| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 702128000 | Article count or size distribution | 21 |
| 20080208511 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICLES - An instrument for measuring the size distribution of a particle sample by counting and classifying particles into selected size ranges. The particle concentration is reduced to the level where the probability of measuring scattering from multiple particles at one time is reduced to an acceptable level. A light beam is focused or collimated through a sample cell, through which the particles flow. As each particle passes through the beam, it scatters, absorbs, and transmits different amounts of the light, depending upon the particle size. So both the decrease in the beam intensity, due to light removal by the particle, and increase of light, scattered by the particle, may be used to determine the particle size, to classify the particle and count it in a certain size range. If all of the particles pass through a single beam, then many small particles must be counted for each large one because typical distributions are uniform on a particle volume basis, and the number distribution is related to the volume distribution by the particle diameter cubed. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100169038 | METHODS FOR CALCULATING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION - The present invention provides processes employing algorithms and methods for calculating particle size distribution. In particular, the present invention provides processes employing algorithms and methods for calculating particle size distribution of different particle shapes from chord length distributions. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110213581 | PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE - To facilitate evaluation of a measurement condition in order to set an optimum measurement condition for each sample. A particle size distribution measuring device is provided with: an device main body that measures a particle size distribution of a sample; and an interface device that receives an input from an operator to perform drive control of the device main body, and receives a measurement result from the device main body to display the measurement result, wherein the interface device displays, in a graph, a relationship between values of operational parameters, which are to be set to measure the particle size distribution, and values of evaluation parameters obtained by using the measurement result from the device main body, which correspond to each of the values of the operational parameters. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110282618 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR A SENSOR WITH SINGLE-PHOTON SENSITIVITY AND DEVICE USING SAME - A photon detecting device including a sensor including a vacuum chamber, a photocathode arranged therein to convert photons to primary electrons, a converter converting at least part of the energy of accelerated primary electrons to secondary charges collected by a plurality of detection cells, an acquisition circuit adapted to read the charges collected by the detection cells with an integration time allowing an impact density to be obtained per unit of time and per unit surface of a cell of the order of a single electron, a system identifying a cluster of adjacent detection cells of which at least one so-called main cell includes a quantity of collected charges higher than a threshold value, a system determining at least one characteristic of the cluster, a system memorizing at least one characteristic of a reference cluster resulting from conversion of a primary electron, and a system comparing the determined characteristic(s) of the cluster with the memorized characteristic(s) of the reference cluster to evidence whether the cluster results from the conversion of a primary electron. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120029863 | PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS METHOD FOR COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - There is provided a support method for a particle distribution analysis for a substrate. In the support method, histogram data of inter-particle distances are created for all particles on a target substrate subjected to the particle distribution analysis from particle coordinate data of the target substrate. Further, histogram data of inter-particle distances are created for multiple virtual substrates each having the same number of randomly distributed particles as the particles on the target substrate. Based on a difference between the histogram data of the target substrate and the histogram data of each of the virtual substrates, determination data are created by quantifying a distance between the histogram data of the target substrate and the histogram data of the multiple virtual substrates, and the determination data are displayed on a display unit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120041708 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COUNTING STACKED ITEMS - The present method proposes, according to a first aspect, a method for counting stacked items forming on one side of the stack at least one level variation lineformed by the edges of the stacked items. The method includes the telemetric measurement of a variation in level on a line of points traversing the whole side of the stack and recording a corresponding raw signal. The method subsequently includes analysing the raw signal in order to estimate one or more parameters relating to the structure of the stack, followed by processing the raw signal in one or more statistical processing operations on the basis of the estimated parameters, and analysing the processed signal in order to determine the number of stacked items. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120245881 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an extraction section which extracts, out of pieces of detection information each including position information and motion detection data acquired by terminal devices of respective users, detection information of a user on a specific train, based on the position information, and an estimation section which estimates distribution of people on the train based on the motion detection data included in the detection information extracted by the extraction section. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120253734 | ASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An assay device capable of assaying purity of a substance in an object includes a memory, an emitter, a receiver, a processing unit, and a display device. The memory stores names and standard densities of a number of substances. The emitter emits rays at the object. The receiver receives the rays reflected by the object. The processing unit calculates density of the object according to intensity of the emitted rays and intensity of the reflected rays. The processing unit further calculates purity of a selected substance in the object according to the density of the object and standard density of the selected substance stored in the memory, and outputs the calculated purity to the display device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130060509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AEROSOL PARTICLES IN ATMOSPHERE AND COUNTING AEROSOL PARTICLES WITH RESPECT TO EACH PARTICLE SIZE - A particle size distribution measuring system | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130085706 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTING AEROSOL PARTICLES IN ATMOSPHERE WITH RESPECT TO EACH PARTICLE SIZE BY APPROPRIATELY SETTING RATIO OF FLOW RATE OF SAMPLE GAS AND SHEATH GAS IN DMA - A maximum number of charges on aerosol particles which are measurement targets is decided as a natural number x equal to or larger than 2. First and second electrical mobility groups are derived based on x. The first group includes electrical mobility Zc(U) and electrical mobilities having voltage values equal to a voltage U multiplied by values from 2 to x respectively, and the second group includes electrical mobilities having respective voltage values equal to voltage U multiplied by irreducible fractions which are coprime to each other among values with regularity. A ratio of flow rate with which range corresponding to the electrical mobilities included in the first group do not interfere with one another and the range corresponding to the electrical mobilities included in the first group and range corresponding to the electrical mobilities included in the mobility group do not interfere with one another is calculated. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130138384 | COMPOSITE SEPARATION MEMBRANE STRUCTURE FOR GAS SENSOR, GAS SENSOR APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GAS CONCENTRATION USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a composite separation membrane structure for a gas sensor for real-time monitoring of degradation of insulating oil of a power transformer, a gas sensor apparatus including the same, and a method and an apparatus for measuring gas concentration using the same. It is possible to locally diagnose whether there is a fault in the power transformer and what kind of fault occurs where in the power transformer by quantitatively measuring the concentration of several gases dissolved in the insulating oil in real time. As a result, breakdown of the power transformer may be prevented and remaining service life of the insulating oil in the power transformer may be predicted. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130268230 | PROCESSING DISTRIBUTIONS - A method and apparatus for processing a distribution of a population ( | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130317776 | TIME-DOMAIN DENSITY TRIGGERING IN A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A test and measurement instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention converts digital data that represents an analog input signal into a time-domain bitmap, and then compares a region of that time-domain bitmap to a density threshold. When the density value violates the density threshold, a trigger signal is generated that causes digital data to be stored into a memory. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140095103 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Measuring The Amount of Material Dispensed From A Container Using An Accelerometer - The application discloses a device that determines how much material is dispensed from a container by measuring the angle at which the container is tilted. The device includes an accelerometer for measuring an angle by which the container is tilted, and an electronic component for transmitting data based on the angle measured by the accelerometer. In some embodiments, the accelerometer measures the angle by which the container is tilted at a multiple different times. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140188425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING FANS FOR SERVER CABINET - A method for selecting fans for a server cabinet includes the following steps. First, a type of fan stored in a database is selected, and the parameters related to the fan of the selected type are compared to input parameters of a server cabinet. Second, a maximum quantity of the fan of the selected type that can be accommodated in the server cabinet is calculated. Third, an airflow of an initial quantity of the fan of the selected type is calculated when the initial quantity of the fan of the selected type is determined to be less than the maximum quantity. Fourth, the initial quantity of the fan of the selected type and the related parameters of the fan of the selected type are output to a display if the calculated airflow is determined to be greater than or equal to a minimum required airflow of the server cabinet. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140249769 | PAPER MONEY DETECTION AND COUNTING DEVICE AND DETECTION AND COUNTING METHOD - A paper money detection and counting device comprises: a sensor unit which is used for converting the output signals of a plurality of sensors distributed on a paper money transmission passage into a transmission state which characterizes whether paper money is present or not, each sensor corresponding to a paper money counter; a calculation unit which calculates the paper money distance between the current detection position of any sensor and the front end position of the currently detected paper money according to the transmission state output by the sensor unit; and a control unit, once the paper money distance calculated by the calculation unit goes beyond a paper money spacing standard value, the control unit looking up the transmission states output accumulatively by the sensors currently, when it is found that at least one transmission state characterizes that the paper money state changes from existence to nonexistence, adding 1 to the count value of the paper money counter corresponding to the sensor, and when it is found that at least one transmission state characterizes that the paper money state changes from nonexistence to existence, judging that the current paper money detection is completed, and sending to the calculation unit the position where the paper money distance from the front end of the currently detected paper money is closest to the paper money spacing standard value, as the front end position of the next detected paper money, so as to enable the calculation unit to use the front end position of the next detected paper money as an initial position to calculate the distance of the next paper money. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140379289 | PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASURING APPARATUS - In order to reduce a calculation time of a particle size distribution, a particle size distribution measuring apparatus includes: a light source for irradiating light to particles to be measured; a plurality of photodetectors for detecting light intensities of diffracted/scattered lights caused by the irradiation of the light; and an operation part for receiving light intensity signals outputted from the respective photodetectors and calculating a particle size distribution of the particles based on the fact that a vector s is represented by a predetermined expression including a product of a vector q and a coefficient matrix K, and the operation part is configured to compute in parallel and calculate at least two elements of the elements of the coefficient matrix K. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150051864 | Device and Method for Determining Particle Size Distribution On-line Using Acoustic Spectroscopy Through a Pipe - A device for determining particle size distribution on-line for concentrated dispersions or emulsions. The device includes an electronic block for generating electric pulses of specified frequencies on MHz scale and measuring magnitude and phase thereof. An acoustic sensor has an ultrasound transmitter to convert the electric pulses into ultrasound pulses of a same frequency and an ultrasound receiver to convert the ultrasound pulses back into electric pulses. The transmitter and the receiver each have a respective face. A stepping motor is connected to a movable piston, which carries one of the ultrasound transmitter or the ultrasound receiver thereon. A pipe with a flexible wall to conduct the dispersion or emulsion past the acoustic sensor. The pipe is disposed between the transmitter and the receiver, and the pipe has an exterior surface. The face of the transmitter and the face of the receiver are affixed to the exterior surface of the pipe. | 02-19-2015 |
| 702129000 | Quantitative determination by weight | 3 |
| 20090006027 | Automatic Mattress Selection System - A couple shopping for a mattress are helped to select a physiologically suitable mattress by a system which uses a questionnaire to elicit important information from the people. The questionnaire data is processed automatically, preferably in combination with physically measured data, to generate a recommendation of which available mattress system is most suitable for both people, or, if no mattress system is suitable for both people, then a recommendation for separate mattress systems which can conjoined or used together. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090192756 | Utilizing Gross Vehicle Weight to Determine Passenger Numbers - A method, system, and computer program for determining the number of passengers riding on a vehicle in real time is presented. A total weight of passengers on the vehicle is divided by an estimated weight of each of the passengers to estimate how many passengers are on the vehicle in real time. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20130218511 | WEIGHT-SENSING SURFACES WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FOR INVENTORY TRACKING - Methods, systems, and devices are described for identifying and determining quantity data for consumable items from a plurality of weight sensing devices. A consumption metric for the consumable items is determined based on the identification and quantity data. Consumption-related information is provided based on the consumption metric. Consumption-related information may be used for a number of purposes, including for providing aggregate consumption information to suppliers, and health advice and recipes to users, for example. | 08-22-2013 |
