, comprising the steps of applying a first pulse of light to a surface of the sample for creating a propagating strain pulse in the sample, applying a second pulse of light to the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20090213377 - Reflective optical system: A lens arrangement is presented. The lens arrangement comprises a first element having a concave reflective surface and defining an optical axis of the lens arrangement, and a second substantially flat and at least partially reflective element spaced-apart from the first element along the optical axis. The second element is... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090213378 - Method for calculating out an optimum arrangement pitch between each two led chip package units: A method for calculating out an optimum arrangement pitch between each two LED chip package units, including: providing a backlight module with a predetermined brightness value and a predetermined material information that a customer needs; determining what brightness level and amount of LED chip package units need to be used... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090213379 - Skin color matching method and system: A first method for matching skin colors comprises measuring a spectral reflectance curve of an area of skin and determining a blend of pigments to match the skin's color by combining spectral reflectance curves measured for pigments to produce a calculated spectral reflectance curve corresponding to that of the skin.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20090213380 - Gas analyzer system: A gas analyzer system includes an optical source, an optical filter assembly, a controller, and an analyzer. The optical source generates an optical signal. The optical filter assembly includes different optical filters in which to filter the optical signal. During operation, the controller selects sequential application of each of the... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, Llc

20090213381 - Analyzer system and optical filtering: A gas analyzer system includes an optical source, an optical filter assembly, a controller, and an analyzer. The optical source generates an optical signal. The optical filter assembly includes different optical filters in which to filter the optical signal. During operation, the controller selects sequential application of each of the... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, Llc

20090213383 - Apparatus and method for detecting one or more substances: Several embodiments of a method of detecting a substance are disclosed herein.... Agent: Bryan Cave LLP

20090213382 - Optical resonance analysis unit: An array surface plasmon resonance (SPR) analysis instrument comprising a reflective SPR sensor array, a light source assembly arranged to project a collimated beam of light onto the reflective SPR sensor array to provide a reflected array image of the sensor array, and to scan the incident angle of the... Agent: Ge Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp. Patent Department

20090213384 - Sensor, multichannel sensor, sensing apparatus, and sensing method: A new and novel sensor having a simple structure with high detection sensitivity. The sensor (S1) includes the following from measuring light (L1) input side in the order listed below: a first reflector (10) having semi-transmissive and semi-reflective properties; a translucent body (20); and a second reflector (30) having perfect... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090213385 - Multi-phase interferometer: An optical perturbation sensing system includes a probing beam incident on a medium with perturbations and a sensing beam redirected from the medium and incident on a surface area of a photodetector. A reference beam directed onto the photodetector surface forms, with the sensing beam, an interference pattern on the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090213386 - Apparatus and method for measuring surface topography of an object: An apparatus for measuring surface topography of an object includes an optical arrangement capable of directing a first light beam at a surface of the object, providing a second light beam coherent with and spatially phase-shifted relative to the first light beam, and generating an interference beam from the second... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090213387 - Optical probe and optical tomographic image production apparatus using the probe: An optical tomographic image production apparatus includes an optical probe, in which a light-transmitting area that transmits measurement light and a light-blocking area that blocks the measurement light are formed. The light-blocking area is provided at a start position and an end position of the light-transmitting area. A tomographic image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090213388 - Measurement method and measurement reticle: The present invention provides a measurement method of measuring a wavefront aberration of an optical system to be measured, the method including arranging a measurement reticle on an object plane of the optical system to be measured, forming an image of the wavefront measurement mark on an image plane of... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Ip Docketing

20090213389 - Wavefront aberration measuring method, mask, wavefront aberration measuring device, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: A wavefront aberration measuring device includes a mask placed in an object plane of a to-be-tested optical system and having a pattern including a pinhole producing a spherical wave and adjoining diffraction gratings each ruled with lines oriented in a direction different from the other; an illumination optical system that... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090213390 - Displacement detecting device and optical instrument having the same: A displacement detecting device includes a light source for projecting light to an object to be examined, the light source being movable relative to the object to be examined, a first reflecting element being fixed to the object to be examined and including a reflection portion for reflecting light from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090207401 - Apparatus for characterizing fiber bragg gratings: An apparatus characterizes at least one fiber Bragg grating. The apparatus includes a laser pulse source, an optical spectrum analyzer, and multiple optical paths. A first optical path includes a pulse stretcher and an attenuator. A second optical path optically coupled to the first optical path includes a mirror. A... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090207402 - Method for detecting a core of an optical fiber and method and apparatus for connecting optical fibers: A method for connecting optical fibers comprises determining the position of the core of a fiber. In response to heating, the optical fibers emit light of which an image can be recorded. The position of the core and/or the eccentricity of the fiber is determined from the recorded image. The... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090207403 - Method of measuring front and back surfaces of target object: A method of measuring a front surface profile and a back surface profile of a target object includes: mounting the target object in such a posture that a first measuring surface (front surface) is measurable by a probe; first measuring a contour of the target object; measuring the first measuring... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090207405 - Defect inspecting apparatus: A defect inspecting apparatus of the invention solves a problem that in a defect inspecting apparatus, because of improving detection sensitivity of a microscopic defect by reducing a detection pixel size, a focal depth becomes shallow, a height of imaging is varied due to environmental change and the detection sensitivity... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090207404 - System and method for surface inspection of micro- and nanomechanical structures: d

20090207406 - Particle inspection apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: A particle inspection apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to apply a light beam onto front and back surfaces of an object to be inspected, first and second detection units configured to detect scattering light from the surfaces, a calculation unit configured to conduct a particle inspection on the surfaces... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090207407 - Two-photon-absorption dispersion spectrometer: A tunable optical spectrometer includes a medium configured to perform polarization rotation within a frequency band on a linearly polarized test beam, wherein the medium is circularly birefringent, and wherein the polarization rotation is achieved based on two-photon-absorption. The medium includes a gaseous substance, a first reference laser beam having... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090207408 - System and method of aligning a sample: A system and method of use thereof that enables determining and setting sample alignment based on the location of, and geometric attributes of a monitored image formed by reflection of an electromagnetic beam from a sample and into an image monitor, which beam is directed to be incident onto the... Agent: James D. Welch

20090207409 - Measuring optical spectral property of light based on polarization analysis: Apparatus, systems and techniques for measuring optical spectral property such as the frequency and the optical spectrum of light based on polarization analysis.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20090207410 - Position adjustment mechanism for laser optics and laser assembly having the same: A position adjustment mechanism for laser optics includes a fixed mount, a fastening member, and a position regulation device. The fixed mount is connected to a heat-dissipating mount and positioned near the optics mount. The fastening member penetrates the fixed mount and the optics mount to connect the fixed mount... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090207411 - Aligning multiple image frames in an lcos projector: In one embodiment, a system for aligning multiple image frames in an LCoS projector is provided. The system includes a plurality of detectors aligned with a desired projection image of a projector. The plurality of detectors is coupled to the projector. Each detector of the plurality of detectors is aligned... Agent: Tips Group C/o Intellevate LLC

20090207412 - Multi-channel optical imaging: A beam splitter array includes first and second beam splitters and a reflector to reflect part of a beam from the second splitter. The first splitter outputs a first beam having a power spectral density comprising a substantial portion of a white light spectrum from a first output port, and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090207413 - Optical methods and systems for detecting a constituent in a gas containing oxygen in harsh environments: A method for detecting a gas phase constituent such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrogen, or hydrocarbons in a gas comprising oxygen such as air, includes providing a sensing material or film having a metal embedded in a catalytically active matrix such as gold embedded in a yttria stabilized zirconia... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090207414 - Apparatus and method for optical coherence tomography: An apparatus is provided for measuring a frequency-domain optical coherence tomography power spectrum from a sample. The apparatus includes a broadband light source, an optical spectrum analyzer, and a partially reflective element optically coupled to the light source, to the optical spectrum analyzer, and to the sample. A first portion... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090207415 - Method of reading information from a holographic data storage medium and holographic data read out device: The present invention relates to a method of reading information from a holographic data storage medium (10), comprising the steps of: projecting a reference beam (12) having defined properties of a first type into the holographic data storage medium, thereby generating a first diffracted beam (14), detecting the first diffracted... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090207416 - Surface characteristic determining apparatus: Light from the first and second different wavelength light sources is combined and supplied to a director that directs zeroth order light to a reference surface and other order, generally first order diffracted light to on a location of the sample surface which is dependent upon wavelength. Light reflected by... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090207417 - High intensity fabry-perot sensor: A method and apparatus for detecting seismic vibrations using a series of MEMS units, with each MEMS unit including an interferometer is described. The interferometers on the MEMS units receive and modulate light from two differing wavelengths by way of a multiplexing scheme involving the use of Bragg gratings and... Agent: Booth Albanesi Schroeder LLC

20090207418 - Absolute distance measurement method and system using optical frequency generator: The present invention relates to absolute distance measurement method and system using an optical frequency generator. The absolute distance measurement method using the optical frequency generator includes (a) generating a plurality of different stabilized wavelengths by using the optical frequency generator; (b) obtaining an initial estimation value of a distance... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090207419 - Large areas undistorted imaging apparatus for light speckles and method thereof: The present invention relates to a large area undistorted imaging apparatus for light speckles and a method thereof. The large area undistorted imaging apparatus for light speckles comprises a light-emitting device, a light-limiting module, and a sensor. The light-limiting module is adapted in front of the sensor, and includes a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090207420 - Portable electronic measurement: The invention provides a handheld electronic gauge that is configured to obtain measurement data for an object, such as a wheel, rail, axle, or the like. The gauge includes one or more position sensors that automatically determine when the gauge is in a measurement position. The invention also provides a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090207421 - Laser 3-point distance and angle calculator: The laser control is used to rotate the corresponding laser. As each laser is pointed to their respective targets, the distances to these are captured. The lasers are optionally placed adjacent to each other or one above the other. The angle between these two points are also captured. With these... Agent: Alphonse Kelly

20090207422 - Lithographic apparatus and method for calibrating the same: A measurement system configured to measure a position of an object in a lithographic apparatus, includes at least three position detectors configured to detect the position of the object, the at least three position detectors each including a single or multi-dimensional optical encoder to provide at least six position values,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090201488 - Beam irradiation device, laser radar system, and detecting device: A beam irradiation device includes: a first light source for emitting laser light; an actuator for moving a scanning section for receiving the laser light to scan a target area with the laser light; a second light source movable with the scanning section and adapted for emitting diffused light; a... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090201487 - Multi spectral vision system: A MultiSpectral Vision Sensor (MSVS) that employs three detectors which detect optical radiation in different frequency bands to permit target detection in a wide range of lighting conditions.... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20090201486 - Scanned laser detection and ranging apparatus: A method and apparatus for obtaining information about an environment having objects located around a vehicle. The laser detection and ranging system comprises a fan beam generation unit, a streak unit, a telescope, a switch, and a detector unit. The fan beam generation unit transmits a fan beam. The streak... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090201489 - Monitoring device: The invention refers to a device and a method for monitoring a delimited area in order to detect if an undesired object is present within the area. The invention also refers to a use of the device. A first laser is adapted to emit a laser pulse (B) of a... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20090201490 - Apparatus and method using light retro-reflected from a retina to non-invasively measure the blood concentration of a substance: A method determines the concentration of a substance in a subject's blood. The method includes noninvasively irradiating an eye with a measurement light beam having a first wavelength and a first power and with a reference light beam having a second wavelength and a second power. The second wavelength is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090201492 - Method and device for analyzing a layer of metal working compound: The invention relates to a method for analyzing a layer of a metal working compound (50) on the surface of a product to be shaped (40), especially of a metal strip, before and/or after a shaping process, especially a rolling process, for various measuring variables. According to the invention, analysis... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090201493 - Optical measuring probe for process monitoring: The invention relates to an optical measurement probe for process monitoring, having a distal end, arranged in the region of a process apparatus, with a light entrance opening, and a proximal end coupled to a spectrometer, wherein a shaft comprising a light-guiding connection between the distal and proximal ends of... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20090201491 - Spectroscopic determination of sucrose: A method for determining sugar concentration using spectropolarimetry and multivariate regression modeling A set of fixed polarizers are used in association with a spectrometer, which enables the measurement of optical rotation as absorbance values over a range of wavelengths. The adverse effects of color within the samples is corrected by... Agent: T Ling Chwang Jackson Walker

20090201494 - Inspection tools supporting multiple operating states for multiple detector arrangements: An inspection system can support operation in multiple states. For instance, when inspecting an article, such as a semiconductor wafer, the tool can switch between imaging multiple locations using respective detectors to another operating state wherein multiple detectors operating in multiple imaging modes inspect a single location. An inspection system... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090201495 - Calibration method for edge inspection apparatus: A calibration method for an edge inspection apparatus having: a light emitting portion which irradiates light onto an edge of a substrate being inspected; and a detection portion which detects optical characteristics of the light reflected by the edge to detect the defect occurring in the edge based on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090201496 - Surface-enhanced raman scattering based on nanomaterials as substrate: The present invention relates to an arrangement of nanomaterials which act as a substrate for a surface-enhanced Raman scattering. A method of Raman scattering and a method of manufacturing the substrate are also disclosed. The substrate comprises a plurality of nanostructures, for example nanowires, and metal nanoparticles are arranged on... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090201497 - Optofluidic devices and methods of using the same: An optofluidic device is provided. The device includes a cladding region having a first refractive index, and a channel defined by the cladding region such that the cladding region forms an inner surface or an interface of the channel. The channel is configured to house one or more of a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090201498 - Agile spectrum imaging apparatus and method: An optical system performs agile spectrum imaging. The system includes a first lens for focusing light from a light source. The focused light is dispersed over a spectrum of wavelengths. A second lens focuses the dispersed light onto a mask. The mask selectively attenuates the wavelengths of the spectrum of... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20090201499 - Spectroscopic imaging microscopy: Disclosed herein are systems that include: (a) an objective lens system configured to collect light from a sample; (b) a first aperture positioned to allow a portion of the collected light received from the objective lens system to pass as input light; (c) a first lens positioned to transmit the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090201500 - Hydrogen sensor: A hydrogen sensor for detecting/quantitating hydrogen and hydrogen isotopes includes a sampling line and a microplasma generator that excites hydrogen from a gas sample and produces light emission from excited hydrogen. A power supply provides power to the microplasma generator, and a spectrometer generates an emission spectrum from the light... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20090201501 - Optical system for a flow cytometer: The preferred embodiments of the invention is an optical system for a flow cytometer including a flow channel with an interrogation zone, and an illumination source that impinges the flow channel in the interrogation zone from a particular direction. The optical system preferably includes a lens system and a detection... Agent: Schox PLC

20090201502 - Metrology system with spectroscopic ellipsometer and photoacoustic measurements: An optical system includes both a microspot broadband spectroscopic ellipsometer and a photoacoustic film thickness measurement system that are supplied laser light by the same laser light source. One of the systems makes a measurement, the result of which is used to adjust a parameter of the other system; e.g.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090201503 - Torsion sensor: A torsion sensor using an optical waveguide in optical communication with a diffraction grating, preferably a tilted grating, and most preferably a tilted Bragg grating, which provides the optical waveguide and grating with a torsion-dependent collective optical transmission spectrum. Changes in the collective optical transmission spectrum of the waveguide and... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20090201504 - Hydrodynamic focusing for analyzing rectangular microbeads: A microfluidic apparatus having a one-dimensional or two-dimensional hydrodynamic flow system to control stable and proper digitally coded bead orientation through the optical detection area of a bioanalysis system. The hydrodynamic system include one core flow, which carries the rectangular barcode beads, and sheath flows, on the sides of or... Agent: Liu & Liu

20090201505 - Tunable alignment geometry: An alignment target with geometry designs provides a desired alignment offset for processes (both symmetric and asymmetric) on a wafer substrate. The alignment target includes one or more sub-targets, where each sub-target is defined as having a left portion and a right portion having a different geometric pattern, and where... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090201506 - Molecularity measurement instrument and molecularity measurement method: There is provided a molecularity measurement instrument capable of working out the number of molecules in a sample by comparing a measured value of a light quantity with a theoretical light quantity per a single molecule, and a molecularity measurement method using the same. The molecularity of the sample is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090201507 - Wavelength modulation spectroscopy method and system: A method and system for measuring the concentration of a gas component in a measuring gas a provided. The wavelength of a light source is modulated with a modulation signal at a modulation frequency, while the wavelength is swept over an interaction feature of a sample. The intensity of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090201508 - Apparatus and method for recognizing objects: An apparatus for recognizing objects with a laser light source and a light receiver has an at least partly reflective wall and an interspace between the laser light source and the wall, through which an object can be moved or in which an object can be placed. A movable mirror... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090201509 - Interferometer using vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers: An interferometer which incorporates a single mode VCSEL to facilitate miniaturization through integration of parts. The interferometer includes a beam splitter for partially reflecting and transmitting light; a single mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser for generating a beam of light perpendicular to a wafer; a first mirror fixedly perpendicular to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090201510 - Determining and compensating for modulator dynamics in interferometric fiber-optic gyroscopes: Determining linear modulator dynamics in an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope may be accomplished by applying a stimulus at a point within the gyroscope, observing a response in an output of the gyroscope, and determining, from the observed response, the linear modulator dynamics.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090201511 - Interferometric system having a reference surface including a mirrored zone: An interferometric system having an illumination arm, including a light source and an illuminating optical system, for forming an illuminating beam; an object arm, including a reference element for measuring an object having an object surface to be measured, for forming an image-rays path, the object to be measured having... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090201512 - Compact achromatic optical interferometer of the three-wave lateral shearing type: The method is characterized in that the grating carries out the multiplication of an intensity function which is implemented by a two-dimensional grating with hexagonal meshing of surface S transmitting the light of the beam to be analyzed into plural emerging beams arranged in a hexagonal meshing, by an phase... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20090201513 - Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device manufacturing method: An x linear encoder, which is configured of a pickup placed on a measurement mount and facing an x scale fixed on the lower surface of a barrel that houses a projection optical system, measures the displacement of the barrel with the measurement mount serving as a reference. With the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090201514 - Position detection method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: This invention discloses a position detection method for detecting the focus position of an optical position detection apparatus including an image sensor and an optical system which forms an image of a target object on the image sensing surface of the image sensor. In this method, the relationship between the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090201488 - Beam irradiation device, laser radar system, and detecting device: A beam irradiation device includes: a first light source for emitting laser light; an actuator for moving a scanning section for receiving the laser light to scan a target area with the laser light; a second light source movable with the scanning section and adapted for emitting diffused light; a... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090201487 - Multi spectral vision system: A MultiSpectral Vision Sensor (MSVS) that employs three detectors which detect optical radiation in different frequency bands to permit target detection in a wide range of lighting conditions.... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20090201486 - Scanned laser detection and ranging apparatus: A method and apparatus for obtaining information about an environment having objects located around a vehicle. The laser detection and ranging system comprises a fan beam generation unit, a streak unit, a telescope, a switch, and a detector unit. The fan beam generation unit transmits a fan beam. The streak... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090201489 - Monitoring device: The invention refers to a device and a method for monitoring a delimited area in order to detect if an undesired object is present within the area. The invention also refers to a use of the device. A first laser is adapted to emit a laser pulse (B) of a... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20090201490 - Apparatus and method using light retro-reflected from a retina to non-invasively measure the blood concentration of a substance: A method determines the concentration of a substance in a subject's blood. The method includes noninvasively irradiating an eye with a measurement light beam having a first wavelength and a first power and with a reference light beam having a second wavelength and a second power. The second wavelength is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090201492 - Method and device for analyzing a layer of metal working compound: The invention relates to a method for analyzing a layer of a metal working compound (50) on the surface of a product to be shaped (40), especially of a metal strip, before and/or after a shaping process, especially a rolling process, for various measuring variables. According to the invention, analysis... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090201493 - Optical measuring probe for process monitoring: The invention relates to an optical measurement probe for process monitoring, having a distal end, arranged in the region of a process apparatus, with a light entrance opening, and a proximal end coupled to a spectrometer, wherein a shaft comprising a light-guiding connection between the distal and proximal ends of... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20090201491 - Spectroscopic determination of sucrose: A method for determining sugar concentration using spectropolarimetry and multivariate regression modeling A set of fixed polarizers are used in association with a spectrometer, which enables the measurement of optical rotation as absorbance values over a range of wavelengths. The adverse effects of color within the samples is corrected by... Agent: T Ling Chwang Jackson Walker

20090201494 - Inspection tools supporting multiple operating states for multiple detector arrangements: An inspection system can support operation in multiple states. For instance, when inspecting an article, such as a semiconductor wafer, the tool can switch between imaging multiple locations using respective detectors to another operating state wherein multiple detectors operating in multiple imaging modes inspect a single location. An inspection system... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090201495 - Calibration method for edge inspection apparatus: A calibration method for an edge inspection apparatus having: a light emitting portion which irradiates light onto an edge of a substrate being inspected; and a detection portion which detects optical characteristics of the light reflected by the edge to detect the defect occurring in the edge based on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090201496 - Surface-enhanced raman scattering based on nanomaterials as substrate: The present invention relates to an arrangement of nanomaterials which act as a substrate for a surface-enhanced Raman scattering. A method of Raman scattering and a method of manufacturing the substrate are also disclosed. The substrate comprises a plurality of nanostructures, for example nanowires, and metal nanoparticles are arranged on... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090201497 - Optofluidic devices and methods of using the same: An optofluidic device is provided. The device includes a cladding region having a first refractive index, and a channel defined by the cladding region such that the cladding region forms an inner surface or an interface of the channel. The channel is configured to house one or more of a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090201498 - Agile spectrum imaging apparatus and method: An optical system performs agile spectrum imaging. The system includes a first lens for focusing light from a light source. The focused light is dispersed over a spectrum of wavelengths. A second lens focuses the dispersed light onto a mask. The mask selectively attenuates the wavelengths of the spectrum of... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20090201499 - Spectroscopic imaging microscopy: Disclosed herein are systems that include: (a) an objective lens system configured to collect light from a sample; (b) a first aperture positioned to allow a portion of the collected light received from the objective lens system to pass as input light; (c) a first lens positioned to transmit the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090201500 - Hydrogen sensor: A hydrogen sensor for detecting/quantitating hydrogen and hydrogen isotopes includes a sampling line and a microplasma generator that excites hydrogen from a gas sample and produces light emission from excited hydrogen. A power supply provides power to the microplasma generator, and a spectrometer generates an emission spectrum from the light... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20090201501 - Optical system for a flow cytometer: The preferred embodiments of the invention is an optical system for a flow cytometer including a flow channel with an interrogation zone, and an illumination source that impinges the flow channel in the interrogation zone from a particular direction. The optical system preferably includes a lens system and a detection... Agent: Schox PLC

20090201502 - Metrology system with spectroscopic ellipsometer and photoacoustic measurements: An optical system includes both a microspot broadband spectroscopic ellipsometer and a photoacoustic film thickness measurement system that are supplied laser light by the same laser light source. One of the systems makes a measurement, the result of which is used to adjust a parameter of the other system; e.g.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090201503 - Torsion sensor: A torsion sensor using an optical waveguide in optical communication with a diffraction grating, preferably a tilted grating, and most preferably a tilted Bragg grating, which provides the optical waveguide and grating with a torsion-dependent collective optical transmission spectrum. Changes in the collective optical transmission spectrum of the waveguide and... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20090201504 - Hydrodynamic focusing for analyzing rectangular microbeads: A microfluidic apparatus having a one-dimensional or two-dimensional hydrodynamic flow system to control stable and proper digitally coded bead orientation through the optical detection area of a bioanalysis system. The hydrodynamic system include one core flow, which carries the rectangular barcode beads, and sheath flows, on the sides of or... Agent: Liu & Liu

20090201505 - Tunable alignment geometry: An alignment target with geometry designs provides a desired alignment offset for processes (both symmetric and asymmetric) on a wafer substrate. The alignment target includes one or more sub-targets, where each sub-target is defined as having a left portion and a right portion having a different geometric pattern, and where... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090201506 - Molecularity measurement instrument and molecularity measurement method: There is provided a molecularity measurement instrument capable of working out the number of molecules in a sample by comparing a measured value of a light quantity with a theoretical light quantity per a single molecule, and a molecularity measurement method using the same. The molecularity of the sample is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090201507 - Wavelength modulation spectroscopy method and system: A method and system for measuring the concentration of a gas component in a measuring gas a provided. The wavelength of a light source is modulated with a modulation signal at a modulation frequency, while the wavelength is swept over an interaction feature of a sample. The intensity of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090201508 - Apparatus and method for recognizing objects: An apparatus for recognizing objects with a laser light source and a light receiver has an at least partly reflective wall and an interspace between the laser light source and the wall, through which an object can be moved or in which an object can be placed. A movable mirror... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090201509 - Interferometer using vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers: An interferometer which incorporates a single mode VCSEL to facilitate miniaturization through integration of parts. The interferometer includes a beam splitter for partially reflecting and transmitting light; a single mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser for generating a beam of light perpendicular to a wafer; a first mirror fixedly perpendicular to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090201510 - Determining and compensating for modulator dynamics in interferometric fiber-optic gyroscopes: Determining linear modulator dynamics in an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope may be accomplished by applying a stimulus at a point within the gyroscope, observing a response in an output of the gyroscope, and determining, from the observed response, the linear modulator dynamics.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090201511 - Interferometric system having a reference surface including a mirrored zone: An interferometric system having an illumination arm, including a light source and an illuminating optical system, for forming an illuminating beam; an object arm, including a reference element for measuring an object having an object surface to be measured, for forming an image-rays path, the object to be measured having... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090201512 - Compact achromatic optical interferometer of the three-wave lateral shearing type: The method is characterized in that the grating carries out the multiplication of an intensity function which is implemented by a two-dimensional grating with hexagonal meshing of surface S transmitting the light of the beam to be analyzed into plural emerging beams arranged in a hexagonal meshing, by an phase... Agent: Laubscher & Laubscher, P.C.

20090201513 - Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device manufacturing method: An x linear encoder, which is configured of a pickup placed on a measurement mount and facing an x scale fixed on the lower surface of a barrel that houses a projection optical system, measures the displacement of the barrel with the measurement mount serving as a reference. With the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090201514 - Position detection method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: This invention discloses a position detection method for detecting the focus position of an optical position detection apparatus including an image sensor and an optical system which forms an image of a target object on the image sensing surface of the image sensor. In this method, the relationship between the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090195769 - Distant measurement method and distant measurement system: A distant measurement method and a distant measurement system are provided. The distant measurement method includes the following steps: emitting a first light beam and a second light beam from an emitting terminal, wherein the first light beam travels toward a target; providing a switching sequence by a switch mechanism;... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090195770 - Method and apparatus for optoelectronic contactless range finding using the transit time principle: The invention relates to a method for optoelectronic contactless distance or range measurement or finding according to the transit time principle, in which a distance of an object from a sensor unit is determined from a time difference between a starting signal and an echo signal, which is derived from... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090195771 - Physical quantity sensor and physical quantity measuring method: A physical quantity sensor has a semiconductor laser, a laser driver for providing, to the semiconductor laser, a driving electric current that is a waveform wherein the maximum portions and minimum portions of a triangle wave have been rounded; detecting means (a photodiode and a current-voltage converting amplifier) for detecting... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090195774 - Analyzer: A parallax calculator sets a plurality of target points in each standard image and calculates parallaxes of the individual target points. An optical flow calculator calculates two-dimensional optical flows of the individual target points by searching for points corresponding to the target points set in the standard image captured in... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20090195772 - Method for three-dimensional imaging using multi-phase structured light: A method for mapping height of a feature upon a test surface is provided. The method includes projecting patterned illumination upon the feature, the patterned illumination having a plurality of distinct fringe periods. A first image of the feature is acquired while the patterned illumination is projected upon the feature.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090195773 - Transmitting/reflecting emanating light with time variation: A filter arrangement can transmit and/or reflect light emanating from a moving object so that the emanating light has time variation, and the time variation can include information about the object, such as its type. For example, emanating light from segments of a path can be transmitted/reflected through positions of... Agent: Leading Edge Law Group, PLC/xerox-parc

20090195775 - Defect inspection method: A method for inspecting a defect of a surface of a sample includes irradiating a laser beam on the sample surface a plurality of times so that at least part of an illumination field of the laser beam on the sample surface illuminates a first area of the sample surface... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090195777 - Dosimetry using optical emission spectroscopy/residual gas analyzer in conjunction with ion current: The present invention generally provides methods and apparatus for controlling ion dosage in real time during plasma processes. In one embodiment, ion dosages may be controlled using in-situ measurement of the plasma from a mass distribution sensor combined with in-situ measurement from an RF probe.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090195776 - Handheld spectrometer including wireless capabilities: A method for collecting and analyzing spectrum data to identify a composition of a sample material is described. The method includes obtaining a sample material, receiving a geographical location of the sample material at a handheld instrument, and analyzing the sample material to obtain sample spectrum data using the handheld... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090195778 - Optical integrated nanospectrometer and method of manufacturing thereof: A planar nanospectrometer formed as a single chip that uses diffraction structures, which are combinations of numerous nano-features placed in a predetermined configuration and providing multiple functionalities such as guiding light, resonantly reflecting light at multiple wavelengths, directing light to detectors, and focusing light on the detectors. The diffraction structure... Agent: Vladimir Yankov Nano-optic Deives, LLC

20090195779 - System for scatterometric measurements and applications: Instead of constructing a full multi-dimensional look-up-table as a model to find the critical dimension or other parameters in scatterometry, regression or other optimized estimation methods are employed starting from a “best guess” value of the parameter. Eigenvalues of models that are precalculated may be stored and reused later for... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Kla-tencor Corporation

20090195780 - Optical arrangement for determining the concentration of a substance in a fluid: An arrangement for determining concentration of substances in a fluid comprising a light source (2) for generating primary light pulses within a wavelength interval, a light pulse splitter (5) adapted to split up the primary light pulses into a predetermined number of secondary light pulses to be transmitted through the... Agent: Artema C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20090195781 - Biological information measuring sensor: A biological information measuring sensor (10) has light-receiving regions (21, 22) arranged on a light-receiving element (20) for receiving light from a living body, and a waveguide (15) including an inlet-side opening portion (14a) into which the light enters and an outlet-side opening portion (14b) from which the light exits,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090195782 - Plasmonic device for modulation and amplification of plasmonic signals: According to one embodiment of the invention, a plasmonic device has a beam splitter adapted to split a surface-plasmon (SP) input beam into first and second SP beams and direct them along first and second propagation paths, respectively. One of the propagation paths has a plasmonic-beam interaction region adapted to... Agent: Mendelsohn, Drucker, & Associates, P.C.

20090195784 - Sensor unit and assay method of assay in utilizing attenuated total reflection: A sensor unit of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) assay system includes a transparent dielectric medium. A thin film has a first surface and a sensing surface. The first surface is connected with the dielectric medium to constitute an interface. The sensing surface is back to the first surface, for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090195783 - Surface plasmon resonance sensor chip: A surface plasmon resonance sensor chip includes: a first dielectric layer; a metal layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer covering the metal layer, the chip being provided with an opening that makes a part of a surface on the side of the second dielectric... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C. Citigroup Center

20090195785 - Low-noise fiber optic sensor utilizing a laser source: A fiber-optic sensor includes an optical fiber coil and a laser source optically coupled to the coil. Light from the source is transmitted to the coil as a first signal propagating along the coil in a first direction and a second signal propagating along the coil in a second direction... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090195786 - Device for inspecting semi-conductor wafers: Device for inspecting semi-conductor wafers in motion, including a light source for at least one wafer supported by a transfer element, the said light source being configured to transmit two incident beams on to a surface of the wafer, the incident beams being inclined relative to the normal to the... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090195787 - Method and apparatus for measurement and control of photomask to substrate alignment: A method, structure, system of aligning a substrate to a photomask. The method includes: directing incident light through a pattern of clear regions transparent to the incident light in an opaque-to-the-incident-light region of a photomask, through a lens and onto a photodiode formed in a substrate, the photodiodes electrically connected... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090195788 - Apparatus for profile irregularity measurement and surface imperfection observation; method of profile irregularity measurement and surface imperfection observation; and inspection method of profile irregularity and surface imperfection: An apparatus for performing surface measurement of an inspection-object surface and profile irregularity measurement and surface defect observation of an inspection-object lens using a Fizeau interferometric optical system. The apparatus is provided with a beam control device that has a first beam control plate configured to allow for confirmation of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090195789 - Biosensing apparatus and method using optical interference: A label-free interferometric biosensor is disclosed which is based on the self-mixing optical interferometer. Inside the biosensor, an incoming beam is divided into two beam portions which pass through a channel and bio materials, respectively. Interference of the portions is realized by the self-mixing effect and used to detect existence... Agent: Chian Chiu Li

20090195790 - Imaging system and method: An apparatus for measuring the coordinates of a point on the surface of an object comprises a projection system for projecting a beam of energy onto the surface of the object, a receiving system for receiving reflected beam energy from the target surface, and a detector for detecting the received... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090195791 - Method and a system for the automatic regulation of production lines and corresponding computer program product therefor: A machine to realise articles (10) including a set of elements localised in determined positions (F1, . . . F5) includes respective treatment units S1, . . . , SK) capable of being selectively regulated (M1, . . . , MK; 104). The regulation system of the machine also includes... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090195792 - Optical position measuring arrangement: An optical position measuring arrangement for the generation of n>1 phase-shifted incremental signals characterizing relative positions of two objects which are movable with respect to each other along a measuring direction. The optical position measuring arrangement includes a light source that emits bundles of beams, a measurement grating, a plurality... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione