Optics: measuring and testing inventions 09/09

20090237639 - Measuring system: A measuring system includes a measuring apparatus provided at an already-known point, a plurality of light-receiving apparatuses provided at measured points, and a main calculating apparatus for instructing to the measuring apparatus and to the light-receiving apparatus, the measuring apparatuses including a wireless communication section for communicating a measurement data... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090237640 - Rapid scan ladar 3d imaging with compact digital beam formation: A LADAR system for coherently imaging a target within a volume has a modulated laser transmitter at a frequency and a receiver. The receiver has a plurality of lenses, each with its own detector. Each detector is supplied by a centrally located local oscillator tuned to the frequency. The paths... Agent: Raytheon Company Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090237643 - Laser doppler velocity system for variable beam focusing: Disclosed is a laser doppler velocity system that can easily change a focal length of laser beam, in order to measure the velocity of fluid. As the fluid lens is used in order to focus the laser beam, the lens aperture is rapidly and accurately changed at a low power... Agent: Tips Group C/o Intellevate LLC

20090237641 - Spin measurement method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for measuring or determining spin characteristics of a moving object such as a golf ball (1) is disclosed. The object includes one or more detectable marks (2) or object features. Event characteristics associated with the entry, passage or exit of the marks (2) or object features... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090237642 - Velocimeter: A velocimeter is disclosed that includes a plurality of photodetectors detecting scattered light in different directions, the light being emitted from a laser source and reflected on a moving object. The velocimeter includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit converting detection signals of the photodetectors, a velocity calculator calculating velocities of the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090237644 - Sight-line end estimation device and driving assist device: A sight-line end estimation device includes a sight-line direction detection portion that detects a sight-line direction of a driver of a vehicle, a target object detection portion that detects the positions of target objects existing around the vehicle, a relative position acquisition portion that acquires relative positional information between the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090237646 - Lyman-alpha scatterometry: New and useful optical structure and method are provided, for analyzing the surface topography of a sample. Specifically, an optical system and method are provided in which radiation reflected from a sample is used to determine surface topography characteristics of the sample, and in which an illumination source directs Lyman-α... Agent: Lawrence R. Oremland, P.C.

20090237647 - Preparing samples for optical measurement: We disclose an apparatus comprising: a hand-portable optical analysis unit including an optical interface; and a device configured to receive and releasably engage the hand-portable optical analysis unit. The device comprises: a housing; a sample unit in the housing; and a resilient member configured to bias the sample unit and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090237645 - System and method of optically monitoring contamination of a machine component: A system and method for optically monitoring contamination of machinery includes an optical illumination source, a photodetector and an analysis module. The system and method can monitor a fuser roll, a fuser belt, or other printer module component. The optical illumination source can emit at least one illuminating frequency. The... Agent: George Likourezos, Esq. Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20090237648 - Dual pulse single event raman spectroscopy: Systems and methods for performing Raman spectrometry wherein a Raman spectroscopy system is mounted on a vehicle for on the move contaminant analysis. The system is configured to interrogate a target with a laser at a predetermined pulse repetition frequency (PRF), wherein during each PRF cycle, defined as 1/PRF, the... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090237650 - Optical unit and measuring instrument: An optical unit includes: an objective lens; an imaging lens that is arranged in the optical axis of the objective lens and images a light beam output from the objective lens; a plurality of afocal optical systems that are arranged between the objective lens and the imaging lens and have... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090237651 - Verifiable hand cleansing formulation and method: A hand cleansing formulation in the form of a soap/disinfectant (liquid, foam, cream or powder) in solution contains a marker agent (e.g., fluorescent or phosphorescent agent(s)) aggregated with a non-marker binder material. By vigorously scrubbing the hands together, as required by a proper hand washing procedure, the aggregates are dissociated... Agent: Infection Prevention System, Inc

20090237652 - Apparatus for inspecting defects of honeycomb structure: According to an apparatus for inspecting defects of a honeycomb structure that is provided with a current plate and an air current formation means (air source and a header tube), fine defects or defects taking place in the vicinity of an outer periphery of the honeycomb structure can be detected... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090237653 - Device for recording a number of images of disk-shaped objects: A device for recording a number of images of disk-shaped objects (6), which is provided with at least two lighting device (8), which are designed so that the light exiting the lighting devices (8) is spectrally variable. A single recording device (12) is arranged in relation to the disk-shaped object... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090237654 - Apparatus for measuring defects in a glass sheet: A method of measuring the topography of a large, thin, non-flat specular substrate in a production environment with minimal movement of a majority of the measurement apparatus. A gimbal-mounted reflecting element is used to steer a short coherence length probe beam such that the probe beam is substantially perpendicular to... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090237655 - Apparatus for positioning a cuvette in an optical beam path of an optical measuring instrument: An apparatus for positioning a cuvette in an optical beam path of an optical measuring instrument, with a shaft for axially inserting a cuvette, and means for pressing a cuvette against at least one wall surface of the shaft, which comprise at least one arrangement of a magnet, stationarily arranged... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090237656 - Tomographic imaging using hyperspectral absorption spectroscopy: Described herein are systems and methods of tomographic imaging using hyperspectral absorption spectroscopy, which may comprise simultaneously performing absorption measurements at multiple different wavelengths and then performing a tomographic inversion process to exploit the hyperspectral absorption spectroscopy information obtained. The methods and systems described herein can be used to a)... Agent: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

20090237657 - Compact, high-throughput spectrometer apparatus for hyperspectral remote sensing: A spectrometer apparatus includes a refractor element, a slit, a detector, a diffraction grating, and a corrector lens. The refractor element includes a rear surface and a front surface. The slit provides an optical path to the rear surface of the refractor element, and is configured to transmit an image... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20090237658 - Methods for altering one or more parameters of a measurement system: Methods for altering one or more parameters of a measurement system are provided. One method includes analyzing a sample using the system to generate values from classification channels of the system for a population of particles in the sample. The method also includes identifying a region in a classification space... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel LLP

20090237659 - High throughput particle counter: The particle counter is equipped with a scroll pump adapted to create a gas flow through the measurement chamber with a maximum flow rate of at least 50 liters per minute. Light scattered from particles entrained in the gas flow is collected by an optical system. The product of the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090237661 - Laser device and microscope: A laser device is equipped with an exciting optical system having a GaN semiconductor laser and a condensing lens; and a resonator having of a dichroic mirror and an output mirror, and a solid laser medium is disposed within the resonator. The solid laser medium is disposed in the resonator... Agent: Moss & Burke, PLLC

20090237660 - Reading machine with camera polarizer layers: A reading machine includes an image input device including a lens and a polarizer disposed over the lens, a flash and a second polarizer disposed over the flash. The image input device also includes a computing device coupled to the image input device for capturing images, the computing device, including... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090237662 - Real-time, hybrid amplitude-time division polarimetric imaging camera: This disclosure relates to a real-time, hybrid amplitude-time division polarimetric imaging camera used to derive and calculate Stokes parameters of input light.... Agent: Koppel, Patrick ,heybl & Dawson, PLC

20090237663 - Method for detecting equatorial plane: To provide a method for detecting the equatorial plane, capable of detecting directly an equatorial plane that has the optical axis as the axis thereof, in a spherical optically uniaxial crystal. The method for detecting the equatorial plane as set forth in a first form of the present invention is... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090237664 - Method for detecting a fibrous web tear in a drying section of a machine for producing the fibrous web and apparatus for performing said method: This invention relates to a method for detecting a tear in a fibrous web in a drying section of a machine for producing the fibrous web, whereby the fibrous web is passed through the drying section by way of at least one dryer fabric, whereby the tear is detected by... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090237665 - Method and apparatus for determining a focal position of an imaging device adapted to image a biologic sample: A method and apparatus for focusing a device for imaging a biologic sample is provided. A method aspect of the disclosure includes the steps of: 1) disposing lenslets within a field of a biologic sample, which lenslets have a height, and have a refractive index and which refractive index is... Agent: O''shea Getz P.C.

20090237666 - Methods and devices for measurements using pump-probe spectroscopy in high-q microcavities: The use of optical microcavities, high-Q resonators and slow-light structures as tools for detecting molecules and probing conformations and measuring polarizability and anisotropy of molecules and molecular assemblies using a pump-probe approach is described. Resonances are excited simultaneously or sequentially with pump and probe beams coupled to the same microcavity,... Agent: 24ip Law Group Usa, PLLC

20090237667 - Particle density measuring probe and particle density measuring equipment: Disclosed is a particle density measuring probe for measuring the density of atoms or molecules in a plasma atmosphere by absorption spectroscopy. The probe has a cylindrical light guiding member provided in the plasma atmosphere. At the front end of the light guiding member, there is provided a reflection plate... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090237668 - Detecting a target using an optical augmentation sensor: In one embodiment, detecting a target includes directing a laser beam towards an area and detecting the laser beam reflected from the area. Whether the received laser beam comprises an optically augmented reflection indicating retro-reflection from a target is determined. The target indicates presence of an explosive device. The target... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090237670 - Prism design for scanning applications and illumination of microscopy sample: There is disclosed a prism for use in scanning applications such as total internal reflection microscopy in which the prism is translated relative to an incident light beam. A geometry is disclosed which cancels walk of the beam footprint at the base of the prism. Walk of the beam footprint... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20090237669 - Surface defect inspecting apparatus with defect detection optical system and defect-detected image processing: There is provided a defect inspecting apparatus, which includes an irradiating optical system of irradiating a light beam on a surface of a face plate of a disk mounted on a stage to scan the surface of the face plate, a light-receiving optical system of receiving specular reflection light that... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090237671 - Analysis of optical effects on storage medium: A method of analyzing the quality of optical effects on an optical recording medium as well as applications of the method in connection with optimizing a write strategy and analyzing the write quality for an optical recording medium are disclosed. The method comprising the steps of determining waveforms of a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090237672 - Method and apparatus for interferometrically measuring the shape of a test object: The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for interferometrically determining a deviation of an actual shape of an effective reflection surface (12) of a test object (14) from a desired shape of the effective reflection surface (12). In the method according to the invention electromagnetic illumination radiation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090237673 - Spectral domain phase microscopy (sdpm) dual mode imaging systems and related methods and computer program products: Some embodiments of the present invention provide optical coherence tomography systems including an OCT engine and a processor. The OCT engine is configured to provide both standard OCT imaging and spectral domain phase microscopy (SDPM) imaging. The processor is coupled to the OCT engine and is configured to use a... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090237674 - Method for estimating distance between tracking type laser interferometer and target, and tracking type laser interferometer: In the tracking type laser interferometer including: a laser interferometer; an optical axis deviation detection sensor for detecting a deviation of an optical axis of the laser interferometer; a two-axis turning mechanism for turning the laser interferometer to any optional direction; an angle sensor for detecting a turning angle of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090237675 - Dimension measuring apparatus: A dimension measuring apparatus includes a light beam splitting element for splitting light emitted from a white light source into measuring light flux and reference light flux, a reference light scanning optics for varying optical path length of the reference light flux, a detector for detecting interference signal produced by... Agent: D. Bruce Prout, Esq. Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090237676 - Inspection method and apparatus, lithographic apparatus, lithographic processing cell and device manufacturing method: A method is provided for determining an actual profile of an object printed on a substrate. The method can include receiving an actual spectrum signal associated with the object, selecting a first model profile, and generating a first model spectrum signal associated with the first model profile. The method can... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090237677 - Measuring device and measuring method: A measuring device includes a light-sending part sending light in a first direction which is a depth direction of a hollow shape, a conversion part converting a direction of the light into a circumference direction approximately orthogonal to the first direction, a detection part detecting light reflected inside a measuring... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090237678 - Method and system for measuring wear in the lining of a vessel: In a method and system for measuring wear in the lining of a vessel by a laser contouring system having an electromagnetic radiation emitting and receiving device. The laser contouring system references permanent marks and temporary marks positioned outside, on, or within the vessel. The distances and direction from the... Agent: Minerals Technologies, Inc.

20090231570 - Concave-convex surface inspection apparatus: A concave-convex surface inspection apparatus includes a slit light source unit emitting a slit light to a concave-convex surface of an object to be inspected, an image-taking unit taking an image of the concave-convex surface illuminated by the emitted slit light with an imaging optical axis intersecting with an optical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090231571 - Apparatus and method for obtaining information related to terahertz waves: To provide an apparatus capable obtaining a temporal waveform of terahertz waves transmitted through or reflected by a sample in a set region. A delay unit is configured to change a timing at which the detection unit detects terahertz waves transmitted through or reflected by a sample, which is originated... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090231572 - Security element: The invention relates to a security element (1), comprising a first luminescent substance, for a security document (5), the latter (5) comprising a base body (51) consisting of a base material. The aim of the invention is to increase the protection against forgery. To achieve this: the security element is... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090231573 - Angle measuring device and method: By diffracting light emitted from a collimator lens into lights of different orders by a transmission diffraction grating, applying the diffracted lights to a flat surface of an object, forming the light that has been reflected on the flat surface of the object and thereafter retransmitted through the transmission diffraction... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090231574 - Method and system for angle measurement: An angle measurement device includes a light source configured to emit light along an optical path and a patterned member positioned along the optical path and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation. The patterned member includes a periodic optical variation. Light passing through the patterned member provides a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090231575 - Method for measuring luminance of light-emitting object and device therefor: A method for measuring the luminance of a light-emitting object having a surface which has a definite area and which emits a low-intensity light and a device therefore, wherein a light-receiving surface of an optical sensor is brought into direct contact with the surface of the light-emitting object to measure... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090231576 - Method and apparatus for centering an ophthalmic lens: An ophthalmic lens (CL), e.g. a contact lens, is centered in a concave trough (10) of an inspection cell (1) which is filled with liquid (W). The inspection cell (10) has a channel (11) which is in communication with the concave trough (10). Centering of the ophthalmic lens is achieved... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department

20090231577 - Method and apparatus for surface enhanced raman spectroscopy: A test cell comprises a test chamber at least partially enclosed by a wall. The test chamber holds a test fluid, and a test material is placed within the test chamber such that at least a portion of the test material is contact with the test fluid and at least... Agent: Conocophillips Company -IPServices Group Attention: Docketing

20090231578 - Multi-channel fiber optic spectroscopy systems employing integrated optics modules: The invention provides unitary optics modules that integrate several light management functions for performing optical spectroscopy, such as Raman spectroscopy, and optical spectroscopy systems that include one or more of the unitary optics modules. Methods of using the modules and systems are also provided.... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20090231579 - Spectrograph with a tilted detector window: e

20090231580 - Beam steering element and associated methods for manifold fiberoptic switches and monitoring: An optical system comprising a combination optical switch and monitoring system based on an array of mirrors, and a moveable reflective element co-packaged together, including discrete sets of fiber ports wherein λn from input fiber ports is focused on λn mirror via the use of shared free space optics; such... Agent: Balser & GrellIPLaw LLC

20090231581 - Turbidity sensor and electric home appliance having the same: Disclosed are a turbidity sensor, which correctly senses a turbidity of water although the surface of the turbidity sensor is covered with foreign substances, such as scale, and an electric home appliance having the turbidity sensor. The turbidity sensor includes a light emitting part emitting light, a first light receiving... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090231582 - Method and system for determining position and orientation of an object: The invention relates to a positioning method for determining the position and orientation of a mobile unit having a receiver (3′, whereby the receiver (3) is detected by a scanner (2), said scanner (2′ determining at least the distance and a direction in relation to the receiver (3). The radiation... Agent: Workman Nydegger/leica 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090231583 - Local non-perturbative remote sensing devices and method for conducting diagnostic measurements of magnetic and electric fields of optically active mediums: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to pulsed polarimeters for conducting remote, non-perturbative diagnostic measurements of inducing fields of a medium demonstrating induced optical activity. In one aspect, a pulse polarimeter includes a light source emitting a polarized light pulse having sufficiently narrow spatial extent at a prescribed wavelength... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20090231584 - Periodic patterns and technique to control misaligment between two layers: A method and system to measure misalignment error between two overlying or interlaced periodic structures are proposed. The overlying or interlaced periodic structures are illuminated by incident radiation, and the diffracted radiation of the incident radiation by the overlying or interlaced periodic structures are detected to provide an output signal.... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Kla-tencor Corporation

20090231587 - Device for imaging an interior of a turbid medium: The invention relates to a device (1) for imaging an interior of a turbid medium (55) comprising a receptacle (20) with the receptacle (20) comprising a measurement volume (15) for receiving the turbid medium (55). The device (1) is adapted such that the inner surface of the receptacle (20), including... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090231586 - Inspection chip producing method and specimen detecting method: A method of producing an inspection chip includes a microstructure producing step of producing a microstructure where metallic portions having dimensions permitting excitation of surface plasmons are formed and distributed on one surface of a substrate, a specimen attaching step of attaching a specimen to the surfaces of the metallic... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090231585 - Standard device for origin of light absorbance and method of using the same: A device for origin of light absorbance used in an optical measuring instrument for measuring light absorption characteristics of a light diffusion sample. The device includes a light transmission terminal configured to irradiate a measurement light onto the light diffusion sample at a point of incidence of the light diffusion... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090231588 - Optical gas detection: The present invention provides a transmitter unit for an open path gas detector for detecting a target gas and comprises: a radiation transmitter, e.g. a tuneable laser diode, capable of emitting radiation at a wavelength absorbed by the target gas, and a radiation deflector, having a deflecting part and a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090231589 - Stable metal/conductive polymer composite colloids and methods for making and using the same: Stable metal/conductive polymer composite colloids and methods for making the same are provided. The subject colloids find use in a variety of different applications, including analyte detection applications. Also provided are kits that include the subject colloids.... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20090231590 - Sensing system: A sensing system using a sensing element being constituted by a transparent body sandwiched by first and second reflectors one or each of which is in contact with a specimen, and exhibiting an absorption characteristic varying with the specimen. The first reflector is a partially transparent reflective, and the second... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090231591 - Method, apparatus, and program for measuring wavelength dispersion of optical waveguide: The invention is to provide a wavelength dispersion measuring method for an optical fiber capable of measuring a wavelength dispersion in a section extending from an incident end of the optical fiber to an arbitrary point along the way by using a scattering phenomenon in which a scattering coefficient at... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090231592 - Refractive spatial heterodyne spectrometer: A refractive spatial heterodyne spectrometer includes an input aperture for receiving an input light; a collimating lens for collimating the input light into a collimated lightbeam; and a beamsplitter for reflecting one part of the collimated light into a first arm and transmitting another part of the collimated light into... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20090231593 - Method of aligning an optical system: A method of manufacturing an optical system having plural optical elements mounted relative to each other on a mounting structure of the optical system comprises disposing the optical system in a beam path of an interferometer apparatus having an interferometer optics and a selectable hologram for shaping a beam of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090231594 - Component mounting in movement-sensitive equipment: Movement-sensitive equipment (10), for example an electron beam lithography machine, is provided with an optical measuring system operable to measure the position of the equipment in a reference plane (A) so as to detect unintended displacement of the equipment in that plane, for example thermally induced shift of the lower... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090231595 - Mobile object position, motion and attitude detection in three dimension space: The present invention provides a cost effective mobile object position, motion, and pitch and yaw attitude detector, wherein such mobile object is located in three-dimensional space and such detector employs light interaction between a mobile omni-directional light transmitter disposed on the mobile object, and a single stationary distance and direction... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20090231596 - Laser transmitter: A laser transmitter has a transmitter housing and a laser source in the housing. A gimbal support arrangement supports the laser source in the housing and includes a gimbal motor arrangement for moving the gimbal support arrangement and said laser source in said housing. A gimbal motor drive circuit actuates... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090231597 - Floating sheet measurement apparatus and method: A sheet measurement apparatus has a sheet disposed in a melt. The measurement system uses a beam to determine a dimension of the sheet. This dimension may be, for example, height or width. The beam may be, for example, collimated light, a laser, x-rays, or gamma rays. The production of... Agent: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Assc., Inc.

20090225299 - Laser spot tracker and target identifier: A laser spot tracker device comprising a laser tracker receiver using a quadrant detector incorporated into a pair of binoculars or optical telescope system with a crosshair or reticule. Directional information from the laser tracker receiver is displayed to an operator (JTAC) to allow the reticule to be manually steered... Agent: Linden, Stauffer Patents

20090225300 - Translational optical flow sensor: An optical flow sensor is presented that directly measures the translational component of the optical flow experienced by the sensor while it is on a moving platform. A prior art method of measuring translational optical flow is to simply subtract angular rates as measured by a gyro form the optical... Agent: Geoffrey L. Barrows Centeye, Inc.

20090225301 - Two-dimensional estimation technique for doppler optical coherence tomography (oct): Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution, non-invasive technique to image subsurface tissue and tissue functions. A broadband light source illuminates an object and the reflected photons are processed using an interferometer, demodulated into inphase and quadrature components and then digitized. The captured data contains information about the velocity of... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090225302 - Method and apparatus for measuring insertion loss in a fiber optic cable connection: A method and apparatus for measuring the insertion loss of a fiber optic connection is provided. The invention generally comprises a light source providing light to a test connector which contains a juncture of two fiber optic cables. The test connector has one or more opaque portions surrounding the fiber... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20090225303 - Device and method for verifying valuable documents: According to the present invention a simply constructed measuring apparatus can be obtained, by the measuring apparatus evaluating measuring values e.g. at least two measuring frequencies and the position of one or a plurality of discrete measuring tracks being determined in such a way that at least the presence of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090225304 - Electronic component mounting apparatus, height detection method for electronic component, and optical-axis adjustment method for component height detection unit: An electronic component mounting apparatus includes a beam projector for projecting a laser beam, a beam receiver which is placed in opposition to the beam projector and which receives a laser beam projected from the beam projector, a light-reception-sensitivity setting unit for adjusting light-reception sensitivity of the beam receiver, a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090225306 - Electromagnetic wave sensing apparatus: An electromagnetic wave sensing device and an operating method for the same are disclosed. The claimed device integrates signal transformation, operation and a sensing range configuration. Particularly, the sensing apparatus at least has two sensing units that respectively sense the ambient light and the electromagnetic wave with a specific range... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090225305 - Optical multi-axis linear displacement measurement system and a method thereof: The present invention provides an optical multi-axis linear displacement measurement system and a method thereof, and the system can detect the reflected light from the top surface of the object so as to obtain multi-axis linear displacements of the object. The optical multi-axis linear displacement measurement system utilizes a non-contact... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090225307 - Wafer inspection using short-pulsed continuous broadband illumination: An inspection system may be configured to inspect objects, such as semiconductor wafers, using narrow-pulse broadband illumination. The illumination may be obtained in some embodiments using a laser configured to emit light into a material having a spectral broadening effect. The inspection system can include various filters which may be... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090225308 - Optical system and method for improving imaging properties thereof: An optical system has at least two optical elements whose spatial relation with respect to each other can be changed. At least one of the optical elements comprises a plurality of optical components. The optical system comprises first measuring means for individually measuring an image defect of each optical component,... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20090225309 - Time-lapse analysis chamber for laser capture microdissection applications: Devices, systems, and methods for the monitoring and morphological characterization of 3D cell cultures targeted for laser capture microdissection (LCM) are provided. The devices, systems and methods presented herein provide a discovery engine for probing cellular plasticity and differentiation in 3D cultures with genomics and proteomics.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090225310 - Surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy substrate for arsenic sensing in groundwater: A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate formed from a plurality of monolayers of polyhedral silver nanocrystals, wherein at least one of the monolayers has polyvinypyrrolidone (PVP) on its surface, and thereby configured for sensing arsenic is described. Highly active SERS substrates are formed by assembling high density monolayers of differently... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20090225311 - Probe apparatus and terahertz spectrometer: A probe apparatus includes a first focusing lens and a second focusing lens. The first focusing lens is arranged on a surface of a base to which a terahertz excitation beam is applied, the surface being opposite to the surface to which terahertz excitation beam is applied, with the lens... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090225312 - Terahertz spectrometer: A terahertz spectrometer includes an optical fiber and an emitter. The optical fiber is branched from a gain fiber constituting an ultra-short pulse oscillator. The emitter generates a terahertz wave from a pulse beam guided from the gain fiber through the optical fiber.... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090225313 - Terahertz spectrometer: A terahertz spectrometer includes: a terahertz-wave generating element; an elliptical mirror; an optical lens configured to apply a terahertz wave generated by the terahertz-wave generating element, obliquely to a focusing plane of a first focus of the elliptical mirror; and a terahertz-wave detecting element arranged at a second focus of... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090225315 - Scanning monochromator with direct drive grating: A novel scanning monochromator uses a PM stepper-motor to directly drive a diffraction grating. By employing interpolated encoder feedback in combination with the PM stepper-motor feedback, a resolution of over 250,000 pulsed steps is available for each revolution of the PM stepper-motor. This translates into more than 20,000 incremental angular-displacement... Agent: King & Spalding

20090225314 - Spectrometer designs: Various embodiments include spectrometers comprising diffraction gratings monolithically integrated with other optical elements. These optical elements may include slits and mirrors. The mirrors and gratings may be curved. In one embodiment, the mirrors are concave and the grating is convex. The mirrors and grating may be concentric or nearly concentric.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090225316 - Systems for measuring properties of a physiological fluid suspension: A method of evaluating a property of a physiological fluid suspension comprises measuring a value of the property of a liquid portion of the physiological fluid suspension via light scattering, and comparing the measured value with a reference value to evaluate the property of the liquid portion of the physiological... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090225317 - Spectroscopic ellipsometer: A spectroscopic ellipsometer can compare data different in a measurement condition and facilitate setting an initial value of fitting data even for an inexperienced operator such as a beginner. The spectroscopic ellipsometer includes a reference data storage part storing therein reference data to be compared with measurement data, a conversion... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090225318 - Apparatus for determining optical surface properties of workpieces: The invention relates to an apparatus for determining optical surface properties of workpieces, comprising a housing, in the interior of which there is provided a carrier on which the workpiece can be arranged, and comprising a radiation device which directs radiation onto the workpiece in a predefined emission direction (E).... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20090225319 - Methods of using optofluidic microscope devices: An embodiment of a method comprises providing a fluid sample having objects to an optofluidic microscope device comprising a fluid channel and a light detector, and receiving time varying light data from the fluid sample. The embodiment of the method also comprises determining one or more characteristics of the objects... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090225321 - Fringe projection system and method for a probe suitable for phase-shift analysis: A probe includes an insertion tube and a plurality of light emitters disposed on the distal end of the insertion tube. The probe further includes at least one intensity modulating element through which light from the plurality of light emitters is passed to project a plurality of fringe sets onto... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090225320 - Fringe projection system and method for a probe using a coherent fiber bundle: A probe is presented that includes a light source, a coherent fiber bundle, and a pattern selector. The pattern selector is disposed between the light source and the proximal end of the coherent fiber bundle. The pattern selector includes at least one patterned zone through which light from the light... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090225322 - Selection of interrogation wavelengths in optical bio-detection systems: Methods and systems are disclosed for selecting a set of interrogation wavelengths from spectral data, the method including the steps of performing a principal coordinate transformation on the spectral data, choosing an objective function which describes the efficiency of the transformation in separating the class of agents from the class... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090225323 - Method and apparatus for monitoring angle random walk of a fiber optic gyroscope: A system for determining a level of angle random walk (ARW) associated with a fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) includes first and second photodiodes. The first photodiode is configured to receive a first light signal from a light source associated with the FOG. The second photodiode is configured to receive a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090225324 - Apparatus for providing endoscopic high-speed optical coherence tomography: Exemplary embodiments of an apparatus can be provided which can include at least one first arrangement which is configured to generate a magnetic field. Further, the exemplary apparatus can include at least one second arrangement coupled to the first arrangement(s) and configured to receive at least one first electro-magnetic radiation... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090225325 - Method and apparatus for continuous readout of fabry-perot fiber optic sensor: A pressure measurement system and method are described. The system uses a tunable laser and a Fabry-Perot sensor with integrated transducer. A detector senses the light modulated by the Fabry-Perot sensor. A signal conditioner, which can be located up to 15 km away, then uses the detector signal to determine... Agent: Booth Albanesi Schroeder LLC

20090225326 - Charged particle beam apparatus and displacement detecting circuit: To achieve the above object, this invention includes a detector that scans a charged particle beam and detects secondary particles that originate from a substrate, and an image processer that displays an image of the substrate on a display based on the secondary particles that are detected by the detector.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090225327 - Position measurement apparatus, position measurement method, and exposure apparatus: A position measurement apparatus includes a first beam splitter configured to split light from a light source into reference light and measurement light, a reference mirror configured to receive the reference light and a second beam splitter configured to synthesize the reference light reflected on the reference mirror with the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090225328 - Wavefront aberration measuring apparatus, wavefront aberration measuring method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: An apparatus measuring wavefront aberration of an optical system includes a first mask in an object plane and having plural openings, an illumination optical system illuminating the openings of the first mask by using light from a light source, a second mask in an image plane and having an opening... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090225329 - Phase-shift analysis system and method: A system for determining an object distance z includes a plurality of light emitters. A group of at least one of the plurality of light emitters includes an emitter group, and the pattern projected when one emitter group is emitting includes a fringe set. The light pattern of one fringe... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090225331 - Method of providing alignment marks, device manufacturing method and lithographic apparatus: A method of providing a set of alignment marks on a substrate including the following steps. Exposing a first pattern on at least one exposure area of a layer of a substrate, the first pattern comprising a repetitive set of elements having a first element size. Exposing a second pattern... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090225330 - Optoelectronic distance sensor: An optoelectronic distance sensor with slant component 200 having a spacer 202 bonded on a mother substrate 201 is disclosed. The spacer 202 has slant surface for receiving one or more optoelectronic components 204, such as an optical sensor, that are mounted at an angle to the mother substrate 201.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090225332 - Portable electronic measuring device and method: A portable electronic device for measuring a distance D1 between two points E1, E2, includes a visible and rotatable light emitter, an angle computing unit, a distance computing unit and an output unit. The light emitter generates a rotatable light beam capable of rotating from pointing in an initial direction... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090225333 - System aspects for a probe system that utilizes structured-light: A probe system includes an imager and an inspection light source. The probe system is configured to operate in an inspection mode and a measurement mode. During inspection mode, the inspection light source is enabled. During measurement mode, the inspection light source is disabled, and a structured-light pattern is projected.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090219506 - Heterodyne laser doppler probe and measurement system using the same: There is provided a heterodyne laser Doppler probe capable of realizing the compatibility between its photoexcitation efficiency and speed measurement efficiency, and a measurement system using the same is also disclosed. The heterodyne laser Doppler probe introduces excitation light for photoexcitation from a first optical path (2) to an optical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090219507 - System and method for motion based velocity discrimination for doppler velocimeters: A Doppler velocimeter apparatus and method of forming same. In one implementation a coherent light source is used for generating a beam of coherent light. An optical fiber receives the beam of coherent light. The optical fiber has an output face that is generally flat, thus enabling a first portion... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090219508 - System and method for detecting local mechanical stress in integreated devices: A method of detecting local mechanical stress in integrated devices is provided, the method comprising: enabling the detection of a photovoltage difference between a scan probe device and a surface portion of an integrated device, the scan probe device being configured to deflect in response to the photovoltage difference; measuring... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20090219510 - Nonhemolytic optical sensor with enhanced reflectance: A nonhemolytic sensor for determination of analytes in erythrocyte-containing biological fluids is disclosed that comprises an optical material having a deposit on a surface thereof, where this deposit includes an analyte-reactive reagent and a particulate means for suppressing hemolysis of erythrocytes in an erythrocyte-containing biological fluid, such as whole blood.... Agent: Robert J. Petersen Light Pointe Medical, Inc.

20090219509 - Optical sensor with enhanced reflectance: A device for determination of analytes is disclosed that comprises an optical material having a deposit on a surface thereof, where this deposit includes an analyte-reactive reagent and a particulate means for enhancing reflectance of a light beam emitted through the optical material into the analyte-reactive reagent. The enhanced reflectance... Agent: Robert J. Petersen Light Pointe Medical, Inc.

20090219512 - Optical analysis system and elements to isolate spectral region: A method of selecting components for a multivariate optical computing and analysis system to isolate a spectral region includes selecting a spectral region of interest; selecting a spectral element with a predetermined transmission characteristic to control a spectral range of an illumination source; illuminating a sample with the illumination source;... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090219513 - Spa chlorine measurement via temperature shift uv spectrometry: A method of measuring chlorine concentration of a solution comprising making a first measurement of transmission of ultraviolet light at a selected wavelength through a first sample of said solution at a first temperature; making a second measurement of the transmission of ultraviolet light at said selected wavelength through a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20090219511 - Waveguide, and device and detection method using the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a low loss waveguide. There is provided a waveguide including a single line formed by a conductive body, and a dielectric member covering the single line, the dielectric member having a gap.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090219514 - Measuring device, measuring apparatus and method of measuring: A measuring device for analyzing an analyte contained in a sample. The device includes a hollow housing, a sample holding part provided inside the housing for holding the sample, a sample supply inlet provided for the housing so as to communicate with the sample holding part, an optical measurement part... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090219515 - Interferometic measuring device: An interferometric measuring device for measuring layer structure of a plurality of layers has: a scanning apparatus for displacing an interference plane relative to the layer structure; an interferometer part having a wavelength scanning interferometer; an image recorder recording the interfering radiation returning from a reference arm on an object... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090219516 - Fiber optic sensing system, method of using such and sensor fiber: An embodiment of a sensor fiber includes: at least two fiber sections with a plurality of holes; and at least one other fiber section situated between said at least two fiber sections, wherein the at least one other fiber sections being without the plurality of holes.... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090219517 - Method and apparatus for inverting a flexible molding:

20090219518 - Optimizing use and performance of optical systems implemented with telecentric on-axis dark field illumination: Systems and methods are provided for imaging a planar specular object such as a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, an imaging system for imaging a defect on a planar specular object includes a telecentric lens having a sufficiently aspherical surface such that the telecentric lens is substantially corrected for an... Agent: Electro Scientific Industries/stoel Rives, LLP

20090219520 - Apparatus and method for inspecting a surface of a wafer: A surface inspection apparatus and method increase wafer productivity, wherein to increase an efficiency of the surface inspection apparatus to detect defects during a scanning of the wafer surface, a scanning speed for a subsequent defect detection is varied according to an increase/decrease of defect density represented on a plurality... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090219519 - Apparatus and method for inspecting circuit structures: An apparatus is described for scanning a circuit structure. The apparatus has a linear sensor (16), for detecting light intensity as a function of position along the sensor. A transport mechanism (12) moves a circuit structure (10), such as a PCB or a wafer relative to the sensor. The circuit... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090219521 - Inspection apparatus for liquid crystal display device and inspection method using the same: An inspection apparatus and inspection method for liquid crystal display devices are disclosed, wherein a final inspection for completely manufactured liquid crystal display devices is performed using a visual-light inspection apparatus, whereby high productivity due to improved inspection accuracy and reduced inspection time can be accomplished. With the inspection apparatus... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090219522 - Levelling device: A mobile leveling apparatus for quickly and simply transferring the height of a visible, fixed datum point from a distant wall or column across a room. The leveling apparatus is hand-held and can be operated by a single user. The operator physically holds the apparatus at the actual point where... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090219523 - Method and system for measuring sub-surface composition of a sample: In a method for measuring a composition of a sample, an illumination surface area of the sample is illuminated using a light source, and light from a plurality of emitting surface areas of the sample is received, each emitting surface area at a different location, the received light scattered by... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090219524 - Method and apparatus for controlled raman spectrometer: One embodiments includes a method that includes enabling an excitation laser during an excitation period, after a timed delay following the first excitation period, monitoring a photon scattering caused by the excitation laser, analyzing the photon scattering, automatically adjusting the timed delay to a modified timed delay based on the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090219526 - Reagents for biomolecular labeling, detection and quantification employing raman spectroscopy: e

20090219525 - System and method for portable raman spectroscopy: One embodiment includes a method that includes scanning a plurality of specimens with a laser by moving the laser according to coordinates for laser movement and measuring a distance for each of the plurality of specimens, associating location information with each of the specimens of the plurality of specimens based... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090219527 - Apparatus and method for adapting conventional cuvettes for use in a vertical light beam spectrophotometer: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for adapting conventional spectrophotometer cuvettes for use in a vertical light beam spectrophotometer.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP

20090219528 - Methods and systems for computing a size distribution of small particles: Methods, systems and computer readable media for computing small particle size distributions. A reference matrix of pre-computed reference vectors is provided, with each reference vector representing a discrete particle size or particle size range of a particle size distribution of particles contained in a dilute colloid. A measurement vector of... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090219529 - Method and apparatus for determining the particles contained in a particle stream: A method and an apparatus for determining the particle content of a particle stream using a source of light and two receivers arranged offset from one another in the flow direction of the particle stream. The receivers provide an electrical signal to an evaluation unit as a function of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090219530 - Non-orthogonal particle detection systems and methods: Described herein is a particle detection system capable of spatially resolving the interaction of particles with a beam of electromagnetic radiation. Using a specific electromagnetic beam cross sectional shape and orientation, the detection sensitivity of a particle detection system can be improved. Also provided are methods for detecting and sizing... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20090219531 - Detecting device and method for detecting unevenness of a glass substrate: A detecting device of unevenness of a glass substrate includes a light source emitting a light; a polarizer polarizing the light; a standard cell including opposing outer surfaces, the glass substrate attached to one of the opposing outer surfaces, the polarized light passing through the standard cell and the glass... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090219532 - System and method for quality checking of anisotropic conductive film: An exemplary system for calculating the number of conductive particles dispersed in an anisotropic conductive film includes an image capturing device and an image processing device. The image capturing device captures a color image of the anisotropic conductive film. The image processing device processes the color image to generate a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090219533 - Exposure method, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing device: An exposure method comprises: a first detection step of detecting a position of a first mark by a first scope; a second detection step of detecting a position of a second mark by a second scope having a magnification higher than the first scope; a first calculation step of calculating... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090219534 - Imaging device for solder paste inspection: An exemplary imaging device for inspecting solder paste deposited on a printed circuit board includes a first light source, a second light source, and a camera. The first light source and the second light source are disposed adjacent to two different sides of the printed circuit board and above the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090219535 - Fruit and vegetable quality control device: Device for inspecting fruit and vegetable products in general, and fruit in particular, by spectroscopic analysis of refracted light, comprising at least one runway (2) arranged to receive an alignment of fruits from a loose mass of fruits, means (51, 121-122) for advancing said fruits along said runway, and, for... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090219537 - Method and apparatus for using multiple relative reflectance measurements to determine properties of a sample using vacuum ultra violet wavelengths: A method and apparatus is disclosed for measuring properties of an unknown sample. A reflectometer and one or more reference pieces is provided. A set of data is collected from the unknown sample and a combination of the reference pieces. A combination of the sample and reference piece data independent... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20090219538 - Method of high-speed monitoring based on the use of multivariate optical elements: A method of high-speed processing and monitoring of a product, such as a pharmaceutical powder or tablet, comprises: moving the product (C) past an inspection station; illuminating at least a portion of the product with light; spectrally filtering a first portion of light carrying information about the product, o.g., transmitted... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090219539 - Optical analysis system for dynamic real-time detection and measurement: A method of real-time processing and monitoring comprises the steps of blending a material of interest (e.g., an active pharmaceutical material), with a secondary material, (e.g., an excipient), illuminating the blended materials with light, reflecting light carrying information about the blended materials through at least one multivariate optical element (148)... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090219540 - Optical interrogation system and method for using same: An optical interrogation system and a method are described herein that enable the interrogation of one or more biosensors which can be located within the wells of a microplate. In one embodiment, the optical interrogation system has a tunable laser, N-fiber launches, N-lenses and N-detectors that are set-up to interrogate... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090219536 - Providing position information to computing equipment installed in racks of a datacenter: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for providing position information to computing equipment installed in racks of a datacenter that includes: projecting, by a projection module, a plurality of optical signals to a plurality of reference points on at least one reflective surface above the racks of the datacenter, each... Agent: Ibm (rps-blf) C/o Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20090219541 - Lensless imaging with reduced aperture: An image of an object can be synthesized either from the Fourier components of the electric field or from the Fourier components of the intensity distribution. Imaging with a lens is equivalent to assembling the Fourier components of the electric field in the image plane. This invention provides a method... Agent: John Farah Bld'g 3 Apt. 2

20090219543 - Contra-propagative wave spectograph: The invention relates to a spectrograph (11) comprising a waveguide (10) provided with accesses (10; 10b, 12), a means for injecting two guided contra-propagative waves by each accesses in such a way that a spatial interference is formed in the waveguide, means (19, 20, 14, 16) for detecting the energy... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090219542 - Method for evaluating a measured parameter: For evaluation of a measured parameter with a measuring cell having a cavity which generates for light an optical path length difference changing corresponding to the variation of the measured parameter, the method includes: introducing light from a white light source with the aid of an optical waveguide via a... Agent: Notaro & Michalos P.C.

20090219544 - Systems, methods and computer-accessible medium for providing spectral-domain optical coherence phase microscopy for cell and deep tissue imaging: Exemplary arrangement, apparatus, method and computer accessible can be provided. For example, using the exemplary arrangement, apparatus and method, it is possible to configured to propagate at least one electro-magnetic radiation. Indeed, it is possible to receive, using at least one first arrangement, a first portion of the at least... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090219545 - Stitched waveguide for use in a fiber-optic gyroscope: An integrated optical circuit includes a first waveguide portion of a first material. The first waveguide portion includes an input-port section terminating in a junction section from which first and second branch sections are formed. Second and third waveguide portions are respectively coupled to the first and second branch sections.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090219546 - Interferometric gravity sensor: A system for measuring gravity is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the system uses a pair of retro-reflectors located on a free-falling test mass. These retro-reflectors enable the movement of the test mass to change the length of both a reference arm and sample arm in an interferometer system. As... Agent: Lockheed Martin C/o Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090219548 - Making method of sample for evaluation of laser irradiation position and making apparatus thereof and evaluation method of stability of laser irradiation position and evaluation apparatus thereof: A method for making a sample for evaluation of laser irradiation position and evaluating the sample, and an apparatus which is switchable between a first mode of modification of semiconductor and a second mode of making and evaluating the sample. Specifically, a sample is made by irradiating a semiconductor substrate... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090219547 - Method and device for position sensing in an imaging system: In a camera where the lens or image sensor is laterally moved in a carrier to shift the image for compensating for unwanted camera movement, a reflection surface is used to reflect light, and a photo-emitter/sensor pair is used to illuminate the reflection surface and to detect reflected light therefrom.... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090219549 - Three dimensional, position observation method and apparatus: A three-dimensional position observation apparatus provided with a lens system having focusing and diaphragm mechanisms, for forming an image on an imaging plane by light from an observation object includes a beam steering member disposed in a light path extending from the observation object to the imaging plane, for changing... Agent: Gzybowski S. Michael Butzel Long