| Entries |
| Document | Title | Date |
|---|
| 20080204752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE, FREE-SPACE OPTICAL DETECTION OF POTENTIAL THREAT AGENT - A system and method for free space, optical remote sensing of a potential threat agent using spectrally responsive sensor material. In one example the sensor material is formed by particles, which in one particular form are porous photonic crystals. The particles are dispersed into an area being monitored for the presence of the potential threat agent. A pair of lasers is used to generate optical light beams that are directed at the sensor particles after the particles have been dispersed. The light reflected by the sensor particles is then analyzed. The presence of the potential threat agent causes a shift in the spectral peak of light reflected from the sensor particles that can be sensed using photo detectors and a processing subsystem. The system can be tuned to remotely detect for specific chemical, biological or environmental agents that may be present within a given area. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080259335 | SPECTROSCOPIC pH MEASUREMENT AT HIGH-TEMPERATURE AND/OR HIGH-PRESSURE - Methods and apparatuses for high-temperature and high-pressure measurement of pH and/or alkalinity of a fluid is described. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080291449 | System for color match and digital color display - The present invention is directed to a system for digital displaying images of various colors and appearances of an article and the use thereof. The invention is particularly directed to a system for displaying images for selecting one or more matching formulas to match color and appearance of an article. The invention is even further directed to a system for displaying images for selecting one or more matching formulas to match color and appearance of a target coating of a vehicle. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090009766 | METHOD TO MINIMIZE INSTRUMENT DIFFERENCES IN COLOR MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS - A method for estimating color measurements of color samples includes printing a color sample based on input data, measuring a color of the printed color sample with an in-line spectral sensor at a first temperature, and estimating a color of the printed color sample which would be output by a reference spectral sensor at a second temperature. The estimation is based on a thermochromatic model which represents relationships between measured colors of printed color samples on the in-line spectral sensor at the first temperature and the reference spectral sensor at the second temperature. The reference spectral sensor is a different type of sensor from the in-line spectral sensor, so the color response of the two spectral sensors is different, even when the measurement conditions are identical. Consequently, a set of printed spot color samples generate different measured colors at the second temperature on the in-line spectral sensor from the reference spectral sensor. The exemplary method allows these differences, as well as measurement temperature differences to be accounted for in the estimation. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090021736 | METHOD OF SELECTING PIGMENT AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ENVIRONMENT UNDER MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES, AND COMPOSITION THEREOF - In the selection of pigment for use, the optical characteristics of pigment taking into account an environment under multiple light sources obtained when irradiating each object with visible light from two or more light sources but not obtained in the use of a single light source can be utilized in compositions, or moldings, containing pigments, such as titanium dioxide, suitable for cosmetic, etc. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021737 | Color management system with system-level communications - Color management systems and methods are provided wherein operations associated with an individual color measurement instrument are integrated into system-level operating software. Color measurement-related information associated with or derived from such color measurement instrument, e.g., color measurements, instrument-related messages (e.g., error messages), instrument status and the like, is automatically broadcast to other programs, instruments and/or applications that are adapted/registered to listen for and receive such broadcasts. An operating system program that includes, defines or interacts with an OS notification center facilitates communication with the ancillary programs, instruments or applications. Two way communications by way of the OS notification center are also facilitated. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090027673 | Color Measurement Device With Error Detection - A color measurement device includes an error detection function for color printing control. The color measurement device includes an optical measurement head, the optical measurement head being moveable linearly along a color bar region of a printing sheet, and being configured for making color measurements with respect to the color bar, and for detecting color measurement errors by determining whether such color measurements are being made at least in part with respect to regions of the printing sheet other than the color bar region. The optical measurement head may further include a pixel array for tracking a center trajectory of the color bar for purposes of detecting the color measurement errors, and a color measurement engine for purposes of making the color measurements with respect to the color bar. The color measurement device may further include a motion control element and a mechanical track to guide the optical measurement head along the color bar region. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090079984 | Optical characteristic measuring apparatus - An optical characteristic measuring apparatus of the invention is configured in such a manner that a specular reflection light component in reflection light from an object to be measured is received, and shake of the apparatus is detected based on the amount of the received light. The optical characteristic measuring apparatus having the above arrangement enables to precisely measure an optical characteristic of the object to be measured, without the need of providing a mechanical switch or a like device, and without depending on the shape of the object to be measured. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090086208 | BROAD WAVELENGTH RANGE TUNABLE PHOTONIC MATERIALS - The present invention provides polymeric materials arranged as photonic crystals, or portions of photonic crystals, having properties which can be easily tuned over a large range of wavelengths upon exposure to an external stimulus. In some embodiments, the photonic crystals comprise at least one portion which can undergo a change in a physical, chemical, dielectric, or other property upon exposure to an altering stimulus, resulting in a change in a diffracted wavelength of electromagnetic radiation (e.g, light) by the photonic crystal. Embodiments of the invention may advantageously exhibit large stop band tunability and rapid response times. Photonic crystals of the invention may be useful in a wide variety of applications, such as colorimetric sensors, active components of simple display devices, electrically controlled tunable optically pumped laser, photonic switches, multiband filters, and the like. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090122316 | COLOUR MEASURING UNIT - A colour measuring unit ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090153863 | Method of evaluating sensitivity grade of interior material used in vehicles - A method of evaluating the sensitivity grade of an interior material used in vehicles comprises: evaluating sensitivity properties of an interior material before providing noise factors; evaluating sensitivity properties of the interior material after providing noise factors; averaging each of the sensitivity properties evaluated before the provision of noise factors and after the provision of noise factors to obtain the average value (safety factor) of each of the sensitivity properties; comparing the average value of each of the sensitivity properties with a preset target value of each of the sensitivity properties to compute a target value achievement level of each of the sensitivity properties; and determining the sensitivity grade of the interior material based on the sensitivity property with the lowest target value achievement level. By providing an objective standard to evaluate sensitivity properties of an interior material used in vehicles, the present method(s) eliminates the difficulty in communication between customers and manufactures and quality control regarding the sensitivity grade of interior materials used in vehicles. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090180117 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR DISPERSING LIGHT - An optical device includes an aperture stop that limits an angular extent of light from an illuminated sample. A first lens is positioned between the aperture stop and a detector plane. A second lens is positioned between the first lens and the detector plane and is operable to map light from the aperture stop to the detector plane such that the light is averaged at the detector plane. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090180118 | Method of optically monitoring the progression of a physical and/or chemical process taking place on a surface of a body - The invention relates to a method for optically monitoring the progression of a physical and/or chemical process taking place on a surface of a body in which the surface radiation which emanates from part of the surface during the physical and/or chemical process, is measured with the aid of a measuring device, in particular a sensor. In order to develop a method of this kind such that sintering processes can also be monitored in a firing furnace having thermal radiation equilibrium, the invention proposes to emit the radiation ( | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090190132 | Color Inspection System - The objective of the invention is to provide a color inspection system capable of making determination on pass or failure with accuracy equivalent to that for the case of visual inspection even in the case of inspecting various textile products as measurement targets, such as a raised cloth, cloth with printed patterns such as marbled pattern, moire pattern and detailed pattern, and so forth. With a color inspection system, an illuminant is set to shine light on the surface of a textile product M placed on the top surface of a measuring platform to thereby make measurements from a direction at an angle of 45 degrees from the surface of a measuring region of the textile product M by use of a spectroradiometer of a measuring unit. The spectroradiometer is provided with a wide range lens attached thereto to thereby expand a measuring region. The results of measurement by the spectroradiometer are inputted to an information processor of a determination unit. The information processor computes color values for the whole measuring region to be compared with standard color values stored in a memory to thereby make determination on pass or fail. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190133 | MINIATURIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090279092 | Color measurement instrument - The color measurement instrument includes an illumination system and a sensing system. The illumination system is composed of a light emitting element and a light pipe. The light pipe has an incident surface at an illuminating end of the light emitting element and an ejected surface adjacent to a sensing platform of a sensing system. The sensing system includes a light collection device and a sensing platform for disposing a testing object. The light collection device includes an aperture stop for adjusting the shape of a light spot on a color sensor to avoid glare, a light collection lens set for detecting and projecting an image of a testing object on the sensing platform onto a field stop, a field stop for separating a light from an area other than the effective sensing area of the sensing platform, an uniform lens set for spreading the image on the field stop over the whole color sensor, and a color sensor for capturing and analyzing the color to adjust the brightness and chroma and output an analysis signal. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090296091 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONAL APPLICATION OF COLOR MEASUREMENT ERROR COMPENSATION IN SPECTRAL SENSORS - Color measurements of color samples are estimated by a system and method wherein an area coverage of a color sample is computed, the color sample is printed, a color of the printed color sample, such as a set of reflectance values, is measured at a first temperature, and a color of the printed color sample is estimated at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, the estimation being based on the area coverage and a thermochromatic model which represents relationships between measured colors of printed color samples at the first and second temperatures. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090323065 | Light Analyzer Device - Apparatus including photodetector device, signal output device, and housing configured to be held in human hand. Signal output device is configured for emitting perceived color signal corresponding to light color data detected by photodetector device. Method that includes: providing apparatus configured to be held in human hand and having photodetector device and signal output device; causing photodetector device to detect light color data from light source; and causing signal output device to emit perceived color signal corresponding to detected light color data. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090323066 | IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM, ARTICLE, IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING IDENTIFICATION MEDIUM - An identifying medium comprises an optical functional layer that is optically identifiable and comprises a layer containing microcapsules. The microcapsule contains a material that occurs color change by breaking the microcapsule. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100039647 | Method for Detecting Trace Substance using Organic Electroluminescent Device - Provided is a detection method and device for analyzing trace substance of interest in a short time and with high accuracy without the need of performing any treatment for binding a fluorescent substance to the substance of interest or using any large apparatus. The substance of interest is detected by being immobilizing on a surface of any one of a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, a luminescent layer, a buffer layer, and inside surfaces of electrodes for an organic electroluminescent device based on a change in at least one luminescent property selected from luminescence intensity, luminous efficiency, and emission spectrum of the organic electroluminescent device before and after the immobilization of the substance of interest. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100045987 | APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND MONITORING CRITICAL COLORS IN A PRINT JOB AND USING AN EMBEDDED COLOR SENSING DEVICE TO MEASURE CRITICAL COLOR TEST PATTERNS INSERTED IN THE PRINT JOB - Applications, systems and methods for identifying and monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color test patterns inserted in the print job are disclosed. The applications permits the user to interact with a print job and select of one or more critical colors from within the print job. In one embodiment, an application is configured to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the user in selecting critical colors. A printing system and method are disclosed for automatically monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color test patterns inserted in the print job. In one embodiment, printed critical color test patterns are separated from the printed customer documents and direct to a color sensing device for measurement. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100067009 | Point-Of-Purchase (POP) Spectrophotometer For Open-View Measurement Of A Color Sample - Disclosed herein is a point-of-purchase (POP) spectrophotometer for open-viewing of a color sample. The POP spectrophotometer includes a housing assembly containing an illumination optical system and an imaging optical system in desired orientation. Also provided is at least one of a second illumination optical system, a sheen detection system, and a camera system. The housing assembly includes a chassis in secure arrangement with a plurality of supports that define a target plane having a target location and that space the chassis therefrom. The chassis is configured to position the illumination, imaging, sheen detection, and/or camera systems in desired orientations relative to the target location and each other. The POP spectrophotometer can include an alignment device and/or targeting optics for facilitating user-identification of the target location, and means can be provided to enhance insensitivity to ambient light and/or depth variation of the color sample. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100067010 | FILM QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD, APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR THIN-FILM DEVICE - An object is to improve production efficiency as well as reducing the burden on an operator. Light is radiated on a crystalline silicon film used for a thin-film silicon device, reflection light reflected by the crystalline silicon film is detected, a parameter of the luminance of the detected reflection light is measured, and film quality evaluation of the crystalline silicon film is performed in accordance with whether the parameter of the luminance is within a predetermined proper range or not. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100073678 | Blast injury dosimeter - A method for detecting blast induced pressure changes includes exposing a material, a contained solution, a membrane-bound solution, or a photonic crystal material, having a first optical property, to a pressure wave having a blast level. A change in the first optical property to a second optical property of the exposed material, contained solution, membrane-bound solution, or photonic crystal material is determined, and the extent of change corresponds to the blast level. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100097609 | Radiation Detector - A radiation detector is disclosed with a detector arrangement, which has a plurality of detector elements, by means of which a detector signal is obtained during operation of the radiation detector, and with a control device, wherein the detector elements each have a spectral sensitivity distribution, and are suited for generating signals. At least one detector element includes a compound semiconductor material, and this detector element is designed for detecting radiation in the visible spectral region. The radiation detector is designed such that the sensitivity distributions of the detector elements are used to form different spectral sensitivity channels of the radiation detector. A channel signal assigned to the respective sensitivity channel can be generated in these sensitivity channels using the detector elements, and the control device is designed such that the contributions of different channel signals to the detector signal of the radiation detector are differently controlled. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100103423 | Battery Terminal Inspection Apparatus, Inspection Method, and Cylindrical Dry Battery - Poor contact on a terminal face that is likely to especially occur with a dry battery with low electromotive force can be appropriately inspected and suppressed. Moreover, the inspection can be highly efficiently performed in a non-contacting state. Also, a cylindrical dry battery in which the poor contact on the terminal face is certainly suppressed is provided. An apparatus | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103424 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL SENSOR AND SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION SENSING AND CONTROL - A system includes an optical sensor that optically measures and spatially resolves in three dimensions at least one chemical species within a flame produced by a device and a component that correlates the three dimensionally measured at least one chemical species to at least one parameter of the device. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100110435 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a colorimeter that obtains color measurement data from a recording surface of a recording material, a colorimeter holder that holds the colorimeter, a colorimeter carriage that reciprocates the colorimeter holder on a retainer member that holds the recording material during color measurement, and a link mechanism that links the colorimeter holder and the colorimeter carriage. The colorimeter holder is linked by the link mechanism rotatably by a predetermined angle around a first axis along the reciprocating direction on the retainer member, and rotatably by a predetermined angle around a second axis along the surface of the recording material held by the retainer member and perpendicular to the reciprocating direction. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100141949 | MEASURING OF FUEL COMPOSITION BY USING LASER - A method is shown for the analysis of hydrocarbon based fuels comprising the following steps: a) the use of a tunable diode laser (TDL) whereby several wavelengths of light can be emitted, b). transmission of said light through a transparent flow cell or flow chamber containing the fuel, c). measurement of the transmitted light with an optical detector positioned on the opposite site of the cell/chamber, d). detection of signals and storage on a computer memory, e). computer-based analysis of measurements, f). use of an algorithm and a chemical reference library for subsequent quantitative analysis of the hydrocarbon compounds. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100157300 | LIQUID SAMPLE ANALYSIS CHIP READING SYSTEM, AND ANALYSIS METHOD AND UBIQUITOUS READING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided is a liquid sample analysis chip reading system. The reading system includes an analysis chip, a light emitting part, a plurality of light wave-guides, and a light receiving part. The analysis chip includes a plurality of detecting parts. The light emitting part includes three light sources emitting light having wavelengths (or colors) different from each other. The plurality of light wave-guides irradiate the light emitted from the light emitting part onto the plurality of corresponding detecting parts, respectively. The light receiving part includes a plurality of light receiving devices for receiving the light having a specific color reflected from each of the plurality of corresponding detecting parts of the analysis chip. The three light sources are discontinuously controlled to emit light onto the plurality of light wave-guides. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100195103 | COLOUR ASSESSMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of colour assessment of a sample ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100259755 | COLOR SENSING DEVICE - A color sensing apparatus ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100290047 | Image Sensor Device and Method - An image sensor cell is presented for detection of electromagnetic radiation. The sensor cell can be used as a pixel in the pixel matrix of an image sensor device. The image sensor cell comprises a photocathode ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100328667 | Color Measuring Device - A color measuring device includes a lighting arrangement ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328668 | COLOR DETECTOR - A color detector includes a light source, a photodiode, and a filter tuned to only allow light of a specific color to pass through to the photodiode. When the light reaches the photodiode, the photodiode outputs a current that indicates that the color is present in the light. The filter may include a pair of partially reflective layers consisting of a reflective metal, such as silver. To prevent the metal from oxidizing or reacting with the environment, the partially reflective layers may be coated with a protective layer, such as aluminum nitride. The color detector may further include a color enhancing layer. Finally, the color detector may include a capping layer. Accordingly, the color detector provided herein allows for the filter to use metals for partially reflective layers that would normally oxidize, as well as detect light of a specific spectrum of wavelengths. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110019191 | Display Inspection Tool, Display Inspection Module, and Display Inspecting Method - A display inspection tool includes a securing member and a color detector securing unit. The securing member includes a top edge securing portion that is adapted for disposing on a top edge of a display, and a bottom edge securing portion that is adapted for abutting against a bottom edge of the display. By disposing the top edge securing portion on the top edge of the display, and bringing the bottom edge securing portion into abutment against the bottom edge of the display, the securing member can be quickly mounted on the display. The color detector securing unit is provided on a rear face of the securing member and is adapted for securing a color detector so as to perform color detection when the securing member is mounted on the display. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110032525 | LIQUID SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD - Provided is a liquid sample analyzing method for analyzing an analyte in a liquid sample by using a test piece ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110058171 | STRUCTURE, METHOD OF FORMING STRUCTURE, METHOD OF LASER PROCESSING, AND METHOD OF DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN TRUE AND FALSE OBJECTS - Laser marking is surely conducted on the second and subsequent layers of a structural body with a multilayer structure, whereby a marked part can be prevented from being marred, fouled, falsified or erased, as well as marking can be conducted in a variety of colors. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063618 | COLORIMETRIC VALUE CALCULATING METHOD, PROFILE GENERATING METHOD, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD, COLOR CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COLOR CONVERSION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - First spectral data (spectral transmittance) of a printed object, and second spectral data (spectral reflectance) of the printed object are obtained. Further, third spectral data (spectral radiance distribution) of a transmissive light source, and fourth spectral data (spectral radiance distribution) of a reflective light source are obtained. Then, using the first, second, third and fourth spectral data, colorimetric value data of the printed object in a given observational environment is calculated. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110075146 | COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A device includes a housing; a color sensor within a first end of the housing, the color sensor configured to sense a color of a sample when the color sensor is placed proximate the sample; and a display within the housing, the display configured to display the color of the sample sensed by the color sensor. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110096330 | MINIMIZING SPECTROPHOTOMETER IMPACT ON SPOT COLOR ACCURACY - Differences between an offline spectrophotometer and an inline spectrophotometer can result in differences between a hardcopy target color and a printed reproduction of that color. The inline spectrophotometer is inside of a printer and configured to measure printer output. As such, the inline spectrophotometer cannot conveniently measure the hardcopy target color. A printing error or an instrument offset can be determined and passed to a color correction module that updates the device dependent color specification associated with the given spot color. This color specification may be stored, for example, in the printer controller, and used when a document subsequently calls for that spot color, thereby providing accurate color reproduction from that particular printer incorporating that particular inline spectrophotometer. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110102795 | Carbon nanotube/polydiacetylene composites - Chromatic materials such as polydiacetylene change color in response to a wide variety of environmental stimuli including changes in temperature, pH and chemical or mechanical stress, and have been extensively explored as sensing devices. Here is reported the facile synthesis of carbon nanotube/polydiacetylene nanocomposite fibers which rapidly and reversibly respond to electrical current, with the resulting color change being readily observable with the naked eye. These composite fibers also chromatically respond to a broad spectrum of other stimulations: for example, they exhibit rapid and reversible stress-induced chromatism with negligible elongation. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110128544 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110149283 | Structural Assembly And Methods For Facilitating Corrosion Inspection - A structural assembly and methods are provided to facilitate corrosion inspection, such as in those regions of a structure that may otherwise be visibly inspected only following at least partial disassembly of the structure. The structural assembly may include a structure and a coating disposed upon at least a portion of the structure that has optical properties that change in response to corrosion. The structural assembly may also include a fiber optic sensing network including a plurality of optical fibers and a sensor. The plurality of optical fibers are configured to expose the coating to incident optical signals and to receive responsive optical signals at least partially dependent upon any change in the optical properties of the coating. The sensor is configured to receive the responsive optical signals from the plurality of optical fibers. This sensor may also be configured to analyze the responsive optical signals to detect corrosion. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157588 | DEVICE COMPRISING TWO REFLECTING LAYERS AND A POLYMER LAYER FOR ANALYZING THE AGE AND/OR QUALITY OF A NATURAL PRODUCT - The present invention relates to the field of analyzing the age and/or quality of certain natural products, for example foods. The invention also relates to devices for analyzing said age and/or quality as well as to methods for preparing such devices, to methods for analyzing natural products and to their use. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157589 | Method for the Binning of Radiation-Emitting, Optoelectronic Semiconductor Components - A method for the binning of a radiation-emitting, optoelectronic semiconductor component ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110205541 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING HEMISPHERICAL OPTICAL INTEGRATOR - An optical measurement apparatus includes a hemispherical portion having a diffuse reflection layer on an inner wall, and a plane portion disposed to involve a substantial center of curvature of the hemispherical portion and close an opening of the hemispherical portion, and having a reflection layer on an inner surface side of the hemispherical portion. The plane portion includes: at least one of a window for introducing light to be homogenized in an integrating space formed between the hemispherical portion and the plane portion, and a window for extracting light homogenized in the integrating space; an outer portion formed of a first material chiefly causing specular reflection, and occupying at least a region of a predetermined width from an outermost circumference; and an inner portion formed of a second material chiefly causing diffuse reflection and having a higher reflectance for at least an ultraviolet region than the first material. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110211196 | COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A color measurement device includes a light pipe and a light source. The light pipe is oriented length-wise towards a color sample surface along a first axis that is non-perpendicular to the surface. A color sample is positioned on the surface. The light pipe has a near opening, a far opening, and a face at the far opening. The near opening is closer to the color sample than the far opening. The light source is positioned near the far opening of the light pipe, and is to output light along a second axis and into the light pipe at the far opening. The light reflects off the surface after exiting the light pipe at the near opening. The second axis is non-perpendicular to the face of the light pipe at the far opening. The light non-uniformly illuminates the color sample after exiting the light pipe at the near opening. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110228273 | TESTING APPARATUS FOR TESTING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for operating a test apparatus for an LED lamp. The method includes: forming a self-holding circuit by switching on a first switching means such that an up and down shifter provided in the test apparatus for the LED lamp moves down; moving down and stopping the up and down shifter from a determined initial position to a measurement position; measuring the quality of the LED lamp equipped with the test apparatus for the LED lamp; releasing the self-holding circuit by switching on the second switching means such that the up and down shifter moves up; and moving up and down shifter from the measurement position to the determined initial position. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110235039 | MINIATURIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110242536 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF DENTAL CURING LIGHTS - The present invention is directed to methods and related systems for evaluating and demonstrating various performance characteristics of one or more dental curing lights. The method and system employs a performance evaluation member (e.g., in the shape of a disc) comprising a carrier material (e.g., any of various suitable polymeric materials) and a color-changing material on or within (e.g., impregnated within) the body material. A user is able to use the performance evaluation member to demonstrate and evaluate performance characteristics relating to the presence of particularly desired wavelengths within the light emitted by a dental curing light, footprint size and shape of emitted light, uniformity of intensity within the emitted footprint, as well as relative intensities of desired wavelengths provided by two or more dental curing lights. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110292391 | COMBINATION OF READER AND INCUBATOR - A detection arrangement for detecting presence of an analyte in a sample includes a processor, a memory, a display, a color measuring device, and a temperature controller for maintaining a constant temperature or a temperature profile of the sample. A method is also provided for determining the presence or absence of an analyte in a fluid by analysis of image data from an assay that generates an image result on an assay medium | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120026498 | NON-CONTACT AND CONTACT COLOR SENSOR DEVICE - An apparatus for color sensing is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set of color sensor tolerances for a Non-Contact color sensor device; and a Contact color sensor device, conforming to the set of color sensor tolerances. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026499 | COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MALFUNCTION OF COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE - The present invention is a color measurement device for color measurement of a printed pattern printed onto a medium, the color measurement device characterized by comprising a pressing member for pressing the medium; a color measurement section for performing color measurement of the printed pattern; a power supply for outputting power for the pressing member to press the medium; a detection section for detecting displacement of an output section of the power supply; and a controller for causing the color measurement section to perform color measurement of the printed pattern which was printed onto the medium pressed by the pressing member, the controller being adapted to reduce the power output by the power supply from a state in which the pressing member was pressed against the medium, and to detect a malfunction of the power supply on the basis of the detection result obtained from the detection section. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026500 | MEDIUM-PRESSING DEVICE AND MALFUNCTION DETECTION METHOD - To provide a medium-pressing device whereby it is possible to detect a malfunction of a power supply that outputs power for the purpose of pressing a medium. The invention is a medium-pressing device characterized by including a pressing member that presses a medium; a power supply that outputs power for the pressing member to press the medium; a detection section that detects displacement of an output section of the power supply; and a controller adapted to reduce the power output by the power supply from a state in which the pressing member presses the medium, and to detect malfunction of the power supply on the basis of detection results obtained from the detection section. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026501 | CURE DEGREE EVALUATION METHOD, CURE DEGREE EVALUATION SHEET, AND CURE DEGREE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CURE DEGREE OF ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - Provided are a method for evaluating a cure degree of an active energy ray-curable resin composition simply, highly accurately, and quantitatively, a cure degree evaluation sheet for use in the method, and a cure degree evaluation system. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120033217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE OPTICAL WAVE LENGTHS - Optical gratings that perform a number of functions at various wavelengths are formed by various methods that preserve spectral information within a wavelength band, the functions including: coupling radiation from one waveguide ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120038922 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING AT LEAST ONE OF LIGHT INTENSITY AND COLOUR IN AT LEAST ONE MODULATED IMAGE - It relates to a method for measuring at least one of light intensity and colour in at least one modulated image, the method comprising the steps of: a) detecting a modulation pattern of the modulated image(s); and b) synchronizing a measurement of the intensity and/or colour with the detected modulation pattern. It also relates to a corresponding device. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038923 | COLLECTION OPTICS FOR A COLOR SENSOR - An optical system includes a lens, a pupil relay, and an aperture stop positioned at a focal point of the lens between the lens and the pupil relay. The lens is configured to collect a plurality of light bundles. Each light bundle emanates from a field point of an object plane and has a center ray substantially parallel to an optical axis of the lens. The lens is configured to direct the center ray of each light bundle through the aperture stop and onto the pupil relay. The pupil relay is configured to image a plane of the aperture stop onto a sensor array. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120044496 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING LIGHT-MEASURING LOOK-UP TABLE, LIGHT-MEASURING METHOD, AND LIGHT-MEASURING SYSTEM - The invention discloses a method of constructing light-measuring look-up table, a light-measuring method, and a light-measuring system. The method of constructing light-measuring look-up table is to construct a look-up table by according to spectrum parameters relative to a light spectrum model, three actual color-matching functions relative to the light-measuring system and three standard color-matching functions, calculating both a look-up color coordinate and a reference color coordinate corresponding to each of the spectrum parameters. The light-measuring method includes: first, measuring a to-be-measured light by the light-measuring system to obtain actual stimulus values and calculating an actual color coordinate; then, comparing the actual color coordinate with the look-up color coordinates to determine both a to-be-measured light spectrum parameter and an estimated color coordinate relative to the to-be-measured light; furthermore, according to the to-be-measured light spectrum parameter, one of the standard color-matching functions and one of the actual stimulus values, calculating an estimated luminance. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044497 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A sample information input unit obtains spectral reflectances of color patches formed on a medium from a measuring device or storage unit. A media characteristic input unit inputs bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium from the storage unit. A computing unit computes bi-spectral radiance factors of the color patches based on the spectral reflectances of the color patches obtained by the sample information input unit and the bi-spectral radiance factors of the medium input by the media characteristic input unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120075631 | SPECTRUM INFORMATION MEASUREMENT METHOD, COLOR SENSOR AND VIRTUAL SLIDE DEVICE - A spectrum information measurement method may include steps of; controlling a reference pixel accumulating charges based on an amount of light irradiated from a test specimen; controlling a plurality of measurement pixels accumulating the charge based on an amount of light that is irradiated from the test specimen and has a prescribed wavelength; generating and outputting a reference signal based on an amount of change in the charge that is accumulated in the reference pixel over the prescribed measurement time; generating and outputting a plurality of measurement signals based on an amount of change in the charge that is accumulated in each of the plurality of measurement pixels over the prescribed measurement time; determining whether or not any one or more of the plurality of measurement signals is greater than the reference signal, and determining that the measurement signal that is greater than the reference signal includes saturated output. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120092670 | ARTICLE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COLOR MEASUREMENT - In one example, the article includes instructions for illuminating a color patch with a first illumination intensity, capturing a first color measurement of the color patch, adjusting the first illumination intensity to a second illumination intensity based on the first color measurement, illuminating the color patch with the second illumination intensity, and capturing a second color measurement. In one example, the system discloses a light source illuminates a color patch with a first illumination intensity, a color measurement module captures a first color measurement of the color patch, wherein the color measurement module causes the light source to adjust the first illumination intensity to a second illumination intensity based on the first color measurement, and wherein the color measurement module captures a second color measurement of the color patch. In one example, the method discloses blocks for effecting the article and system. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092671 | COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND COLOR MEASUREMENT METHOD - To press a medium using an appropriate pressing force and perform colorimetric measurement, a color measurement device for performing colorimetric measurement of a print pattern printed on a medium, the color measurement device comprising a pressing member for pressing the medium; a power source for outputting power for the pressing member to press the medium; a detecting part for detecting a pressing force on the medium; a color measurement section for performing colorimetric measurement of the print pattern; and a control part for controlling the power source so that the pressing force detected by the detecting part is equal to a predetermined pressing force, and for causing the color measurement section to perform colorimetric measurement of the print pattern printed on the medium pressed by the pressing member. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120105851 | SPECTRAL COLORIMETRIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A spectral colorimetric apparatus includes a housing which includes a side wall. An outer surface of the side wall is an adjustment surface capable of adjusting a position of a linear sensor by moving while attaching the linear sensor to the adjustment surface. The linear sensor is supported by the side wall of the housing while abutting on the adjustment surface and receives a light beam that is dispersed by a concave surface reflection type diffraction element and passes through an opening portion. The adjustment surface is parallel to a tangential line at a part of a Rowland circle of the concave surface reflection type diffraction element, through which a light beam received by the linear sensor passes. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120113425 | SPECTRUM MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MOVER - Provided is a movable body spectrum measuring apparatus, which can discriminate a measuring object with high precision by photographic data from a spectrum sensor mounted on a movable body such as a vehicle and can process the photographic data in real time. A movable body spectrum measuring apparatus discriminates the measuring object around a vehicle on the basis of the spectrum data from an observation light. A spectrum sensor can measure wavelength information and light intensity information. The movable body spectrum measuring apparatus comprises a dictionary data storing unit storing, as dictionary data, the spectrum data containing the wavelength information and the light intensity information regarding a plurality of predetermined measuring objects, and an arithmetic device for discriminating the measuring object on the basis of comparison computation to compare the spectrum data of the observation light and the spectrum data stored in the dictionary data storing unit. The arithmetic device performs the computation to compare the spectrum data of the observation light with reference to only a partial wavelength band of the spectrum data stored as the dictionary data. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120133939 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE USING OPEN FRAMEWORKS - Methods and compositions useful for gas storage and separation are provided. More particularly, compositions and methods for CO | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120162648 | INTEGRATED PHOTODIODE WAVELENGTH MONITOR - An optical wavelength monitor photodiode integrated on a wafer and/or an optical device and coupled to optical components thereof provides wavelength measurement. The optical wavelength monitor includes a photodiode configured to output a signal that is representative of a wavelength of the light. An additional photodiode may be included in the optical wavelength monitor, each photodiode differing from the other in operating characteristics. The monitor may be used in testing the optical device while in wafer form and when the optical device has been cleaved from the wafer at the bar level. Testing/monitoring of the optical device may also be performed during use, for example, to control the wavelength of a laser such as a tunable laser. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120176619 | Solid State Depletion Region Unit Cell Spectrometer - A solid state spectrometer unit cell or plurality of cells for sensing different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation at different depths within the substrate of the device. Variable bias voltages on one or more p-n junctions in the device are used so that the depth of the depletion regions are selectively varied. By varying the depletion region thickness of the p-n junctions in the device, the wavelengths absorbed by the semiconductor device and resultant electron-hole pairs collected by the p-n junctions are varied. In one embodiment, the outputs of each of two unit cell p-n junctions are sensed and the difference calculated and output to suitable circuitry for display as representative of a particular range or frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176620 | Method for Using a Variable Depletion Region to Determine a Range of the Electromagnetic Spectrum - A method for using a depletion region in a solid state spectrometer unit cell or plurality of cells for sensing different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation at different depths within the substrate of the device. Variable bias voltages on one or more p-n junctions in the device are used so that the depth of the depletion regions are selectively varied. By varying the depletion region thickness of the p-n junctions in the device, the wavelengths absorbed by the semiconductor device and resultant electron-hole pairs collected by the p-n junctions are varied. In one embodiment, the outputs of each of two unit cell p-n junctions are sensed and the difference calculated and output to suitable circuitry for display as representative of a particular range or frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120188544 | STAND AND METHOD FOR COLOR MATCH EVALUATION - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for consistently comparing at least two paint color panels. The apparatus includes a stand having a telescoping pole, a planar plate, at least one magnetic strip, and an angle measuring apparatus. The method of comparing at least two color samples includes the steps of affixing a first color sample to the planar plate, affixing the second color sample to planar plate, raising the planar plate to the eye level of the user, adjusting the planar plate to a first predetermined angle, visually comparing the first color sample to the second color sample, adjusting the planar plate to a second predetermined angle, visually comparing the first color sample to the second color sample, and repeating the steps of adjusting the planar plate to a predetermined angle and comparing the first color sample to the second color sample until testing is complete. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188545 | SPECTRUM MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MOVER - Disclosed is a movable body spectrum measuring apparatus, which is capable of discriminating an object being measured highly precisely by the photographic data regarding a spectrum sensor and is capable of processing the photographic data in real time. The movable body spectrum measuring apparatus discriminates the object being measured based on the spectrum data relating to the observation light detected by a spectrum sensor. The movable body spectrum measuring apparatus comprises a dictionary data storing unit for storing the spectrum data containing the wavelength information and the light intensity information of the object being measured, and a limitation information storing unit for storing limitation information to regulate the wavelength information into partial wavelength information. The movable body spectrum measuring apparatus further comprises a discrimination level setting unit for setting selectively the limitation information corresponding to the discrimination level required of the object being measured, a restricting unit for restricting the spectrum data regarding the observation light to the spectrum data composed exclusively of the wavelength information limited by the limitation information, and a discrimination unit for discriminating the object being measured based on the comparison between the restricted spectrum data and the spectrum data regarding the dictionary data storing unit. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120194817 | MOVABLE BODY SPECTRUM MEASURING APPARATUS AND MOVABLE BODY SPECTRUM MEASURING METHOD - A movable body spectrum measuring apparatus includes a spectrum sensor mounted in a movable body to measure spectrum data containing information including wavelength information and optical intensity information of a measuring object, a processor mounted in the movable body to discriminate the measuring object by processing the measured spectrum data, and a signal transmission path for transmitting the measured spectrum data from the spectrum sensor to the processor. The movable body spectrum measuring apparatus further includes a data transfer device which acquires reconfigured spectrum data by reconfiguring the measured spectrum data so that selected information as predetermined information is selected from the information contained in the measured spectrum data. The data transfer device transfers the reconfigured spectrum data to the processor via the signal transmission path. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120206725 | External Cavity Laser Source - A tunable laser source that includes multiple gain elements and uses a spatial light modulator in an external cavity to produce spectrally tunable output is claimed. Several designs of the external cavity are described, targeting different performance characteristics and different manufacturing costs for the device. Compared to existing devices, the tunable laser source produces high output power, wide tuning range, fast tuning rate, and high spectral resolution. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206726 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SPECTROMETER - Apparatus and methods can include an optical waveguide coupled to a photonic crystal comprising a dielectric material, the photonic crystal located on an exterior surface of the optical waveguide and comprising a first surface including a first array of periodic features on or within the dielectric material, the array extending in at least two dimensions and including an effective dielectric permittivity different from the surrounding dielectric material. In an example, the periodic features include a specified lattice constant, the periodic features configured to extract a portion of propagating optical energy from the waveguide through the photonic crystal, the portion determined at least in part by the specified lattice constant. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206727 | OPTICAL ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND APPLICATIONS - Apparatus and method to measure optical absorption spectra with spatial resolution on the micron scale. An exemplary setup combines a continuous white light excitation beam in transmission geometry with a confocal microscope. Spatial resolution better than 1.4 μm in the lateral and 3.6 μm in the axial, directions was obtained. The detection and measurement of the absorption spectrum of hemoglobin in a single red blood cell under physiological conditions on the timescale of seconds was realized. The apparatus and method enables the investigation of spatial variations in the optical density of small samples on the micron scale and the study of biological assemblies at the single cell level, leading to applications in optical diagnostics, microfluidics, and other areas. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120224177 | LED BASED ILLUMINATION MODULE COLOR MATCHED TO AN ARBITRARY LIGHT SOURCE - LED based illumination modules are realized that are visually color matched to light sources not based on LEDs based on visually matched color spaces. A visually matched color space is employed to both instrumentally and visually match an LED based light source with a light source not based on LEDs. In one aspect, an LED based illumination module is realized to achieve a target color point in a visually matched color space within a predetermined tolerance. In another aspect, an LED based illumination module is realized to visually match a light source not based on LEDs. A target color point in the CIE 1931 XYZ color space is derived based at least in part on the spectrum of the visually matched LED based illumination module. LED based illumination modules visually matched to light sources not based on LEDs are realized based on the derived target color point. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120229808 | BIOCHIP IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, BIOCHIP AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING BIOCHIP USING THE SAME - A biochip identification apparatus is provided. The biochip identification apparatus may include a light emitting part irradiating a light to a light transfer channel having at least one hole penetrating a body of biochip, a light receiving part receiving a light pattern formed after the light passed through the light transfer channel and converting it into an electrical signal, and a loading part into which the biochip is inserted. The biochip is identified by a shape of the light pattern. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229809 | SELF-CONTAINED AND PORTABLE OPTICAL SPECTROMETER - The invention relates to a portable and self-contained optical spectrometer for analyzing a light spectrum backscattered by an illuminated sample, in order to deduce the content of at least one compound constituting the sample, said spectrometer being arranged about an optical axis and including: a target area centered on said optical axis; a plurality of optical sensors trained on the target area; an opaque measurement chamber including: an opening centered on said optical axis; at least one diffusing filter blocking said opening; and an inner bottom capable of housing the plurality of optical sensors and a main illumination device capable of illuminating the sample. The invention further relates to a method for using such a spectrometer. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120236307 | PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ELEMENT - There is provided a photoconductive element capable of increasing an output and detection sensitivity by increasing resistivity as the entire element. The photoconductive element is a photoconductive element capable of generating or detecting an electromagnetic wave when light is emitted thereto. The photoconductive element includes a photoconductive layer having a semiconductor layer whose resistivity changes when light is emitted to thereby generate or detect an electromagnetic wave; and a plurality of electrodes provided in contact with the semiconductor layer. The resistivity of the semiconductor layer changes in a thickness direction of intersecting a surface of the semiconductor layer contacting the electrodes. Assuming that the semiconductor layer includes a first region and a second region which is farther away from the electrodes in the thickness direction than the first region, the resistivity in the first region is greater than the resistivity in the second region. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236308 | COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLOR MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A color measuring device includes a storage unit configured to store therein colorimetric values corresponding respectively to colors constituting a reference chart in a predetermined color space that is device-independent; an image capturing unit configured to capture the reference chart and a subject for color measurement simultaneously to acquire RGB values of the reference chart and RGB values of the subject; a search unit configured to search for RGB values of four points corresponding to vertices of a polyhedron in the reference chart, the polyhedron including a specified RGB value of the subject in an RGB color space; a calculating unit configured to calculate a linear transformation matrix for converting the RGB values of the four points into the corresponding colorimetric values; and a conversion unit configured to convert the specified RGB value into a corresponding colorimetric value in the predetermined color space based on the linear transformation matrix. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120236309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING COLOR AND COARSENESS APPEARANCE OF COATINGS - The present invention is directed to a method and a system for producing one or more matching formulas to match color and coarseness appearance of a target coating on a substrate. The method provides providing a set of coating chips comprising at least two coating chips having different lightness values, and at least two coating chips having matching lightness values and different coarseness values. This invention provides a simple method and the system for matching color and coarseness appearance of the surface coating. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120242989 | Multipass Cell Using Spherical Mirrors While Achieving Dense Spot Patterns - A technique for designing a multipass optical cell utilizes an iterative artificial intelligence-based optimization process based upon evaluation of direct ray tracing with mirrors simulated as having true spherical surfaces (i.e., defined as a “thick lens”) to identify particular cell configurations that result in creating spot patterns which fill a significant portion of the surface of each mirror without significant spot overlap. This technique allows the use of relatively simple, low-cost spherical mirrors while providing the desired dense spot patterns. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242990 | FAULT DETECTION METHOD AND FAULT DETECTION APPARATUS FOR VCSEL - Proposed is a technique for detecting a damaged VCSEL in a short time and at low cost. It shows the light emission spectrum of a multi-mode VCSEL before an ESD damage, and the light emission spectrum which shows several peaks corresponding to the structure of the active layer (MQW) and the upper and lower reflectors (DBR) is obtained. On the other hand, when the VCSEL which has an ESD damage has a damage in the active layer, the light emission spectrum which shows fewer peaks than the original number of peaks is obtained. Accordingly, the light spectrum analyzer analyzes the light emission spectrum, and it is determined that ESD damage has occurred when the number of peaks is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number, e.g., two peaks. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120250020 | HAND-HELD COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A hand-held color measurement device is provided that includes a housing with a measurement unit which receives measurement light through a measurement window, converts it into measurement signals, processes the measurement signals to form digital color measurement data, and provides it via a communications interface. A U-shaped bracket is arranged on the housing and includes a middle portion in which a diffuser is integrated. The two side arms of the bracket are rotatably mounted on the housing such that the bracket can be pivoted by 180° from a monitor position to an ambient light position and back to the monitor position, and wherein the diffuser lies in front of the measurement window in the ambient light position and is situated at a rear wall of the housing opposite the front wall in the monitor position. A holding mechanism is provided on the housing and on the two side arms of the bracket which fixes the bracket in its monitor position or ambient light position, respectively. The hand-held color measurement device is simple in design and specially suitable for monitor, projection area and ambient light measurements. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120274940 | Optical Assemblies for a Color Measurement Instrument - The optical assemblies disclosed herein advantageously utilize a beamsplitting apparatus in association with (i) the illumination path or (ii) the collection path of a color measurement instrument. Thus, the beamsplitting apparatus may be configured to spectrally divide one or more initial beams of light to emit a plurality of resultant beams of light, wherein the optical assembly is configured to illuminate a target using at least a first and second of the plurality of resultant beams. Alternatively, the beamsplitting apparatus may be configured to spectrally divide light received from a target to emit a plurality of resultant beams of light, wherein the optical assembly is configured to detect at least a first and second of the plurality of resultant beams of light. Advantageously, each of the first and second resultant beams is a product of a distinct set of one or more spectral constraints exacted by the beamsplitting apparatus. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120293801 | FEATURE VALUE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD, AND SPECTRAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - An estimation device is configured to estimate a feature value of a specific component contained in a sample and includes: a spectral estimation parameter storage module; a calibration parameter storage module; a multiband image acquirer; an optical spectrum operator configured to compute an optical spectrum from a multiband image using a spectral estimation parameter; and a calibration processor configured to compute the feature value from the optical spectrum using a calibration parameter. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293802 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL COMBINATORIAL SENSOR - The present disclosure provides methods, systems and devices for a photonic crystal combinatorial sensor. The photonic crystal sensor may include an array of photonic crystal materials, wherein each photonic crystal material has a reflected wavelength in a respective initial wavelength range. At least one a first one of the photonic crystal materials may be configured to have a response to an external stimulus different from at least a second one of the photonic crystal materials, the different response resulting in a change in the reflected wavelength of the first photonic crystal material that is an optically detectable difference from the second photonic crystal material. The optically detectable difference may provide an optically detectable response pattern of reflected wavelengths in the array. The sensor may be reversible and reusable. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120300208 | OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER MODULE, AND PHOTOMETRIC ANALYZER - An optical filter includes fixed substrate, a movable substrate opposed to the fixed substrate, a first reflection film provided on a surface of the fixed substrate facing the movable substrate, a second reflection film provided on the movable substrate and opposed to the first reflection film across a gap, a first electrode formed to cover the first reflection film and to extend beyond an outer circumference of the first reflection film, and a second electrode provided on a surface of the movable substrate facing the fixed substrate and opposed to a part of the first electrode, and the first electrode is formed of a light-transmissive material, and the first electrode and the second reflection film are electrically connected at the same potential. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120314216 | Visual testing method for evalutating chromatic aberration - This invention comprises a method of visually comparing the chromatic aberration in two or more optical devices. The test reveals differences in the ability of an optical product to minimize chromatic aberration, so that ideally, various colors (corresponding to specific wavelengths) will have a sharp focus at almost the same distance away from the last optical element. The method provides a consistent way to test the chromatic aberration in various optical products that is more visually observable than the process of noting the halo of colors that appears along the edge of a dark object on a light background. The test is especially geared toward comparing binoculars with different optical material composition such as ED glass (Extra-low Dispersion) or FL (Fluorite) glass to those with conventional types of glass. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120327416 | TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED SPECTROMETER - The invention relates to a spectrometer comprising a hollow main optical body having at least one light channel, a light source, a diffraction grating having a grating central point, a light inlet opening, and a detector unit, which are arranged in such a way that the focal curve of the spectrometer satisfies the back focus equation. In order to create a spectrometer having sufficient spectral resolution from a low-price, light, and easy-to-process material, which spectrometer is able to operate in a large temperature interval even without thermostatic control, according to the invention the light inlet opening is arranged on a compensation body, the compensation body is arranged in the light channel and fastened to the main optical body between the light source and the diffraction grating, and the compensation body is dimensioned in such a way that the compensation body changes the distance between the light inlet opening and the grating central point when the main optical body thermally expands. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130003063 | CONVEYING APPARATUS WITH AN IMAGING BACKING SURFACE - A conveying apparatus for conveying an object, the object having at least a non-opaque portion, including a light source, an optical detector and a backing measurement apparatus, the light source for illuminating the object, the optical detector for acquiring information at least relating to at least one chromatic characteristic of the non-opaque portion, the backing measurement apparatus including a backing material, a backing support and a plurality of rollers, the backing material exhibiting at least one of determined chromatic characteristics and determined optical characteristics, the backing support for supporting the backing material, the plurality of rollers for rolling the backing material over the backing support, wherein light emitted by the light source optically interacts with the backing material consistently through the non-opaque portion. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003064 | Dynamic Spectral Radiance Calibration Source - Systems and methods for measuring spectral distribution of an illumination source and providing desired output spectral radiance are described. The systems include a user defineable light source, an integrating sphere, and one or more light detectors. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003065 | FEMTOSECOND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH PROCESS PARAMETERS CONTROLS AND FEEDBACK - A femtosecond laser based laser processing system having a femtosecond laser, frequency conversion optics, beam manipulation optics, target motion control, processing chamber, diagnostic systems and system control modules. The femtosecond laser based laser processing system allows for the utilization of the unique heat control in micromachining, and the system has greater output beam stability, continuously variable repetition rate and unique temporal beam shaping capabilities. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130016350 | Method for Securing a Display Diagnostic Device to a DisplayAANM Park; TaeyoungAACI PrincetonAAST NJAACO USAAGP Park; Taeyoung Princeton NJ USAANM Tobie; DavidAACI Mount VernonAAST MEAACO USAAGP Tobie; David Mount Vernon ME USAANM Clark; ShawnAACI HamiltonAAST NJAACO USAAGP Clark; Shawn Hamilton NJ US - An apparatus for securing a diagnostic tool proximate to and in front of a display device between the corners thereof. A harness is adapted to releasably hold the diagnostic tool, a restraining bracket extends from the harness, and there is at least one elastic cord having a first end, an intermediate portion and a second end. The cord is threaded through the restraining bracket and is sized so as to impart elastic tension to the corners of the display device while concomitantly protecting the front surface from pressure due to the position of the harness and diagnostic tool. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016351 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An optical measurement apparatus, to which a base end portion of a measurement probe introduced into a subject is connected so that scattering light from the subject through the measurement probe can be measured, includes: a calibration member serving as an irradiation target of illumination light; an insertion portion where a leading end of the measurement probe can be inserted; a housing portion that communicates with the insertion portion and accommodates the calibration member; a detection unit that detects insertion of the measurement probe when the calibration member reaches a predetermined position in the housing portion; and a control unit that performs control for initiating the calibration process when the detection unit detects the insertion of the measurement probe. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016352 | SPECTRAL COLOR SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSAANM Kita; HiroshiAACI Mishima-shiAACO JPAAGP Kita; Hiroshi Mishima-shi JPAANM Ebihara; Shun-ichiAACI Suntou-gunAACO JPAAGP Ebihara; Shun-ichi Suntou-gun JP - A spectral color sensor including a spectroscopic unit that disperses reflected light from a measurement target, and a light detection element that detects the dispersed light from the reflected light, comprises: a storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between a pre-measured wavelength of the dispersed light projected on the light detection element and a projection position, as well as a stray light component; a first correction unit that, based on a measurement result when a color is measured, corrects the correspondence relationship between the wavelength of the dispersed light projected on the light detection element and the projection position stored in the storage unit; and a second correction unit that carry out wavelength correction on the stray light component stored in the storage unit using the corrected correspondence relationship between the wavelength and the projection position. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130027704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL - A system and method for determining a state of a traffic signal. In one embodiment, a traffic signal state detector includes a lens, a color sensor, and a processor. The color sensor is configured to identify a plurality of colors of light directed to the color sensor by the lens, and a field of view of the color sensor is restricted based on dimensions of a traffic signal. The processor is coupled to the color sensor. The processor is configured to determine a color of light emitted by the traffic signal based on the colors of light identified by the color sensor. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027705 | TRIPLE ISOTOPE METHOD AND ANALYZER FOR TOTAL ENERGY EXPENDITURE MEASUREMENTS - A method of measuring energy expenditure in a living subject comprises: (a) administering a specified dose of doubly-labeled water ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027706 | NANO SENSING OF TEMPERATURE USING EQUAL INTENSITY DOUBLE PLASMON RESONANCE (EIDPR) - Technologies are generally described for providing and using a material including: a template molecule; a first cluster of one or more nanoparticles located at a first site on the template molecule; and a second cluster of one or more nanoparticles located at a second site on the template molecule and spaced apart from the first cluster. In some embodiments, the first and second clusters of nanoparticles exhibit a plasmon resonance having a first resonant peak and a second resonant peak. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130057862 | ELECTROLUMINESCENCE SAMPLE ANALYSIS APPARATUS - Provided is an apparatus for analyzing an electroluminescence sample, which comprises: a pulse generator for applying a pulse driving signal to the electroluminescence sample; an electroluminescence (EL) detector for receiving electroluminescence which is emitted from the electroluminescence sample according to the application of the pulse driving signal, thereby acquiring a light-receiving signal; a temperature controller for varying the temperature of the electroluminescence sample; and an electroluminescence transient spectroscopy (ELTS) analysis unit for analyzing a change in a time division section of the light-receiving signal delayed depending on a change of the temperature of the electroluminescence sample, and acquiring information on a defect-type charge trap which exists in the electroluminescence sample. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130063725 | DIE INSPECTION METHOD - A method is disclosed for inspecting a mold which has a porous alumina layer over its surface. The method includes providing, based on a relationship between a first parameter indicative of a thickness of the porous alumina layer and a color parameter indicative of a color of reflected light from the porous alumina layer, first color information which represents a tolerance of the first parameter of a porous alumina layer which has an uneven structure that is within a tolerance; providing a mold which is an inspection subject, the mold having a porous alumina layer over its surface; obtaining a color parameter which is indicative of a color of reflected light from the porous alumina layer of the inspection subject mold; and determining a suitability of the first parameter of the inspection subject mold based on the obtained color parameter and the first color information. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130070246 | OPTICAL DETECTION APPARATUS - An optical detection apparatus used for detecting a tissue includes a light-emitting unit, a spectroscopic unit and a light-sensing array. The light-emitting unit emits light entering into the tissue. The spectroscopic unit receives the light outputted from the tissue and divides the received light into a plurality of rays with different wavelengths. The light-sensing array senses the rays outputted from the spectroscopic unit so as to generate an array spectrum. By the spectroscopic unit, the detection of the rays of multiple wavelengths can be performed without using plural light-emitting diodes for emitting light of different wavelengths. Besides, the user can perceive the detection result (e.g. the location of the abnormal tissue) intuitively by integrating the light-sensing array and the spectroscopic unit. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130094024 | DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AND MEASURING AN ENVIRONMENT - With a device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, which is designed as a laser scanner, with a light emitter, which emits an emission light beam, with a light receiver which receives a reception light beam which is reflected from an object in the environment of the laser scanner or scattered otherwise, and with a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines at least the distance to the object, at least one shell is provided as part of the housing of the laser scanner, said shell being partially covered on its outer side by at least one yoke which serves as protection. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130107260 | SPECTROMETER | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130114082 | TEMPERATURE RESPONSE SENSING AND CLASSIFICATION OF ANALYTES WITH POROUS OPTICAL FILMS - Methods and systems of the invention can determine the identity and quantity of analytes in a vapor. In preferred methods, a porous optical film is exposed to vapor which contains analyte. The porous optical film is heated and its optical response is monitored during heating. An optical response observed via heating can determine the identity and/or quantity of the analyte. In preferred embodiments, optical response during a thermal pulse is compared to a database of sensor responses that are characteristic of various analytes. Preferred methods are conducted a relatively low temperatures, for example below about 200° C. In preferred methods, a heating and cooling cycle produces a hysteresis curve in the optical response that is indicative of analytes. In preferred embodiments, a thermal reset pulse resets the porous optical film for later use and also provides an optical response that can be used for sensing. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130120751 | PHOTODETECTOR FOR DETERMINING LIGHT WAVELENGTHS - There is described a photodetector comprising a semiconductor material having at least a region substantially depleted of free moving carriers, the photodetector comprising: a substrate of one of n-type and p-type; at least one charge collector along a surface of the substrate and having a doping-type opposite from the substrate; a substrate contact along the surface of the substrate spaced apart from the at least one charge collector to allow current to flow between the at least one charge collector and the substrate contact; and at least one non-conductive electrode positioned along the surface of the substrate in an alternating sequence with the at least one charge collector, and separated from the substrate by an insulator, and adapted to apply an electric potential to the substrate and cause charge carriers generated therein by application of a light source to advance towards the at least one charge collector due to the effects of an electric field, such that the at least one charge collector can measure carrier concentration within the substrate. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130141724 | Process For Predicting Tint Strength Of Coating Compositions By Wet Color Measurement - The present invention is directed to a process for predicting the tint strength of a pigmented coating composition, such as automotive OEM or refinish paint, on a real time basis while it is being made. The tint strength of a coating resulting from a layer, obtained by adding a reference binder to the coating composition, is measured. The process is repeated by subjecting the coating compositions to successive grinding intervals. The tint strength vs. reflectance is plotted on a graph and then by using a curve fitting equation, a tint strength prediction curve is obtained. By measuring the reflectance of a wet layer of a target coating composition, the tint strength of that target coating composition can then be predicted by using the tint strength prediction curve. The process is most useful during the manufacture of coating compositions, such as automotive OEM and refinishes paints. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141725 | LIGHT SOURCE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of light source classification includes determining a plurality of color regions in the CIE 1976 chromaticity diagram according to desired classification criteria. The plurality of color regions of the CIE 1976 chromaticity diagram are converted into a plurality of color classification regions defined by color coordinates of the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram. The light source is classified into one of the plurality of color classification regions. This classification method may allow for precise classification based on actual color differences, while providing light sources having color uniformity in the same classification region. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130148124 | COLOR SENSING DEVICE - A color sensing apparatus ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130162998 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a measurement image on a sheet, a measurement unit configured to measure the measurement image formed on the sheet to output a measurement value, a white reference plate provided at a position facing to the measurement unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the measurement value output from the measurement unit according to a distance from the measurement unit to the white reference plate in a case where the measurement image formed on the sheet is measured. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130182256 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS - A spectral characteristic obtaining apparatus includes a detection unit detecting light quantities in plural wavelength bands from a measurement target, a storage unit storing pre-obtained spectral characteristics of the measurement target, a calculation unit calculating a primary transformation matrix from the light quantities and the pre-obtained spectral characteristics of at least one reference sample and a secondary transformation matrix from one of the pre-obtained spectral characteristics corresponding to a primary wavelength band and another one of the pre-obtained spectral characteristics corresponding to a secondary wavelength band, an estimation unit estimating the spectral characteristics of the measurement target by performing a primary estimation on the light quantities in the plural wavelength bands by using the primary transformation matrix, performing a secondary estimation on a result of the primary estimation by using the secondary transformation matrix, and compositing a result of the secondary estimation with the result of the primary estimation. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130188185 | MINIATURIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188186 | COLOR MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND COLOR MEASUREMENT METHOD - A color measurement apparatus that performs color measurement on a printout includes a measurement unit that can perform color measurement on a target by changing a light-receiving angle, and a controller that causes the measurement unit to perform color measurement at the light-receiving angle corresponding to an index value representing unique luster of the printout. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188187 | Signal and Detection System for Keying Applications - Systems and methods for differentiating the spectral response of various optical coatings between a transmitter and receiver. The system is effective in determining if an optical coating produces an authorized spectral response for determining if a product having that optical coating is authorized to be used with another product. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130201481 | SORTING MATERIALS USING PATTERN RECOGNITION, SUCH AS UPGRADING NICKEL LATERITE ORES THROUGH ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR-BASED METHODS - A system and method of sorting mineral streams, for example laterite mineral ores, into appropriately classified valuable and waste streams for maximum recovery of value from the mineral stream, e.g., a stream of minerals includes receiving response data indicating reflected, absorbed or backscattered energy from a mineral sample exposed to a sensor, where the mineral sample is irradiated with electromagnetic energy. The system determines spectral characteristics of the mineral sample by performing spectral analysis on the response data of the mineral sample and identifies a composition of the mineral sample by comparing the spectral characteristics of the mineral sample to previously developed spectral characteristics of samples of known composition. The system then generates a sort decision for the mineral sample based on the comparison, where the sort decision is used in diverting the mineral sample to a desired destination e.g. pyrometallurgical treatment stages, or to a waste stream. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130235378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FLUX OF ISOTOPOLOGUES - A method and system comprising measuring concentrations of first and second isotopologues of a gas of interest within a first cavity that is sealably in contact with a soil location through an inlet membrane, and the first cavity being defined by chamber walls having openings covered by outlet membranes. Reference concentrations of the first and second isotopologues are measured in a second cavity having a closed bottom, the second cavity being defined by chamber walls having openings covered by more outlet membranes. Relative flux of the isotopologues can be calculated using the measured concentrations. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130250299 | METHODS OF CALIBRATING COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICES - An embodiment of the invention provides a method of calibrating a color measurement device using a light source having a known color value. The color measurement device includes a light detector. The method includes: aligning the color measurement device and the light source so that the light source images on a center area of the light detector; deriving a detected color value for the light source based on the light detected by the center area when the light source images thereon; deriving a color calibration coefficient based on the detected color value and the known color value of the light source; and deriving a color and flat-field calibration array for the color measurement device by multiplying each entry of a flat-field calibration array of the color measurement device by the color calibration coefficient. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250300 | LIGHT SOURCE RECOGNITION - A method for light source recognition in an environment includes obtaining, by a computing device, a measured power spectral distribution (PSD) for an unknown light source illuminating the environment. The method further includes obtaining, by the computing device, an information item for the unknown light source and identifying, based on at least the information item, a candidate light sources for the unknown light source illuminating the environment. The method further includes obtaining stored PSDs for the candidate light sources, calculating weights for the stored PSDs based on the measured PSD and a composite PSD and outputting an identity of at least one of the candidate light sources. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130258341 | Sample Accessory for Handheld Spectrometers - A sampling accessory coupled to a hand-held reflectance spectrometer provides expanded sampling area which in turn provides better signal averaging from agricultural products which are often inhomogeneous. The sampling accessory includes a sample site repositioning means and a “sample cup” having a base that is transparent to near IR wavelengths. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258342 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A TEMPERATURE CHANGE - A temperature sensor is provided which comprises a measurement light source for generating measurement light and two optical waveguides. The two optical waveguides are arranged such that they respectively receive a measurement light portion of the measurement light and that the measurement light portions are superimposed after passing through the optical waveguides. Furthermore, the two optical waveguides have an optical property with different temperature dependency. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130271764 | MEASUREMENT DEVICES AND APPARATUSES FOR SPECTROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES - A measurement device for spectroscopic examination of samples comprises a cavity extending in a longitudinal direction, a first opening to face a sample, a plurality of second openings for capturing light originating from the sample and at least one third opening for coupling light into the cavity. Such a measurement device is particularly suitable for spectroscopic examinations of planar samples. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271765 | LASER EMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE - According to one aspect, the invention relates to a laser emission device for the spectroscopic analysis of a sample, comprising: a primary laser source ( | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130286396 | INSPECTION DEVICE - An inspection device for inspecting an object based on illumination light acting on the object, including a light detection unit that receives the illumination light acting on the object for inspection and is provided with photoelectric conversion units with different spectral sensitivity characteristics, an operating condition determining unit that determines operating conditions for the light detection unit, a measurement control unit that controls the light detection unit in accordance with the operating conditions, and a color estimation unit that estimates color of the object for inspection based on output from the light detection unit controlled in accordance with the operating conditions. The operating condition determining unit determines the operating conditions based on at least one of illumination information relating to the illumination light acting on the object for inspection and object information relating to the object for inspection. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130293891 | Sampling Tool With Dual Flowline Architecture - An optical fluid analyzer tool may have an evaluation flowline which receives a flow of fluid from a geotechnical formation and may have a cleanup flowline which receives another flow of fluid from the geotechnical formation. A flow routing system may be connected to the evaluation flowline and may be connected to the cleanup flowline. The flow routing system may establish isolated flow or commingled flow for the evaluation flowline and may establish isolated flow or commingled flow for the cleanup flowline. A sample chamber may be connected to the evaluation flowline and may be connected to the cleanup flowline. A first pump module may draw the fluid from the geotechnical formation, and an optical fluid analyzer connected to the cleanup flowline and the evaluation flowline may analyze the fluid. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130301050 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DIE - A method for testing an LED die includes the following steps: setting control parameters; driving the LED die to emit light by applying an electric current to the LED die under the control parameters; detecting the wavelength of the light emitted by the LED die; and determining whether the LED die meets the predetermined electro-optical properties, based upon the relationship between the control parameters and the wavelength. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130308133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING LED DISPLAY USING OPTICAL FIBER AS LIGHT TRANSMISSION MEDIUM - A system for monitoring LED displays on electronic equipments using optical fiber as light transmission medium comprising: (a) a plurality of LED displays on electronic equipments indicating operation status of the electronic equipments, (b) a plurality of optical light concentrator unit, for collecting light emitted by the LED displays using optical fiber as light transmission medium, (c) a plurality of LED Display Monitors for determining the operation status of the LED displays that reflect the operation status of the electronic equipments, (c) an equipment LED display monitoring software installed and executed in a computer system for comparing the operation status of the LED displays with a predetermined operation status stored in the computer system and providing audio, visual, or electronic messaging alerts if any abnormality occurs, and (d) a communication link between the LED Display Monitors and the computer system. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130314709 | OPTICAL DATA TRANSFORMATION - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive interacted energy at an optical calculation device attached to a down hole housing to be deployed in a down hole environment. Further activities may include optically compressing data carried by the interacted energy into at least one orthogonal component, using the optical calculation device, sending a signal associated with the at least one orthogonal component to a remote surface computer, and determining a property of petroleum located in the down hole environment using the remote surface computer, based on the signal. The optical calculation device may comprise a multivariate optical element (MOE). Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314710 | Methods and Systems for Determining a Critical Dimension and Overlay of a Specimen - Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. The illumination system and the detection system may be configured such that the system may be configured to determine multiple properties of the specimen. For example, the system may be configured to determine multiple properties of a specimen including: but not limited to, critical dimension and overlay misregistration; defects and thin film characteristics; critical dimension and defects; critical dimension and thin film characteristics; critical dimension, thin film characteristics and defects; macro defects and micro defects; flatness, thin film characteristics and defects; overlay misregistration and flatness; an implant characteristic and defects; and adhesion and thickness. In this manner, a measurement device may perform multiple optical and/or non-optical metrology and/or inspection techniques. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130321812 | OPTICAL SPECTROMETER DYNAMIC RANGE BALANCING METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus facilitate dynamic range balancing for multi-component peaks of widely varying magnitude in an optical spectrometer. In a specific embodiment, filters attenuate the C—H stretch region to produce a better fit of a multi-component hydrocarbon Raman spectrum to the dynamic range of a CCD detector. The filter may be translated into and out of the collimated collection beam to achieve a varying degree of attenuation. In certain applications, the filter is insertable into a collimated collection beam within a fiber-optic probe head to collect Raman spectra. The invention may include optical elements to create the collimated collection beam if not already present or not suitable for insertion of the filter. A second filter, an “opaque” or neutral density filter, may be insertable into the collimated collection beam to attenuate a broad spectral response within and outside the spectral range. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130329224 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PROBE APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus that measures an optical property of a scattering medium includes a light source that supplies illumination light having at least one spectral component, an illumination fiber for guiding the light supplied by the light source and emitting the light to the scattering medium, a detection fiber for receiving returned light from the scattering medium at a tip thereof and guiding the returned light toward a base end thereof, a detecting unit that detects light output from the base end of the detection fiber, a measuring unit that measures a property of the scattering medium based on a detection result obtained by the detecting unit, and a switching unit that switches between total areas of emission regions, in which light is emitted, at an end face of the illumination fiber. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130329225 | SPECTRAL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPECTRAL MODULE - The present invention provides a highly reliable spectral module. When light L | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130335742 | SPECTRAL SENSITIVE SOLID-STATE PHOTODETECTOR - A method for detecting photons includes subjecting a photodiode formed in a semi-conductive material, to a bias voltage such that an avalanche phenomenon can appear when a photon enters the photodiode in an avalanche layer extending into the semi-conductive material down to minimum and maximum depths so that it can be reached by photons having a wavelength between minimum and maximum wavelengths. The method also includes comparing the amplitude of a signal supplied by the photodiode with two threshold values, and deducing that the photodiode received a photon having a wavelength between two threshold wavelengths ranging between the minimum and maximum wavelengths, if the amplitude of the signal is between the two threshold values. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140022548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OPTICAL SIGNAL OF SPECTROMETER USING SPARSE NATURE OF SIGNALS - An apparatus for processing an optical signal of a spectrometer using sparse nature of a signal spectrum is provided including an optical filter array configured to filter an incident light, an optical sensor array configured to convert the filtered light into charges and a digital signal processing unit configured to perform a digital signal processing on an output from the optical sensor array on the basis of an L1 norm minimization algorithm using sparse nature of a signal spectrum and recover spectrum information of the incident light. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140036266 | POLISHING MONITORING METHOD, POLISHING METHOD, AND POLISHING MONITORING APPARATUS - A method accurately monitors the progress of polishing and accurately detects the polishing end point. The method includes directing light to the substrate during polishing of the substrate, receiving reflected light from the substrate, measuring an intensity of the reflected light at each wavelength, and producing a spectrum indicating a relationship between intensity and wavelength from measured values of the intensity. The method also includes calculating an amount of change in the spectrum per predetermined time, integrating the amount of change in the spectrum with respect to polishing time to obtain an amount of cumulative change in the spectrum, and monitoring the progress of polishing of the substrate based on the amount of cumulative change in the spectrum. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140043611 | Nanophotonic light-field sensor - A light field sensor for a 4D light field camera has a layer of nanoscale resonator detector elements, such as silicon nanoshells, below a layer of dielectric microlenses. By taking advantage of photonic nanojets in the microlenses and circulating resonances in nanoshells, the light field camera sensor achieves improved sensitivity, pixel density, and directional resolution even at large angles of incidence. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING, IDENTIFYING OR IMAGING A TARGET - An apparatus for analyzing, identifying or imaging an target including first and second laser beams coupled to a pair of photoconductive switches to produce CW signals in one or more bands in a range of frequencies greater than 100 GHz focused on and transmitted through or reflected from the target; and a detector for acquiring spectral information from signals received from the target and using a multi-spectral heterodyne process to generate an electrical signal representative of some characteristics of the target. The lasers are tuned to different frequencies and a frequency shifter in the path of one laser beam allows the terahertz beam to be finely adjusted in one or more selected frequency bands. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140049776 | Multi-Angle Colorimeter - In a multi-angle colorimeter, a light detecting portion | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140055787 | Multi-Angle Colorimeter - A multi-angle colorimeter employs a multi-angle mode and a symmetrical arrangement mode in an optical arrangement. Light detection on both sides of the symmetrical arrangement is performed by a single photodetector unit. The photodetector unit is used on both sides, and thus, the device becomes simpler, without any impact on individual difference in characteristics of multiple photodetector units. Conversely, elements for illumination can be used on both sides. Also in a case where multiple photodetector units are used, the size and cost of the device can be reduced with the use of a photodetector unit having a relatively low wavelength resolution as a photodetector unit to be used on one side. This enables to reduce an attitude error due to relative tilting of a measurement surface while reducing the size and cost of the device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140063500 | Hand-Held Color Measurement Device - A hand-held color measurement device is provided that is designed especially for measurements on curved surfaces includes a housing that accommodates a measurement array and further includes a housing base and a measurement opening arranged in the housing base, through which measurement opening a measurement spot on the surface of a measurement object is illuminated and the measurement light reflected by the measurement spot is picked up. The measurement array includes an illumination array for applying illumination light to the measurement spot in at least one illumination direction, and a pick-up array for detecting the measurement light in at least one observation direction. A multi-point bearing includes at least three pin-shaped support members and is arranged on the housing base. Two support members lie symmetrically on both sides of the measurement opening, wherein their connecting line extends parallel to and in the immediate vicinity of an illumination-observation plane which is defined by the illumination and observation directions. The third support member lies transversely at a distance from the other two support members. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140085637 | TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING WAVELENGTH REFERENCE CAPABILITY - Tunable light source systems and methods with wavelength reference capability are disclosed. A method includes reference filtering a portion of a tunable light beam while the tunable center wavelength λ | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140092387 | HIGH RESOLUTION WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING A COARSE, STABLE TIMING SIGNAL - A source generates an optical test signal sweeping a bandwidth of wavelengths over time. The test signal is applied to a device under test (DUT) to generate a response signal. A timing signal generator connected to the source generates a timing signal having triggers at time instances corresponding to known wavelengths of the test signal. A DUT detector samples the DUT response signal generating sampled DUT data using a sampling period that is shorter than a shortest time between timing signal triggers. A correlator receives the timing signal, the known wavelengths associated with the timing signal triggers, the sampled DUT data and the DUT detector sampling period then correlates each sampled DUT datum to a wavelength of the test signal that was applied to the DUT when the DUT datum was sampled by interpolating the known wavelengths using the trigger time instances and the DUT detector sampling period. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140104613 | SPECTRAL CALIBRATION METHOD - An example method of spectral calibration includes directing light from a light source though a gas, detecting an optical density of the light that has passed through the gas using a detector, and calibrating the detecting by adjusting an optical path length. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104614 | Active Spectral Control During Spectrum Synthesis - A spectral feature of a pulsed light beam produced by an optical source is estimated by modifying the wavelength of the pulsed light beam based on a predefined repeating pattern having a pattern period including a plurality of steps, the modification including shifting the wavelength of the pulsed light beam by a wavelength offset from a baseline wavelength for each step in the pattern period; measuring the wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period as the wavelength is modified across the pattern; and estimating a spectral feature of the pulsed light beam over an evaluation window that includes all of the steps within the pattern period based at least in part on the measured wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140111806 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING HOT WASTE WATER DISCHARGED FROM POWER PLANT BY USING AIRBORNE MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus for monitoring hot waste water discharged from a power plant by using an airborne multispectral scanner system. The apparatus includes a first detector including a first image data collecting unit to obtain first image data and a liquid-phase nitrogen storing tank used to cool an image obtaining sensor, a second detector including a second image data collecting unit to obtain second image data, and a liquid-phase nitrogen storing tank used to cool an image obtaining sensor, a controller to process the first and second image data obtained by the first detector and the second detector, respectively, and an auxiliary liquid-phase nitrogen tank separated from the liquid-phase nitrogen storing tank. The auxiliary liquid-phase nitrogen tank complements liquid-phase nitrogen for cooling. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111807 | HIGH ACCURACY IMAGING COLORIMETER BY SPECIAL DESIGNED PATTERN CLOSED-LOOP CALIBRATION ASSISTED BY SPECTROGRAPH - This specification describes various embodiments that relate to methods for providing a wideband colorimeter that can include more accurate outputs. In one embodiment, a narrowband instrument, such as a spectrometer or spectrograph, can be used for calibration of a wideband colorimeter, so that more accurate outputs can be provided. In one embodiment, an optical test equipment, which consists of both a wideband colorimeter and a narrowband spectrograph, can be used for providing a more accurately calibrated wideband colorimeter. As an example, a spectra-camera, which is a hybrid system consisting of both a wideband colorimeter and a narrowband spectrograph, can be used for simultaneous testing by both the wideband colorimeter and the narrowband spectrograph. By doing simultaneous testing, accurate calibration of the wideband colorimeter can be achieved. This specification further describes a mathematical model to characterize a wideband three channel colorimeter with a narrowband multiple channel spectrometer. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140118741 | METHOD OF DETECTING MOLECULES AND OPTICAL SENSOR - The present disclosure relates to an example method and optical sensor for detecting molecules of a particular substance by means of an optical sensor. Such an example method may include bringing the sensor into contact with a fluid to be analyzed, coupling light of a first wavelength into an optical resonator of the optical sensor, coupling light of a second wavelength into the same resonator or into a second optical resonator of the optical sensor, detecting, for each of the first and the second wavelengths, an optical signal coupled out of an optical path containing the respective resonator, varying an optical length of the respective resonator or the respective wavelength and detecting a broadening of this resonance indicating an absorption of the light fed into the respective resonator by molecules accumulated at the active layer of this resonator. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140125981 | SPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS AND SPECTROSCOPIC LIGHT SOURCE - A spectroscopic apparatus includes an optical system configured to transmit output light from a sample irradiated with irradiation light from a light source, a two-dimensional array light detector configured to photograph light transmitted through the optical system, and a control unit. The optical system includes a first optical device disposed between the sample and the two-dimensional array light detector, a second optical device disposed between the two-dimensional array light detector and the first optical device, and a variable band-pass filter disposed in at least one of spaces between the first optical device and the sample and between the second optical device and the two-dimensional array light detector. The control unit changes a light transmission wavelength band of the variable band-pass filter in accordance with a photographing timing of the two-dimensional array light detector. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140132956 | OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - An information acquiring device includes a projecting portion which projects a laser light emitted from a laser light source onto a target area, and a light receiving portion which receives the laser light reflected on the target area. The light receiving portion includes a color image sensor. The color image sensor has characteristics such that a detection sensitivity of a pixel that detects light of a predetermined color gradually decreases, and detection sensitivities of pixels that detect light of colors other than the predetermined color respectively have local maximum values on a long wavelength side than a visible light region, the detection sensitivities of the respective pixels substantially coinciding with each other in a wavelength band near a wavelength at which the local maximum values are given. An emission wavelength of the laser light source is set to a wavelength in the wavelength band. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140139835 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE OF DEGREE OF CURE - A measurement device of a degree of cure, and more particularly, a measurement device of a degree of cure capable of using while being portable in a production line. The measurement device of the degree of cure includes: a light source; a light transmission and reflection mirror passing through a light irradiated from the light source and reflecting scattered light reflected and returned from a sample; a light splitting mirror transmitting and reflecting the scattered light so as to detect intensity of the scattered light reflected by the light transmission and reflection mirror; a detector detecting the intensity of the scattered light transmitted and reflected by the light splitting mirror; and a data obtaining unit collecting data of the intensity of the scattered light detected by the detector. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140146317 | OPTICAL ANALYZER - The present invention includes: an optical fiber being provided either of between a light source and a measurement cell and between the measurement cell and a light detection part; and light path switching means adapted to achieve switching between a measurement cell passage state in which a light path formed by light transmission means passes through the measurement cell and a measurement cell non-passage state in which the light path formed by the light transmission means passes through a region different from the measurement cell, wherein calibration processing for a first calibration with a long calibration cycle is performed in the measurement cell passage state, and calibration processing for a second calibration with a short calibration cycle is performed in the measurement cell non-passage state. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140160476 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Spectral Classification - A method and a device useful for identifying or detecting the presence of a material of interest, such as an explosive or a biological contaminant, in a sample is presented herein. The sample is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation at a predetermined set of wavelengths. An example of an illumination source includes a quantum cascade laser (QCL). The radiation reflects from a sample and is detected at pixels of a detector. Examples of the detectors include digital focal plane array (DFPA) cameras. Intensity of the reflected radiation is measured at each illumination wavelength. The pixels can be configured to add weighted intensities of the reflected radiation, the weights of the intensities being based on a predicted optical response value for the sample at the wavelengths of the first set and the second set of wavelengths. Based on the sum of weighted intensities of the reflected radiation, the likelihood that the material is present within the sample is determined. Speed enhancement over conventional multispectral imaging can be >100-fold. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160477 | MICRO-PLASMA EMISSION DETECTOR UNIT AND METHOD - The micro-plasma emission detector unit is for use with a gas chromatograph. It includes an airtight housing having an internal ionization chamber and a makeup gas inlet chamber, a pair of spaced-apart ionization electrodes positioned on opposite sides of the ionization chamber, and a permeation device having a semi-permeable membrane. The semi-permeable membrane is at least partially and removably insertable through the makeup gas inlet chamber. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140176946 | Methods and Apparatus for Downhole Fluid Analysis - Methods and apparatus for downhole fluid analysis are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining first measurements from a first spectrometer and a second spectrometer when a light source is on, obtaining second measurements from the first spectrometer and the second spectrometer when the light source is off and calibrating the first spectrometer based on the first measurements and the second measurements. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176947 | Providing Locality Information Via Light Sources - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a rack having a plurality of rack-mounted devices and a strip coupled to a portion of the rack and including a plurality of segments, each with a light source. The rack-mounted devices may each include or be associated with a photosensor to be in communication with the light source. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176948 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING A COLOR DISPLAY - Improved methods are provided for calibrating color on a color display coupled to a computer, which are useful for obtaining calibrated data in a virtual proof network for enabling different color devices to render consistent color. Methods involve user interactions with screens on the display to set color display parameters. An apparatus is also provided for calibrating a sensor which may be used for measuring color of a display in one or more of these methods. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176949 | Automatic Initiation Of Reference Spectra Library Generation For Optical Monitoring - A method of generating reference spectra includes polishing a first substrate in a polishing apparatus, measuring a sequence of spectra from the first substrate during polishing with an in-situ optical monitoring system, for each spectrum in the sequence of spectra, determining a best matching reference spectrum from a first plurality of first reference spectra to generate a sequence of reference spectra, calculating a value of a metric of fit of the sequence of spectra to the sequence of reference spectra, comparing the value of the metric of fit to a threshold value and determining whether to generate a second library based on the comparison, and if the second library is determined to be generated, storing the sequence of spectra as a second plurality of reference spectra. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140185046 | FOOD ANALYSIS DEVICE - A food analysis device includes a variable wavelength interference filter adapted to disperse light reflected by the food into a plurality of lights with respective wavelengths, an imaging section adapted to image the lights with the respective wavelengths obtained by the dispersion to obtain spectral images corresponding respectively to the wavelengths, and a control section adapted to obtain spectrum of each of the pixels from the spectral images corresponding to the respective wavelengths, and then detect a pixel including the absorption spectrum of water, and then detect a plurality of components based on the spectrum of the pixel detected. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140185047 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a measurement image on a sheet, a measurement unit configured to irradiate the measurement image with light and measure light reflected from the measurement image, a white reference plate arranged to be movable to a first position opposed to the measurement unit and a second position separated farther from the measurement unit than the first position, a shielding unit arranged to be movable to a third position that blocks the light with which the measurement unit irradiates the white reference plate and a fourth position that does not block the light, and a control unit configured to control positions of the reference plate and the shielding unit. When the measurement unit measures the white reference plate, the control unit moves the shielding unit to the fourth position and the white reference plate to the first position. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140192357 | SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE, COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF GENERATING PROFILE - A spectroscopic measurement device includes a variable wavelength interference filter, an imaging section (an imaging element and a light intensity acquisition section) adapted to image the light dispersed by the variable wavelength interference filter to obtain a spectral image, and a data output section (a storage section and a communication section) adapted to output profile-generating data used to generate a profile of an image display device, and the data output section outputs measurement data which includes a light intensity in each pixel of each of the spectral images and a coordinate value of the pixel associated with each other, as profile-generating data in a case in which the imaging section obtains the spectral images with respect to a color pattern including a plurality of differently colored color patches output from the image display device. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192358 | COLOR MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a color measurement apparatus ( | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140204381 | Method for Determining Degradation of Thermoplastics - A method of determining degradation of a thermoplastic when exposed to light and heat includes illuminating the thermoplastic with a desired wavelength of light at a desired irradiance while maintaining the ambient air surrounding the thermoplastic at a desired temperature. The method is useful to measure the discoloration rate of transparent, translucent and opaque thermoplastics such as polycarbonates, the discoloration rate being determined by transmission or reflectance spectra of transmitted or reflected white light through or from the thermoplastic. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204382 | MINIATURE TUNABLE LASER SPECTROMETER FOR DETECTION OF A TRACE GAS - An open-path laser spectrometer (OPLS) for measuring a concentration of a trace gas, the OPLS including an open-path multi-pass analysis region including a first mirror, a second mirror at a distance and orientation from the first mirror, and a support structure for locating the mirrors, a laser coupled to the analysis region and configured to emit light of a wavelength range and to enable a plurality of reflections of the emitted light between the mirrors, a detector coupled to the analysis region and configured to detect a portion of the emitted light impinging on the detector and to generate a corresponding signal, and an electronic system coupled to the laser and the detector, and configured to adjust the wavelength range of the emitted light from the laser based on the generated signal, and to measure the concentration of the trace gas based on the generated signal. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140233033 | OPTICALLY VARIABLE ENTITY AUTHENTICATING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed is a device for the authentication of an optically variable entity exhibiting a color shift with changing viewing-angle, the device comprising a plate of light-refractive material, said plate having two surfaces and an array of light-refracting protrusions or recesses on at least one of said surfaces, and being disposed in said device such as to provide, aside each other, a direct view and a view through said plate onto at least parts of said optically variable entity, said view through said plate being an angularly deflected view, resulting from light refraction at said protrusions or recesses. Further disclosed is a method for authenticating an optically variable entity, as well as the use of a plate having two parallel surfaces and an array of positive or negative light-refracting protrusions or recesses on at least one of said surfaces for authenticating an optically variable entity. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140240707 | FILM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING FILM - An aspect of the present embodiment, there is provided a film measurement apparatus including an optical processing unit configured to irradiate a substrate with light, the substrate including a multi-layered film thereon, an electrical processing unit configured to be inputted measurement spectrum of reflection light reflected from the substrate, to calculate a film parameter of each of layers in a stacked structure of the multi-layered film by matching plural times between the measurement spectrum and theoretical spectrum theoretically calculated on a basis of the stacked structure, to set each of links to a film parameter of each layer having a same film in the multi-layered film, to calculate a representative film parameter in each of the links, and to calculate the film parameter of each of the layers corresponding to the representative film parameter. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240708 | SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A communication system includes a transmission terminal for displaying a color code having a plurality of colors of code patterns arranged two-dimensionally, and a spectroscopic measurement device including a variable wavelength interference filter for dispersing the light from the image displayed on the transmission terminal, an imaging section adapted to image the light dispersed by the variable wavelength interference filter to obtain a spectral image, a colorimetric section adapted to measure a dispersion spectrum of each of pixels in each of spectral images of a plurality of wavelengths with respect to the color code based on the light intensity value in each of the pixels, in the case in which the spectral images are obtained, and a decode section adapted to detect an arrangement of the code patterns based on the pixel positions and the dispersion spectrums of the respective pixels, and decode the color code. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140268152 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES - Embodiments as disclosed herein provide a method and system that characterizes physical properties, such as thickness, uniformity, polarization, and/or sizes and locations of defect (e.g. defect density distribution) of crystalline structures grown on or thin films deposited on a substrate of a solid state light emitting device. The embodiments disclosed herein generally include exciting the light emitting device with an energy source and analyze optical energy emitted by the crystalline structures grown on or the thin films deposited on the substrate. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268153 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LED EMITTER WITH HIGH COLOR CONSISTENCY - A method is provided for forming multiple-LED (light-emitting-diode) light emitters from a plurality of LEDs, wherein the number of LEDs in each emitter is an integer M. The method includes providing a plurality of LEDs, each of the LEDs characterized by a first parameter and a second parameter, which are related to color coordinates CIEx and CIEy in a chromaticity diagram. The method also includes determining first and second parameter X | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140285805 | Method and System for Checking the Color Quality of Preforms - The present invention relates to a method and the corresponding system for checking the color quality of preforms ( | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140293282 | Optical Spectrometer And Downhole Spectrometry Method - An optical spectrometer includes a near black body light source, a reference detector in a first optical path and a single measurement detector in a second optical path. A sample cell including a fluid flow line may be positioned in the second optical path upstream of the measurement detector. Optical energy ma be emitted at a plurality of filament temperatures and first and second sets of optical intensities measured at the reference and measurement detectors. The first and second sets of optical intensities may be processed to compute a substantially continuous transmittance spectrum of a fluid sample in the fluid flow line by inverting the acquired optical intensity measurements. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140313512 | Light Source Quality Evaluating Method by Using Spectral Resemblance With Respect to the Blackbody Radiation - The present invention relates to a light source quality evaluating method by using spectral resemblance with respect to the blackbody radiation, which mainly comprises 5 method steps. This method is used for evaluating the quality of light based on physiological perception of human. In evaluating operation, the method firstly transfers a power spectrum of a light source to a luminance spectrum of light source through a luminosity function. Next, the method compares the luminance spectrum of light source with a luminance spectrum of the blackbody radiation thereof. Therefore, an index of spectral resemblance with respect to the black body radiation (SR | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140320857 | COLOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING LATERAL MOVING MEASURMENT CARRAIGE - A color measurement system laterally determines chromatic characteristics of a printed substrate. A measurement carriage includes a measurement head for laterally moving across the printed substrate and a measurement magnetic coupler slidably mounts onto a measurement rail positioned on a first side of the printed substrate. A backing carriage includes backing surface(s) and backing magnetic coupler(s). Each backing magnetic coupler is associated with a respective backing surface. Each backing magnetic coupler can be coupled with the measurement magnetic coupler for coupling the measurement carriage with the backing carriage. The backing carriage slidably mounts onto a backing rail positioned on a second opposite side of the printed substrate. The measurement carriage or backing carriage includes a motor for moving across a respective measurement rail or backing rail. Another measurement carriage and backing carriage move across another measurement rail and backing rail by coupling with the first measurement carriage and backing carriage. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140340683 | REFLECTION PROBE - The invention relates to a reflection probe for measuring properties of liquid and/or solid substances, and to the use thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140354995 | Wireless Sensor - Systems and methods for wirelessly detecting area changes are provided. Predetermined thresholds may be stored in memory. Each predetermined threshold is associated with a time of day, calendar day, and/or activity. The sensor may detect a change in the in the targeted area. The detected change is evaluated to determine an applicable threshold. Then it may be determined whether the detected change meets a predetermined threshold. If so, information regarding the change is wirelessly transmitted to an associated controller that controls light in the targeted area. The operation of the light may be controlled based on the wirelessly transmitted information. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140362379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A PERSONAL ENHANCING COLOR SELECTION - A personal enhancing color selection system and method, in which a selected reflective material, preferably in the form of a fabric or woven drape, is placed near the face or skin surface of a subject person. The selected reflective material has a metallic sheen when reflecting an ambient light source. The selected reflective fabric material is either a silver-hued material, a copper-hued material, or a gold-hued material. The incident light from the ambient light source imparts a reflected light onto the skin surface, with the copper material imparting a copper toned reflected light, the silver-hued material imparting silver toned reflected light, and the gold material imparting a gold toned reflected light. A visual determination of an aesthetically appealing augmentation to the skin surface is made, to recommend haircoloring, clothing colors and makeup selections that will likewise produce a positively enhanced appearance of the subject person of the color analysis. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362380 | INTEGRATING SPHERE - In an integrating sphere including a structure having a spherical inner wall that forms a spherical space, there are provided an LED circuit board equipped at one end with a light-emitting device adapted to radiate a light in the space at an input port formed at the structure to be diffuse-reflected on the spherical inner wall and equipped at other end with a heat sink, a measuring port formed at the structure to pass the light diffuse-reflected on the spherical inner wall on a measuring object, an output port formed at the structure to output a reflected light of the diffuse-reflected light passing the measuring port and reflected on the measuring object outside, and a detector adapted to be detachably connected to the output port to receive the outputted reflected light. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140368821 | HEAT SENSITIVE TAMPER INDICATING MARKINGS - The present invention relates to the field of heat sensitive optically variable inks and tamper indicating markings obtained thereof. The present invention relates to the field of irreversible changes in color and/or changes in structure upon a tampering attempt against articles or items comprising said tamper indicating markings through the use of temperature variation. In particular, the present invention provides optically variable ink compositions comprising a plurality of optically variable pigment particles and a plurality of thermally expandable spheres; tamper indicating marking comprising the optically variable ink compositions described herein; their uses as a proof of an illegal action as well as methods for detecting a tampering activity of a marking including the optically variable ink composition described herein. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140375994 | MEASURING APPARATUS, MEASURING SYSTEM, AND MEASURING METHOD - A measuring apparatus and a measuring method are provided. The measuring apparatus includes an optical system to condense light, a light receiving device to receive light condensed by the optical system at a plurality of light receiving positions and convert the light into an electric signal, a plurality of optical band-pass filters arranged near a lens stop of the optical system, each of the optical band-pass filters having a different spectral transmittance, a lens array arranged between the optical system and the light receiving device, the lens array having a plurality of lenses each of which is arranged substantially in parallel with a two-dimensional surface of the light receiving device, and a correction unit to correct the electric signal for each one of the plurality of light receiving positions of the light receiving device. The measuring method is performed by the measuring apparatus. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150009500 | COLORIMETER CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A toy playset with a colorimeter and method of calibration is provided. The colorimeter may include the combination of a microcontroller with multiple switchable output ports, a light source connected to three of the output ports, and a photo transistor for sensing reflected light. The colorimeter may include four different resistors, each of the resistors connected to a corresponding additional one of the output ports, with the four different resistors connected in parallel to the photo transistor. The colorimeter may be programmed to cycle through the resistors and select a calibration based on a low predefined voltage target for reflection from a black surface and a higher predefined voltage target for reflection from a white surface. The light source is a RGB light source having a tri-band wavelength light. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150015884 | Methods for Assaying Polymers Using an Integrated Computational Element - Various molecular characteristics of a polymer may be determined using an integrated computational element to assay the polymer. Methods for assaying a polymer can comprise optically interacting electromagnetic radiation with a polymer and an integrated computational element; and determining a molecular characteristic of the polymer, using the integrated computational element. The molecular characteristic of the polymer may be used to determine a bulk characteristic of a fluid phase in which the polymer may be disposed. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150036138 | ANALYZING AND CORRELATING SPECTRA, IDENTIFYING SAMPLES AND THEIR INGREDIENTS, AND DISPLAYING RELATED PERSONALIZED INFORMATION - Obtaining two spectra from the same sample under two different conditions at about the same time for comparison, where at least one of the spectra measures magnitudes of electromagnetic radiation on at least four different ranges or weightings of wavelengths or frequencies. Classifying a sample using these spectra obtained by a user, and using spectra obtained from different samples by different users to identify the sample. Computing correlations between data related to food and ingredient consumption by one or more users over time, and data related to passive personal log data, user entered feedback, user interaction data or personal information related to those users, and detecting: foods or ingredients to which a user may be allergic or intolerant; a possible medical condition of a user; a possible link between food and ingredient consumption and a medical or health condition; or a similarity between at least two such users. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036139 | MINIATURE LIGHT SENSING ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a miniature light sensing assembly comprising a light sensing device, a computing device and a connecting member. The light sensing device comprises a main body having an entrance, a light detecting unit disposed in the main body and receiving light travelling through the entrance, a processing module disposed in the main body and converting the light into a photoelectric signal, a connecting unit disposed on the main body, and a signal transmitting module transmitting the photoelectric signal wirelessly. The connecting member is adapted to couple with the light sensing device through the connecting unit. The photoelectric signal is transmitted from the signal transmitting module to the computing device wirelessly and converted into information required by a user by the computing device. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150036140 | COLOR DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY - A color detection system includes a motherboard, a detection device, and a detection card. The detection device comprises a display unit and a memory unit storing a first color frequency setting value. The display unit displays a first color according to the color frequency setting value. The detection card includes a color sensor, a microcontroller, and a first connector. The color sensor generates a first color frequency current value after sensing the first color from the display unit and sends the first color frequency current value to the microcontroller. The microcontroller sends the first color frequency current value to the motherboard And the motherboard outputs detection success information to the display unit when a first difference value between the first color frequency current value and the first color frequency setting value is less than a predetermined value. The display unit displays the detection success information. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150042995 | ASSEMBLY FOR SELECTING MATCHING COLOURS TO BASE COLOURS, METHOD, AND USER ARTICLE - Assembly for selecting matching colours to base colours of user articles. The assembly comprises a substrate provided with a plurality of selection areas that have mutually differing selection colours. The assembly further comprises a cover having a first main surface provided with a first base colour and having a second main surface. The cover is provided with a window. The assembly is provided with holding means for holding the cover to the substrate in a first cover position wherein, by means of the window, at least one selection area is exposed. The second main surface is provided with a second base colour. The window and the holding means are arranged for holding the cover to the substrate in a second cover position wherein, by means of the window, at least one selection area is exposed. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042996 | COLORIMETRY APPARATUS - A colorimetry apparatus includes a light projection unit that irradiates a surface under measurement with light and an imaging unit that captures an image of the surface under measurement. The light projection unit includes a light source, a collimator lens that converts light emitted from the light source into parallelized light, and a traveling direction changer that changes the traveling direction of the parallelized light while maintaining parallelism of the parallelized light. The traveling direction changer is disposed in parallel to the surface under measurement, and the direction of the optical axis of the collimator lens coincides with the direction of a normal to the surface under measurement. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150055133 | SIDE ILLUMINATED MULTI POINT MULTI PARAMETER OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - A side illuminated multi point multi parameter optical fiber sensor that requires no sensitive coating is provided. This sensor comprises an optical fiber having at least one removed cladding section as the sensitive region, at least one probing light source that side illuminates the fiber, a power supply, a detector, a signal processor and a display. The sensitive optical fiber is optically affected by the presence of a measurand medium that can fluoresce, phosphoresce, absorb and/or scatter the probing light. This probing light is guided by the fiber core towards a detector which measures the light intensity and this light intensity is correlated with a measurand. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150062583 | Screening Method of a Phosphor-based Optical Film Used in a Backlight Module and Backlight Module Thereof - A screening method of a phosphor-based optical film used in a backlight module and a backlight module are proposed. The screening method includes steps of: a) dividing an internal surface of the backlight module without a phosphor-based optical film into multiple measurement zones, and gaining a transmittance spectrum of each of the measurement zones; b) gaining a chromatic value of each of the measurement zones matching the phosphor-based optical film; c) checking the chromatic values gained in b) to be within a range of standard chroma; the process of screening being finished if all of the chromatic values are in the range; matching at least one measurement zone with a new phosphor-based optical film if the chromatic value of the at least one of the measurement zones is not within the range, and returning to b). The present backlight module has higher saturation and penetration and better color uniformity. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062584 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE COLOUR OF AN OBJECT - A method for measuring the uniform diffuse reflectance R | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150077753 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DETECTING METHOD AND DETECTING APPARATUS THEREOF - The present disclosure provides an array substrate comprising a structure to be detected disposed on a base substrate. An additional layer for detecting the structure to be detected is broken is disposed below the structure to be detected. The additional layer has a color different from that of the structure to be detected and a same pattern shape as that of the structure to be detected. The present disclosure also provides a detecting method and detecting apparatus of the array substrate described above. According to the array substrate, the detecting method and the detecting apparatus of the present disclosure, an early detection of the breakage defect occurred during the fabrication process of the array substrate can be achieved so as to discover and eliminate those defects as early as possible, which improves throughput and yield. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150092192 | Lighting device comprising measuring device and method for operating the lighting device - Various embodiments may relate to a lighting device including at least two light sources, the light from which has different spectra and is combined to form useful light. For measuring the portions of the light from the individual light sources, part of the useful light, the measurement light, is branched off with the aid of a coupling-out element at the output of the lighting device and is fed to a measuring device. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150103349 | Photodetector with Controllable Spectral Response - A photodetector includes a semiconductor substrate having an irradiation zone configured to generate charge carriers having opposite charge carrier types in response to an irradiation of the semiconductor substrate. The photodetector further includes an inversion zone generator configured to operate in at least two operating states to generate different inversion zones within the substrate, wherein a first inversion zone generated in a first operating state differs from a second inversion zone generated in a second operating state, and wherein the first inversion zone and the second inversion zone have different extensions in the semiconductor substrate. A corresponding method for manufacturing a photodetector and a method for determining a spectral characteristic of an irradiation are also described. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150131098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS - We disclose measurement systems and methods for measuring analytes in target regions of samples that also include features overlying the target regions. The systems include: (a) a light source; (b) a detection system; (c) a set of at least first, second, and third light ports which transmit light from the light source to a sample and receive and direct light reflected from the sample to the detection system, generating a first set of data including information corresponding to both an internal target within the sample and features overlying the internal target, and a second set of data including information corresponding to features overlying the internal target; and (d) a processor configured to remove information characteristic of the overlying features from the first set of data using the first and second sets of data to produce corrected information representing the internal target. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150146206 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING COUNTERFEITING AND ALTERATION - An apparatus for preventing counterfeiting and alteration according to the present invention includes a magnetic changeable substance carrier part containing a magnetic changeable substance to vary reflected or transmitted light rays as an applied magnetic field is varied; a magnetic field generation part for generating a magnetic field applied to the magnetic changeable substance; and a moveable part for varying at least one of the intensity, direction and pattern of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic changeable substance according to an externally applied stimulus so as to change the appearance of the magnetic changeable substance. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150300880 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A PERIODIC SIGNAL - A device for measuring a periodic signal includes: a first control unit for generating an electrical input signal (V | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308942 | CAVITY ENHANCEMENT METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, AND METHODS OF MEASURING SAME - A system for increasing light throughput in cavity enhanced spectrometry, and a model for cavity enhanced absorption measurements are presented. The cavity has an entrance mirror, an opposed exit mirror and a detector positioned adjacent the exit mirror. An input aperture is defined in the entrance minor to allow light from a source to enter the cavity. The input aperture improves light throughput without significant departure from the theoretically predicted amplification of absorbance. This results in improvement of detection limits, even with mirrors of modest reflectivity and inexpensive detectors. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316411 | Method and System for Intrinsic LED Heating for Measurement - The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for testing light-emitting diodes (LEDs), for example, measuring the optical radiation of an LED. In a method, a pulse-width modulated signal is provided to the LED. One or more characteristics of the PWM signal are varied so as to provide a forward voltage, V | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150316469 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE - A device for measuring a periodic signal includes: a light source for generating an optical input signal directed at an object being measured from an electrical input signal generated by a driver device on the basis of a first clock pulse; an optical receiver for detecting and converting the signal received from the object being measured, the signal corresponding to the optical input signal altered in terms of phase and amplitude into an electrical measuring signal; a central control and measuring device which is designed to generate the first clock pulse for the driver device and to receive and to process the electrical measuring signal; and a voltage-supply apparatus for supplying the driver device, the central control and measuring device being designed to generate a second clock pulse for the voltage-supply apparatus and to filter the electrical measuring signal on the basis of the first and/or second clock pulse, and wherein the frequency of the second clock pulse is an even multiple of the frequency of the first clock pulse. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150346084 | Methods for Assaying Ionic Materials Using an Integrated Computational Element - The binding state of ionic materials, including metal ions, in a fluid phase can be determined using an integrated computational element. Methods for determining the binding state of an ionic material in a fluid phase can comprise optically interacting electromagnetic radiation with an ionic material and one or more integrated computational elements, the ionic material being located in a fluid phase while being optically interacted with the electromagnetic radiation; and determining one or more binding states of the ionic material in the fluid phase, using the one or more integrated computational elements. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150355028 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF QUANTIFYING COLOR AND INTENSITY OF LIGHT SOURCES - A system and method of quantifying color and intensity of light sources including LEDs, HBLEDs (High Brightness LEDs), and other Solid State Lights (SSLs) using C-parameters to model a Spectral Power Distribution (SPD) to improve precision, accuracy, repeatability and usefulness of measurement of optical properties of wavelength and radiant flux in manufacturing of an object, designing products and processes that use the object, and describing/defining the object, is provided. In one embodiment, a method of characterizing a Solid State Light (SSL) source includes a SSL source under test (DUT), a Spectral Power Distribution (SPD) of light emission of the SSL source, a curve-fitting function, a set of configuration data comprising the order of the curve-fitting function, the number of nodes, wavelength boundary limits, saturation threshold, and noise floor threshold, a computing device for curve-fitting, node detection, iteration and program control and inputting and outputting data; and a set of C-Parameters, noise parameters, and confidence values. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355083 | An optical sampling apparatus and method for utilizing the sampling apparatus - Method for measuring a chemical composition of a sample comprising at least two chemical components, comprises the steps:
| 12-10-2015 |
| 20150362425 | SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY USING PHOTOTHERMAL TUNING OF OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES - Methods and apparatuses for single particle and single molecule spectroscopy are provided. A method comprises exposing the surface of an optical microcavity characterized by at least one resonance frequency to a sample such that a single particle or a single molecule from the sample adsorbs onto the surface of the microcavity; evanescently coupling a probe laser beam into the microcavity, wherein the wavelength of the probe laser beam substantially matches the at least one resonance frequency; illuminating the surface of the microcavity with a free space pump light beam such that the focal spot of the free space pump light beam substantially overlaps with the single particle or the single molecule; and detecting light from the probe laser beam, wherein the wavelength of the free space pump light beam is that which generates sufficient heat via energy absorbed by the single particle or the single molecule from the free space pump light beam to induce a shift in the at least one resonance frequency, thereby providing a change in an optical characteristic of the detected light from the probe laser beam. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150369664 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING, CONFIGURING AND VALIDATING AN IMAGING DEVICE OR SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLEX TISSUE ASSAYS - A system and method for characterization and/or calibration of performance of a multispectral imaging (MSI) system equipping the MSI system for use with a multitude of different fluorescent specimens while being independent on optical characteristics of a specified specimen and providing an integrated system level test for the MSI system. A system and method are adapted to additionally evaluate and express operational parameters performance of the MSI system in terms of standardized units and/or to determine the acceptable detection range of the MSI system. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150377702 | Spectrometer Insert for Measuring Temperature-Dependent Optical Properties - In one aspect, a spectrometer insert is provided. The spectrometer insert includes: an enclosed housing; a first transparent window on a first side of the enclosed housing; a second transparent window on a second side of the enclosed housing, wherein the first side and the second side are opposing sides of the enclosed housing; and a sample mounting and heating assembly positioned within an interior cavity of the enclosed housing in between, and in line of sight of, the first transparent window and the second transparent window. A method for using the spectrometer insert to locally heat a sample so as to measure temperature-dependent optical properties of the sample is also provided. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150377770 | SPECTRUM MEASURING DEVICE AND SPECTRUM MEASURING METHOD - A spectral measurement apparatus includes a light source for generating a excitation light; an integrator having an input opening portion and an output opening portion; a housing portion arranged in the integrator and for housing a sample; an incidence optical system for making the excitation light incident to the sample; a photodetector for detecting a light to be measured output from the output opening portion; and an analysis means for calculating a light absorptance of the sample, based on a detection value detected by the photodetector, and an irradiation area with the excitation light at a position of incidence to the sample is set larger than an irradiated area of the sample, and the analysis means performs an area ratio correction regarding the irradiation area with the excitation light and the irradiated area of the sample, with respect to the light absorptance calculated. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160003707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FAILURE IN OPTICAL MODULE FOR VEHICLE LAMP - Disclosed are method and apparatus for determining failure in an optical module for a vehicle lamp. The method may include detecting at least one optical property information value of light generated in a light source, determining whether or not the detected optical property information value is within preset normal range values, determining that failure has occurred if the detected optical property information value deviates from the preset normal range values, and limiting an operation of the light source if it is determined that failure has occurred. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160003735 | Structured Illumination for Contrast Enhancement in Overlay Metrology - Contrast enhancement in a metrology tool may include generating a beam of illumination, directing a portion of the generated beam onto a surface of a spatial light modulator (SLM), directing at least a portion of the generated beam incident on the surface of the SLM through an aperture of an aperture stop and onto one or more target structures of one or more samples, and generating a selected illumination pupil function of the illumination transmitted through the aperture utilizing the SLM in order to establish a contrast level of one or more field images of the one or more target structures above a selected contrast threshold, and performing one or more metrology measurements on the one or more target structures utilizing the selected illumination pupil function. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160005187 | PROCESS FOR MATCHING COLOR AND APPEARANCE OF COATINGS - A process for producing a total match metric for matching color and appearance of a target coating and at least a specimen coating is provided. The total match metric (TMM) are produced based on color difference values (ΔE) at three or more color viewing angles, sparkle difference values (ΔS) at one or more sparkle viewing angles and flop difference value (Δf) between the target coating and the specimen coating using one or more linear functions, one or more non-linear functions, or a combination thereof. The total match metric can be used in producing matching coatings that match color and appearance of the target coating. The total match metric can be particularly useful for repair coating damages to vehicles. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160011052 | Color Measuring Apparatus | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160018323 | Multidimensional White Light Spectrometer - A multidimensional spectrometer provides broadband white light pump and probe pulses to allow acquisition of multidimensional spectral information over a wide range commensurate with solar-related chemical processes. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160025568 | DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIGHT SOURCES USING A DIFFRACTION GRATING - A system mounted in a vehicle for classifying light sources. The system includes a lens and a spatial image sensor. The lens is adapted to provide an image of a light source on the spatial image sensor. A diffraction grating is disposed between the lens and the light source. The diffraction grating is adapted for providing a spectrum. A processor is configured for classifying the light source as belonging to a class selected from a plurality of classes of light sources expected to be found in the vicinity of the vehicle, wherein the spectrum is used for the classifying of the light source. Both the image and the spectrum may be used for classifying the light source or the spectrum is used for classifying the light source and the image is used for another driver assistance application. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160033393 | RASTER OPTIC DEVICE FOR OPTICAL HYPER SPECTRAL SCANNING - A spectroscopic scanning device, a portable spectroscopic scanning system, and methods for using the spectroscopic scanning device are described that include at least one focusing element configured to collect light, a beam-steering element configured to direct a portion of the collected light from the at least one focusing element, and a detector configured to receive the directed light from the beam-steering element, wherein the beam-steering element is operable to successively select portions of light from a plurality of locations within its field of regard. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041032 | SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is presented a spectroscopic apparatus and method wherein an input light source that inputs pump light to a photon pair source. The photon pair source converts pump photons into signal and idler photon pairs. The photon pair source is, in some of examples described herein, tuneable so that the wavelength of the signal and idler photons can be changed by application of a tuning means. At least one of the signal and idler photons is made incident upon a medium under test. A heralding detection apparatus is used to detect any signal and idler photons output from the spectroscopy apparatus, wherein at least one of the photons of the pair has interacted with or been operated upon by the medium under test. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING SPECTRAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AMBIENT LIGHT AND CORRECTING FIELD OF VIEW ERRORS - The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for estimating spectral contributions in ambient light. The present disclosure also describes systems, methods, and devices for compensating for field of view errors resulting from the user, contextual structures (e.g., buildings, trees, fixtures, or geological formations), atmospheric effects (e.g., ozone coverage, smog, fog, haze, or clouds), device structures, and/or device orientation/tilt relative to a light source being measured (e.g., sun, indoor/outdoor light emitter, or an at least partially reflective surface). The present disclosure also describes systems, methods, and devices for estimating spectral contributions in light or color measurements and accounting for field of view errors to obtain a refined estimate. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160047739 | Absorption spectrometer and method for measuring the concentration of a gaseous component of interest in a measurement gas - Absorption spectrometer and method for measuring the concentration of a gaseous component of interest in a measurement gas, wherein to compensate influence of changes in an optical path length in the absorption spectrometer on a measured result, light from the laser is modulated with at least one pilot frequency in the MHz range, the measurement signal is analyzed in a phase-sensitive manner for the pilot frequency, phase information obtained during this analysis is compared with phase information obtained during calibration of the absorption spectrometer, where the measured result is corrected as a function of the difference between the two items of phase information. Alternatively, light from the laser is modulated with two pilot frequencies, where signal components contained in the measurement signal with the pilot frequencies are detected in a phase-sensitive manner and the difference between the phase information of the two signal components obtained in this operation is analyzed. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160047742 | MULTI-SPECTRAL REFLECTOMETER - Systems, methods, and apparatus for determining an electromagnetic (EM) spectrum scattered from a surface are disclosed. The disclosed method involves scanning an EM source to at least one EM source position. The method further involves illuminating, with the EM source, spectral energy to at least one target area on the surface for each of the EM source positions. Also, the method involves scanning a detector to a plurality of detector positions for each of the EM source positions. Additionally, the method involves detecting, with the detector, the EM spectrum scattered from at least one target area on the surface at each of the plurality of the detector positions for each of the EM source positions. Further, the method involves processing the EM spectrum detected at each of the plurality of the detector positions for each of the EM source positions to characterize the surface. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160054178 | Spectrometer With Variable Beam Power and Shape - At least one light source is configured to emit at least one beam into a sample volume of an absorbing medium. In addition, at least one detector is positioned to detect at least a portion of the beam emitted by the at least one light source. Further, at least one beam modification element is positioned between the at least one detector and the at least one light source to selectively change at least one of (i) a power intensity of, or (ii) a shape of the beam emitted by the at least one light source as detected by the at least one detector. A control circuit is coupled to the beam modification element. Related apparatus methods, articles of manufacture, systems, and the like are described. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160061699 | METHOD FOR ANALYSING A FRACTURE FACE OF A PART OF A TURBINE ENGINE - Process for analysing a fracture or crack surface of a TiAl turbomachine part, comprising at least one of the steps consisting in: a) marking on the surface the position and the orientation of cleavage facets, so as to identify a region of fracture or crack initiation and to determine the direction of propagation of this fracture or crack, b) examining the surface and detecting the regions with the presence of equiaxed grains and/or lamellar grains, so as to evaluate the temperature at which the fracture or crack has taken place, and c) comparing the heat tintings of the surface with those of samples from a heat tinting colour chart so as to evaluate the speed of propagation of the fracture or crack. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061717 | MICROSCOPE WITH SPECTROSCOPIC CAPABILITY - Technologies are generally described for determination of a spectral profile of a sample. A microscope with spectroscopic capability may include a multitude of light sources, one or more photo detectors, and an analysis module. The microscope may be a table-top microscope or a hand-held microscope, for example. The light sources may be configured to illuminate at least one portion of the sample, the photo detectors may be configured to detect returned light from the sample in response to the illumination, and the analysis module may be configured to analyze the detected light to determine a spectral profile of the sample. In some examples, the spectral profile of the sample may be compared to a spectral profile of a reference sample to evaluate the sample, where the sample may be evaluated to determine an identity, a quality, an authenticity, a composition, a density, a reflectivity, and/or an amount of the sample. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061748 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CRACK GROWTH - A system and method for detecting crack propagation in a material test specimen may include color contrasting a surface of a test specimen, acquiring a plurality of photographic images of the specimen during application of a stress load, processing the plurality of images to detect characteristics of pixels that are outside a baseline range of pixel characteristics indicative of a contrast between a crack in the test specimen and the color contrasted surface of the test specimen, and generating an output of a strain energy release rate based on changes in detected crack length over time. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160069741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING IMAGING MEASUREMENTS TAKEN FROM AERIAL VEHICLES. - Systems and methods are provided for calibrating spectral measurements taken of one or more targets from an aerial vehicle. Multiple photo sensors may be configured to obtain spectral measurements of one or more ambient light sources. The obtained spectral measurements of the one or more ambient light sources may be used to calibrate the obtained spectral measurements of the target. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160076995 | OPTICAL DEVICES FOR FLUID SENSING AND METHODS THEREFOR - An optical spectral sensing device for determining at least one property of a fluid. The device has an elongated porous body, a first end and a second end, a solid-state optical emitter at the first end of the body oriented to emit radiation toward the second end of the body, and a solid-state optical detector at the second end of the body oriented to detect radiation emitted by the optical emitter and to output a signal responsive to absorption of radiation. The device is configured to determine depth of a fluid based on the signal output by the optical detector. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160084706 | TOOL FOR POSITIONING A SCANNING DEVICE - A tool for positioning a scanning device provided with a spectrometer comprises:
| 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084752 | METHOD OF TESTING ELECTRODE PASTE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE - A method of testing an electrode paste for producing an electrode for a secondary battery includes preparing an electrode paste obtained by kneading at least active material particles and water dispersible binder particles in an aqueous solvent; performing centrifugation on the electrode paste and collecting a supernatant containing the binder particles, and a free active material; and measuring an absorbance of the supernatant at an evaluation wavelength by using a spectrophotometer, wherein the evaluation wavelength is determined based on a relationship between an average particle size of the binder particles and the absorbance of the supernatant such that a proportion of an absorbance resulting from the binder particles in the absorbance of the supernatant becomes equal to or less than 30%, the relationship being determined in advance; and determining a quality of the electrode paste, based on the absorbance of the supernatant at the evaluation wavelength. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160091369 | SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A spectroscopic analysis apparatus includes a spectrum measurement unit that measures an optical spectrum of a measurement target, a storage unit that stores reference data in which an intrinsic wavelength with respect to a known component is recorded, a feature specification section that specifies a feature point corresponding to the intrinsic wavelength in the optical spectrum which is measured by using the reference data, and a wavelength correction section that corrects a wavelength of the feature point in the optical spectrum as the intrinsic wavelength. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160106198 | TRANSPARENCY EVALUATION DEVICE, TRANSPARENCY EVALUATION METHOD AND TRANSPARENCY EVALUATION PROGRAM - A transparency evaluation device includes a skin index calculation unit that calculates at least one of a luminance component in a captured image obtained by photographing a skin, a color component in the captured image, and an amount of generation of negative factors in which the luminance component or the color component in the captured image changes locally, as a first index, obtains at least one of an intensity distribution of the luminance component and an intensity distribution of the color component in the captured image, and calculates at least one of smoothness of a change in the luminance component and smoothness of a change in the color component as a second index based on the intensity distributions, and a transparency evaluation unit that evaluates transparency of the skin based on an overall index in which the first index and the second index are combined. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109292 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING FULL REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM OF A SURFACE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed are a method for obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface and an apparatus therefor. The method for obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface, comprises the steps of: (a) calculating a combination value of spectral characteristics of a light source and response characteristics of a camera for an image of a reference object, the full reflectance spectrum of a surface of which is known, by utilizing the known full reflectance spectrum of a surface; (b) obtaining an image by photographing an object irradiated with light according to a predetermined lighting environment; and (c) obtaining a full reflectance spectrum of a surface for the object by utilizing the combination value of the spectral characteristics of the light source and the response characteristics of the camera for the image. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109358 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND ANALZYING SURFACE FILMS - Disclosed herein are embodiments of a novel method and system to analyze films using plasma to produce spectral data and analyzing the spectral data. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160116337 | SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ARRAYS WITH LENSES - A spectroscopy system includes an array of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) that emits an array of non-coincident laser beams. A lens array coupled to the QCL array substantially collimates the laser beams, which propagate along parallel optical axes towards a sample. The beams remain substantially collimated over the lens array's working distance, but may diverge when propagating over longer distances. The collimated, parallel beams may be directed to/through the sample, which may be within a sample cell, flow cell, multipass spectroscopic absorption cell, or other suitable holder. Alternatively, the beams may be focused to a point on, near, or within the target using a telescope or other suitable optical element(s). When focused, however, the beams remain non-coincident; they simply intersect at the focal point. The target transmits, reflects, and/or scatters this incident light to a detector, which transduces the detected radiation into an electrical signal representative of the target's absorption or emission spectrum. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116398 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR QUANTIFYING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COLORED SURFACES - A system and method of quantifying a difference between gonioapparent colored surfaces includes determining a lightness (L*), a sparkle area (Sa), and a sparkle intensity (Si) of the first and second surfaces at a first aspecular angle and at a second aspecular angle. A sparkle metric (SpkM) to quantify the difference between the first and second surfaces is calculated utilizing the lightness (L*), the sparkle area (Sa), and the sparkle intensity (Si) of the first and second surfaces at the first and second aspecular angles. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116411 | OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM FOR SPECTRAL IMAGING OF A SAMPLE - An optical metrology device is capable of detection of any combination of photoluminescence light, specular reflection of broadband light, and scattered light from a line across the width of a sample. The metrology device includes a first light source that produces a first illumination line on the sample. A scanning system may be used to scan an illumination spot across the sample to form the illumination line. A detector spectrally images the photoluminescence light emitted along the illumination line. Additionally, a broadband illumination source may be used to produce a second illumination line on the sample, where the detector spectrally images specular reflection of the broadband illumination along the second illumination line. The detector may also image scattered light from the first illumination line. The illumination lines may be scanned across the sample so that all positions on the sample may be measured. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160123815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING COLOR USING LOCATION AND ORIENTATION SENSORS - A system and method is provided for measuring and storing the paint color formula of a sample. Paint is sprayed on directional samples. The horizontal standard is measured and stored in a database. A vertical standard is measured at a plurality of locations and orientations and stored in the database. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160123870 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING FOR INTENSITY DEVIATIONS IN A SPECTROMETER - A method of determining a pathlength deviation of a sample ( | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160131592 | MODULAR ILLUMINATION AND SENSOR CHAMBER - Embodiments described are generally directed to a test sample apparatus. The test sample apparatus generally comprises a holder base arranged that accommodates a tablet or cell phone. The apparatus has a hood that is placed over a portion of the tablets illuminating touchscreen such that the illuminating touchscreen provides light that can be collected by the hood. There is a chamber integrated with the hood adapted to accommodate a chemically activated test strip. The chemically activated test strip is illuminated when the hood collects light from the illuminating touchscreen. A lens in the hood interposed between the camera and the test strip enables the camera to focus on a portion of the chemically activated test strip when the hood is placed over the portion of the illuminating touchscreen. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160139057 | ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER AND CALIBRATION CURVE PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention intends to reduce a measurement error in the concentration of a component due to the effect of the grain concentration of grain dispersion liquid. Also, the present invention is one that calculates the concentration of a predetermined component added into grain dispersion liquid in which grains are dispersed in liquid, with use of a light absorption spectrum obtained by irradiating the grain dispersion liquid with light and a preliminarily prepared calibration curve representing the relationship between a light absorption spectrum and the concentration of the predetermined component. Further, the calibration curve is prepared on the basis of multiple light absorption spectra obtained by measuring light absorption spectra of multiple grain dispersion liquids having mutually different grain concentrations for each of mutually different multiple concentrations of the predetermined component. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160146728 | MEASUREMENT OF NITRATE-NITROGEN CONCENTRATION IN SOIL BASED ON ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY - The nitrate-nitrogen concentration in soil is estimated based on the nitrate-nitrogen 200 nm absorption peak. In one embodiment, a device measures the attenuation spectrum of a soil-extractant mixture over a wavelength range that includes wavelengths in the vicinity of the 200 nm absorption peak (the spectral operating range) and then determines the nitrate-nitrogen concentration based on the attenuation spectrum. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160161334 | SPECTROMETER MODULE - A spectroscopic module | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160161365 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING LOW-EMISSIVITY SLIDES FOR SPECTRAL HISTOPATHOLOGY (SHP) AND SPECTRAL CYTOPATHOLOGY (SCP) - The methods, systems, and devices may include performing one or more quality tests to determine and/or certify the quality of slides used in infrared imaging. The methods, systems, and devices may certify a quality of a slide when the average quality assessment of the slide is within the established quality value range | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160161400 | SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM USING WAVEGUIDE AND EMPLOYING A LASER MEDIUM AS ITS OWN EMISSIONS DETECTOR - An intracavity laser absorption infrared spectroscopy system for detecting trace analytes in vapor samples. The system uses a spectrometer in communications with control electronics, wherein the control electronics contain an analyte database that contains absorption profiles for each analyte the system is used to detect. The system can not only detect the presence of specific analytes, but identify them as well. The spectrometer uses a hollow cavity waveguide that creates a continuous loop inside of the device, thus creating a large path length and eliminating the need to mechanically adjust the path length to achieve a high Q-factor. In a preferred embodiment, the laser source may serve as the detector, thus eliminating the need for a separate detector. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160161705 | REMOVABLE OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - Examples embodiments of a removable optical assembly are disclosed. A removable optical assembly can be removably attached to a probe of an optical analytical instrument. The removable optical assembly can comprise a spherical optical element. An embodiment of the removable optical assembly can allow contact interrogation of a sample. In some embodiments, the removable optical assembly can comprise an internal optical element. In other embodiments, the removable optical assembly can comprise an external optical element. Manufacture of the removable optical assembly can comprise a monolithic embodiment or an assembled embodiment comprising a plurality of subassemblies. Embodiments of the removable optical assembly can be conical, cylindrical or planar is shape. The removable optical assembly can, in some embodiments, be consumable and/or disposable. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160202125 | Tool to Assist in Paint Matching | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160202175 | MULTIPASS SPECTROSCOPIC ABSORPTION CELL | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160377536 | Method of Determining the Concentration of a Gas Component and a Spectrometer for this Purpose - The invention relates to a method of determining the concentration of a gas component comprising the steps:
| 12-29-2016 |
| 20160377550 | Signal and Detection System For Keying Applications - Systems and methods for differentiating the spectral response of various optical coatings between a transmitter and receiver. The system is effective in determining if an optical coating produces an authorized spectral response for determining if a product having that optical coating is authorized to be used with another product. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170234728 | SPECTROMETER | 08-17-2017 |
| 20190145890 | TIME-DIVISION MULTISPECTRA DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD | 05-16-2019 |
