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7075053 Device for determining the position of a scraper  
A device for determining the position of a scraper which is displaceable for the transport of coating material in a supply path of thereof, the coating material comprises a sensor responding to the...
7075054 Optical position detecting device and recording medium including a detection of dust on a light retro-reflector  
The position of a light blocking object is detected not only within a display screen, but also outside the display screen. With the use of the function of detecting the position in a region outside...
7071459 Interference compensation optically synchronized safety detection system for elevator sliding doors  
A method for detecting interference energy in a sliding door safety system includes the steps of disposing at least one emitter along a first vertical surface, disposing at least one receiver...
7071829 Light extinction based non-destructive flying insect detector  
A non-destructive flying insect detector is disclosed. The detector creates a sheet or curtain of light comprising a sensing zone and detects, by means of light extinction, individual flying...
7067794 Obstruction detector for automobile vehicle windows  
A vehicle door includes an openable window and a detector with a charge-coupled device sensor. The sensor detects the light distribution proximate to a closing line of the window. If an obstruction...
7068166 Break-in detection system  
A break-in detection system includes a detection sensor of an FBG type for detecting an intruder trying to climb over a fence around a premises, and a detection sensor of an OTDR type for detecting...
7064314 Concrete-dispensing counter for ready mix trucks  
A concrete-dispensing counter for ready mix trucks for measuring the volume of concrete discharged by a ready mix concrete truck. The concrete-dispensing counter for ready mix trucks includes a...
7064666 Composite sensor for door  
A radio-wave transmitter-receiver section ( 12 ) forms a radio-wave detection zone ( 16 ) for detecting an object at a location way from a door ( 4 ). A light emitter-receiver section ( 20 ) forms...
7062356 Robot apparatus, control method for robot apparatus, and toy for robot apparatus  
A robot apparatus 1 is a four-legged mobile robot, and leg units 3 A, 3 B, 3 C, and 3 D are connected to the left and side parts in the front and rear sides of a body unit 2 . Ahead unit 4 ...
7060962 Actuator and object detecting apparatus that uses actuator using distance detection  
An actuator includes a blade spring of which one end is fixed to a fixed member and other end is fixed to a movable member. A driving unit moves the movable member. A position detector detects a...
7060963 Organism information measuring device and organism information measuring method  
An organism information measuring device has two light irradiating parts that irradiate light of short and long wavelength, respectively, toward an organism, and two light receiving parts that...
7057152 Photoelectric sensor having sensitivity adjustment device  
A photoelectric sensor has a light projection unit having a light emission element for emitting detection light to a detection region; a light reception unit having a light reception element...
7058476 Robot apparatus, control method for robot apparatus, and toy for robot apparatus  
A robot apparatus 1 is a four-legged mobile robot, and leg units 3 A, 3 B, 3 C, and 3 D are connected to the left and side parts in the front and rear sides of a body unit 2 . Ahead unit 4 ...
7057153 Multiple sensing automatic lighting system for personal safety  
The disclosed intelligent lighting system is designed to provide automatic illumination when the device is in motion in any direction and ambient light is below a prescribed level. In its intended...
7053786 Photoelectric switch  
In a first display mode, a threshold value is numerically displayed on a first display section and the current light reception amount (current value) is numerically displayed on a second display...
7053364 Remotely operable safety cabinet  
The invention pertains to a safety cabinet with an interior enclosed by a housing and with a housing front comprising a working opening that can be closed with a height-adjustable front pane. The...
7053358 Method and apparatus for real-time determining compatibility of a working surface with an optical mouse  
A method for determining the compatibility of a working surface with an optical mouse having an optical sensor including (a) using the optical sensor to sense the optical characteristics of the...
7049576 Keyboard musical instrument having easily installable optical position transducer with coupler for coupling optical modulator to moving object  
An optical position transducer is provided for each of the black/white keys incorporated in a composite keyboard musical instrument; the optical position transducer includes a photo-coupler...
7049577 Semiconductor handler interface auto alignment  
A test cell for use in a semiconductor manufacturing operation allowing alignment of semiconductor devices to be tested to a test station. The test cell is well suited for testing semiconductor...
7045764 Passive detection system for detecting a body near a door  
A detection system for detecting a body near a doorway includes two detectors having one or more activation lines that overlap each other. With certain mounting arrangements, the detectors cover...
7045763 Object-recognition lock  
An object-recognition lock and method for operation thereof. According to one embodiment, the object-recognition lock comprises a scanner, the scanner generating at least one image signal...
7045765 Device for counting stacked products  
The present invention relates to a device for counting thin products ( 1 ) that can be stacked side-by-side in a tray ( 2 ), characterized in that it comprises at least one counting station...
7041951 Method and apparatus for investigating layers of tissues in living animals using a microscope  
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for investigating layers ( 1 ) of tissues in living animals using a microscope ( 2 ). The microscope ( 2 ) is focused onto a layer ( 1 ), and images...
7034805 Optical trackball  
An optical trackball is disclosed that is easy to operate without been worried about the contamination on the contacting shifts of encoders inside the trackball. When a distal motion from a user to...
7034950 Laser grid for measuring distance  
The laser grid ( 1 ) permits a single-sided installation in order to record a person or object in the monitoring area. The grid operates using punctiform sensor units ( 3 ), each including at least...
7034279 Method and system for printhead rotation detection using photosensors  
A method and apparatus is used to detect and compensate for printhead rotation in an inkjet printer. The detecting operation includes receiving an initial image of a pattern taken from a medium as...
7034284 Optical sensor having light projecting prism  
An optical sensor projects light rays emanating from a light emitting element that are collimated by a lens and reflected by a mirror and then directed to a light projecting prism. The collimated...
7034280 Light grid  
The invention relates to a light grid having a transmitter strip for the transmission of a plurality of light beams and a receiver strip for the reception of these light beams, an evaluation unit...
7034278 Device for detecting movements of an object surface having a prism for uniformly distribution of light  
A movement detection device, intended particularly for a computer mouse or a hand-held scanner, includes a light source ( 7 ) associated with a prism ( 8 ) having a non-uniformly plane reflective...
7030363 Safety device for automatic machine system  
During a robot is taking workpieces out of a workpiece container 2 , a safety fence 2 and a photoelectric sensor 1 are valid and the robot is stopped when the safety fence 2 is opened or a...
7029031 Method and device for detecting the position and the posture of a human body  
In a device for detecting the body position of a passenger in a vehicle sitting in a seat a plurality of light transmitters is situated in or on the back rest, staggered by height, and emit light...
7030364 Optical detection sensor  
Sensor(s) may be such that light-projecting component(s) and light-receiving component(s) are arranged therein. Furthermore, such sensor(s) may be provided with optical path varying means for...
7030359 Sensor detecting reflected light and method for its manufacture  
A reflected-light sensor includes a light emitter for emitting radiation onto an object to be measured and an optical receiver for receiving the reflected radiation from the object. The sensor...
7030365 Emitter-detector assembly for a reflex photoelectric object detection system  
A system for sensing the presence of nearby objects includes an emitter-detector assembly and retroreflector. The emitter-detector assembly has a light emission area from which light is transmitted...
7026601 Sensor system, and sensor apparatus and reception apparatus used in the sensor system  
For a carrier wave carrying a microwave from an MW sensor 1 , pulse intervals are varied between when the MW sensor 1 generates an alert and when the MW sensor 1 does not generate an alert....
7026959 Optical joystick module  
A joystick module in which a toggle arm controls movement of a plurality of shutters, with each shutter arranged between a light receiver and a light emitter. Control of the light from the light...
7026599 Position and/or movement sensor with overload protection  
A position and/or movement sensor for measuring a position or movement of a first object relative to a second object comprises a measuring device including a first member coupled to the first...
7026600 System and method of identifying an object in a laser beam illuminated scene based on material types  
A method of identifying an object in a laser beam illuminated scene based on material types comprises the steps of: emitting a pulsed beam of laser energy, each beam pulse comprising a plurality of...
7026598 Vector-based targeting control for a water cannon  
A method for controlling the positioning of a stream of pressurized fluid against a surface zone of a stream generator to clean contaminants. The coordinates of a plurality of points of the surface...
7022979 Photoelectric switch device having a detection result indicator  
A photoelectric switch device for detecting an object within a field of detection on the basis of a position of the object is presented. The position is determined on the basis of a value relating...
7022970 Device and method for detecting an object or a person in the passenger compartment of a vehicle  
The invention relates to a device and a method for detecting an object or a person is received. The receiving power is permanently detected. The laser light pulse is switched off when a threshold...
7022971 Laser measurement apparatus  
In a laser measurement apparatus capable of measuring a moving object or a designated object to be measured by tracking an object to be tracked and detecting the position of the tracked object as...
7012539 Monitoring method and an optoelectronic sensor  
An optoelectronic sensor and a method for producing a positive or a negative object detection signal in dependence on the presence or non-presence of an object in a foreground region or in a...
7009598 Multiple channel light guide for optically tracking pointing and input devices  
A light guide includes at least two channels from which light is shined on a target area. The multiple channels disperse light across the target area more uniformly and with fewer dead or bright...
7009168 Sensor  
Sensor(s) may be such that light-projecting component(s), at which light is irradiated from one or more light-projecting elements by way of lens group(s); and light-receiving component(s), at which...
7002135 Method and apparatus for precision counting and tracking of signatures moving between a gripper conveyor and a stacker infeed  
Printed products are accurately detected, counted and tracked as they move from a gripper conveyor to a lay down conveyor. The printed products are further tracked from a position where they reach...
7002134 Dryer lid/robot collision prevention system  
A dryer lid/robot collision prevention system which prevents inadvertent collision of a spin dryer lid with a transfer robot as the robot approaches and loads wafer-containing cassettes into the...
7002550 Proximity sensor with adaptive threshold  
A proximity sensor measures receptor output with an energy source deactivated. The sensor then measures receptor output with the energy source activated. The measurements with the energy source...
6995385 Optical reflection sensor  
An optical reflection sensor emits light and its reflection from a target object is received. A signal processor carries out a measurement on the received reflected light such as the distance to...
6995351 Multiple optical vortices for manipulating particles  
A method for creating large numbers of high-quality optical traps in arbitrary three-dimensional configurations and dynamically reconfiguring the traps under computer control. The method uses...