Radiant energy inventions 09/06

20060208153 - Solar sensor including reflective element to transform the angular response: A solar sensor that utilizes a blocking element and curved reflective element between the sun and a photo-sensitive electronic device to provide high signal levels and the ability to shape the angular response of the overall sensor. A particular angular response can be achieved by combining the attenuating affects of...

20060208163 - Cmos image sensor using shared transistors between pixels having mirror symmetry: A CMOS image sensor that has reduced transistor count is disclosed. The individual pixels are formed by a photodiode and a transfer transistor. An output node receives the signal from the photodiode via the transfer transistor. The output node is shared between multiple pixels. Further, a reset transistor is coupled...

20060208157 - Document reading apparatus, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and copying machine: An opening detector detects a state of a platen whether the platen is “opened” at a level equal to or above a set opening degree or “closed” at a level less than the set opening degree. A reading controller starts lighting of an illumination lamp in response to a change...

20060208154 - Environment radiation detector: A method of obtaining information about radiation arising from within an environment includes providing a directionally sensitive radiation detector which has a field of view and providing a visual image capturing device which has an area of vision. The radiation for a field of view is measured, the field of...

20060208155 - Error corrected optical navigation system: An optical navigation system. The optical navigation system includes an image sensor capable of optical coupling to a surface of an object, a data storage device, and a navigation circuit. The data storage device is capable of storing successive images captured by the image sensor. The navigation circuit includes a...

20060208162 - Photoelectric conversion layer stack type color solid-state image sensing device: A solid-state image sensing device comprising: a silicon substrate; a photoelectric conversion layer provided for absorbing a green light component to generate optical charge; and photodiodes provided in a shallow portion and in a deep portion respectively in a depth direction of the silicon substrate, wherein the solid-state image sensing...

20060208159 - Producing method for solid-state image pickup device: The invention is to simplify a producing process for a solid-state image pickup device having pixels including MOS transistors, thereby improving productivity of the image pickup device. In a producing method for a solid-state image pickup device including pixels 100 each including a photoelectric conversion region 101 for generating photoelectrically...

20060208161 - Solid state image pickup device and camera: An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being commonly provided to at least two photoelectric conversion regions, a first and a second transfer units...

20060208160 - Solid state image pickup device, method of manufacturing the same, and camera: The solid state image pickup device includes a pixel, the pixel including: a photoelectric conversion region for generating carrier by photoelectric conversion and accumulating the carrier; a carrier holding region for accumulating carrier flowing out from the photoelectric conversion region during the photoelectric conversion region generates and accumulates carrier; a...

20060208158 - Solid-state image device, driving method thereof, and camera: An object of the present invention is to provide a solid-state imaging device which is capable of suppressing horizontal shading in which light and shade is generated on a display screen in a left to right direction, without increasing the signal reading-out time, and the driving method of the device....

20060208156 - System and method of electronic image shifting for image stabilization: An electronic image stabilization system includes an image sensor including an array of photo sensors. Each of the photo sensors accumulates charge responsive to light incident upon the sensor. A motion sensor develops a movement signal responsive to movement of the image stabilization system. A control circuit is coupled to...

20060208165 - Optical bumps for low-loss interconnection and related methods: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and related methods related to an optical bump for optically coupling devices. An exemplary apparatus includes a first device, a second device, and at least one optical bump. The first device has a first surface including at least one first optically active...

20060208166 - Display device with combined light guide: An indicating instrument including a light guiding system having at least a first and second light guides, a sensor disposed at a first end of the first light guide and configured to receive incident ambient light that has traveled through the first light guide, a light-emitting device disposed at a...

20060208164 - Photodiode circuit with improved response time: A circuit has a voltage source, a node, a photodiode electrically coupled between the voltage source and the node, a voltage reference, a resistor electrically coupled between the node and the voltage reference, and a voltage clamp electrically connected to the node....

20060208168 - Indicating instrument for vehicle: An indicating instrument for a vehicle has a display board, a light modulation member disposed to cover a surface of the display board. An illumination intensity of the display board is detected by a light detecting member and a control unit applies to a dc pulse voltage to the light...

20060208167 - Laser beam processing machine: A laser beam processing machine comprising laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to a workpiece, which comprises a laser beam oscillation means and a condenser for converging a laser beam to apply the converged laser beam, wherein the condenser comprises a first prism for splitting the laser...

20060208170 - Compact and low profile optical navigation device: An optical navigation device detects relative motion of non-optically flat surfaces, e.g. fingers by comparing the captured images of the surface texture, e.g. ridges on the finger. Within a housing, a light source and a sensor array are positioned proximately. The sensor array is mounted on a substrate. A lens...

20060208171 - Light sensor with modulated radiant polychromatic source: An apparatus is described for assessing plant chlorophyll content remotely sensed by the invention thereby allowing selective monitoring or treatment of individual plants. In one preferred embodiment, a polychromatic emitter provides light beams substantially in the red edge portion of a plant's reflectance spectrum. This light beam illuminates a surface...

20060208169 - Vehicular restraint system control system and method using multiple optical imagers: System and method for obtaining information about occupancy of a compartment in a movable object in which at least first and second optical imagers obtain images of a common area of the compartment and spaced apart from one another. Processing circuitry derives information from the images obtained by the imagers....

20060208172 - Method and system for inspecting packagings: The present invention relates to a method for inspecting packagings for a liquid product, such as drinks, including: setting a packaging into rotation, irradiating the packaging during the rotation with a radiation of a predetermined wavelength, making at least one series of at least two recordings of at least a...

20060208174 - Power transfer device with contactless optical encoder and pitched reflective surface: An angular offset sensing device includes an optical encoder having a light generating element and a light sensor. An armature includes a reflective surface having a generally semicircular shape and a surface height continuously increasing from a first end of the surface to a second end of the surface. A...

20060208173 - Rotary encoder and method of manufacturing a rotary shaft: A rotary encoder includes a rotary shaft that may be manufactured easily and efficiently includes a rotating magnet with a mounting precision in which variance may not occur readily. A rotary shaft includes a rotary shaft main unit with a rotating magnet mounting part for mounting a rotating magnet and...

20060208175 - Color display apparatus using one panel diffractive-type optical modulator: Disclosed herein is a color display apparatus using a one-panel diffractive-type optical modulator. The color display apparatus includes a plurality of light sources, an illumination lens system, a diffractive-type optical modulator, a filter system, and a projection system. The light sources simultaneously emit the light beams of corresponding wavelengths. The...

20060208176 - Rotation angle detector: A rotation angle detector provided with a spring to thrust a rotary body against protrusions formed on an inner wall of an opening via a detector body in a manner to keep the rotary body rotatable without any play in a linked motion with a steering shaft. As a result,...

20060208179 - Dc brushless motor, light deflector, optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus: A light deflector is disclosed that includes a bearing, a motor, a rotary body supported by the bearing and rotated by the motor, and a polygon mirror fixed to the rotary body. The motor includes an annular permanent magnet circumferentially magnetized with six poles and fixed to the rotary body,...

20060208177 - Device to prevent diffused reflection and light scanning unit having the same: A device to prevent diffused reflection of light in a light scanning unit includes a light source to generate and irradiate light, a housing in which the light source is installed and which has an opening through which the light irradiated by the light source passes, a collimator lens separated...

20060208178 - Light scanning microscope and use: Light scanning microscope with an at least single-dimensional light distribution for grid-shaped illumination of a sample in a locally limited grid field and detector means for recording sample light as well as a sample table that moves in at least one direction, whereby in a first process step an illumination...

20060208180 - Apparatus for measuring photo diodes' temperature dependence: A system for measuring gains of a plurality of photo diodes includes a chamber adapted to host the plurality of photo diodes and a temperature control unit configured to control the temperature within the chamber to a predetermined temperature. A control unit selects at least one of the plurality of...

20060208181 - Semiconductor package: A semiconductor package includes a base plate; a sidewall provided at a periphery of the base plate; a sensor chip retained in a chip accommodation space defined by the sidewall; and a chip installation hole provided in the base plate for installing the sensor chip. The sensor chip is disposed...

20060208182 - Solid-state image sensing device: A solid-state image sensing device has a printed board; a solid-state image sensing element fixed to the printed board; and a light-transmitting lid section fixed to the solid-state image sensing element so as to cover an image sensing area (effective pixel area). The printed board has a bore which penetrates...

20060208183 - Tester for optical device: A tester according to the present invention can conduct a test on optical devices each having a different positional relation between a position of a contact face of an external contact terminal and a direction of light emitted from a semiconductor laser element....

20060208184 - Method for determining shale bed boundaries and gamma ray activity with gamma ray instrument: Resolution of thin beds made by a natural gamma ray logging tool is improved using a relation between the width of the response and the bed thickness. The peak gamma ray of the bed is determined using another relation between the measured gamma ray response and the bed thickness....

20060208185 - Preparing peptide spectra for identification: A method for preparing peptide spectra for identification, the method including constructing a symmetric distance matrix from a plurality of peptide spectra, where a cluster of at least one of the spectra is represented in a row of the matrix, and where the cluster is also represented in a column...

20060208186 - Nanospray ion source with multiple spray emitters: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for use with a mass spectrometer. The invention provides a mass spectrometer system for non-pneumatic ion production, including a non-pneumatic nanospray ionization source. The nanospray ionization source has a first non-pneumatic ion spray emitter for producing ions; a conduit adjacent to the...

20060208187 - Apparatus and method for improved sensitivity and duty cycle: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing improved sensitivity and duty cycle in a mass spectrometry system. The mass spectrometry system of the present invention includes an ionization source, a mass analyzer/filter and an ion detector. The mass analyzer has a first trapping section, a second...

20060208188 - Infrared sensor and method of driving thereof: An infrared sensor includes an imaging area including a thermal non-sensitivity pixel row, an optical non-sensitivity pixel row and a valid pixel row, and the infrared sensor including a column amplifier including a first amplifying transistor, a first clamp circuit, an integration capacitor, and a resetting part connected to the...

20060208189 - Bolometric detector, device for detecting infrared radiation using such a detector and method for producing this detector: A bolometric detector for electromagnetic radiation comprising a sensitive part or membrane comprising one or more layers of a sensitive material, the resistivity of which varies with temperature; first electric conductor elements in electrical continuity with a readout circuit associated with the bolometric detector and acting as electrodes for the...

20060208190 - Chemical agent sensor having a stationary linear fringe interferometer: A sensor having an input to an interferometer. The input may receive emissions from a detected fluid. The output of the interferometer may be focused on an array of light detectors. Electrical signals from the detectors may go to a processor. The output of the processor may include a spectrum...

20060208191 - System for monitoring a drying process: An apparatus for monitoring a parameter of a solvent during a drying process is described. The apparatus includes a light source providing at least one light beam and a detection system receiving a signal corresponding to the at least one light beam transmitted through a vapor of the solvent flowing...

20060208192 - Radiator module: Radiation module for thermal or UV irradiation processing procedures with a large number of radiation sources essentially adjacent and parallel to one another for electromagnetic radiation whose main effective range is in the UV spectrum, visible spectrum, and/or near infrared (NIR) part of the spectrum, particularly at wavelengths between 250...

20060208193 - Multi-mode optical imager: A common aperture, multi-mode optical imager for imaging electromagnetic radiation bands from a field of two or more different wavelengths is described. Fore-optics are provided to gather and direct electromagnetic radiation bands forming an image into an aperture of the multi-mode optical imager. The image is divided into two different...

20060208194 - Microwave mass measuring device and process: Device and process for measuring mass per unit area of sheet products and/or density of material in a pipe. The device includes a microwave element positionable to couple a high frequency electromagnetic field into a sheet to be measured, and a microwave signal generator coupled to the microwave element to...

20060208196 - Method and apparatus for gamma ray detection: A high sensitivity, three-dimensional gamma ray detection and imaging system is provided. The system uses the Compton double scatter technique with recoil electron tracking. The system preferably includes two detector subassemblies; a silicon microstrip hodoscope and a calorimeter. In this system the incoming photon Compton scatters in the hodoscope. The...

20060208195 - Systems, methods and apparatus to calibrate a solid state x-ray detector: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which a solid-state X-Ray detector is electronically scrubbed and a flat-field X-Ray exposure of the solid-state X-Ray detector is simulated in reference to an adjusted bias of the solid-state X-Ray detector. The simulation yields a gain image of the solid-state X-Ray detector which...

20060208197 - Zns(ag) scintillation detector: A ZnS (Ag) scintillation detector comprises a ZnS (Ag) scintillators layer 22 which is excited by incident α-rays and emits a scintillator light, a photomultiplier tube 16 which converts the scintillator light into an electric pulse signal, and a counting rate meter 34 which counts the obtained pulse signal. The...

20060208198 - Vacuum ultraviolet reflectometer integrated with processing system: A spectroscopy system is provided which is optimized for operation in the VUV region and capable of performing well in the DUV-NIR region. Additionally, the system incorporates an optical module which presents selectable sources and detectors optimized for use in the VUV and DUV-NIR. As well, the optical module provides...

20060208199 - Luminescent calibration: A luminescent calibration device (108) is provided with the luminescent calibration device (108) having a housing (202) with a surface (228). The housing (202) has a length (210), a width (214), and a thickness (212). The housing (202) having a luminescent standard (204) disposed on the housing (202). A method...

20060208200 - Microscope and detector module: A microscope includes a light source and a detector device. An illumination beam path extends between the light source and a sample. A detection beam path extends between the sample and the detector device. The detector device includes a detector module insertable into the detection beam path and configured to...

20060208201 - Apparatus and method for substrate neutralization and glass substrate charging prevention: A neutralizing method and a neutralizing apparatus for effectively neutralizing an insulating member in a simple and efficient way are disclosed. A hard X-ray generating device radiates a hard X-ray on the obverse surface of the insulating member from the direction perpendicular to the obverse surface of the insulating member....

20060208203 - Technique for ion beam angle process control: A technique for ion beam angle process control is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for ion beam angle process control in an ion implanter system. The method may comprise directing one or more ion beams at a substrate surface. The method...

20060208202 - Technique for ion beam angle spread control: A technique for ion beam angle spread control is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for ion beam angle spread control. The method may comprise directing one or more ion beams at a substrate surface at two or more different incident angles,...

20060208204 - Technique for ion beam angle spread control for advanced applications: A technique for ion beam angle spread control for advance applications is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for ion beam angle spread control for advanced applications. The method may comprise directing one or more ion beams at a substrate surface at...

20060208205 - Method, program product and apparatus for improving calibration of resist models used in critical dimension calculation: Improved calibration of a resist model used in critical dimension (CD) calculation is disclosed. A dose function is obtained based on optical tool to be used form the resist on a wafer. The dose function indicates the amount of energy in a resist. The dose function is convolved with a...

20060208206 - Illumination system particularly for microlithography: An illumination system for scannertype microlithography along a scanning direction with a light source emitting a wavelength especially ≦193 nm. The illumination system includes a plurality of raster elements. The plurality of raster elements is imaged into an image plane of the illumination system to produce a plurality of images...

20060208207 - Radiation image detector and radiation image detecting system: A radiation image detector comprises a first electrode layer, a recording photo-conductor layer, a reading charge-transportable photo-conductor layer, and a second electrode layer. The reading charge-transportable photo-conductor layer generates electric charges when being exposed to reading light. When the reading light is not irradiated, the reading charge-transportable photo-conductor layer acts...

20060208208 - Radiation image storage panel: A radiation image storage panel has a phosphor layer composed of a phosphor matrix compound and an activator in combination, a subbing layer composed of the phosphor matrix compound, and a support, in which both of the subbing layer and phosphor layer have been formed by a gas phase-accumulation method...

20060202103 - Tracking auto focus system: A tracking auto-focus system maintains a microscope pointed at a TFT array continuously in focus so as to eliminate the auto-focusing time that would otherwise be required. The tracking auto-focus system includes, in part, a microscope Z actuator, an auto-focus sensor, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a signal conditioner, a digital...

20060202104 - Contact-type monolithic image sensor: A thin monolithic image sensor of the invention is comprised of a laminated solid package composed essentially of an optical layer and an image-receiving layer placed on the top of the optical layer. The optical layer also comprises a laminated structure composed of at least an optical microlens-array sublayer and...

20060202106 - Image pickup device and electronic apparatus: An image pickup device includes an optical member; a semiconductor image pickup element having a photoelectric converter for photoelectrically converting a light flux converged by the optical member into electric signal and for storing the electric signal thereon, and an analog circuit being adjacent to the photoelectric converter for outputting...

20060202107 - Scanning imager employing multiple chips with staggered pixels: A solid state imaging system has at least one CMOS imager with first and second series of pixels in which the pixels of one series are offset, i.e., staggered, in respect to the pixels of the other series. Multiple imagers can be arrayed end to end, with jumper wires connecting...

20060202105 - Wavelength-converted semiconductor light emitting device: A material such as a phosphor is optically coupled to a semiconductor structure including a light emitting region disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region, in order to efficiently extract light from the light emitting region into the phosphor. The phosphor may be phosphor grains in direct contact...

20060202109 - Method and apparatus for optically powering and multiplexing distributed fiber optic sensors: An optical power converting apparatus is provided that may be used with remote sensors. A plurality of remote sensors may be coupled to a backbone optical fiber with each sensor having an optical power converter that receives an optical signal from a head end of that fiber. The optical power...

20060202108 - Image sensor having pinned floating diffusion diode: The present invention provides an image sensor having a pinned floating diffusion region in addition to a pinned photodiode. The pinned floating diffusion region increases the capacity of the sensor to store charge, increases the dynamic range of the sensor and widens intra-scene intensity variation....

20060202110 - Electro-optic delay line frequency discriminator: An electro-optic delay line frequency discriminator has an optical signal source providing first and second optical signals that are directed along first and second paths, respectively. In the first path, the first optical signal is converted to a first corresponding optical signal that corresponds to an electrical input signal, and...

20060202111 - Accessory mounting system for a vehicle: An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle comprises a housing that is adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle. The housing houses at least...

20060202114 - Integrated optical encoder: A rotary switch including a control element, a light-emitting device arranged on a printed circuit board and configured to emit light, and at least two receivers arranged on the printed circuit board in correspondence with the light-emitting device and configured to detect switching positions of the rotary switch. Further, the...

20060202112 - Photoelectric encoder: A photoelectric encoder is provided which has an optical system including a first lens array inserted between a main scale and a light receiving element. An image divided or reversed by the first lens array can be electrically or optically re-reversed. This can achieve the reduction of the entire size...

20060202113 - Photoelectric encoder: A photoelectric encoder that has a lens optical system including a lens inserted between a main scale and a light receiving element. In the photoelectric encoder, three planes extended from a surface of the main scale, a principal plane of the lens, and an image plane of the light receiving...

20060202115 - Apparatus and method for beam drift compensation: An apparatus and method for maintaining a desired position of a collimated light beam are provided. An optical system includes one or more passive optical elements movably positioned in the beam path. Beam position is responsive to movement of at least one of the passive optical elements. The actual position...

20060202116 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: An image forming apparatus forms an image by laser beams from a plurality of lasers. The image forming apparatus includes a light amount control circuit that detects displacement in a sub-scanning direction of the main scanning line of a laser beam from the predetermined laser, from a reference position. The...

20060202117 - Case for accommodating solid-state imaging device and solid-state imaging apparatus: This solid-state imaging device comprises a rib integrally formed with a bottom plate. A case for accommodating a solid-state imaging device, which can suppress warping from occurring at the time of molding the case and is less deformable by heat at the time of mounting is provided. The solid-state imaging...

20060202118 - Standard for referencing luminescence signals: The invention discloses a standard for referencing luminescence signals, having an optically transparent base material comprising a lanthanum phosphate glass, a fluorophosphate glass, a fluor-crown glass, a lanthanum glass, a glass-ceramic formed therefrom or a lithium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic, the base material including a bulk doping with at least one constituent...

20060202119 - Semiconductor device tester: A system and method is disclosed for obtaining information regarding one or more contact and/or via holes on a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, the method obtains information regarding one or more holes (for example, via or contact) that are disposed in a semiconductor wafer or disposed in a layer...

20060202120 - Photoconductive bolometer infrared detector: A photoconductive bolometer infrared detector using a detector material that has a resistance changed due to photo-excitation and thermal-excitation from an incident radiation in the infrared range. The resistance changes caused by photo-excitation and the thermal excitation are additive for this detector material. The detector material is suspended over a...

20060202121 - Transducer for reading information stored on an optical record carrier, single photon detector based storage system and method for reading data from an optical record carrier: Transducer (24, 240, 241) for reading information stored 1n an optical record carrier (1), comprising at least one solid-state single photon detector, for example a single photon avalanche diode (24) for acquisition of a 2D or 3D image of at least a portion of the optical record carrier....

20060202122 - Detecting gas in fluids: A method for detecting gas in a fluid, the system including flowing fluid bearing gas through a gas trap apparatus, flowing gas trapped by the gas trap apparatus to and through an infra-red gas detection system for detecting the gas, the infrared gas detection system having apparatus for isolating absorption...

20060202123 - Method for measuring gaseous species by derivation: The invention relates to a method for measuring the quantity of chemical species contained in a high-temperature gas, and especially the quantity of CO and/or CO2 contained in a gas emitted from a metal treating furnace, especially a light-arc furnace (EAF) or a converter (BOF). According to the invention, part...

20060202124 - Detector array and cross-talk linearity connection: An infrared imaging microscope, particularly of the type used to carry out FT-IR measurement, including a detector in the form of a relatively small detector array of individual detector elements. The outputs of the detector elements are fed in parallel to an electronic circuit for processing. The relatively small array...

20060202125 - Radiation detectors: The invention consists in structuring scintillation radiation detectors as Photonic Bandgap Crystals or 3D layers of thin filaments, thus enabling extremely high spatial resolutions and achieving virtual voxellation of the radiation detector without physical separating walls. The ability to precisely measure the recoil electron track in a Compton camera enables...

20060202126 - Device for correcting a signal derived from a detector: A device for processing a signal (i) derived from a particular detector, the device including an integrator for measuring the total charge transported by an input signal (i2) feeding the integrator for a predetermined time interval. The device further includes a plurality of units for receiving detector signal (i) derived...

20060202127 - Radiographic image detector and radiographic imaging system: A radiographic image detector to detect radiation applied thereto and obtain radiographic image information, includes: an internal power supply to supply power to drive units at least upon imaging; a communication unit to perform communication with an external device; a connection terminal connectable to a connection unit which performs at...

20060202128 - Detector with a scintillator, and imaging unit having such a detector: A detector is disclosed, including at least one scintillator and at least one photodiode, connected to one another by a connecting medium. The scintillator has a defined depression for holding the connecting medium on its side facing the photodiode in such a way that the visible light produced by the...

20060202129 - Integrated circuit comprising an array of single photon avalanche diodes: An integrated circuit (1) has an array of single photon avalanche diodes (SPADS), a plurality of read-out circuits, each SPADS being coupled to one read-out circuit, wherein at least some of the read-out circuits comprise time-to-digital converters (TDC) and/or a digital asynchronous counter. The plurality of SPADS are coupled to...

20060202130 - Mass spectrometer and liquid-metal ion source for a mass spectrometer of this type: A mass spectrometer includes an ion source for producing a primary ion beam, which has a heatable ion emitter coated by a liquid metal layer essentially comprised of pure metallic bismuth or of a low-melting-point alloy containing, in essence, bismuth. A bismuth ion mixed beam can be emitted by the...

20060202131 - Forming a semiconductor device feature using acquired parameters: In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes acquiring parameters for a desired feature of a semiconductor device; determining a data array using the parameters; and forming the desired feature using the data array. The desired feature in one embodiment may be a backside trench....

20060202133 - Multi-channel fluorescence measuring optical system and multi-channel fluorescence sample analyzer: A multi-channel fluorescence measuring optical system and a multi-channel fluorescence sample analyzer using the optical system are provided. The multi-channel fluorescence measuring optical system, which irradiates light onto a plurality of sample channels and detecting fluorescence radiated from samples, includes: a light source; an integrator for giving the light irradiated...

20060202132 - Portable fluorescence detection unit adapted for eye protection: A handheld fluorescence detector that includes a handheld data processing system and a UV light source connected to the data processing system is disclosed. The UV light source illuminates an object to be scanned with light having a UV illumination wavelength. A safety mechanism inhibits the light from the UV...

20060202134 - Radiation image storage panel: A radiation image storage panel has a phosphor layer containing an energy-storing phosphor, in which the storage panel has a surface showing an absorbance of 0.2 to 0.5 at the stimulating wavelength of the phosphor, and the phosphor layer contains the phosphor at a packing density of 3.0 g/cm3 or...

20060202135 - Contactless connector: The contactless connector comprises a rotation-side light element on a rotating body that rotates about an axis of rotation and a fixed side light element on a fixed body that is fixed, and the rotating body further comprises a reflective body that rotates about the axis of rotation. The two...

20060202136 - Method of and system for obtaining radiation image signal: A stimulable phosphor sheet is conveyed in a sub-scanning direction while projecting the stimulating light in the main scanning direction, an exposed area on the stimulable phosphor sheet is imaged on each light receiving portion of a line sensor which is formed by causing the same to correspond to a...

20060197005 - System and method for automatic focusing of images: A method for automatic focusing of images is disclosed. The method includes steps: sending an instruction to a motor (17) which is installed on a Z axis of a measure machine (19); setting particular parameters required for focusing images, and set a start location and an end location for the...

20060197006 - Image sensor, multi-chip module type image sensor and contact image sensor: The invention is to suppress a loss in image quality resulting from a sensitivity difference among different colors and to suppress an increase in a chip area. The invention provides for example an image sensor including three light detecting element rows respectively having R, G and B color filters on...

20060197007 - Solid-state image pickup device, electronic apparatus using such solid-state image pickup device and method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup device: A back-illuminated type solid-state image pickup device (1041) includes read circuits (Tr1, Tr2) formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (1042) to read a signal from a photo-electric conversion element (PD) formed on the semiconductor substrate (1042), in which electric charges (e) generated in a photo-electric conversion region (1052c1)...

20060197010 - Method, system and computer program for controlling a night vision system: A night vision system including an image intensifier receiving light. A current detector monitors current at the image intensifier. A data filter is coupled to the current detector and determines if the received light includes coded light pulses matching a predetermined code. A controller is coupled to the data filter....

20060197009 - Image detection and readout apparatus: An image detection and readout apparatus constituted by a solid state detector constructed to generate electrical currents according to the electrostatic latent image when scanned by readout light, a surface light source for scanning the solid state radiation detector by the readout light, and a light source control means for...

20060197008 - Light-receiving device having an optical fuse: The present invention provides a light-receiving device that may escape the device from the breakdown thereof and may suppress an optical loss. The light-receiving device of the invention includes a surface to sense the light and a thin film made of PbSe nano-particles, diameters of which are smaller than 20...

20060197011 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier where an image is formed, an arrayed light source, located opposite to the image carrier, where plural light emitting devices are arrayed, an optical system, located between the arrayed light source and the image carrier, that gathers light from the light emitting...

20060197012 - Shear and pressure/transverse strain fiber grating sensors: A fiber grating that is written into birefringent optical fiber may be placed between two loading plates and bonded in place. The principal polarization axes of the fiber grating written into birefringent optical fiber are approximately 45 degrees relative to the plane of the loading plates and utilizing spacers of...

20060197013 - Multi-channel fiber relays for high energy laser delivery to multi-beam ladar sensors: A multi-beam LADAR apparatus and a method for use in a multi-beam LADAR system are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of mission specific optics; a gimbal in which the mission specific optics are mounted; an off-gimbal laser; and a multi-fiber relay optically linking the laser output to the mission...

20060197014 - Cartridge type solid-state image pickup apparatus: Cartridge type solid-state image pickup apparatus, which is used to photograph a digital image while it is attached to a film camera instead of a film, comprises: a housing having a shape of a cartridge from which the film is drawn by a predetermined length; and a solid-state imaging element...

20060197015 - Method and apparatus for determining an analyte concentration in a sample having interferents: A method and apparatus are described that permit an analyte concentration to be estimated from a measurement in the presence of compounds that interfere with the measurement. The method reduces the error in the analyte concentration in the presence of interferents. The method includes the use of a set of...

20060197016 - Method of implanting a substrate and an ion implanter for performing the method: An implanter provides two-dimensional scanning of a substrate relative to an implant beam so that the beam draws a raster of scan lines on the substrate. The beam current is measured at turnaround points off the substrate and the current value is used to control the subsequent fast scan speed...

20060197017 - Information acquisition apparatus, cross section evaluating apparatus, cross section evaluating method, and cross section working apparatus: The invention provides a cross section evaluating apparatus capable of analyzing the cross sectional structure in a state where the temperature of the specimen is regulated. There is disclosed an information acquisition apparatus comprising a stage for placing the specimen, temperature regulation means for regulating the temperature of the specimen,...

20060197018 - Nanoscale corona discharge electrode: An electrode for atmospheric corona discharge apparatus provide a passive conductor whose surface is decorated with nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes provide for a lower corona discharge initiation voltage and raise the possibility for reduced ozone production on corona discharge devices....

20060197019 - Object detection apparatus, especially for vehicles: An object detection apparatus has a laser radar and near infrared ray projector. The projector has a near infrared ray projecting lens, a laser oscillator, a laser receiver and a swivel actuator. The laser oscillator emits a laser beam, while the swivel actuator scans the laser beam in a laser...

20060197020 - Operator safety device for a machine having sharp implements: A novel human operator safety device is disclosed for use with motorized machines that have a danger zone that includes sharp cutting implements that can potentially cause operator harm. The operator safety device includes an optical or thermal sensor for either processing optically derived information to determine whether an extremity...

20060197021 - Sensing apparatus: A sensing apparatus is provided which comprises a chip (20) in which a transmission line (2) for propagating an electromagnetic wave is formed on a substrate (1), an electromagnetic wave generator (7) for generating an electromagnetic wave (10), a coupling means (9), and a detector (5) for detecting a propagation...

20060197023 - Scintillator compositions of cerium halides, and related articles and processes: A scintillator composition is disclosed, containing a solid solution of at least two cerium halides. A radiation detector for detecting high-energy radiation is also described herein. The detector includes the scintillator composition mentioned above, along with a photodetector optically coupled to the scintillator. A method for detecting high-energy radiation with...

20060197022 - Systems and methods to localize optical emission in radiation detectors: A method for identifying localized optical emission is disclosed. The method involves identifying a region, which corresponds to a plurality of scintillator units of a scintillator, on a position sensitive photodetector that is impacted by one or more photons. The method further involves identifying a readout channel of a pixellated...

20060197024 - Apparatus and method for recording and determining the accuracy of predictions as to the occurrence of astronomical and atmospheric events: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for recording and evaluating of the accuracy of predictions of random or unpredictable future events. The invention may be used for educational purposes and in games of chance. In one embodiment, it discloses a method and apparatus whereby a particular astronomical object or region...

20060197025 - Systems and methods to localize optical emission in radiation detectors: A method for localizing optical emission is disclosed. The method involves identifying a first readout channel of a first pixellated photodetector array based on an impact of a first photon on the first pixellated photodetector array. The first photon is emitted by a scintillator unit of a scintillator array and...

20060197026 - Scintillator crystals, method for making same, use thereof: The invention concerns an inorganic scintillator material of general composition M1-xCexBr3, wherein: M is selected among lanthanides or lanthanide mixtures of the group consisting of La, Gd, Y in particular among lanthanides or lanthanide mixtures of the group consisting of La, Gd; and x is the molar rate of substitution...

20060197027 - Scintillator crystals, method for making same, use thereof: The invention concerns an inorganic scintillator material of general composition M1-xCexCl3, wherein: M is selected among lanthanides or lanthanide mixtures, preferably among the elements or mixtures of elements of the group consisting of Y, La, Gd, Lu, in particular among the elements or mixtures of elements of the group consisting...

20060197028 - Radiation detector: A gamma ray detector having a very high time resolution. By using CsBr (cesium bromide) as a scintillator crystal and a MCP built-in photoelectron multiplier tube as a photoelectron multiplier, much larger time resolution are obtained in detecting gamma rays than conventional detectors....

20060197030 - Apparatus with permanent magnetic lenses: The invention describes a particle-optical apparatus arranged to focus a beam (1) of electrically charged particles with the aid of two particle-optical lens systems (10, 20). The lens action is achieved by magnetic fields, which fields are generated by permanent-magnetic materials (13, 23). In contrast to magnetic lenses equipped with...

20060197029 - Broad energy-range ribbon ion beam collimation using a variable-gradient dipole: A method and apparatus satisfying growing demands for improving the intensity of implanting ions that impact a semiconductor wafer as it passes under an ion beam. The method and apparatus are directed to the design and combination together of novel magnetic ion-optical transport elements for implantation purposes for combating the...

20060197031 - Processing set and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid: Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid treatment chamber. A drawer for holding containers...

20060197034 - Counting system for flouescent molecules: Single molecule measurement is conducted by propagating a laser light under multiple reflection between two substrates constituting a flow channel for flowing a sample solution, exciting target molecules in the sample, detecting one-dimensional images of generated fluorescence by a one-dimensional detection portion, synthesizing two-dimensional images from the obtained one-dimensional images...

20060197032 - Fluorescence detection instrument with reflective transfer legs for color decimation: An optical instrument using a plurality of lasers of different colors with parallel, closely spaced beams to stimulate scattering and fluorescence from fluorescent biological particulate matter, including cells and large molecules. A large numerical aperture objective lens collects fluorescent light while maintaining spatial separation of light stimulated by the different...

20060197033 - Systems and methods for use in detecting harmful aerosol particles: The invention provides systems and methods for detecting aerosols. The systems and methods can be used to detect harmful aerosols, such as, bio-aerosols....

20060197035 - Organic film vapor deposition method and a scintillator panel: An organic film vapor deposition method includes a first step of supporting a substrate formed with a scintillator on at least three protrusions of a target-support element disposed on a vapor deposition table so as to keep a distance from the vapor deposition table; a second step of introducing the...

20060197036 - Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method: A lithographic apparatus comprising: an illumination system for providing a projection beam of radiation; a gas pressure controlled article clamp for clamping an article to be placed in a beam path of the projection beam of radiation; and a pressure circuit for controlling the article clamp, comprising a supply line...

20060197037 - Beam neutralization in low-energy high-current ribbon-beam implanters: The fabrication of modern semiconducting integrated circuits often requires implantation steps that involve high currents of low-energy charged dopant atoms. When employing such beams, the addition of electrons or negative ions for neutralizing the effects of space charge is often crucial for achieving success. Without this supplement, ion beams can...

20060197038 - Incoming sheet skew, lateral and process position detection with an angled transverse sensor array bar: Automatically providing electronic sheet orientation information by moving the sheets in a sheet path past a multiple photodetectors array bar to provide electrical signals corresponding to the initial sheet orientations, where this photodetectors array bar is angularly mounted at a transverse but non-perpendicular angle to the sheet path so that...

20060197039 - Process absorption spectrometer: The aim of the invention is to reduce the apparatus-related complexity and the mounting effort in a process absorption spectrometer taking in situ measurements. Said aim is achieved by providing the process absorption spectrometer with a unit comprising a source of radiation and at least one additional unit encompassing a...

20060197005 - System and method for automatic focusing of images: A method for automatic focusing of images is disclosed. The method includes steps: sending an instruction to a motor (17) which is installed on a Z axis of a measure machine (19); setting particular parameters required for focusing images, and set a start location and an end location for the...

20060197006 - Image sensor, multi-chip module type image sensor and contact image sensor: The invention is to suppress a loss in image quality resulting from a sensitivity difference among different colors and to suppress an increase in a chip area. The invention provides for example an image sensor including three light detecting element rows respectively having R, G and B color filters on...

20060197007 - Solid-state image pickup device, electronic apparatus using such solid-state image pickup device and method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup device: A back-illuminated type solid-state image pickup device (1041) includes read circuits (Tr1, Tr2) formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (1042) to read a signal from a photo-electric conversion element (PD) formed on the semiconductor substrate (1042), in which electric charges (e) generated in a photo-electric conversion region (1052c1)...

20060197010 - Method, system and computer program for controlling a night vision system: A night vision system including an image intensifier receiving light. A current detector monitors current at the image intensifier. A data filter is coupled to the current detector and determines if the received light includes coded light pulses matching a predetermined code. A controller is coupled to the data filter....

20060197009 - Image detection and readout apparatus: An image detection and readout apparatus constituted by a solid state detector constructed to generate electrical currents according to the electrostatic latent image when scanned by readout light, a surface light source for scanning the solid state radiation detector by the readout light, and a light source control means for...

20060197008 - Light-receiving device having an optical fuse: The present invention provides a light-receiving device that may escape the device from the breakdown thereof and may suppress an optical loss. The light-receiving device of the invention includes a surface to sense the light and a thin film made of PbSe nano-particles, diameters of which are smaller than 20...

20060197011 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier where an image is formed, an arrayed light source, located opposite to the image carrier, where plural light emitting devices are arrayed, an optical system, located between the arrayed light source and the image carrier, that gathers light from the light emitting...

20060197012 - Shear and pressure/transverse strain fiber grating sensors: A fiber grating that is written into birefringent optical fiber may be placed between two loading plates and bonded in place. The principal polarization axes of the fiber grating written into birefringent optical fiber are approximately 45 degrees relative to the plane of the loading plates and utilizing spacers of...

20060197013 - Multi-channel fiber relays for high energy laser delivery to multi-beam ladar sensors: A multi-beam LADAR apparatus and a method for use in a multi-beam LADAR system are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of mission specific optics; a gimbal in which the mission specific optics are mounted; an off-gimbal laser; and a multi-fiber relay optically linking the laser output to the mission...

20060197014 - Cartridge type solid-state image pickup apparatus: Cartridge type solid-state image pickup apparatus, which is used to photograph a digital image while it is attached to a film camera instead of a film, comprises: a housing having a shape of a cartridge from which the film is drawn by a predetermined length; and a solid-state imaging element...

20060197015 - Method and apparatus for determining an analyte concentration in a sample having interferents: A method and apparatus are described that permit an analyte concentration to be estimated from a measurement in the presence of compounds that interfere with the measurement. The method reduces the error in the analyte concentration in the presence of interferents. The method includes the use of a set of...

20060197016 - Method of implanting a substrate and an ion implanter for performing the method: An implanter provides two-dimensional scanning of a substrate relative to an implant beam so that the beam draws a raster of scan lines on the substrate. The beam current is measured at turnaround points off the substrate and the current value is used to control the subsequent fast scan speed...

20060197017 - Information acquisition apparatus, cross section evaluating apparatus, cross section evaluating method, and cross section working apparatus: The invention provides a cross section evaluating apparatus capable of analyzing the cross sectional structure in a state where the temperature of the specimen is regulated. There is disclosed an information acquisition apparatus comprising a stage for placing the specimen, temperature regulation means for regulating the temperature of the specimen,...

20060197018 - Nanoscale corona discharge electrode: An electrode for atmospheric corona discharge apparatus provide a passive conductor whose surface is decorated with nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes provide for a lower corona discharge initiation voltage and raise the possibility for reduced ozone production on corona discharge devices....

20060197019 - Object detection apparatus, especially for vehicles: An object detection apparatus has a laser radar and near infrared ray projector. The projector has a near infrared ray projecting lens, a laser oscillator, a laser receiver and a swivel actuator. The laser oscillator emits a laser beam, while the swivel actuator scans the laser beam in a laser...

20060197020 - Operator safety device for a machine having sharp implements: A novel human operator safety device is disclosed for use with motorized machines that have a danger zone that includes sharp cutting implements that can potentially cause operator harm. The operator safety device includes an optical or thermal sensor for either processing optically derived information to determine whether an extremity...

20060197021 - Sensing apparatus: A sensing apparatus is provided which comprises a chip (20) in which a transmission line (2) for propagating an electromagnetic wave is formed on a substrate (1), an electromagnetic wave generator (7) for generating an electromagnetic wave (10), a coupling means (9), and a detector (5) for detecting a propagation...

20060197023 - Scintillator compositions of cerium halides, and related articles and processes: A scintillator composition is disclosed, containing a solid solution of at least two cerium halides. A radiation detector for detecting high-energy radiation is also described herein. The detector includes the scintillator composition mentioned above, along with a photodetector optically coupled to the scintillator. A method for detecting high-energy radiation with...

20060197022 - Systems and methods to localize optical emission in radiation detectors: A method for identifying localized optical emission is disclosed. The method involves identifying a region, which corresponds to a plurality of scintillator units of a scintillator, on a position sensitive photodetector that is impacted by one or more photons. The method further involves identifying a readout channel of a pixellated...

20060197024 - Apparatus and method for recording and determining the accuracy of predictions as to the occurrence of astronomical and atmospheric events: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for recording and evaluating of the accuracy of predictions of random or unpredictable future events. The invention may be used for educational purposes and in games of chance. In one embodiment, it discloses a method and apparatus whereby a particular astronomical object or region...

20060197025 - Systems and methods to localize optical emission in radiation detectors: A method for localizing optical emission is disclosed. The method involves identifying a first readout channel of a first pixellated photodetector array based on an impact of a first photon on the first pixellated photodetector array. The first photon is emitted by a scintillator unit of a scintillator array and...

20060197026 - Scintillator crystals, method for making same, use thereof: The invention concerns an inorganic scintillator material of general composition M1-xCexBr3, wherein: M is selected among lanthanides or lanthanide mixtures of the group consisting of La, Gd, Y in particular among lanthanides or lanthanide mixtures of the group consisting of La, Gd; and x is the molar rate of substitution...

20060197027 - Scintillator crystals, method for making same, use thereof: The invention concerns an inorganic scintillator material of general composition M1-xCexCl3, wherein: M is selected among lanthanides or lanthanide mixtures, preferably among the elements or mixtures of elements of the group consisting of Y, La, Gd, Lu, in particular among the elements or mixtures of elements of the group consisting...

20060197028 - Radiation detector: A gamma ray detector having a very high time resolution. By using CsBr (cesium bromide) as a scintillator crystal and a MCP built-in photoelectron multiplier tube as a photoelectron multiplier, much larger time resolution are obtained in detecting gamma rays than conventional detectors....

20060197030 - Apparatus with permanent magnetic lenses: The invention describes a particle-optical apparatus arranged to focus a beam (1) of electrically charged particles with the aid of two particle-optical lens systems (10, 20). The lens action is achieved by magnetic fields, which fields are generated by permanent-magnetic materials (13, 23). In contrast to magnetic lenses equipped with...

20060197029 - Broad energy-range ribbon ion beam collimation using a variable-gradient dipole: A method and apparatus satisfying growing demands for improving the intensity of implanting ions that impact a semiconductor wafer as it passes under an ion beam. The method and apparatus are directed to the design and combination together of novel magnetic ion-optical transport elements for implantation purposes for combating the...

20060197031 - Processing set and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid: Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid treatment chamber. A drawer for holding containers...

20060197034 - Counting system for flouescent molecules: Single molecule measurement is conducted by propagating a laser light under multiple reflection between two substrates constituting a flow channel for flowing a sample solution, exciting target molecules in the sample, detecting one-dimensional images of generated fluorescence by a one-dimensional detection portion, synthesizing two-dimensional images from the obtained one-dimensional images...

20060197032 - Fluorescence detection instrument with reflective transfer legs for color decimation: An optical instrument using a plurality of lasers of different colors with parallel, closely spaced beams to stimulate scattering and fluorescence from fluorescent biological particulate matter, including cells and large molecules. A large numerical aperture objective lens collects fluorescent light while maintaining spatial separation of light stimulated by the different...

20060197033 - Systems and methods for use in detecting harmful aerosol particles: The invention provides systems and methods for detecting aerosols. The systems and methods can be used to detect harmful aerosols, such as, bio-aerosols....

20060197035 - Organic film vapor deposition method and a scintillator panel: An organic film vapor deposition method includes a first step of supporting a substrate formed with a scintillator on at least three protrusions of a target-support element disposed on a vapor deposition table so as to keep a distance from the vapor deposition table; a second step of introducing the...

20060197036 - Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method: A lithographic apparatus comprising: an illumination system for providing a projection beam of radiation; a gas pressure controlled article clamp for clamping an article to be placed in a beam path of the projection beam of radiation; and a pressure circuit for controlling the article clamp, comprising a supply line...

20060197037 - Beam neutralization in low-energy high-current ribbon-beam implanters: The fabrication of modern semiconducting integrated circuits often requires implantation steps that involve high currents of low-energy charged dopant atoms. When employing such beams, the addition of electrons or negative ions for neutralizing the effects of space charge is often crucial for achieving success. Without this supplement, ion beams can...

20060197038 - Incoming sheet skew, lateral and process position detection with an angled transverse sensor array bar: Automatically providing electronic sheet orientation information by moving the sheets in a sheet path past a multiple photodetectors array bar to provide electrical signals corresponding to the initial sheet orientations, where this photodetectors array bar is angularly mounted at a transverse but non-perpendicular angle to the sheet path so that...

20060197039 - Process absorption spectrometer: The aim of the invention is to reduce the apparatus-related complexity and the mounting effort in a process absorption spectrometer taking in situ measurements. Said aim is achieved by providing the process absorption spectrometer with a unit comprising a source of radiation and at least one additional unit encompassing a...