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8145291 Extended optical range reflective system for monitoring motion of a member  
A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric that exhibits a light reflection property and substantially no light transmission property when the fabric is illuminated with light having...
8119964 Safety device for a press brake type of machine  
A safety device for a machine, such as a press brake, has a light transmitter, a light receiver and an evaluation unit. The light receiver is coupled to a moving machine part such that it runs...
8115914 Multi-optical axis photoelectronic sensor  
This invention enables a worker, who performs a work for optical axis adjustment, to easily grasp whether adjustment for further increasing the light receiving quantity is possible. In a...
8110790 Large depth of field line scan camera  
A system for imaging an object comprising a surface for receiving the object to be imaged and an imaging device. The imaging device comprises a housing and a fixed focusing optical device mounted...
8110789 Electronic device and method for recording disassembly times thereof  
An electronic includes a memory, a photosensitive element, and a processing element. The photosensitive element receives light beams and generating trigger signals when intensity of the received...
8106349 Vision alignment with multiple cameras and common coordinate at contactor for IC device testing handlers  
A method and apparatus for aligning a device with a contactor is provided. The apparatus includes a pick and place device, for transporting the device. A first camera acquires an image of the...
8035078 Distributed display composed of active fiducials  
An apparatus configured to obtain, process, and relay data to a user in a coherent and useful manner. An active fiducial is equipped with an interface for receiving and transmitting data. The...
8029661 Method for on-line monitoring of wax crystallization  
The determination of wax crystal particle size and population is used to monitor the performance of wax crystallizers used in lubricant oil processing using solvent dewaxing. The wax crystal...
8026472 Touch-sensitive momentary contact switch with an evaluation circuit detecting a malfunction in an optical sensor  
A touch-sensitive momentary-contact switch has an optical sensor, particularly an infrared sensor, and an evaluation circuit. The evaluation circuit is able to identify a malfunction in the optical...
8026473 Tilt sensor  
A tilt sensor includes a mount board, a cover, a light emitting and two light receiving elements on the mount board. A case, provided between the mount board and the cover, is formed with an inner...
8013287 Optical pointing device, optical pointing system, and method of operating the same  
An optical pointing device includes: an image obtaining part for continuously obtaining an image on a work surface as a sample image; a movement value calculator for comparing the sample image with...
8003931 Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine  
A transparent-front vending machine includes an optical vend-sensing system with an article sensing subsystem arranged athwart a vend space. The article sensing subsystem has two emitter/detector...
7973273 Light barrier with feedback control  
The present invention relates to a light barrier for the monitoring of a light path having a base assembly of a first transmitter emitting a light signal and a first receiver generating an output...
7960681 Scanning method and system for a multiple light beam system  
A method and system for scanning a multiple light beam system, such as a safety light curtain, uses a plurality of transmission signals including two or more synchronization signals for...
7949427 Methods and apparatus for dispensing solid articles  
According to embodiments of the present invention, a method for detecting solid articles using an apparatus including a sensor system is provided. The sensor system includes a radiation detector...
7907267 Optical method and system for generating calibration data for use in calibrating a part inspection system  
An optical method and system for generating calibration data are provided. The calibration data is for use in calibrating a part inspection system. The method includes supporting a calibration...
7897911 Optoelectronic sensor arrangement and process for monitoring a surveillance area  
An optoelectronic sensor arrangement (1), with a plurality of optical transmitters (21, 22) positioned side by side in an optical transmitter strip (12), such that each optical transmitter (21, 22)...
7893410 Method and apparatus for processing multiphoton curable photoreactive compositions  
A method including providing a substrate having thereon a layer including a multiphoton polymerizable composition, applying a light beam to at least one region of the layer, wherein the light beam...
7880130 Optical device and mobile apparatus  
An optical device ensuring projection of light over a wide range as well as reduction in size, and a mobile apparatus mounted with the optical device are provided. The optical device (100) includes...
7863551 System, method and medium tracking motion of subject using laser  
A system, method and medium tracks a motion of a subject using a laser by synchronizing an incident axis of the input image with an exit axis of the laser in order to radiate the laser based on an...
7857467 Projectors with security area detection  
A projector comprising a light engine, a detector, and a control unit is disclosed. The light engine comprises a light source and generates a projection beam based on the light from the light...
7842912 Camera based vision alignment with device group guiding for semiconductor device testing handlers  
A vision alignment system and method is provided. The vision alignment system includes one or more grouped alignment plates with guiding inserts configured to receive multiple devices, and groups...
7829838 Mobile high bay storage system having vehicle guidance system  
A mobile storage unit system includes a vehicle guide arrangement that navigates a forklift or other vehicle along aisles formed between mobile storage units. The vehicle guide arrangement allows...
7796278 Method for precisely measuring position of a part to be inspected at a part inspection station  
A method for precisely measuring position of a part to be inspected at a part inspection station is provided. The method includes positioning a part having a part axis relative to a measurement...
7791013 Biological microarray line scanning method and system  
A line scanning arrangement for imaging microarrays includes a line illuminator that converts output from one or more lasers to a radiation line. The laser output passes through a single mode fiber...
7784317 Safety system for a bending press and a slatted tool  
The invention describes a safety system (22) for a production unit (1) for bending a sheet metal part (3), in particular for a bending press (2), with a stationary bench beam (13) and a bending...
7772540 RF controlled sequential lighting system  
An RF controlled lighting system that activates lights in adjacent spaces when a person walks into a first space and then traverses the spaces in sequence. A detection device senses the entry of a...
7738088 Optical method and system for generating calibration data for use in calibrating a part inspection system  
An optical method and system for generating calibration data are provided. The calibration data is for use in calibrating a part inspection system. The method includes supporting a calibration...
7725152 Extended optical range system for monitoring motion of a member  
A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric comprising a first plurality of reflective yarns knitted or woven with a second plurality of stretchable yarns. The fabric exhibits both a light...
7715897 Extended optical range reflective system for monitoring motion of a member  
A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric that exhibits a light reflection property and substantially no light transmission property when the fabric is illuminated with light having...
7688219 System and method for monitoring handling of a firearm or other trigger-based device  
Hand position monitoring systems and methods for use with firearms. The hand monitoring system monitors a hand position of a firearm user and includes a sensor assembly and a controller. The sensor...
7675027 Motion-detecting module  
A motion-detecting module includes a PCB, a light-emitting unit, and a light-sensing unit. The light-emitting unit is electrically disposed over the PCB. The light-sensing unit has a light-sensing...
7663091 Laser controller  
A laser controller has a sensor input for each of a plurality of lasers which the controller may control using outputs. Each laser and sensor may form a laser beam. The controller may have timing...
7655897 System and method for performing an optical tracking operation using relative referencing  
A system and method for performing an optical tracking operation computes a translated movement value of a displacement values using a relationship between a reference displacement value derived...
7655895 Vehicle-mounted monitoring arrangement and method using light-regulation  
Land-based vehicle including an arrangement for monitoring objects in or about a vehicle which includes a source from which illumination is emitted into an area in or about the vehicle, a receiver...
7633046 Method for estimating thread parameters of a part  
A method for estimating thread parameters of a part which moves relative to a stage and a plurality of sensors which measure the amount of radiation contained in directed planar portions of...
7616895 Safety edge with status and failure recognition  
A device and method for operating an optoelectronic safety sensitive edge (100) for the safeguarded motor-driven movement of a gate having a closing edge (141). The device has a deformable, hollow,...
7579580 Optical sensor and method for suppressing faults by diffused light  
An optical sensor (1) with a light beam (7) created by a pulsed primary light source (5), which light beam is reflected at a surface (13) of an object and is recognized by a detector. In order to...
7485818 Tilt switch  
A tilt switch includes a base and a cover body. The base includes an upright support having a lower groove, and first and second lower passage holes communicated with the lower groove. An emitter...
7454935 Safety method and optoelectronic sensor  
A method and an optoelectronic sensor are provided for ensuring the safety of a machine tool having a first tool part carrying out working movements in the direction of a second tool part. The...
7448242 Method for securing a machine tool and opto-electronic sensor for carrying out such a method  
The invention relates to a method for securing a machine tool comprising a first tool part that carries out work movements in the direction of a second tool part in order thereby to carry out a...
7446301 Safety mechanism comprising a height-adjustable holding device  
The invention relates to a safety device (45), in particular a beam-emitting and beam-receiving device, for a manufacturing machine (1), e.g. an edging press, with at least one retaining mechanism...
7446302 Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine  
A transparent-front vending machine includes an optical vend-sensing system with an article sensing subsystem arranged athwart a vend space. The article sensing subsystem has two emitter/detector...
7442917 Method for using a single optical emitter/receiver pair for creating a light curtain using LCD+MEMS technology for beam deflection  
Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate increasing a coverage area for an emitter-receiver pair in a light curtain by generating multiple light beams from a single emitter and aggregating...
7442914 System and method of determining a position of a radiation emitting element  
A method and a system for determining the position of a radiation emitter, which radiation emitter may be an actively radiation emitting stylus, pen, pointer, or the like or may be a passive,...
7414235 Handheld locating device with a sensor for detecting motion parameters  
A handheld device. In particular a locating device, includes a housing (10), which is movable with a handle unit (12) over a surface of an item being examined and which has a sensor unit (16) for...
7402743 Free-space human interface for interactive music, full-body musical instrument, and immersive media controller  
“Method and apparatus entraining interactive media players into a sustained experience of “Kinesthetic Spatial Sync,” defined as a perceived simultaneity and spatial superposition between a non-t...
7394058 Touch screen with light-enhancing layer  
A touch indication device comprises a light guide structure for passing light of a light source via total internal reflection. A touch surface disturbs the total internal reflection when touched,...
7391007 Optoelectronic apparatus and method of operating the optoelectronic apparatus in order to detect an object  
A method for the detection of an object includes transmitting light in the direction of a reflector by a transmitter. The transmitted light is reflected by the reflector and is imaged as a...
7378643 Optical projection encoder with patterned mask  
An Optical Projecting Encoder (“OPE”) having an emitter module for transmitting emitted optical radiation through a mask to a moving object, and a detector module for receiving reflected opt...