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7391013 |
Scanning beam device with detector assembly
The present invention provides scanning beam devices that have one or more detectors positioned within a housing of the device. The detector(s) may be disposed anywhere within the housing to...
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7385175 |
Bi-directional optical transmission system and method
A bi-directional optical transmission system comprises an emitter chip, a detector chip, and an optical fiber. An outgoing beam generated by the emitter chip is coupled into the fiber, which also...
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7379631 |
Multi-core distributed temperature sensing fiber
A multi-core distributed temperature sensing optical fiber is described, wherein the arrangement and construction of at least two cores provides a spectral attenuation corrected (e.g., corrected...
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7378646 |
Optical device package having optical feedthrough
An optical microbench configured to facilitate wafer-level testing of opto-electronic devices is provided. The optical microbench includes an optoelectronic device mounted to a wafer in which the...
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7375314 |
Self-cleaning optical sensor
The invention relates to an optical sensor for detecting light emission in combustion processes in a combustion chamber. At least one lens of the sensor faces the combustion chamber and is disposed...
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7372014 |
Corrosion-proof pool deck connector system
A poolside connector system and method for use with swimming pool race timing systems and signaling devices. A deck plate or similar poolside signal junction is provided with an optical receiver...
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7356209 |
Method and apparatus for optically powering and multiplexing distributed fiber optic sensors
An optical power converting apparatus is provided that may be used with remote sensors. A plurality of remote sensors may be coupled to a backbone optical fiber with each sensor having an optical...
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7355162 |
Optical wavelength measuring device using guiding body and diffractive structure
An optical characterization device has a guiding body and a diffractive structure integrated with it. The guiding body delivers radiation to the diffractive structure at a preselected angle and the...
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7355155 |
Light emitting apparatus for medical applications
A light emitting apparatus is disclosed for medical applications including photo-dynamic-therapy (PDT), photobiostimulation (photobiomodulation), photo-sterilization, and photo-curing. The light...
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7352930 |
Shared light pipe for a message indicator and light sensor
A shared light pipe is set forth for transmitting light generated by a message waiting LED in a mobile communication device, in one direction, and transmitting ambient or surrounding light, in an...
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7352506 |
Method and system for sensing environmental characteristics
A system for sensing characteristics of the environment is disclosed. Sensors utilize exponential growth of a signal initiated by interaction of a sensor element with characteristics of the...
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7348540 |
Holder for optical modules, optical module and optical connector
An optical module holder in which an optical transmission line attaching section for attaching an end section of a light transmission line, a photoelectric element attaching section for attaching a...
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7343218 |
Automatic part feedback compensation for laser plastics welding
A feedback control system for controlling a laser source. The feedback control system includes a laser source outputting laser energy and an optical sensor detecting the laser energy. The optical...
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7343074 |
Optical waveguide environmental sensor and method of manufacture
An optical waveguide environmental sensor is provided that is capable of detecting a target gas or liquid in the ambient environment in an advantageously short period of time. The waveguide is...
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7340118 |
Fuel injectors with integral fiber optic pressure sensors and associated compensation and status monitoring devices
Fuel injectors ( 10 ) for internal combustion engines are modified and equipped with fiber optic fuel pressure sensors ( 12 ) and fiber optic combustion pressure sensors ( 14 ). The combustion...
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7339157 |
Illumination device
An illumination device, comprising a light emitting diode ( 11 ) fixed on a circuit board ( 12 ). The illumination device furthermore has an optical element ( 10 ) disposed downstream of the light...
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7335875 |
Optical branching unit, and method of manufacturing the same
An optical branching unit according to the invention, has on a substrate, a light input part which inputs light, an optical branch which branches the light input to the light input part at a...
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7333249 |
Image reading device
An image reading device includes light-emitting diode chips ( 11 A- 11 C) and a light guide ( 3 ) having a main region ( 3 A) and a subsidiary region ( 3 B). The subsidiary region ( 3 B) includes a...
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7329857 |
Side-emitting fiber optic position sensor
A side-emitting fiber optic position sensor and method of determining an unknown position of an object by using the sensor. In one embodiment, a concentrated beam of light source illuminates the...
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7326913 |
Ball-based device for controlling the movement of a cursor, and optical unit for such a device
The invention proposes a device ( 20 ) comprising an actuation ball ( 30 , FIG. 13 ), a casing ( 22 ) that surrounds the ball, elements ( 56 ) for guiding the ball in rotation, a first detection...
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7323680 |
Optical deflection probe and optical deflection probe device
An optical fiber transmits signal light and the excitation light for driving an actuator each having a different wavelength to a probe. In the probe, the signal light and excitation light are...
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7315667 |
Propagating light to be sensed
Light to be sensed is spreaded across an entry surface of a transmission structure with a laterally varying energy transmission function. For example, the light could be output from a...
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7315019 |
Arrays of optical confinements and uses thereof
The present invention relates to optical confinements, methods of preparing and methods of using them for analyzing molecules and/or monitoring chemical reactions. The apparatus and methods...
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7313308 |
Optical analysis of molecules
The present invention relates to optical confinements, methods of preparing and methods of using them for analyzing molecules and/or monitoring chemical reactions. The apparatus and methods...
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7310473 |
Optical antenna and wireless optical system using the same
A light concentrator for an optical antenna gradually narrows from the light receiving end to the end in contact with a light detector, and has a refractive index that gradually increases from the...
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7308205 |
Optical transmission apparatus
In an optical transmission apparatus in which a plurality of nodes are optically connected to one another via an optical transmission path, a light signal which is coded so that a mixture ratio of...
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7304293 |
Laser module
A laser unit containing a laser package, in which a laser element has been hermetically sealed, is connected with a converging optical system unit containing a converging optical system. The laser...
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7301139 |
Photoelectric coupling assembly and method of manufacture thereof
Three-dimensional wiring can be easily laid and an electrode terminating on a slanted surface can be easily formed. A photoelectric coupling assembly comprises a photoelectric conversion unit and a...
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7297931 |
Method and apparatus to effectively reduce a non-active detection gap of an optical sensor
An apparatus is provided to effectively reduce the non-active detection gap between sensor elements of an optical sensor. Reducing the non-active gap can subsequently reduce the time delay between...
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7291830 |
Light pipe, system and method for measuring light attenuation
A light pipe, a system and a method measure light attenuation from an optical fiber connected to a light source. The optical fiber transmits light from the light source to a light detector to...
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7274495 |
Light-channeling apparatus and method
A light-channeling apparatus for a scanning module comprises a first light-guiding tube, a second light-guiding tube, and a collimating lens positioned inside the first light-guiding tube. The...
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7274012 |
Optical fiber probe, light detection device, and light detection method
An optical fiber probe is disclosed that comprises an optical fiber and an optical probe. The optical fiber includes a core though which light emitted from a light source travels. The optical probe...
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7271381 |
Device to detect individual moving objects having very small dimensions
The invention relates to a device to detect individual moving objects having very small dimensions. The device according to the invention comprises a photo electric sensor having at least one light...
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7271379 |
Dielectric microcavity fluorosensors excited with a broadband light source
A microresonator sensor apparatus has a microcavity resonator that defines equatorial whispering gallery modes (EWGMs), whose frequencies are separated by the free spectral range (FSR). The EWGMs...
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7265341 |
Spread illuminating apparatus of side light type having electrode patterns
There is provided a spread illuminating apparatus including a light guide plate, and an LED structure which is disposed at a side surface of the light guide plate, includes: a substrate having...
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7264971 |
Read-head for optical diagnostic device
A readhead for a photometric diagnostic instrument includes a housing adapted for incorporation within the photometric diagnostic instrument, and an elongated sample table operatively engaged with...
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7259383 |
Optical transducer for detecting liquid level
An optical transducer for determining the presence or absence of liquid or the like in a reservoir includes a housing with a hollow interior and an optical probe that extends through the housing....
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7250597 |
Measuring and adjustment device for an alignment optical system and adjustment method thereof
Avoiding an illumination light irregularity to the utmost under increasing degree of integration and the memory capacity by suppressing a light amount irregularity on the illumination pupil plane...
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7235806 |
Wafer edge with light sensor
An apparatus for detecting the presence of a substrate that is carried by an end effector of a substrate handling assembly positioned within a substrate processing system comprises a receiving...
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7233015 |
System and method for detecting liquid flow from a nozzle in a semiconductor processing device
A system for detecting liquid flow from a nozzle in a semiconductor processing device includes a first fiber optic sensor, a second fiber optic sensor, and an amp. The first fiber optic sensor and...
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7232989 |
Transverse optical accelerator and generalized optical vortices
A method and system for generating modulated optical vortices. Optical vortices can be used for a variety of applications, such as applying controlled torque or controlled force patterns to objects...
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7228017 |
Fiber optic sensing device and method of making and operating the same
A chemical sensing device comprises a fiber core and a fiber cladding. The fiber core comprises an index-modulated grating region having an apodized profile configured for increasing shedding of...
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7227465 |
Security bar with fiber optic cable based security monitoring
A security bar providing improved security from breach is obtained with the use of a fiber optic cable longitudinally inserted in a hollowed out cavity thereof. Monitoring of the security bar to...
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7223958 |
Device for and method of driving an electro-optical device
To provide an electro-optical device, such as a display or a printer head having a self-luminous element, in which a light-emitting state of a light-emitting element is detected. The...
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7211784 |
Photo-detection device and temperature distribution detection device using the same
A photo-detection device comprising a base plate made of an insulation material and having a plurality of through holes formed in the base plate at a substantially equal distance, a plurality of...
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7211782 |
Precision measuring gauges with optical fiber output channels
All-optical output precision measuring gauges that sense the displacement of an internal scale grating are disclosed. Each type of gauge includes a compact, miniature, or ultra-miniature optical...
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7209291 |
Optical displacement sensor
The present invention relates to a compact and inexpensive optical displacement sensor that does not require accurate control of the distance to the object. A repetitive optical structure is...
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7208724 |
Apparatus and method of detecting probe tip contact with a surface
We disclose an apparatus and method for detecting probe-tip contact with a surface, generally inside a focused ion-beam instrument, where the probe tip is attached to a capsule, and the capsule is...
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7199343 |
Spatial optical memory
A device for storing photons between one and a plurality of reflected surfaces, and the storage of information, in particular in the form of digital data, being provided by creating at least one...
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7196321 |
Fine pattern forming apparatus and fine pattern inspecting apparatus
Disclosed is a fine pattern forming apparatus and a fine pattern inspecting apparatus. In one preferred form, the fine pattern forming apparatus includes a surface irregularity information reading...
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