Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
702031000 | Specific operation control system | 15 |
20090150090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF INFLUX OF AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS - An apparatus and method for detection of airborne contaminants and prevention of influx of the contaminants into an enclosed space, such as a vehicle cabin. A first sensor array samples exterior air prior to influx of the exterior air into the enclosed space. The first sensor array generates data uniquely corresponding to each contaminant. Data corresponding to predetermined contaminants is stored in computer memory. A user may also cause data corresponding to a contaminant selected by the user to be stored in the computer memory. Upon identification of a contaminant, an actuator is operative to control a position of a valve to prevent influx of the exterior air into the enclosed space. | 06-11-2009 |
20090319196 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE INLINE MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION PROCESSES BASED ON STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS AND RELATED MODELS - By using powerful data analysis techniques, such as PCR, PLS, CLS and the like, in combination with measurement techniques providing structural information, gradually varying material characteristics may be determined during semiconductor fabrication, thereby also enabling the monitoring of complex manufacturing sequences. For instance, the material characteristics of sensitive dielectric materials, such as ULK material, may be detected, for instance with respect to an extension of a damage zone, in order to monitor the quality of metallization systems of sophisticated semiconductor devices. The inline measurement data may be obtained on the basis of infrared spectroscopy, for instance using FTIR and the like, which may even allow directly obtaining the measurement data at process chambers, substantially without affecting the overall process throughput. | 12-24-2009 |
20100076696 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT CALCULATOR - Systems and methods for measuring an environmental footprint for a printing device. A system for measuring an environmental footprint for a printing device may include a processor communicating with an output device and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The computer-readable storage medium may contain one or more programming instructions for providing at least one value for a measurement factor pertaining to the printing device, selecting one or more environmental footprint outputs based on a total impact of creation, usage and disposal of the printing device, determining an estimated emissions profile regarding one or more selected environmental footprint outputs including an amount of energy consumption and/or solid waste generation, and causing a difference between the estimated emissions profile and an initial emissions profile to be displayed on the output device. | 03-25-2010 |
20100145630 | Apparatus and Method for Automated Quality Control - Methods and apparatus to assess current aspects of Quality Control useful for release of radioactive compounds for imaging, such as PET tracers as injectables, in an automated manner, without user interference, and in compliance with regulatory guidelines. The present method and system relates to an integrated automated quality control analysis of a substance utilizing a single sample injection for a plurality of inline quality control tests. A quantitative analysis of the sample via the plurality of quality control tests is conducted. A measurement value of each of the plurality of quality control parameters is determined and a comparison of each measurement value of the plurality of quality control parameters with a predetermined corresponding criterion value is made. A cumulative quality rating for the sample is determined and the validated sample is released based on the quality rating. | 06-10-2010 |
20110004418 | Systems and Devices for Collecting Time and Space Resolved Air Samples - Systems and devices for collecting time and space resolved air samples are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and devices include the following: a housing including an air inlet; a pump positioned to draw air from outside the sampler and into the housing; electronically controllable valves positioned within the housing for receiving air from the pump; air sampling filters for receiving air from the valves; a printed circuit board including a microcomputer, a global positioning satellite tracking device, and programmable memory, the microcomputer being configured to control the valves to allow air to flow to particular air sampling filters to collect an air sample, the microcomputer being configured to record time data and positioning data from the global positioning satellite tracking device simultaneous to collecting the air sample, the data being stored in the programmable memory; and a power source to provide power for the sampler. | 01-06-2011 |
20110301868 | Methods and Apparatus for Analyzing Samples and Collecting Sample Fractions - Methods and apparatus for analyzing a sample using at least one detector are disclosed. | 12-08-2011 |
20120022795 | ARRAY CONFIGURATION AND READOUT SCHEME - The described embodiments may provide a chemical detection circuit that may comprise a plurality of first output circuits at a first side and a plurality of second output circuits at a second side of the chemical detection circuit. The chemical detection circuit may further comprise a plurality of tiles of pixels each placed between respective pairs of first and second output circuits. Each tile may include four quadrants of pixels. Each quadrant may have columns with designated first columns interleaved with second columns. Each first column may be coupled to a respective first output circuit in first and second quadrants, and to a respective second output circuit in third and fourth quadrants. Each second column may be coupled to a respective second output circuit in first and second quadrants, and to a respective first output circuit in third and fourth quadrants. | 01-26-2012 |
20120253693 | SAMPLE ANALYZER - The present invention is a sample analyzer, comprising: an analyzing section for analyzing a sample; a memory for storing analysis results of the sample by the analyzing section and an event history information indicating an event that occurred in the sample analyzer; an input device used to specify an analysis result from a plurality of analysis results stored in the memory; a display; and a controller for acquiring an event history information related to the analysis result specified by the input device from the memory and controlling the display to show information related to a cause of uncertainty of the specified analysis result based on the acquired event history information. | 10-04-2012 |
20130268211 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PARTICLES BY MASS SPECTROMETRY - An apparatus for elemental analysis of particles such as single cells or single beads by mass spectrometry is described. The apparatus includes means for particle introduction; means to vaporize, atomize and ionize elements associated with a particle; means to separate the ions according to their mass-to-charge ratio; means to detect the separated ions, means to digitize the output of the means to detect the ions; means to transfer and/or to process and/or record the data output of the means to digitize, having means to detect the presence of a particle in a mass spectrometer; and means to synchronize one of the means for ion detection, data digitization, transfer, processing and recording with the means to detect the presence of a particle. Methods and computer readable code implementing aspects of the apparatus, and for reducing the rates of data generation, digitization, transfer, processing and recording are also described. | 10-10-2013 |
20140188404 | MULTI-MODAL FLUID CONDITION SENSOR PLATFORM AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - This invention encompasses embodiments for multi-modal integrated simultaneous measurement of various aspects of fluids contained in circulating systems such as automotive reciprocating engines and vehicle transmissions. These circulating systems perform constant internal lubrication, and heat and contaminant removal to protect the internal moving parts from the inherent friction and damage in normal operation. Most commonly this is achieved with fluids based on hydrocarbon and/or related synthetics, which, over time, can lose their protective properties, and vary in their performance or breakdown/decay due to internal and external events. Several components within the lubricant fluid can be measured and can provide insight into the efficacy of the system to perform its designed mission. Described herein is a real-time, simultaneous, integrated, multi-modal sensor system for early warning notification. | 07-03-2014 |
20140288854 | ANALYSIS ASSISTING METHOD, ANALYZER, REMOTE COMPUTER, DATA ANALYZING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND REAGENT CONTAINER - In an analysis system having an analysis apparatus using a reagent container having a memory to store reagent information concerning the reagent in the reagent container and a remote computer, the following steps are executed: reading out the reagent information from the memory of the reagent container; judging, based on the read reagent information, whether or not the reagent in the reagent container is usable; when it is judged that the reagent in the reagent container is unusable, writing data representing the reagent is unusable into the memory of the reagent container; and when it is judged that the reagent in the reagent container is unusable, registering the data representing the reagent is unusable, into a reagent database managed by the remote computer in association with identification information to identify the reagent container. Thus, it is possible to automatically identify the reagent, which should not be used, and to manage the reagent not so as to use it for the analysis. In addition, it is possible to use the data for the enhancement of the business efficiency such as the automatic order of the reagent, the stock management in the manufacturer and the like. | 09-25-2014 |
20150066388 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A control device for automatic analysis including a unit which stores an analysis parameter file in which setting values of multiple setting items related to analytical equipment control are specified; a unit which describes at least identification information for the sample to be analyzed and the analytical parameters file to be used for analysis, for multiple analyses to be executed in the analysis device, and generates an analysis schedule table which describes setting values relating to one or more of the multiple setting items contained in the analytical parameters file for each analysis; and a control unit which controls the operation of the analytical equipment according to the analysis schedule table. The control unit is made such that the setting values specified in the analysis schedule table are applied preferentially for setting items for which the setting value is described in both the analytical parameter file and analysis schedule table. | 03-05-2015 |
20150100250 | Method and Device for Determining an Irradiation Plan for a Particle Irradiation System - The device relates to a method and a device ( | 04-09-2015 |
20150127270 | Laboratory instrument, system and method for instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample using at least one consumable - The invention relates to a laboratory instrument, a system and a method for the instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample using at least one consumable, by means of which information is obtained automatically as first data during a treatment, wherein the system and/or the laboratory instrument comprises a communication apparatus for establishing a data connection to at least one data processing apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus is suitable for transmitting these at least some first data to the data processing apparatus. | 05-07-2015 |
20160123943 | GAS RECOGNITION METHOD BASED ON COMPRESSIVE SENSING THEORY - A gas recognition method based on a compressive sensing theory. The method comprises: collecting compressed data in an under-sampling manner; performing a reconstruction on the collected compressed data to obtain reconstructed data; training a back-propagation neural network by using the reconstructed data and storing the trained back-propagation neural network; inputting data under test into the trained back-propagation neural network, such that the trained back-propagation neural network performs a recognition on the data under test to realize qualitative recognition of gas. The method solves the problem in transmission and storage of large amount of data and the problem of imprecise recognition in current gas detection, and achieves the object that a precise qualitative recognition is achieved by using a reduced amount of data. | 05-05-2016 |