| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 250215000 | Combined with diverse-type device | 20 |
| 20080283734 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING SOLID ARTICLES - According to embodiments of the present invention, a method for detecting solid articles using an apparatus including a sensor system is provided. The sensor system includes a radiation detector and a radiation emitter configured to direct radiation onto the radiation detector. The radiation detector is operative to generate detector signals proportional to the radiation received thereby. The method includes moving the radiation emitter and/or the radiation detector relative to the other. According to some embodiments, the solid articles are solid pharmaceutical articles. | 11-20-2008 |
| 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 mechanical switch is connected in parallel between a power supply terminal of the photosensor and a signal output terminal of the photosensor and switchable between on and off states; and a detection means that is connected to the signal output terminal of the photosensor and that detects an electric signal output by the photosensor and an electric signal indicating the on/off state of the mechanical switch. | 01-15-2009 |
| 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 sources may be adapted on opposing sides of the photodetector to illuminate the workpiece. | 01-22-2009 |
| 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 can be guided through the at least one optical element to the detector unit and that the mechanical connection between the component support and the detector unit is configured in a releasable manner by means of a retaining element which is detachably connected to the component support and the detector unit. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090108182 | Global anticamcorder projection system and method - Method of displaying images on a projection screen in front of a place for an audience, by using different visually-equivalent metameric colors for different portions of images, and by simultaneously illuminating said place for the audience with perturbing infrared radiations and by simultaneously detecting any image capture device in the place for the audience, wherein:
| 04-30-2009 |
| 20100012824 | OPTICAL SENSOR - An optical sensor has an optical plate which is adapted to make surface contact on a pane, in particular a windshield of a motor vehicle. It further has one or preferably a plurality of photoreceivers arranged on the side of the optical plate facing away from the pane. An optical mask is arranged in the optical path upstream of each photoreceiver, the optical mask having light-blocking and light-transmissive surface areas. The light-transmissive surface areas each allow an optical path to traverse the optical plate, impinging on the photoreceiver and is delimited by the light-blocking surface areas. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100243867 | MAPPING MECHANISM, FOUP AND LOAD PORT - Disclosed herein is a mapping mechanism for carrying out mapping for a FOUP which includes a wafer receiving section on which a plurality of wafers can be placed at a plurality of stages in a heightwise direction and a lid member mounted for opening and closing movement, including: a light emitting member and a light receiving member provided outside the FOUP; and a window member provided on a light path between the light emitting member and the light receiving member which can cross at least part of the wafers placed on the stage portions of the wafer receiving section; the light being caused to pass over all of the stages of the wafer receiving section of the FOUP to carry out the mapping for the FOUP. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100294920 | APERTURE UNIT AND IMAGING SYSTEM USING SAME - An aperture unit includes a transparent cylindrical member, a magnetic fluid, and a magnetic field generator. The cylindrical member includes a cylindrical chamber. A light input end portion of the cylindrical member is transparent, and an opposite light output end portion of the cylindrical member is transparent. The magnetic fluid is received in the cylindrical chamber. The magnetic fluid includes a transparent solvent, a surfactant, and nano-magnetic particles dispersed substantially evenly in the solvent. Each of the magnetic nano-particles is enveloped by a surfactant. The magnetic field generator is positioned outside the cylindrical chamber. The magnetic field generator is configured for generating a magnetic field applied to the chamber and attracting and clustering the nano-particles, such that an annular nano-particle opaque layer is formed on an inner surface of the cylindrical member. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110042554 | Light Sensor with Integrated Temperature Sensor Functionality - The invention relates to a light sensor, particularly for LED-based lamps. The light sensor comprises at least one photosensor ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110168876 | OPTICAL MODULE AND SYSTEM FOR LIQUID SAMPLE - The present invention relates to an optical module and system for a liquid sample, and more particularly to an optical module and system for measuring a property of a liquid sample. The optical system comprises a substrate, a laser source, at least one photo detector, and a microprocessor, wherein the substrate comprises a sample surface at the top, a light-out surface, and an extruded light guide block with a light-in surface at the bottom. The extruded light guide block guides light from the light-in surface to the sample surface with a useful incident angle. In the present invention, the analysis can be processed with the normalized intensities of the reflected and scattered light for enhancing the accuracy of the system. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110278439 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM WITH FORWARDLY-VIEWING CAMERA - A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an attachment element attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield and an interior rearview mirror assembly that includes a mount for attaching the mirror assembly to the attachment element, a housing, a single ball and socket pivot joint, and an interior rearview mirror head adjustable by a driver of the vehicle about the single pivot joint to adjust a rearward field of view. The housing houses a forwardly-viewing camera and, with the interior rearview mirror assembly attached at the attachment element, the forwardly-viewing camera views through the vehicle windshield. The attachment element is a mirror mounting button and a rain sensor is disposed at an inner open central portion of the mirror mounting button and views, via the inner open central portion of the mirror mounting button, through the vehicle windshield. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120223217 | E-PETRI DISHES, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS - An e-Petri dish comprising a transparent layer having a specimen surface and a light detector configured to sample a sequence of sub-pixel shifted projection images of a specimen located on the specimen surface. The sub-pixel shifted projection images associated with light from a plurality of illumination angles provided by an illumination source. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120292491 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM MODULATOR - The invention relates to a charged particle lithography system comprising a beam generator for generating a plurality of charged particle beamlets, a beam stop array and a modulation device. The beam stop array has a surface for blocking beamlets from reaching a target surface and an aperture array in the surface for allowing beamlets to reach the target surface. The modulation device is arranged for modulating the beamlets by deflecting or not deflecting the beamlets so that the beamlets are blocked or not blocked by the beam stop array. A surface area of the modulation device comprises an elongated beam area comprising an array of apertures and associated modulators, and a power interface area for accommodating a power arrangement for powering elements within the modulation device. The power interface area is located alongside a long side of the elongated beam area and extending in a direction substantially parallel thereto. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130015333 | ENCODER WITH GEAR MECHANISM AND OPTICAL ENCODER DEVICEAANM Miyajima; TooruAACI NaganoAACO JPAAGP Miyajima; Tooru Nagano JPAANM Ayuzawa; ToshiakiAACI NaganoAACO JPAAGP Ayuzawa; Toshiaki Nagano JPAANM Shoji; YoshihiroAACI NaganoAACO JPAAGP Shoji; Yoshihiro Nagano JP - Provided herein is an encoder including a position detecting device provided with a gear mechanism and an optical encoder device. A housing includes a bearing holder provided between a first housing portion and a second housing portion of the housing. The bearing holder serves as a partition wall portion configured to separate the gear mechanism from the optical encoder device. If the gear mechanism is separated from the optical encoder device, abrasion powder or grease can be reliably prevented from scattering from the gear mechanism to adhere to constituent parts of the optical encoder device. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20140021337 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL DIGITAL ANTIGLARE DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a multifunctional digital type anti-glare device which adds various functions such as a timer function, a stopwatch function, a world time display function, and a compass function. The multifunctional digital type anti-glare device includes an optical detection unit, an electromagnetic wave sensor unit, an electromagnetic wave detection unit, a control unit, a light transmission control unit for controlling variation in light transmissivity of an anti-glare plate depending upon an output signal of the control unit, a geomagnetic sensor for detecting an azimuth using the earth's magnetic field, and a compass display unit for displaying points of a compass depending upon the azimuth detected by the geomagnetic sensor. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140183341 | Optical Encoded Nondestructive Inspection - This invention applies optical sensing technology with an ultrasound inspection system to associate encoded position data with the inspection data. The compact electronics of the optical system can be attached to the inspection assembly to allow fully encoded position information to be associated with the ultrasonic, eddy current, or other nondestructive examination data without substantially impacting the overall envelope of the NDE inspection equipment. Moreover, because of the small size, the optical system can be used in tandem to monitor skew or twist of the inspection equipment with respect to the normal rectilinear transducer orientation. The inspection equipment position information is then coupled to the inspection data to provide data outputs equivalent to fully encoded multi-axis manipulator automated scans, but with less setup burden and equipment expense. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140183342 | Electronic Devices With Light Sensors And Displays - An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20160075048 | APPARATUS FOR SLICING FOOD PRODUCTS - An apparatus for slicing food products, in particular a high-performance slicer, comprises a product feed which defines a feed plane and by means of which the products are fed along the feed plane in a feed direction to a cutting plane which is disposed in a slicing region and in which a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, said cutting blade cooperating with a cutting edge which in particular extends in parallel with the feed plane and perpendicular to the feed direction to cut off slices from the products. The cutting apparatus additionally comprises a detection device for radiation reflected from the slicing region and an evaluation device for evaluating the detected radiation and an illumination device for illuminating the slicing region which is arranged for the at least substantially frontal illumination of the product end face in the half-space disposed in front of the slicing region and above the feed plane and comprises at least one radiation source ad well as a diaphragm arrangement associated therewith which defines a plurality of elongate illumination radiation paths which are optically separate from one another, which each extend in the direction of the slicing region and which are arranged adjacent to one another. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160111845 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING LIGHT BEAMS - Apparatus for the alignment of optical beams includes an optical beam; a beam splitter in the path of the optical beam; the beam splitter splits the optical beam into at least two sub-beams paths; a first one of the at least two sub-beam paths is directed through one or more optical devices for amplification of lateral shift alignment; a second one of the at least two sub-beams is directed through one or more optical devices for amplification of angular alignment; the first and the second sub-beams impinge on first and second screens. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160178900 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
