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7633037 |
Positive temperature coefficient light emitting diode light
An apparatus includes electrical contacts coupled to a LED. The apparatus further includes a positive temperature coefficient resistor in operative thermal communication and electrically in series...
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7473869 |
Cooking apparatus using barcode
A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the...
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7414223 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring safety glass production or controlling a treatment process
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring safety glass production or controlling a treatment process, such as a tempering process. Information representing a load of glass...
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7367138 |
Devices and methods for thermophoretic and electrophoretic reduction of particulate contamination of lithographic reticles
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for reducing particle contamination of a surface of an object such as a reticle used in an EUV lithography system. An exemplary apparatus includes a...
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7235762 |
Factory preset temperature warming appliance
A warming appliance having factory preset temperature modes. The warming appliance comprises an enclosure having a wall. The enclosure defines an interior space having an opening. A drawer is...
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7211771 |
De-icing system for traffic signals
A circuit is disclosed for detecting and eliminating the buildup of snow and/or ice on the viewable face of an LED traffic signal lens. The circuit measures the ambient temperature within the LED...
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7145108 |
Configurable heating pad controller
According to the present invention, a heating pad controller incorporating a discrete ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) is provided which varies the duty cycle characteristics of a...
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7120354 |
Gases delivery conduit
A gases delivery conduit for the supply of humidified medical gases as formed from an extruded plastic tube. The extruded plastic tube includes at least one heating element embedded within the wall...
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6933475 |
Method and system for turning on an optical radiation source
An optical communication module includes an optical radiation source as well as control circuitry to control the temperature and the power emitted by he optical source. In order to permit soft...
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6891124 |
Method of wafer band-edge measurement using transmission spectroscopy and a process for controlling the temperature uniformity of a wafer
A method and system for using transmission spectroscopy to measure a temperature of a substrate ( 135 ). By passing light through a substrate, the temperature of the substrate can be determined...
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6864463 |
Substrate processing apparatus and semiconductor device producing method
Emissivity of a substrate is measured at least before the substrate is heated, heating operation of the substrate is controlled under a heating condition corresponding to the emissivity, and the...
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6864465 |
Error correction for optical detector in glass-ceramic cooktop appliances
A sensor assembly for a glass-ceramic cooktop appliance having at least one burner assembly disposed under a glass-ceramic plate. The sensor assembly includes an optical detector arranged to...
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6831258 |
Heating device, method for evaluating heating device and pattern forming method
A heating apparatus for performing heat treatment on a wafer applied with a resist before or after exposure includes a heating plate for heating a wafer which is placed on the heating plate, a...
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6797927 |
Optical parameter measuring with temperature assignment
The present invention relates to a measuring system adapted for providing a measurement of an optical parameter of an optical device under test —DUT—, comprising a measuring instrument adapted...
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6794621 |
Cook top status indicator
A status indicator ( 4 ) for a transparent ceramic glass cook top is disclosed which is able to display a range of colors. Typically such indications are used with red or smoked glass cooktops and...
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6730888 |
Bread toasting control in a toaster by response curve of photosensitive element(s)
Method and device for controlling the grilling, or toasting, of a food product placed in a toaster or toaster oven that has heating elements, a heating chamber, a grilling selector for adjusting...
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6649885 |
Thermal processing apparatus
It is difficult to keep a wafer at a prescribed temperature in epitaxial growth and etching, leading to a possibility of variations in quality, but a thermal processing apparatus according to the...
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6577926 |
Method of detecting and controlling in-situ faults in rapid thermal processing systems
Faults occurring in the operation of a rapid thermal process system are detected and dynamically controlled in-situ. A data set is generated which represents the power applied to heating elements...
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6563092 |
Measurement of substrate temperature in a process chamber using non-contact filtered infrared pyrometry
Methods and an apparatus for providing a non-contact probe for accurately measuring the temperature of a substrate in a process chamber are disclosed. One exemplary apparatus is a processing...
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6539846 |
Apparatus for delivering meals at an appropriate temperature, particularly for use in hospitals
A device for delivering meals at an appropriate temperature comprising: a transport cart equipped with at least one electric energy source, a plurality of plates fastened to said transport cart,...
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6538238 |
Long term calibration of sensor assembly for glass-ceramic cooktop appliance
A sensor assembly for glass-ceramic cooktop appliances includes an optical detector having an reference component and an active component. The active component is arranged to receive radiation from...
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6534752 |
Spatially resolved temperature measurement and irradiance control
A method, apparatus and system for producing a desired spatial temperature distribution across a workpiece. The method includes irradiating a plurality of areas on a surface of the workpiece to...
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6479802 |
Process and apparatus for contact-less temperature regulations
The present invention concerns a process for contact-less temperature regulation, in which the temperature is measured in a contact-less mode with a temperature measurement device and detected as...
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6479801 |
Temperature measuring method, temperature control method and processing apparatus
A temperature measuring method measures the temperature of an object of measurement placed in a multiple reflection environment by using a radiation thermometer that uses an effective emissivity ε...
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6467697 |
Temperature control system
A temperature control system includes an integrated circuit that combines magnetic sensitive elements and infra red sensors to detect user temperature settings and measure temperature,...
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6462316 |
Cooktop control and monitoring system including detecting properties of a utensil and its contents
A system for automatically controlling the temperature of the cooking surface of a cooking surface of a solid-surface cooktop and, consequently, the temperature of the cooking utensil on the...
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6462315 |
Optical radiation measurement apparatus
An optical radiation measurement apparatus is provided. The apparatus has at least one radiation detector for measuring electromagnetic radiation emitted from at least two radiation sources....
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6452136 |
Monitoring and control system and method for sensing of a vessel and other properties of a cooktop
An apparatus that determines properties of a cooktop is provided. The cooktop includes a cooktop surface and a vessel that is selectively placed on the cooktop surface. The apparatus comprises a...
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6403933 |
Thermal conditioning apparatus
A support including a plate having a top surface and a receiving hole, a lift element having a contacting end disposed through the receiving hole, a sensor disposed in a bore in the contacting end...
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6390668 |
Blackbody source using a heat pipe principle and transition region
A source of thermal radiation for calibrating or testing infrared thermometers or detectors, in which improved temperature uniformity of the radiation-emitting surface is achieved by supplying heat...
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6376812 |
Cooking appliance with infrared sensor having movable field of view
In a sake/milk heating process, the field of view of an infrared sensor is moved by a predetermined pattern in a heating chamber as an initial search. When the field of view is fixed after the...
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6355913 |
Infrared sensor for hot tub spa heating element
An overheating protection system for a spa and the spa's associated equipment. Elements include: a heating element for heating the spa's water, an infrared sensor for detecting the amount of...
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6279660 |
Apparatus for optimizing production of multi-phase fluid
A well assembly for extracting production fluids from at least one production zone of at least one well includes a production pipe for transporting fluid downstream to a surface, a packer for...
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6259073 |
Temperature control device for controlling temperature of heat roller used in image forming device
To provide a temperature control wherein a controller provided at a secondary side of a transformer can control a temperature of a heat roller which includes a heat generating sheet. An operational...
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6194691 |
Heating furnace and manufacturing method therefor
This invention provides a method of manufacturing a wafer heating furnace having a desired heating distribution with less trials and errors by predicting heating distributions in the process of...
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6188050 |
System and method for controlling process temperatures for a semi-conductor wafer
A system for controlling process temperatures for semi-conductor wafers comprises a heater to heat the wafer, an element to generate a plurality of ultrasonic vibrations in the wafer, a Sagnac...
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6151446 |
Apparatus and method for thermally processing substrates including a processor using multiple detection signals
Apparatus and methods of thermally processing a substrate inside a processing chamber including a radiation source for heating the substrate are described. In one aspect, a detection system is...
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6150639 |
Anti-freezing system, anti-froster for windshield and rear window of motor vehicles
An automatic, dynamic window anti freezing system for the windshield and the rear window of a motor vehicles parked in cold weather, connected to a battery, comprises a temperature range...
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6130415 |
Low temperature control of rapid thermal processes
An apparatus for processing a semiconductor substrate mounted in a thermal processing chamber includes a heating system for heating the substrate, which includes lamps facing a front side of the...
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6118107 |
Process and device for in-service measurement of temperature in at least one cooking zone of a cooking area with a glass ceramic plate
A process and cooking area for in-service measurement of temperature in at least one cooking zone of the cooking area with a glass ceramic plate is based on an empirically derived correlation...
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6118105 |
Monitoring and control system for monitoring the boil state of contents of a cooking utensil
A monitoring and control system for monitoring the boil states of the contents of a cooking utensil located on a cooking surface of a cooktop, indicating the state to a user, and controlling the...
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6065226 |
Coffee roaster filter, chaff collector and smoke reducer
An exhaust particle and particulate containment system for a coffee roaster comprises a filter chamber for exhaust coffee roasting by-products including chaff and smoke particulates and oils is...
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6049070 |
Electric toaster with infrared detector cross reference to related application
An electric toaster comprises an infrared detector (6) directed toward a heating device for the toaster, and a control device for the supply of electricity to the heating elements which is...
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6049069 |
Window fog detector
A vehicle (10) includes a windshield presenting an inner surface (14) including a test section (16) therein. A cooling device (24) is attached to the inner surface (14) for cooling the section (16)...
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6043450 |
Method to compensate for non-uniform film growth during chemical vapor deposition
An apparatus for heating, according to a predetermined heating profile, a surface carrying a film. The invention includes a source of radiant energy. The source of radiant energy has several peak...
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6040565 |
Oven operation only upon detecting of an identification mark on a food or beverage container placed in the oven
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6037580 |
Safety device for cooking appliance
Safety device composed of a radiation emitter, a radiation receiver disposed for receiving radiation which is produced by the emitter and which traverses a radiation path between the emitter and...
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6009216 |
Coiled tubing sensor system for delivery of distributed multiplexed sensors
Lengths of coiled tubing have sensor carrier elements mounted therebetween such that a plurality of sensor carrier elements are positioned along a length of coiled tubing. Each sensor carrier...
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6005231 |
Method for determining the temperature of a thermoluminescence element being heated for thermoluminescence dosimetry
A method and apparatus for measuring radiation doses based upon thermoluminescence which occurs when a thermoluminescence element is heated by a heat source after having been exposed to radiation....
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5998768 |
Active thermal control of surfaces by steering heating beam in response to sensed thermal radiation
An apparatus and method for controlling the temperature profile of the surface of a medium such as a solid or a liquid. The surface is imaged onto an array of detectors which generate an electronic...
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