Radiant energy inventions 01/09

20090026350 - Determination of low currents with high dynamic range for optical imaging: In optical tomography, a wide dynamic range is necessary while measuring currents. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the currents are measured by counting the integration time and outputting a measurement result on the basis of the counted integration time, if the integrated current exceeds a threshold... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090026351 - System and method for performing optical navigation on glass-like navigation surfaces: A system and method for performing optical navigation addresses M×N photosensitive elements of an image sensor array to capture first frames of image data of a navigation surface when set to a first operational mode such that each of the first frames of image data includes M×N sampled signals, and... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20090026352 - Physical quantity detecting apparatus and method for driving the same: In a solid state imaging device to be included in an imaging device such as a digital camera, a ramp run-up AD conversion circuit for AD converting a pixel signal is provided corresponding to one or a plurality of pixel columns. A column counter provided in each ramp run-up AD... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090026353 - Photomultiplier tube and radiation detecting device: A vacuum vessel is configured by hermetically joining a faceplate (13) to one end of a side tube (15) and a stem (29) to the other end via a tubular member (31). A photocathode (14), a focusing electrode (17), dynodes (Dy1-Dy12), a drawing electrode (19), and anodes (25) are arranged... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090026354 - Separate-type detector: [Solving means] There is provided a separated sensor including a light transmitting unit that transmits detection light to a monitoring area, and a light receiving unit that receives detection light transmitted by the light transmitting unit, the light transmitting unit and the light receiving unit laid out separately from each... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090026356 - Method for operating an optoelectronic sensor: The invention relates to a method for operating an optoelectronic sensor, particularly a light barrier, during which a light emitter emits light signals having a time interval toward a monitoring area, at least some of the light signals being comprised of a number of successive individual pulses. A light receiver... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090026355 - Offset optical security sensor for a door: A security sensor apparatus senses movement of an object. The sensor apparatus includes an electronics arrangement having an optical emitter and an optical receiver. The optical receiver has an axis of reception. The optical emitter emits a first beam along an axis of emission in an emission direction. The axis... Agent: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20090026358 - Position sensor: A hinge position sensor comprises first and second members connected together to provide a hinge, and an optical fibre or wave-guide connected between the first and second members to provide a communication link between the first and second members. A laser or LED is coupled to the optical fibre or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090026357 - Image sensor and method of fabricating the same: Provided is an image sensor including an overcoating layer and at least two micro lenses formed on the overcoating layer. The image sensor is characterized in that the overcoating layer positioned below a clearance between the micro lenses is etched such that curved surfaces of the micro lenses extend to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090026359 - Method to simultaneously determine pore hydrocarbon density and water saturation from pulsed neutron measurments: A method comprising using inelastic and capture gamma-ray count rates from two detectors in a borehole logging tool and determining formation water saturation. In this method the formation water saturation is determined without prior knowledge of the carbon density in the pore hydrocarbons.... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20090026362 - Gas analyzer: A plurality of molecule components included in a gas are to be ionized at the same time by PI method. For instance, a plurality of molecule components included in a gas generated at a certain instance are accurately analyzed in real time based on PI method. A gas analyzer is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090026360 - Mass analysis data analyzing apparatus and program thereof: In a mass analysis data analyzing apparatus, centroid data is used as mass spectrum data to be analyzed. First, peaks on the centroid data are specified in order of intensity as a standard peak for identifying an isotopic cluster. The isotopic cluster is detected by comparing an emerging pattern of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090026361 - Microengineered electrode assembly: Microengineered stacked ring electrode assemblies capable of acting as either RF or DC ion guides in an ion optical system, and method of fabricating same are described. The electrodes are fabricated using planar processing as sets of grooved, proud features formed in a layer of material lying on an insulating... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP Attn:IPDepartment

20090026364 - Method of measuring target object in a sample using mass spectrometry: In-plane distribution of a target object contained in a sample is measured. The sample dispersedly placed on a substrate is treated to promote ionization of the target object. Then, the mass and flying amount of an ion containing the target object or a component thereof is determined by irradiating an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090026363 - Performance enhancement through use of higher stability regions and signal processing in non-ideal quadrupole mass filters: A quadrupole mass filter (QMF) is provided. The QMF includes a plurality of rectangular shaped electrodes aligned in a symmetric manner to generate a quadrupole field. An aperture region is positioned in a center region parallel to and adjacent to each of the rectangular shaped electrodes. An incoming ion stream... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090026365 - Instrument and method for tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry: A novel instrument and method for TOF/TOF mass spectrometry is offered. A spiral trajectory time-of-flight mass spectrometer satisfies the spatial focusing conditions for the direction of flight and a direction orthogonal to the direction of flight whenever ions make a turn in the spiral trajectory. An ion gate for selecting... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090026366 - Mass spectrometer: In conventional mass spectrometers, if ions are converged by a radio-frequency electric field under the condition of relatively high gas pressure, the ions are decelerated and are delayed, or stagnated in an extreme case, to cause a decrease in the detection sensitivity or an appearance of a ghost peak. By... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090026367 - Batch fabricated rectangular rod, planar mems quadrupole with ion optics: A quadrupole mass filter (QMF) is provided. The QMF includes a plurality of rectangular shaped electrodes aligned in a symmetric manner to generate a quadrupole field. An aperture region is positioned in a center region parallel to and adjacent to each of the rectangular shaped electrodes. An incoming ion stream... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090026368 - Apparatus and method for inspecting sample surface: Provided is a method for inspecting a sample surface with a projection type electron beam inspection apparatus, comprising the steps of: forming such an irradiation area on the sample surface by an electron beam generated from an electron gun 21 that has approximately a circular or elliptical shape of a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090026369 - Electron beam inspection system and an image generation method for an electron beam inspection system: To achieve the object, an embodiment of the present invention is constructed so that a sampled signal is obtained by sampling an analog brightness signal generated by a secondary electron detector at a predetermined sampling rate, contiguous digital values contained in the sampled signal are added on a N by... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090026370 - Pixel architecture for thermal imaging system: A thermal imaging device including: a substrate; and an array of thermally tunable pixel elements for generating a thermal image, each thermally tunable pixel element including: a plurality of thermally tunable filter islands, each of which has a thermally tunable optical filter, wherein each of the plurality of tunable filter... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090026371 - High-energy detector: The preferred embodiments are directed to a high-energy detector that is electrically shielded using an anode, a cathode, and a conducting shield to substantially reduce or eliminate electrically unshielded area. The anode and the cathode are disposed at opposite ends of the detector and the conducting shield substantially surrounds at... Agent: Brookhaven Science Associates/ Brookhaven National Laboratory

20090026372 - Infrared sensor and method for manufacturing infrared sensor: An economical and highly reliable infrared sensor with a wide field of view and a method for economically manufacturing a highly reliable infrared sensor with a wide field of view includes a package having supporting portions that support an optical filter at a location below the upper surfaces of sidewalls... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090026373 - System for producing and checking tablets: A system for inspecting tablets includes an NIR measuring device for determining the concentration of at least one active ingredient in the tablets. The system also includes a sensor for determining the volume of the individual tablet, and a control unit which is able to calculate the actual active ingredient... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20090026374 - Apparatus for gas concentration measurement according to gas correlation method: A gas concentration measuring apparatus utilizing a gas correlation method capable of measuring concentrations of a plurality of analyte gases simultaneously and at high sensitivity uses an infrared light source (2) such as an infrared semiconductor diode or a quantum cascade semiconductor laser to increase the intensity of collimated infrared... Agent: Masao Yoshimura, Chen Yoshimura, LLP

20090026375 - Monolithic scintillators with optical fiber read-out: A scintillation detector according to an embodiment of the invention features a monolithic scintillation crystal and a plurality of optical fibers coupled to the scintillation crystal. The optical fibers are arranged to convey scintillation light to an optical sensor that is located exterior to the scintillation crystal. Because the optical... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090026377 - Cassette: A radiation detecting cassette includes a casing having first through fourth display units mounted on respective side walls thereof for displaying ID information of a patient, etc. The casing also has first detectors on the respective side walls for detecting obstacles facing the first through fourth display units and second... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090026376 - Cassette device and cassette storage bag for cassette device: A cassette device includes a radiation detecting cassette having a radiation detector therein for detecting radiation having passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information, a transmission and reception controller connected to the radiation detector for transmitting the radiation image information to an image processor... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090026378 - Radiation detecting cassette and radiation image capturing system: Power supply switches are disposed on respective side walls of a casing of a radiation detecting cassette, which are held out of contact with a patient when a radiation image of the patient is captured. When a surgeon or a radiological technician turns one of the power supply switches on... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090026380 - Cassette and radiation image capturing system: A radiation detecting cassette houses therein a detector for detecting a load applied to the radiation detecting cassette when a patient has moved. It is determined whether or not the patient has moved in an image capturing process based on the load detected by the detector. If it is judged... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090026381 - Radiation detector: An extended electrode is electrically connected to a conductor in a portion outside of an inner wall of a protection member disposed on a photoconductive layer side, the pressure applied to the photoconductive layer is reduced and the deterioration of the photoconductive layer may be suppressed. Further, since the extended... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20090026382 - Radiation detector: A radiation detector includes a substrate, a lower electrode disposed on the substrate, a radiation detecting layer formed on the upper surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed on the upper surface of the radiation detecting layer, a protection layer which is formed on the upper electrode, whose... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20090026379 - Radiation imaging device: A radiation imaging device 12 has a phosphor film 8; a photoelectric conversion portion 13 including an upper electrode 6, a lower electrode 2, and a photoelectric conversion film 4 disposed between the electrodes; a signal output portion 14 including a field effect thin film transistor 10 having an active... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090026383 - X-ray detector and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed is an X-ray detector and a method of manufacturing the X-ray detector. A cushion layer is interposed between a scintillator panel for converting X-rays into visual light and a lower substrate formed with a thin film transistor, a photoelectric conversion device. Thus, the lower substrate and the scintillator panel... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20090026384 - Electrostatic lens assembly: A lens assembly having an electrostatic lens component for a charged particle beam system is provided. The assembly includes: a first electrode having a conically shaped portion, a second electrode having a conically shaped portion, and a first insulator having a conically shaped portion, wherein the first insulator comprises two... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090026385 - Ultraviolet radiation light emitting diode device: There is disclosed an ultraviolet radiation device. The device comprises a base portion, a plurality of semiconductor structures connected to the base portion and an ultraviolet radiation transparent element connected to the plurality of semiconductor structures. Preferably: (i) the at least one light emitting diode is in direct contact with... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090026386 - System and method employing photokinetic techniques in cell biology imaging applications: A system and method employing photokinetic techniques in cell biology imaging applications are disclosed. Systems and methods of acquiring image data of an object may comprise: selectively inducing photoactivation of material at a site on the object; performing an optical axis integration scan; simultaneously executing a time delay integration scan... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090026387 - Optical-based cell deformability: A system, method, and device for re-orienting and/or deforming cells and other objects is provided. The system, method, and device may include a high-throughput setup that facilitates the ability to orient, deform, analyze, measure, and/or tag objects at a substantially higher rate than was previously possible. A relatively large number... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20090026388 - Illumination homogenizer: An illumination homogenizer is provided, including a fly eye-type lens array for receiving radiation from a source, the lens array being comprised of a twelve-lenslet subset of a 4×4 array of lenslets. The illumination homogenizer including a lens array comprised of a 4×4 array of lenslets, or a subset thereof,... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090026389 - Multi-beam source: A multi-beam source for generating a plurality of beamlets of energetic electrically charged particles. The multi-beam source includes an illumination system generating an illuminating beam of charged particles and a beam-forming system being arranged after the illumination system as seen in the direction of the beam, adapted to form a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090026390 - Techniques for plasma injection: Techniques for plasma injection for space charge neutralization of an ion beam are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a plasma injection system for space charge neutralization of an ion beam. The plasma injection system may comprise a first array of magnets and a... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP/varian Semiconductor, Equipment Associates, Inc.

20090026391 - Radiation image capturing system: A radiation image capturing system detects the position of a radiation detecting cassette disposed below a patient and the position of a radiation source for emitting a radiation, based on the differences between the propagation times of radio waves emitted from an antenna device to an image capturing apparatus and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090026392 - Radiation image capturing system: A transceiver of a radiation detecting cassette receives subject ID information from an RFID tag by way of wireless communications. An ID checker checks the subject ID information received by the transceiver against a plurality of subject ID information stored in an RFID memory. If the subject ID information received... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090020684 - Illumination apparatus and optical radiation control method thereof: The present invention discloses an illumination apparatus and an optical radiation control method. The illumination apparatus includes at least one light emitting module, an optical detector, a temperature calculating module and a control module. These emitting modules are for producing a light beam and the control module is for generating... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090020685 - Light emitting device and its calibrating and control methods: A calibrating method of a light emitting device, which includes at least one light-emitting diode (LED) unit. The calibrating method includes the steps of inputting a brightness control signal to the LED unit, measuring a lighting brightness of the LED unit, and writing an initial relation of the brightness control... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090020686 - Reading circuit, display panel and electronic system utilizing the same: A reading circuit including a detection module, a first transistor, and a compensation module is disclosed. The detection module detects a light. The first transistor transforms the detection result for generating a current signal. The compensation module compensates a threshold voltage of the first transistor.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090020687 - Reference pixel array with varying sensitivities for tof sensor: The sensitivity of a reference pixel array RPA to the reference modulated light MLR is varied for different reference pixels RP of the reference pixel array RPA. In one embodiment the different sensitivities of the reference pixels RP in the RPA is achieved by designing the pixels to have different... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090020689 - Optical detection system: An optical detection system has a component support, in which is disposed at least one optical element, and a separate detector unit having a mechanical connection to the component support. The component support and the detector unit are arranged in such a way that light entering into the component support... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090020688 - Workpiece sensor: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a sensor that has an enclosure to house a photodetector and a pair of light sources. The photodetector may be used to detect presence of a workpiece in a machine based on reflected energy from a surface of the workpiece, and the light... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20090020690 - Optical member, solid-state imaging device, and manufacturing method: An optical member includes high refractive index layers having a great refractive index and low refractive index layers having a small refractive index, which are each relatively thin as compared with an optical length, disposed alternately in the lateral direction as to an optical axis. Each width of the high... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090020691 - Rotation device for radiation source: A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner may have a PET gantry, a calibration radiation source arranged rotatable in the PET gantry, and a drive mechanism coupled with the calibration radiation source, wherein the drive mechanism is formed by non ferromagnetic materials.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090020692 - Scattered radiation correction of detector signals for projection-based imaging: A method of correcting detector signals, in particular for scatter noise correction with an projection-based imaging device, comprises the steps of irradiating an object (1) with a radiation beam (2) including a plurality of discrete beam component (3, 3.1, 3.2) bounded by a plurality of masked angular ranges (4, 4.1,... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper Us LLP

20090020693 - Chromatograph mass analysis data processing apparatus: The invention provides a chromatograph mass analysis data processing apparatus in which operators can easily obtain information about plural compounds that characterize a difference between plural samples on the basis of the result of a multivariate analysis. A set of data collected by LC/MS analyses of plural samples is subjected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090020694 - Adiabatically-tuned linear ion trap with fourier transform mass spectrometry with reduced packet coalescence: A linear ion trap traps a plurality of charged particles in a charged particle trap including first and second electrode mirrors arranged along an axis at opposite ends of the particle trap, the electrode mirrors being capable, when voltage is applied thereto, of creating respective electric fields configured to reflect... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090020695 - Mass spectrometer: A mass spectrometer includes a linear multipole electrode, an auxiliary electrode that applies a DC potential on the center axis of the linear multipole electrode, and a DC power supply that supplies a DC power to the auxiliary electrode. The DC potential slope formed on the center axis of the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20090020697 - Enhanced resolution mass spectrometer and mass spectrometry method: A mass spectrum is generated by a process in which, from a mass scan signal comprising original samples defining a peak, a subset of the original samples defining the peak is selected. One or more synthesized samples are synthesized from the subset of the original samples. The one or more... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090020696 - Membrane interface apparatus and method for analysis of volatile molecules by mass spectometry: The disclosed method and apparatus couple a membrane interface directly to a mass spectrometer at atmospheric pressure. The membrane may be in capillary or sheet form and allows the introduction of a liquid or gaseous sample to one side of the membrane while the other side of the membrane is... Agent: Jones Day

20090020698 - Charged particle beam apparatus, and sample processing and observation method: It is possible to process an accurate sample without an intended region lost even when the location and the size of the intended region are unknown by: observing a cross-sectional structure being processed by FIBs by using a secondary particle image generated from a sample by the ion beams shaving... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090020699 - Microstructured pattern inspection method: The edges of the reticle are detected with respect to the microstructured patterns exposed by the stepper, and the shapes of the microstructured patterns at the surface and at the bottom of the photoresist are detected. The microstructured patterns are evaluated by calculating, and displaying on the screen, the dislocation... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090020700 - Method and device for generating an electrical signal in response to light: A device and method are disclosed for detecting light. The device includes a photodetector having at least one superlattice layer operative to generate an electrical signal in response to light incident thereon and one or more lenslets for directing light onto the photodetector.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090020701 - High time-resolution ultrasensitive optical detector, using grating coupling: This detector is intended to detect at least one photon and comprises a dielectric substrate (30), of index nO; a detecting element (32) forming a serpentine, placed on the substrate and generating a signal using the energy of the photon(s); a dielectric grating, formed of lines of index nH, alternating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090020702 - Electromagnetic radiation detector and method for manufacturing such a detector: This electromagnetic radiation detector comprises a reflecting substrate and at least one detection element comprising a membrane sensitive to said radiation and suspended above the substrate. The distance between the membrane and at least one detection element and the substrate is variable, said distance having a predefined spatial distribution suitable... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090020703 - Optical filter for improved white light immunity in an intrusion detector: An optical filter device for filtering radiation energy includes a substrate having a plurality of coating layers which are both transmissive to a specified wavelength band of radiation. The plurality of coating layers on a surface of the substrate each have a specified coating thickness. The plurality of coating layers... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090020704 - Analog to digital conversion shift error correction: A method for correcting energy values of pulses from a nuclear medicine camera for errors due to Analog to Digital conversion shift includes determining a relationship between a subset of samples selected from a set of samples from the pulse, the relationship being expressed in the form of a code.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090020705 - Fiber optic enhanced scintillator detector: The new scintillators are connected at one or more points or on one or more sides or faces, or on any or all sides to conductors which are collimators, lenses or fiber ends. Optical fibers in cables conduct the photons generated by the crystal scintillators to photon-actuated devices. The devices... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20090020706 - Scintillator panel for radiation, and flat panel detector: An objective is to provide a flat panel detector exhibiting high durability and less noise, which is fitted with a scintillator for radiation exhibiting high emission efficiency, wherein the scintillator is easy to be manufactured because of the simple structure. Also disclosed is a scintillator panel for radiation possessing a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20090020707 - Particle beam application apparatus, radiation device and method for guiding a particle beam: The present embodiments relate to a particle beam application apparatus for shaping and guiding a particle beam. The particle beam application apparatus comprises a first collimator for shaping a cross-sectional profile of a particle beam entering the collimator, whereby the first collimator has an aperture which is customized to a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090020708 - Modular gas ion source: A gas field ion source is described. The gas field ion source includes an emitter module. The emitter module includes an emitter holder, an emitter structure, a detachably connectable electrical connection assembly of the emitter module, and a detachably connectable gas supply connection assembly of the emitter module. The gas... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20090020709 - Image processing system, image processing method and computer readable medium: Provided is an image processing system including: a specific wavelength image obtaining section that obtains a specific wavelength image being an image of light from an object existing inside a substance, the light belonging to a specific wavelength region; a depth calculator that calculates a depth of the object from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090020710 - Semiconductor nanocrystals for time domain optical imaging: A method of performing high repetition rate laser time domain imaging employs as fluoroprobes semiconductor nanocrystals having a fluorescence lifetime less than the laser pulse separation, typically less than 5 ns. The nanocrystals of the invention have a core/shell structure and may be surface treated to increase radiative decay. CdSe/Zns... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20090020711 - A particle beam application device and an irradiation device as well as a method for guiding a particle beam: The invention relates to a particle beam application device for directing a particle beam at a target volume for irradiating the target volume. A beam shaping device which can be disposed in a beam path of the particle beam shapes a cross-sectional profile of the particle beam, the beam shaping... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090020712 - Plating processing method, light transmitting conductive film and electromagnetic wave shielding film: A plating processing method comprises performing a continuous electrolytic plating of the surface of a film having a surface resistivity in the range of 1 Ωf/Sq to 1000 Ω/Sq, wherein a distance between the lowest contacting part of a negative electrode with the film and a plating liquid is in... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090020713 - Radiation protection shield: The present invention in one of its preferred structural embodiments comprises a plurality of generally rectangular radiation attenuating panels having rollers mounted on the bottom of each panel and rollable in a lower track mounted on a base such as the concrete floor of a building for movement of each... Agent: Donald W. Spurrell

20090020714 - Imaging system: The present invention relates to an imaging system which employs the same principles as coded aperture imaging. High angular resolution coded aperture imagers require a small aperture size and relatively large spacing between the coded aperture array and the detector. At such high resolutions diffraction effects can start to dominate... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090014624 - Portable illumination device: The present invention relates to a portable illumination device (100) for illuminating an object (200) through a medium having an absorption coefficient, the illumination device (100) comprising a lighting unit (101) including at least two differently colored light sources (Li-L3) for emitting light having a color distribution, and a control... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090014625 - Method and system for controlling a lighting system: A system is provided for automatically controlling a light level of an interior space. The system may include a light sensor, a transmitter, and a lighting system. The light sensor measures a light level of an interior space and sends the measured light level to the transmitter. The transmitter is... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090014626 - Street lamp: A street lamp includes a lamp holder; a light generating unit, a brightness measuring unit and a display unit. The light generating unit is arranged on the lamp holder for emitting light. The brightness measuring unit is arranged on the lamp holder and exposed to light radiation of the light... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090014628 - Image capturing apparatus: An apparatus including: a photodiode including: a first conductivity substrate; a second conductivity PD-well on the substrate's first surface side; and a first conductivity collection well inside the PD-well; a modulation transistor including: a second conductivity TR-well connected with the PD-well, and a junction depth shallower than that of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090014629 - Imaging-control apparatus and method of controlling same: For performing imaging with a high-frame rate, a control apparatus determines the time where at least one electrical charge of a sensor is read based on information about the position of an irradiation area of the sensor, the irradiation area being irradiated with a radiation, so that the time period... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090014627 - Photodetector device: The present invention relates to a photo-detecting apparatus capable of obtaining the intensity distribution of incident light at the same timing even when the intensity distribution of incident light may change with time. The photo-detecting apparatus comprises a photo-detecting section in which plural pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional array,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090014630 - Extended dynamic range system design: Systems and method for detecting and measuring light emitted from a sample and having a large dynamic range, e.g., a range of luminous intensity covering six or more orders of magnitude, that may be difficult to fully detect using a single detector with a limited detection range. Simultaneous measurement of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090014631 - Signal detection circuit and signal detection method, and state detection circuit: A signal detection circuit comprises: a driving power source that drives a photosensor and applies a voltage to a mechanical switch, wherein the photosensor has a light-emitting device, and a light-receiving device to output an electric signal corresponding to an amount of light received from this light-emitting device, and the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090014632 - Athermalized birefringent filter apparatus and method: An athermalized birefringent filter for shifts in center wavelength and in bandwidth incorporates fixed retarder elements such as quartz or film retarders, along with electrically-variable retarder elements such as liquid crystal variable retarder cells. A control mechanism determines the amount of thermal drift in the fixed retarder element and produces... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090014633 - Optical communication module: The an optical communication module associated with the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate, a light emitting element mounted on said semiconductor substrate to output light for transmission (transmitted light), a light receiving element mounted with an adhesive resin on said semiconductor substrate to convert light received (received light) to... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090014634 - Evaluating the position of a disturbance: The present invention relates to a method of and apparatus for evaluating the position of a disturbance, in particular using a waveguide having a plurality of overlap regions. A position sensor is provided including: an optical waveguide; a transmission stage for launching a sensing signal into the waveguide; a receiving... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090014635 - Method for correcting spectral interference in icp emission spectroscopy (oes): e

20090014636 - Nanograss gamma detector: wherein the electrode and the substrate are arranged such that when a gamma ray enters the housing and hits one of the nanotubes a spark discharge is triggered between the nanotubes and the plate electrode creating an electrical current that can be measured.... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20090014637 - Mass spectrometer: An ion guide or ion trap 1 is disclosed comprising a segmented linear ion guide or ion trap. Ions are confined radially within the ion guide or ion trap 1 by the application of an AC or RF voltage to the electrodes. Ions are trapped within an axial quadratic potential... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20090014639 - Mass spectrometer: A method is disclosed of identifying parent ions by matching daughter ions found to be produced at substantially the same time that the parent ions elute from a mixture. Ions emitted from an ion source (1) are transmitted to a fragmentation device (4) comprising an Electron Capture Dissociation, an Electron... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20090014638 - Security gate system and security gate control method: The security gate system includes a main route 2; a mass spectrograph 3 for analyzing a sample (for example, a ticket) obtained from an inspection target (for example, a facility user at an airport, etc.) moving in the main route 2; at least one branch route 10 that is divided... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090014642 - Data acquisition system for a spectrometer using horizontal accumulation: A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector, an initial processing module, and a spectra processing module. The initial processing module is provided for receiving, sampling, and processing ion detection signals received from the... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090014641 - Mass spectrometer: A closed-loop ion guide (1) is disclosed comprising a plurality of electrodes having apertures through which ions are transmitted in use. Ions are injected into the closed-loop ion guide (1) and may make several circuits of the closed-loop ion guide (1) before being ejected from the ion guide (1). In... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20090014640 - Nebulizer with nanometric flow rate of a liquid effluent and nebulizing installation comprising same: The invention concerns a nebuliser with nanometric flow rate of a liquid effluent in a nebulising gas comprising at least arranged substantially concentric, a capillary tube for intake of the liquid effluent and a nebulising needle including a central channel fed with liquid effluent through the capillary tube, a chamber... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20090014643 - Data acquisition system for a spectrometer that generates stick spectra: A data acquisition system and method are described that may be used with various spectrometers. The data acquisition system may include an ion detector and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may include an initial processing module and a spectra processing module. According to one embodiment, the spectra processing module... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090014644 - In-situ ion source cleaning for partial pressure analyzers used in process monitoring: An ion source apparatus for partial pressure analyzers and in-situ cleaning method thereof based on inducing a hollow cathode discharge (HCD) inside the ion source. The HCD is formed by applying a high negative voltage to one or more parts of the ion source, including the anode electrode, the lens... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20090014645 - Confining ions with fast-oscillating electric fields: The applicants' teachings provide methods, systems, and apparatus useful in operating mass spectrometers and other devices incorporating multipole rod sets or other multi-electrode devices to simultaneously contain ions of both positive and negative charges through the simultaneous application to the rods or other electrodes of both radio-frequency (RF) and alternating... Agent: Torys LLP

20090014647 - Correction of time of flight separation in hybrid mass spectrometers: The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus which increases the efficiency with which ions are transported from a first ion trap to a second ion trap, and subsequently trapped in the second ion trap. In one aspect the invention, increased efficiency takes the form or enabling ions of... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090014646 - Method and apparatus for incorporating electrostatic concentrators and/or ion mobility separators with raman, ir, uv, xrf, lif and libs spectroscopy and /or other spectroscopic techniques: The present invention provides a novel approach for reliably and accurately detecting and identifying airborne particles. This is done by providing a novel system which incorporates electrostatic concentrators and/or ion mobility separators with Raman, IR, UV, XRF, LIF and LIBS spectroscopy and/or other spectroscopic techniques.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090014648 - Particle beam device and method for use in a particle beam device: A particle beam device includes a movable carrier element with at least one receiving element for receiving a specimen and in which the receiving element is situated on the carrier element. In various embodiments, the receiving element may be situated removably on the carrier element and/or multiple receiving elements may... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20090014650 - Detector for electron column and method for detecting electrons for electron column: In a conventional micro-channel plate (MCP), a secondary electron (SE) detector or a semi-conductor detector the number of the electrons is amplified through its own structure. For such amplification a small voltage difference is applied externally or generated due to its own structure and material. The electric current of electrons... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090014649 - Electron beam apparatus: Secondary electrons emitted from a sample (W) by an electron beam irradiation is deflected by a beam separator (77), and is deflected again in a perpendicular direction by an aberration correction electrostatic deflector (711) to form a magnified image on the principal plane of an auxiliary lens (712). The secondary... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090014651 - Charged particle beam equipments, and charged particle beam microscope: In an electron microscope to which a phase retrieval method is applied, an image size determined by a pixel size p of a diffraction pattern, a camera length L, and a wavelength λ of an illumination beam is allowed to have a certain relation with an illumination area on a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090014652 - Electronic sensor with integrated thermal regulation: a comparator connecting an output of the pixel matrix to an input of the means of applying the voltage to the terminals of the bolometer of each pixel, wherein said comparator is capable of making a comparison between the output signal of the pixel matrix and a reference value, wherein... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090014653 - Bolometer array compensation: A bolometer circuit has a substrate, bolometer detectors coupled to the substrate, a source of calibration data and a compensation circuit. Each bolometer detector has an associated calibration data. The compensation circuit is configured to generate a time varying compensation signal for each bolometer detector based on its associated calibration... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090014654 - Passive infra-red detectors: A passive infra-red detector including at least three sub-detectors, each sub-detector being operative to receive infra-red radiation from a corresponding one of at least three sub fields-of-view, each sub field-of-view being exclusively defined by an optical element which does not define any other sub field of view, the sub fields-of-view... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090014655 - Coupling and method for a transition-edge bolometer: The invention relates to a circuit for transition-edge bolometers, which comprises a resistor element (1) arranged to operate in the transition-edge zone, and an amplifier (5) connected to the resistor element (1). According to the invention, in connection with the amplifier (5) means are arranged for implementing positive (4, 5)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090014656 - Wavelength-conversion system with a heated or cooled wavelength-conversion target: A wavelength-conversion system includes a wavelength-conversion target that radiates an energy output when an energy input of a different wavelength is incident upon the wavelength-conversion target. An input structure directs the energy input of the input-energy wavelength to be incident upon the wavelength-conversion target. A target baseline temperature modifier either... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090014657 - Infrared fire detection system: An infrared detection system that may note changes of temperature over time in various fields of view of a scene. The system may use an array of long wave infrared detectors to sense early or late stages of a fire. The system may check numerous fields of view. It may... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090014658 - Solid-state photodetector pixel and photodetecting method: A pixel is formed in a semiconductor substrate (S) with a plane surface for use in a photodetector. It comprises an active region for converting incident light (In) into charge carriers, photogates (PGL, PGM, PGR) for generating a lateral electric potential (Φ(x)) across the active region, and an integration gate... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090014660 - Count uniformity correction in flux space for pixilated semiconducting radiation detectors: In operation of a photon counting detecting system (10), a number of pulse counts output by least one pixel (20) of a photon counting detector in response to experiencing a photon flux density during a sample interval is acquired and a photon flux density (46) or value related thereto corresponding... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090014659 - Digital x-ray detectors: An x-ray detector is provided for use in imaging systems. The x-ray detector includes a detector subsystem configured to output electrical signals in response to reception of x-rays. The detector subsystem includes an imaging panel, a support layer and a low density core disposed between the imaging panel and the... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090014661 - Radiation imaging apparatus: A single flat panel detector provides radiation images which can correspond with various radiographic modes. In a radiation imaging apparatus including a flat panel detector which derives a radiation image according to incident radiation, a holding unit which holds the flat panel detector and a connecting mechanism capable of performing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090014662 - Directional neutron detector: A directional neutron detector consisting of very thin plastic scintillation fibers and optically coupled to a photo-sensor array, where the directionality of Neutrons is estimated from the sequence of fibers traversed by the scattered protons and energy deposited in each one of them . Several fabrication methods of the large... Agent: Avraham Suhami

20090014663 - Charged-particle beam writing method: A positional displacement amount near the center of each main deflection area of the charged-particle beam is determined. Correction values are determined from a plurality of the positional displacement amounts. A position irradiated with the charged-particle beam is corrected from the correction values. The neighborhood of the center of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090014664 - Specimen holder for electron microscope: The present invention provides a specimen holder for use with an electron microscope. The specimen holder has a retainer mounted at the front end of the body of the specimen holder. The retainer has a plate member provided with a hole around its front end. The hole provides a reference... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090014665 - Fibre optic dosimeter: A dosimeter (100) for radiation fields is described. The dosimeter includes a scintillator (1) a light pipe (2) having a first end in optical communication with the scintillator (1) and a light detector (6). The light pipe (2) may have a hollow core (3) with a light reflective material about... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20090014666 - Optical system having a clearning arrangement: A cleaning arrangement for an optical system and in particular for an optical system designed for EUV radiation. The cleaning arrangement has a gas inlet (28) for a reactive gas (29). Contaminants (23) that have deposited on the surface of optical elements (110) are detached by the reactive gas. Also... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090014667 - External cathode ion source: An ion source is disclosed for use in fabrication of semiconductors. The ion source includes an electron emitter that includes a cathode mounted external to the ionization chamber for use in fabrication of semiconductors. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the electron emitter is employed without a... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090014668 - Laser produced plasma euv light source having a droplet stream produced using a modulated disturbance wave: A plasma generating system is disclosed having a source of target material droplets, e.g. tin droplets, and a laser, e.g. a pulsed CO2 laser, producing a beam irradiating the droplets at an irradiation region, the plasma producing EUV radiation. For the device, the droplet source may comprise a fluid exiting... Agent: Matthew K. Hillman Cymer, Inc.

20090014669 - Semiconductor relay: The semiconductor relay comprises: an insulated type DC/DC power supply 10 having the input terminal and the output terminal insulated from each other; a pulse transformer 20 having the input terminal and the output terminal insulated from each other; an analog switch 30 which turns on and off the circuit... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates Suite 310

20090014670 - Optical cavity system having an orthogonal input: An optical system having a closed loop light path with a source for providing light in a direction parallel to the normal of an input to the light path. The light may be provided via a diffracting mechanism to the input. The system may be a cavity ring-down sensor or... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090008530 - Optical device: An optical device for use with an imaging device for taking photographic images of an object includes a light emitting element capable of emitting light, and a lens arranged so as to direct light from the light emitting element to illuminate the object. The light emitting element may include at... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20090008532 - Image sensor and camera module: An image sensor able to capture an image with a suitable dynamic range even in a case where a bright/dark difference within an imaging range is large is provided. An image sensor 1 is provided with a substrate 2, a plurality of first photodiodes 5 arranged on the substrate 2... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090008531 - Integrated electrooptic system: An integrated circuit includes at least one photosensitive element capable of delivering an electrical signal when light of at least one wavelength of the visible spectrum reaches it, and an electrooptic system functioning as an electrochemical shutter. The electrooptic system is located in the path of at least one light... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20090008533 - Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system: A radiation imaging apparatus has a pixel region arranged on a substrate. Arranged in a matrix pattern in the pixel region are pixels, each pixel including a conversion element which converts radiation to electrical charges, and a switching element which is connected to the conversion element therein. The radiation imaging... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090008535 - Differential amplifier circuit, operational amplifier circuit, light-receiving amplifier circuit using the same, function selection circuit, and light-receiving circuit using the same: A differential amplifier circuit, an operational amplifier circuit, and a light-receiving amplifier circuit using the same are provided, by which the influence of an on resistance of an analog switch is reduced during the switching of gain resistances. An NPN transistor Q2 having an emitted connected in common is connected... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090008534 - Photodetector circuit: A photodetecting circuit includes an adder that selectively adds outputs of a plurality of circuits for photodetection. Each of the circuits for photodetection includes: a element for photodetecting; a transimpedance amplifier for photodetection, with a first input terminal connected to the photodetecting element; a transconductance amplifier, with a first input... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090008536 - Distributed sensing in an optical fiber using brillouin scattering: To perform distributed sensing with an optical fiber using Brillouin scattering, a light pulse is transmitted into the optical fiber, where the transmitted light pulse has a first frequency. Backscattered light and optical local oscillator light are combined, where the backscattered light is received from the optical fiber in response... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20090008537 - Optical encoder and electronic equipment: This optical encoder includes a light emitting section and a plurality of light receiving elements placed so as to be aligned in one direction in an area where a light beam from the light emitting section may reach. The moving object includes a light-ON section and a light-OFF section. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090008538 - Optical encoder and its manufacturing method: An optical encoder comprises a sensor head including a light source and a photodetector and a scale that moves relative to the sensor head. The light emitted from the light source is reflected, transmitted or diffracted by the scale, and the reflected, transmitted or diffracted light is received by the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090008539 - Method for correcting a control of an optical scanner in a device for mapping a sample by scanning and the device for performing the method: Method for correcting a control of an optical scanner (14) in a device for mapping of a sample (2; 2′) by scanning, said device guiding at least one beam path section (4′, 18′) of an illumination beam path of the device over the sample (2; 2′) from an illumination device... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090008540 - Camera device and electronic device including the same: In a camera device of the present invention, a camera module 2 is mounted on a substrate 1 provided in the camera device by use of contact pins 3 for connecting first terminals provided on a backside of the camera module 2 to second terminals provided on the substrate 1.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090008541 - Thermal infrared signage method with application to infrared weapon sight calibration: A method of creating signage visible by infrared cameras and infrared weapon sights is provided. Particular application is made to the calibration of infrared weapon sights. An improved calibration target and method is developed.... Agent: Latimer, Mayberry & MatthewsIPLaw, LLP

20090008542 - Chromatograph mass spectrometer: In a chromatograph mass spectrometer capable of defining an appropriate measurement time range and selectively performing a scan measurement, selected ion monitoring (SIM) measurement or simultaneous scan/SIM measurement in that time range, a total ion chromatogram 51 obtained by a scan measurement of a standard sample and a previously-created compound... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090008543 - Mass spectroscopy system and method including an excitation gate: An ion extraction method and system includes: i) confining ions within an ion trap extending along a longitudinal axis; ii) exciting a subset of the ions to cause them to oscillate along at least one transverse coordinate; iii) after the transverse excitation, applying a first field and a second field... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090008544 - Methods for penning trap mass spectroscopy: A method of mass spectroscopy according to example embodiments may include injecting ions into a Penning trap and exciting the ions into cyclotron and/or magnetron motions. The cyclotron motions and magnetron motions may be converted to one another with external radio frequency signals. The ions may be ejected from the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090008545 - Fast time-of-flight mass spectrometer with improved dynamic range: Time-of-flight mass spectrometer instruments are disclosed for monitoring fast processes with large dynamic range using a multi-threshold TDC data acquisition method or a threshold ADC data acquisition method. Embodiments using a combination of both methods are also disclosed.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20090008547 - Atmospheric pressure ion source performance enhancement: Electrospray ionization sources interfaced to mass spectrometers have become widely used tools in analytical applications. Processes occurring in Electrospray (ES) ionization generally include the addition or removal of a charged species such as H+ or other cation to effect ionization of a sample species. Electrospray includes ionization processes that occur... Agent: Peter L. Berger, Esq. Levisohn Berger LLP

20090008546 - Bi-directional system for mass spectrometry: The present invention relates to a system and method for mass spectrometry (100) that allows for bi-directional introduction of collections of charged particles into the magnetic field of a mass spectrometer. More particularly, the present invention includes a system for mass spectrometry (100) (e.g., an FTMS mass spectrometer) with a... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20090008548 - Chromatograph mass spectrometer: A chromatograph mass spectrometer is provided for obtaining the information pertinent to a structural analysis, with a simple operation, on a compound series including a plurality of compounds whose structures and characters are similar. First, based on the data obtained by a normal LC/MS analysis, a two-dimensional isointensity line graph... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090008549 - Tandem fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer: A tandem Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer is provided. In the mass spectrometer, the ions selected by a FT-ICR mass analyzer, which can perform an ion selection process and a mass measurement process with a time interval between the processes, are transmitted through an ion guide to a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090008550 - Charged particle beam apparatus, aberration correction value calculation unit therefor, and aberration correction program therefor: A charged particle beam apparatus includes: a correction image acquisition part 52 for making a detector 20 acquire items of two-dimensional image data at different focal positions; a directional differentiation operation part 53 for obtaining directional derivative values in a plurality of directions for each of the items of two-dimensional... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090008551 - Electron beam apparatus with aberration corrector: An electron beam apparatus with an aberration corrector using multipole lenses is provided. The electron beam apparatus has a scan mode for enabling the operation of the aberration corrector and a scan mode for disabling the operation of the aberration corrector and the operation of each of the aberration corrector,... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090008552 - Far-infrared radiation image processing apparatus, far-infrared radiation imaging apparatus, far-infrared radiation image processing method, and far-infrared radiation image processing program: Disclosed herein is a far-infrared radiation image processing apparatus configured to process an image taken by detecting far-infrared rays radiated from an object, the far-infrared radiation image processing apparatus including: an image signal reception section configured to receive an image signal indicative of a far-infrared radiation image taken by a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090008553 - Variable aperture sensor: A sensor device of the type for sensing incident radiation by charge generation, has a substrate within which charge may be generated by incident radiation. A plurality of electrodes are arranged to cover an image area of the substrate and are selectively connectable to supplied DC voltages such that an... Agent: Venable LLP

20090008556 - Device for detecting electromagnetic radiation, especially infrared radiation: A device for detecting electromagnetic radiation, especially infrared radiation, including an array of elementary bolometers which are sensitive to the incident radiation and are referred to as “active” bolometers and an additional row of bolometers which are substantially insensitive to the radiation and are referred to as “blind” bolometers. The... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090008555 - Device for detecting infrared radiation with bolometric detectors: A device for detecting infrared radiation comprising an array of bolometric detectors which are sensitive to incident radiation and are referred to as “active” and a bolometer which is insensitive to said radiation and is referred to as “blind” formed on a substrate in which a read circuit is produced... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090008554 - Method for infrared imaging of living or non-living objects including terrains that are either natural or manmade: An improved system for infrared (IR) imaging of terrain is disclosed wherein or or more IR cameras may be used at one or more locations to record images at multiple focal planes. The images are all taken of the same field of view but at varied focal planes. Global Positioning... Agent: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP

20090008557 - Infrared receiving module: An infrared receiving module is disclosed. The infrared receiving module including a first strip element, a second strip element, an infrared receiver disposed on the second strip element, and a resin wrapping the first strip element and the second strip element. The first strip element has a receiving window. The... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090008558 - Camera and method for use with camera:

20090008559 - Apparatus for analyzing cells in real-time: The present invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing cells in real-time which incorporates a wavelength-tunable light source/infrared ray (IR) sensor and can be used to observe and analyze the IR-related characteristics of adherent cells or non-adherent cells. The Apparatus for analyzing cells in real-time in accordance with the present... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090008560 - Method and apparatus for detecting gas conveyed by drilling fluids: e

20090008561 - Lanthanide halide microcolumnar scintillators: The present invention provides an imaging scintillation radiation detector comprising a doped lanthanide halide microcolumnar scintillator formed on a substrate. The scintillation radiation detectors of the invention typically comprise a substrate. The substrate can be either opaque or optically transparent. In a particular embodiment of the present invention the microcolumnar... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090008563 - Method and apparatus for determining timing information in positron emission tomography (pet) detection: A constant fraction discriminating circuit outputs timing information corresponding to an event corresponding to a detected photon for providing nuclear medicine imaging. The constant fraction discriminating circuit includes a stripline or microstrip delay element.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090008562 - Method and apparatus for providing depth-of-interaction detection using positron emission tomography (pet): A detector is provided for nuclear medicine imaging. Scintillator pixels form an axial array and a transaxial array. A first photosensor is positioned along the axial array; and a second photosensor is positioned along the transaxial array, wherein the first photosensor and the second photosensor provide dual event localization for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090008564 - Modular x-ray detector with single photon counting, energy sensitivity and integration capabilities: Indirectly converted X-ray radiation is detected by a sensor system having a plurality of detector modules arranged with individual pedestals in a staggered configuration. Each detector module has a plurality of scintillator-diode combinations associated with respective electrical circuits for concurrent single photon counting and charge-integration. Each electrical circuit includes at... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20090008565 - Coded aperture compton telescope imaging sensor: A combined format gamma-ray detector (D) for measuring impinging gamma-rays (10) includes an active upper level coded aperture detector plane member (12) that is suitable for detecting an impinging gamma-ray (10). An active lower level gamma ray detector plane member (14) that is spaced apart from the upper level coded... Agent: Marsteller & Associates, P. C.

20090008566 - Geiger mode avalanche photodiode: A avalanche mode photodiode array (102) is fabricated using a silicon on insulator wafer and substrate transfer process. The array includes a plurality of photodiodes (100). The photodiodes (100) include an electrically insulative layer (206), a depletion region (204), and first (208) and second (210) doped regions. An interconnection layer... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090008567 - Variable multi-stage waveform detector: A variable waveform detector may include multiple stages.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090008568 - Charged particle beam writing apparatus and method thereof: A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a unit emitting a charged particle beam, a stage on which a target workpiece to be written is placed, a unit correcting a reference position of a small region in a writing region, based on a pattern distortion obtained from positions of figures... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090008569 - High speed combination multi-mode ionization source for mass spectrometers: The present invention combines ionization modes produced by, for example, electrospray (ESI), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI), and thermospray for analysis of molecules. Specifically, this invention relates to the creation of a new source apparatus combining APCI and ESI which will interface with existing mass spectrometers, as well as the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090008570 - Arc chamber for an ion implantation system: An arc chamber for an ion implantation system includes an exit aperture positioned at a wall of the arc chamber, filaments respectively positioned at two opposing sides within the arc chamber, and repeller structures respectively positioned at two opposing walls within the arc chamber between the filaments and the arc... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090008571 - Ionizing device: An ionizing device 2 includes an ionization chamber 2a having an ionization space 2b for ionizing sample molecules A, filaments 23a and 23b to have an electron impact on the sample molecules A in the ionization space 2b, to ionize the sample molecules A, and an electric discharge tube 29... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090008572 - Charged-particle beam apparatus: The charged-particle beam apparatus 1 includes a chamber 2 which has an interior 2a evacuated by an intra-chamber evacuating means 4, and a lens-barrel 3 which emits a charged-particle beam B1 onto a sample S put in the interior 2a of the chamber 2. The lens-barrel 3 includes a cylindrical... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090008573 - Light emitting diode illumination system: In various embodiments of the invention, a unique construction for Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) with prisms and dyes and other optical elements can be used to generate a variety of light sources with different emission spectra. In an embodiment of the invention, reflected light can be redirected outward. In another... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090008574 - Radiation image conversion panel and preparation method thereof: Disclosed is a method of preparing a radiation image conversion panel comprising a substrate and a phosphor layer, the method comprising heating an evaporation source containing a phosphor raw material to evaporate the raw material and depositing an evaporated material on the substrate to form the phosphor layer, while the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090008576 - Light to heat conversion layer incorporating modified pigment: A LTHC layer for use in radiation induced thermal transfer includes a modified pigment.... Agent: Robert J. Follett, Esq. Cabot Corporation

20090008575 - Particle irradiation apparatus, particle beam irradiation method and particle treatment system: A particle irradiation apparatus and a particle beam irradiation method that controls the energy and irradiation dose of a particle beam to form a high dose region having a high uniformity of depth-directional spread (Spread Out Bracici Peak, referred to as SOBP). A SOBP having a steep falling edge of... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090008577 - Conformal doping using high neutral density plasma implant: A plasma doping apparatus includes a plasma source that generates a pulsed plasma. A platen supports a substrate proximate to the plasma source for plasma doping. A structure absorbs a film which provides a plurality of neutrals when desorbed. A bias voltage power supply generates a bias voltage waveform having... Agent: Rauschenbach Patent Law Group, LLC

20090008578 - Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication: A specimen fabrication apparatus, including: an ion beam irradiating optical system to irradiate a sample placed in a chamber, with an ion beam; a specimen holder to mount a specimen separated by the irradiation with the ion beam; a holder cassette to hold the specimen holder; a sample stage to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090008579 - Electron beam lithography apparatus and design method of patterned beam-defining aperture: A current density distribution characteristic within a beam pattern on a target object can be improved by using a simple-structured electron optical system and a single patterned beam-defining aperture. With an aperture layout modified to be physically fabricable, a current density distribution within the beam pattern is obtained (S5). Then,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090008580 - Fourier plane analysis and refinement of slm calibration: The present disclosure relates to phase-sensitive calibration of an SLM system. In particular, it relates to selecting among local calibrations when there is more than one calibration that satisfies a calibration intensity criteria. It utilizes information available before Fourier filtering, from non-zeroth order diffraction components to counter drift among alternative... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20090008581 - Transmission image capturing system and transmission image capturing method: The present invention proposes a technique capable of accurately grasping position and angle of a radiation generator at the time of image capturing. At the time of obtaining a plurality of transmission images by detecting radiation emitted from a emitting generator and passing through a specimen via a predetermined member... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090001252 - Brightness control for dynamic scanning backlight: A method of controlling the luminance of a luminaire on an individual frame basis, without affecting a slow acting color loop controlling the color temperature of the luminaire, the method comprising: receiving a reference value representative of a target color; receiving a luminance signal defining the luminance of the luminaire... Agent: Microsemi Corp - Amsg Ltd.

20090001250 - Light guide having an elongate shape with dual concave shaped end and electronic device using light guide (as amended): Disclosed are a light guide (750) and an electronic device including a light guide for coupling ambient light to a light sensor. The light guide (750) that is a structure of light-transmitting material having an elongate shape including a first end (752) for receiving ambient light and a second end... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090001251 - Methods and apparatus for backlight calibration: Methods and apparatuses for backlight calibration are described. The apparatus 100 comprises a backlight unit 102 comprising a plurality of light sources 120, at least one photo-sensor 103 adapted to measure the light emitted by the backlight unit 102, a photo-sensor controller 112 coupled to the photo-sensor 103 for controlling... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090001253 - Optical sampling and control element: An optical sampling and control element for use with a luminaire exhibiting a cycle and a frame, the optical sampling and control element being constituted of a color sensor in optical communication with the luminaire; and a sampler connected to the outputs of the color sensor, the sampler comprising an... Agent: Microsemi Corp - Amsg Ltd.

20090001255 - Imager pixel with capacitance circuit for boosting reset voltage: A pixel cell in which a capacitance is coupled between a storage node and a row select transistor and another capacitance is coupled between a storage node and a voltage supply or ground source potential to boost a reset voltage.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090001254 - Radiation image detector: A radiation image detector is provided. The radiation image detector is constituted by: a photoconductive layer that generates charges when electromagnetic waves are irradiated thereon; a common electrode to which a predetermined voltage is applied, provided on one side of the photoconductive layer; a plurality of divided electrodes that output... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090001256 - Photoelectric conversion device and electronic device provided with the photoelectric conversion device: It is an object to provide a photoelectric conversion device which can solve the problem of leakage current or noise caused when the photoelectric conversion device is connected to an external circuit by amplifying the current flows through the photoelectric conversion element, and which can widen dynamic range of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090001258 - Optical sensor: An optical sensor includes a light source, a sensing unit, a first optical fiber transmitting light from the light source to the sensing unit, second and third optical fibers transmitting the light from a reflecting surface of the sensing unit to light-receiving portions, and a calculation unit calculating physical quantities... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090001257 - Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same: An image sensor is disclosed that can provide a microlens aligned directly above an active area of a substrate. The image sensor can include a substrate having a pixel area. An active region can be formed on the pixel area and can include photodiodes. Metal lines and an interlayer dielectric... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090001259 - Rotary device: A rotary body (and a code member that is supported such that it can be rotated together with the rotary body) is supported so as to be movable in an X1-X2 direction independently from a fixed base and a fixed board. A photo interrupter is fixed to the surface of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090001260 - System for detecting motion of a body: The invention relates to a system (1) for detecting motion of a body (2) comprising a first elongated grating strip (4) coupled to said body and a separate and substantially stationary second elongated grating strip (5) crossing said first elongated grating strip. The system further comprises optical detection means (6)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090001261 - Chromatograph mass analysis data processing apparatus: A chromatograph mass analysis data processing apparatus is provided for obtaining pertinent information, with a simple operation, on a compound series including a plurality of compounds whose structures and characters are similar. Based on the data obtained by a chromatograph mass analysis, a two-dimensional isointensity line graph is created and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090001262 - System and method for spectral analysis: The system and method for spectral analysis uses a set of spectral data. The spectral data is arranged according to a second dimension, such as time, temperature, position, or other condition. The arranged spectral data is used in a signal separation process, such as an independent component analysis (ICA), which... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090001265 - Ion trap, mass spectrometer and ion mobility analyzer using the ion trap: A mass spectrometer using a one-dimensional ion trap is disclosed. The mass spectrometer having the one-dimensional ion trap can trap a great amount of ions, and the provision of a mass spectrometric analyzer capable of operation in a low vacuum eliminates the need of a high vacuum.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090001264 - Method for fractionating various components contained in a sample solution by liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer: A method for fractionating a sample solution includes the steps of setting a first mass spectrometry condition and mass range information; setting a second mass spectrometry condition and mass range information; executing a mass scan by the mass spectrum acquisition portion under the first mass spectrometry condition and obtaining first... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090001263 - On-probe sample cleanup system and method for maldi analysis: A system and method for cleanup of biological samples from contaminants prior to spectroscopy analysis. The system includes a support configured to hold a sample including a liquid having at least one group of biological molecules with a surface of the support binding the molecules at a surface tension angle... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090001266 - Arrangement and method for compensating emitter tip vibrations: The present invention provides a charged particle beam apparatus with a charged particle beam source including an emitter with an emitter tip; and supporting member for supporting the emitter. Further, the apparatus includes an emitter location-measuring device for repeatedly measuring the location of the emitter; and a deflector system for... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090001267 - Charged particle beam apparatus and specimen inspection method: In a multi-charged-particle-beam apparatus, when an electric field and voltage on a surface of a specimen are varied according to characteristics of the specimen, a layout of plural primary beams on the surface of the specimen and a layout of plural secondary beams on each detector vary. Then, calibration is... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090001269 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus for outputting image data on an image for which image processing is executed to a computer, the image pickup apparatus including: a thermal image capturing camera for capturing a thermal image; a visible-light camera for capturing an image under a visible light; a temperature zone extracting... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090001268 - Image pickup apparatus and a switching-over method for the same: An image pickup apparatus for outputting an image corresponding to a situation of a subject to an outside, including: a far-infrared camera for detecting an electromagnetic wave in a far-infrared radiation region; a visible-light camera for detecting a visible light, the visible-light camera including a luminance determining portion for determining... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090001270 - Rf detector and temperature sensor: An RF electromagnetic radiation detector has a device that has a first terminal and a second terminal with a PN junction therebetween. The first terminal is connected to the P side of the PN junction and the second terminal is connected to the N side of the PN junction, with... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20090001271 - Micromechanical device for infrared sensing: A micromechanical device including an improved sensing element and improved bending elements is described. Sensing elements include multi-layered structures which are thinner, lighter, and flatter than structures presently known within the related arts. Bending elements include structures which separately respond to illumination by an infrared source so as to twist... Agent: Michael G. Crilly, Esquire Law Offices Of Michael Crilly

20090001272 - Servo feedback control based on invisible scanning servo beam in scanning beam display systems with light-emitting screens: Scanning beam display systems that scan at least one invisible servo beam and an excitation beam onto a screen that emits visible light under excitation of the light of the excitation beam and control optical alignment of the excitation beam based on positioning of the servo beam on the screen... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20090001273 - Non-rotating transaxial radionuclide imaging: Transaxial radionuclide imaging is implemented without relative rotation between detectors and a patient by employing a collimator comprising segments sharing a common central axis, each segment having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, wherein the segments are angularly displaced from one another about the common central axis. Embodiments include SPECT... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090001274 - Semiconductor detector for radiation detection, and associated operating method: The invention relates to a semiconductor detector, in particular a pnCCD detector, for radiation detection, including a guard ring (12, 14) and a readout anode (3, 4) arranged inside the guard ring (12, 14) for reading out radiation-generated signal charge carriers (e−), and also including a clearing contact (9) arranged... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090001275 - Image detection device and method of driving image detector: An image detection device has an image detector equipped with a detection section having a charge generation section that receives irradiation of electromagnetic waves and generates charges, a storage capacitor in which two electrodes are disposed so as to oppose one another and which accumulates charges generated at the charge... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20090001276 - Radiation imaging apparatus, method of controlling the same, and radiation imaging system: There are provided an apparatus capable of complying with arbitrary data acquisition period (frame rate) change instruction without increasing load and cost, and a method and a system for controlling such an apparatus. To realize this, in the present invention, there are included an area sensor for reading out an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090001277 - Gate semiconductor for radiation detection: GaTe semiconductor is used as a room-temperature radiation detector. GaTe has useful properties for radiation detectors: ideal bandgap, favorable mobilities, low melting point (no evaporation), non-hygroscopic nature, and availability of high-purity starting materials. The detector can be used, e.g., for detection of illicit nuclear weapons and radiological dispersed devices at... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20090001278 - Multi colour photon detectors: Described herein is a multi-colour radiation detector that comprises a mesa-type multi-layered mercury-cadmium-telluride detector structure (10) monolithically integrated on a substrate (6). The detector is responsive to three or more discrete wavelength ranges and means is provided whereby each of the wavelength ranges can be detected independently or in combination... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090001279 - Charged particle beam apparatus: A charged particle beam apparatus for measuring and inspecting a sample having some parts in focus and other parts out of focus in an image due to the effect of the roughness of the sample surface is disclosed, in which in order to acquire a clear image of the whole... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090001280 - Ion generating element, charging device and image forming apparatus: In an ion generating element according to the present invention, a discharge electrode and an inductive electrode are provided to face each other with a dielectric body therebetween, and a heater electrode for producing heat with Joule heat generated by electrification and the inductive electrode are provided independently on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090001281 - Cathode having electron production and focusing grooves, ion source and related method: A cathode having electron production and focusing grooves for an ion source of an ion implanter system, the ion source and a related method are disclosed. In one embodiment, the cathode includes a working surface having a plurality of electron production and focusing grooves positioned therein. A repeller of the... Agent: Scott Faber, Esq. Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc

20090001282 - Methods and apparatus for assigning a beam intensity profile to a gas cluster ion beam used to process workpieces: Embodiments of the invention describe methods and apparatus for assigning a beam intensity profile to a gas cluster ion beam and processing workpieces using a gas cluster ion beam. One embodiment includes generating a gas cluster ion beam in a gas cluster ion beam processing apparatus, collecting parametric data relating... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (tokyo Electron)

20090001283 - Method for the chemical separation of ge-68 from its daughter ga-68: The present invention is directed to a generator apparatus for separating a daughter gallium-68 radioisotope substantially free of impurities from a parent gernanium-68 radioisotope, including a first resin-containing column containing parent gernanium-68 radioisotope and daughter gallium-68 radioisotope, a source of first eluent connected to said first resin-containing column for separating... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20090001284 - Biosensor with one-dimensional sub-diffraction-limited apertures composed of a grid and a polarizer: A method and sensor for the detection of luminescence radiation generated by at least one luminophore is disclosed. In the context of the present invention the biosensor comprises a grid (120) defined as arrays of apertures with the apertures having a first dimension below and a second dimension above the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090001285 - Radiation image conversion panel: Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel comprising on a support a vapor-deposited photostimulable phosphor layer containing an alkali metal halide phosphor, wherein the surface element composition of the alkali metal halide phosphor exhibits a ratio of alkali metal to halide of 1.0 to 1.5.... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090001286 - Integrative and real-time radiation measurement methods and systems: A method of determining the radiation type and energy distribution of a radiation source that outputs radiation. The method including providing a plurality of detector materials and exposing the plurality of detector materials to the radiation. Each of the plurality of detector materials stores a signal in response to being... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090001287 - Radiation image storage panel suitable for use in mammographic applications: m

20090001288 - Lithographic apparatus, radiation system, device manufacturing method, and radiation generating method: A lithographic apparatus includes a radiation system constructed to provide a beam of radiation from radiation emitted by a radiation source. The radiation system includes a contaminant trap configured to trap material emanating from the radiation source. The contaminant trap includes a contaminant engaging surface arranged in the path of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090001291 - Apparatus and method for partial ion implantation: An apparatus and method for partial ion implantation, which desirably provide control over the energy of the implanted dopants, generally includes an ion beam generator, and first and second deceleration units. The first deceleration unit decelerates the energy of an ion beam generated by the ion beam generator; and a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090001293 - Charged particle beam writing method: A charged particle beam writing method includes writing a pattern on a first target object by using a charged particle beam in a writing apparatus; and conveying a second target object after having written the pattern on the first target object, wherein even though the second target object is arranged... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090001292 - Exposure device: The present invention relates to an exposure device for forming circuit patterns onto a surface of an object. The exposure device includes at least one spatial light modulator which includes a plurality of reflection elements being arranged in a matrix fashion, at least one optical source which supplies exposure light... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20090001290 - Ion source and method for operating same: The ion source 2a has: a plasma generating chamber 6 having an ion extraction port 8 extending in the X direction; a magnet 14 which generates a magnetic field 16 extending along the X direction, in the plasma generating chamber 6; indirectly-heated cathodes 20 which are placed respectively on the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090001289 - Recording medium: A method and apparatus for a recording medium is described. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a substrate. The apparatus also includes a phase change layer disposed on the substrate. The phase change layer has a first phase with a first secondary emission ratio and... Agent: Tips Group C/o Intellevate LLC

20090001296 - Integrated variable-aperture collimator and fixed-aperture collimator: An apparatus and method for coupling a fixed-aperture collimator to a variable-aperture collimator. The variable-aperture collimator may be an IRIS collimator having multiple leaves configured to open and close an aperture of the IRIS collimator within which the fixed-aperture collimator is retained.... Agent: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090001295 - Multileaf collimator for electron radiotherapy: A flexible multi-leaf collimator for electron radiotherapy is provided, where the leaves are not a single rigid component, but are configured in a manner that curves away from the patient to provide greater clearance. The invention includes a plurality of flexible assemblies, at least one guide supporting the assemblies, and... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20090001294 - Neutron coincidence counter for non-destructive accounting for nuclear material and the handling thereof: A neutron coincidence counter for non-destructive accounting for a nuclear material according to the present invention comprises an outer case, neutron detectors mounted in the outer case while being surrounded by a moderator, and a basket horizontally movable in the outer case so as to be exposed outside the outer... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090001297 - System and method for excluding electromagnetic waves from a protected region: A module for receiving one or more electromagnetic waves moving along a path in a direction of propagation. The module includes a first electrically conductive strip disposed in a first pattern and a second substantially electrically conductive strip disposed in a second pattern. The first and second strips are positioned... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill Susan Tandan

20090001298 - Photoelectric sensor and emitting device for photoelectric sensor: According to the present invention, a main casing is described in which a plurality of photoelectric elements are included along a first direction; a first opening formed on the main casing for passing through a light corresponding to the photoelectric element between the inside and outside of the main casing;... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.