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7381942 |
Two-dimensional optical encoder with multiple code wheels
An exemplary Two-Dimensional Optical encoder (“2-D Encoder”) described herein includes a light emitter and a light detector array. The light detector array includes at least one band of light...
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7358476 |
Sensing photons from objects in channels
A fluidic structure includes a channel and along the channel is a series of sensing components to obtain information about objects traveling within the channel, such as droplets or other objects...
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7342672 |
Detection system for nanometer scale topographic measurements of reflective surfaces
A linear position array detector system is provided which imparts light energy to a surface of a specimen, such as a semiconductor wafer, receives light energy from the specimen surface and...
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7327458 |
Spectral sensitivity composing system
An output current from each pixel sensor can be extracted at an arbitrary ratio by a current divider. An arithmetic control unit sets the dividing ratio in correspondence to a color matching...
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7315669 |
Photoelectric transducer and photoelectric transducer element array
A photoelectric transducer has an optical waveguide and a photoelectric transducer element array of photoelectric transducer elements optically coupled to the optical waveguide. The photoelectric...
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7312461 |
Laparoscopic tumor therapy using high energy electron irradiation
A laparoscopic tumor therapy method and an articulated electron beam transport system are provided for use with a high power, long focus electron source for tumor therapy. The high power, long...
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7307738 |
Beam catcher
A beam catcher ( 1 ) for a light beam ( 2 ) pulsating in amplitude at a modulation frequency (f) with a photodetector ( 4 ) with a plurality of photosensors ( 6 ) which are offset in a spatially...
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7301134 |
Electro-optical focal plane array digital sensor system
A laser beam detection and tracking system includes a focal plane array sensor providing pixel data and a field programmable gate array controller receiving the pixel data for determining a...
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7291824 |
Photosensing throughout energy range and in subranges
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a photosensor array, some cells of which are reference cells that photosense throughout an application's energy range, while other cells of which are subrange...
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7279673 |
Sensor, scanner and portable information terminal each having liquid crystal display
To provide a close contact type sensor promoting a light utilizing efficiency, there is provided a close contact type sensor featured in that in a close contact type sensor having a sensor circuit...
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7276684 |
High gain photo cell with improved pulsed light operation
A photocell system includes a current control circuit that provides an offset voltage. Each photocell in a photocell array includes an opto-electrical converter receives the offset voltage such...
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7265331 |
Optical sensing apparatus and method for determining highest intensity of light in an array
A plurality of optical sensing elements in an array where each element has a unique element address identifying the element location. Each element senses light and produces an element address...
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7247839 |
Encoder for detecting position or displacement of moving body
An encoder that can detect the presence of noise occurring within the encoder. The encoder is constructed by incorporating within the same apparatus: a movement detecting unit for detecting the...
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7238927 |
Detection of the phase and amplitude of electromagnetic waves
The invention relates to a device for detecting electromagnetic waves, especially for also detecting the phase and amplitude of electromagnetic waves, using elements that react sensitively to...
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7230227 |
Lenslet/detector array assembly for high data rate optical communications
An assembly is provided that may be used in high data rate optical communications, such as free-space communication systems. The assembly may include a main optical receiver element and a lenslet...
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7227121 |
Receiver circuit with “m” sectors each with “n” channels
A laser beam receiver with non-interdigitated photosensors arranged in a repeating pattern of “n” channels of photosensors in each of “m” sectors is disclosed. The photocurrent from both...
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7224473 |
Strobe light and laser beam detection for laser receiver
A laser receiver detects a thin beam of laser light and distinguishes between the beam of laser light and an omni-directional pulse of light from a strobe by the use of an additional...
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7217911 |
Solid state light detector
An optical wireless local area network using line of sight optical links. The base station and terminal stations are provided with optical transceivers which include a transmitter array and...
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7214922 |
Semiconductor photosensor device and information apparatus with sensitivity region for wide dynamic range
A semiconductor photosensor device includes a plurality of photodiode sections, a switch, and an output section is provided. The plurality of photodiode sections have different illuminance-output...
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7208718 |
Light sensing panel, and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same
A light sensing panel includes a scan line transmitting a scan signal, a power source line transmitting a bias voltage, a readout line transmitting a light sensing signal and a light sensing...
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7199350 |
Optical input device with a light source die mounted on a detecting die and manufacture method thereof
A light source die of an optical input device is mounted on a detecting die of the optical input device in order to reduce the size of the optical input device. The light source die emits light to...
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7196308 |
Data line driver capable of generating fixed gradation voltage without switches
In a data line driver for driving data lines of a display apparatus including a data register adapted to sequentially latch video data signals in synchronization with latch signals, a data latch...
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7196307 |
Optical sensor, method of reading optical sensor, matrix-type optical sensor circuit, and electronic apparatus
An optical sensor is provided corresponding to a scanning line and a reading line. The optical sensor includes a light-receiving element, a current flowing between both terminals thereof being...
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7170043 |
Method and sensor for determining the local contrast of an observed scene by detection of the luminance from said scene
The invention relates to a method of calculating the local contrast at each pixel (P C ) in a network (M p ) of photosensitive pixels which are arranged in at least one dimension (x, y). The...
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7161131 |
Multiple wavelength quadrant detection
A quadrant detector includes a holographic optical element and a plurality of detector elements. The holographic optical element is designated to have four quadrants, each of which directs...
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7154112 |
Distance measurement sensor
A measurement sensor comprising a PSD ( 30 ) as an optoelectronic receiver, a transmitter ( 10, 12 ) for generating spots ( 22, 26 ), optics ( 14, 32 ) for reproducing the spots ( 22′, 26 ′) on...
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7145131 |
Absolute encoder
The first opening 31 and second opening 32 are formed in the rotating plate 3 attached to the rotation axis 2 of an absolute encoder 1 in a prescribed positional relation, and a...
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7129929 |
Computer input device with multi-purpose light guide
A computer input device includes a light guide that illuminates a target area for imaging so as to permit tracking relative motion of a surface. The light guide also directs light to a window that...
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7119678 |
Wireless light sensor input to a security system
The present invention relates to a system and method for the wireless light sensor input to a security system, wherein the light sensed by the light sensor is used to determine the activation and...
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7115850 |
Sensor device with three-dimensional switch carrier having differently oriented infrared photodetectors
A sensor device is provided for generating an electrical output signal in dependence on the position of a light source in relation to the sensor device. The sensor device has a three-dimensional...
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7098439 |
Augmented photo-detector filter
Method and systems related to obstructing a first predefined portion of at least one defined wavelength of light incident upon a first photo-detector array; and detecting the at least one defined...
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7098437 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device having a plurality of photo detectors and processing elements
A semiconductor integrated circuit device, having a plurality of processing elements accommodated on a single semiconductor chip, has a latch circuit and a selecting circuit. The latch circuit is...
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7087880 |
Photosensitive device and method for controlling same
The present invention relates to a photosensitive device comprising a matrix of photosensitive pixels, in particular of the type produced by techniques for depositing semiconductor materials. The...
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7078669 |
Readout circuit and method for sparse readout of active and neighboring pixels in a multi-pixel sensor array
A readout circuit ( 29 ) for reading active pixels in a sensor ( 10 ) having at least one sensor segment ( 11 ) each containing addressable pixels ( 12 ) includes a respective sample and hold unit...
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7064313 |
Gradual reset voltage reduction for resetting an image sensor
A sensor may be formed with a transistor comprising a gate that has both n-type and p-type regions to increase the gate work function. In combination with moving the p-type well such that the...
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7053395 |
Wafer defect detection system with traveling lens multi-beam scanner
A system for inspecting a specimen, such as a semiconductor wafer that uses a laser light source for providing a beam of light. The beam is applied to a traveling lens acousto-optic device having...
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7039326 |
Infrared communication system utilizing receiver with multiple photo-sensors
A communication system including an infrared receiver that receives optical infrared signals. The infrared receiver utilizes an array of photo-sensors for detecting optical infrared signals within...
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7038185 |
Camera for directly generating a gradient image
A camera includes a set of sensing elements. Each sensing element is arranged at an image plane in an energy field to measure a magnitude and sign of a local gradient of the energy field. Each...
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7022966 |
System and method of light spot position and color detection
A position and color detection sensor (for detecting a position of a light spot in a light distribution that can include stray light components, e.g. from other lasers, ambient lighting etc.)...
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7019278 |
Laser receiver using multiple arrays of photodetector elements
A device and method for detecting the relative position of reference light includes a plurality of photodetector arrays arranged in a generally vertical row. Each array includes a plurality of...
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7012236 |
Sensor in a transceiver device for cooperation with an optical fiber
A receiving device for cooperation with an optical fiber is provided with a sensor ( 3 ). The sensor ( 3 ) comprises two or more distinct sensor elements ( 4 a , . . . , 4 d ) delivering an output...
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7009165 |
Optical detection device for detecting an intensity of a light beam and for detecting data transmitted by the light beam
An optical detection device for detecting an intensity of a light beam in a detection window and for detecting data transmitted by the light beam includes a first detection diode and an array of at...
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6987538 |
Multipoint autofocus system
In a multipoint autofocus system in which a focus state of objects at different positions in a plurality of focus detection zones in an image surface is detected, and thereafter, one of pieces of...
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6987259 |
Imaging system with an integrated source and detector array
An imaging system with an integrated source and detector array. A plurality of light detectors are arranged in a detector array and a plurality of light sources corresponding to detectors in the...
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6963437 |
Devices incorporating electrochromic elements and optical sensors
The device of the present invention includes an electrochromic element having a transmittance that varies in response to an electrical signal, a base substrate disposed in spaced relation to the...
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6960753 |
Photosensor arrays with encoded permanent information
Information is encoded, within a photosensor array, into photosensors which are not used for imaging. Some information encoding photosensors are permitted to receive unimpeded light, and for other...
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6952003 |
Very high speed photodetector system using a PIN photodiode array for position sensing
An apparatus for detecting a centroid of a spot produced by electromagnetic radiation, e.g., optic radiation, using an array of PIN photodiodes serving as photodetectors and being organized in...
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6911642 |
Object presence detection method and device
An object presence detection device, of the type mounted to a motor vehicle having at least one blind spot, where the detection device is for detecting an object situated in the blind spot,...
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6906308 |
Semiconductor light receiving device in which optical and electric signal are propagated at matched velocities
A plurality of semiconductor devices are disposed in a line on the surface of a supporting substrate. Each semiconductor device is adapted to generate an electric signal depending on the intensity...
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6902945 |
Tapered threshold reset FET for CMOS imagers
A sensor may be formed with a transistor comprising a gate that has both n-type and p-type regions to increase the gate work function. In combination with moving the p-type well such that the...
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