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7332717 |
Infrared sensor and infrared sensor array
An infrared sensor includes a series capacitor element and a reference capacitor element each exhibiting a predetermined capacitance value; an infrared-detecting capacitor element whose capacitance...
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7323686 |
Sensor for monitoring the immediate vicinity of a motor vehicle
A sensor for monitoring the immediate vicinity of a motor vehicle comprises an infrared emitter that is arranged behind a lens and a receiver for reflected infrared radiation, as well as an...
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7321120 |
Motion detector module
A motion detector comprises a housing having a front side and a back side. Conductors are disposed on the back side so as to electrically connect to a wiring module installed within an electrical...
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7320896 |
Infrared radiation detector
Electronic devices are disclosed that may be used for infrared radiation detection. An example electronic device includes a substrate, a transistor included in the substrate and a silicon-germanium...
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7312450 |
Infrared detecting device
An infrared detecting device for reducing current consumption while maintaining performance is disclosed. The device includes a drive power supply circuit which comprises a current generating...
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7309865 |
Electronic device having infrared sensing elements
An electronic device according to the present invention includes: a cavity, which is surrounded with a cavity wall portion and which has a reduced pressure; a gettering thin film, which is arranged...
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7307255 |
Laser system
An infra-red measurement device is disclosed having at least two laser emitters ( 2 ) which between them define a sighting area ( 7,7′,7 ″). In one embodiment of the invention, two lasers are...
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7304303 |
Searching for lost item
An item that might be lost is provided with a badge featuring an array of glass beads. In seeking to retrieve such a lost item, an atmospheric-penetrating beam of laser is directed into the search...
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7304304 |
Infrared sensor having no package can
An infrared sensor is composed of an optical filter plate, an infrared-detecting plate and a supporting member positioned between both plates. A detecting element for detecting infrared rays...
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7291839 |
Subcentimeter radiation detection and frequency domain spectroscopy
A system, method and detection arrangement for investigation of a sample are described. A laser illumination arrangement generates (i) a source laser energy that is incident on a source to cause...
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7288765 |
Device for detecting infrared radiation with bolometric detectors
This device for detecting infrared radiation comprises a one or two-dimensional array of elementary bolometric detectors, that are electrically connected to a readout circuit ( 1 ), which is...
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7282712 |
Infrared sensor
An infrared sensor of this invention is characterized by including a support member including a support film and a substrate that supports the support film, a polysilicon film which ranges from...
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7279682 |
Device for maintaining an object under vacuum and methods for making same, use in non-cooled infrared sensors
A device for holding an object under a vacuum and processes for making the device, which may find application to uncooled infrared detectors. In the device, a leak tight cavity that contains the...
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7276697 |
Infrared apparatus
Apparatus for protection against undesired thermal transfer comprising a printed circuit board ( 15 ), an infrared sensing device ( 100 ) electrically connected to the printed circuit board ( 15 )...
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7276698 |
Thermal-type infra-red ray solid-state image sensor and method of fabricating the same
A thermal-type infra-red ray solid-state image sensor includes at least one device for detecting infra-red ray, wherein the device is comprised of a substrate including a signal-readout circuit, a...
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7268349 |
Infrared absorption layer structure and its formation method, and an uncooled infrared detector using this structure
The present invention relates to uncooled infrared detector with infrared absorption structure in which the supporting layer, detection layer, protecting layer, and dielectric layer construct λ/4...
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7268350 |
Bolometric detector with thermal isolation by constriction and device for detecting infrared radiation that uses such a bolometric detector
A bolometric detector including an absorbing part intended to convert incident electromagnetic radiation into calories, an active part ( 2 ) including a sensitive area made of a bolometric material...
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7265358 |
Device to prevent the risk of overexposure to harmful solar radiation
A device intended to reduce the risks of overexposure to harmful solar radiation. The device includes a detection arrangement, including at least one sensor sensitive to solar radiation, in...
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7265351 |
Method and apparatus for non-contact and rapid determination of liquid content
A method and apparatus for non-contact determination of liquid concentrations such as the content of water, oil, dye, paint, fuel, glue, etc., in a moving or stationary mass of production such as...
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7260507 |
Method for improving the performance accuracy in differential absorption lidar for oil and gas pipeline leak detection and quantification
An improved method for determining whether a measurement point, measured using a differential absorption LIDAR (DIAL) system, represents a plume point or a non-plume point. Concentration path...
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7253412 |
Focal plane antenna to sensor interface for an ultra-sensitive silicon sensor
An electrical interface between a scene to be imaged and a bolometer type sensor is disclosed. Efficiency is improved by means of a thermal energy concentrator including a lens and an antenna....
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7253411 |
Reconfigurable detector array of resistance bolometers
An Array of detectors can be configured to be read as separate detectors, or to be connected into larger groups, e.g. groups of four (a 2×2 array). This allows the formation of a relatively high...
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7250604 |
Oxide thin film for bolometer and infrared detector using the oxide thin film
The present invention relates to an oxide thin film for a bolometer-type uncooled infrared detector having high sensitivity. An amorphous vanadium tungsten oxide (V—W—O x ), i.e. a...
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7244935 |
Thermal electromagnetic radiation detector with alveolate structure
An absorbent membrane ( 1 ) is fixed in suspension onto a front face of a substrate ( 2 ), in a direction substantially parallel to the substrate ( 2 ), by at least one alveolate structure...
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7242000 |
Method and apparatus for screening combinatorial libraries of semiconducting properties
This invention discloses methods, materials, and devices for making and screening combinatorial libraries to identify semi-conducting and thermoelectric materials. The disclosed method includes...
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7241998 |
Microbolometer and its manufacturing method
The invention concerns a microbolometer comprising a suspended part containing radiation-sensitive elements and consisting of a set of first zones and a set of second zones, the two sets being...
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7241999 |
Use of a photovoltaic element as sensor for checking the functioning of transmitters in the infrared range
The present invention concerns the use of a photovoltaic element as sensor for checking the functionality of transmitters in the infrared range.
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7238941 |
Pyrolyzed-parylene based sensors and method of manufacture
A method (and resulting structure) for fabricating a sensing device. The method includes providing a substrate comprising a surface region and forming an insulating material overlying the surface...
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7235786 |
Sensor for detecting fog-like media
The invention relates to a sensor for detecting fog-like media, comprising at least two emitters and at least one receiver, whereby the emission axes intersect with the receiver axis at two...
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7232998 |
Bolometer-type infrared solid-state image sensor
A bolometer-type infrared solid-state image sensor has a plurality of infrared detecting elements provided above the substrate, which has diaphragm spacing from the substrate and supported by...
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7232999 |
Laser wavefront characterization
The device and method of the present invention are useful for determining the characteristics of an infrared wavefront. The present invention involves positioning a beam of light containing the...
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7227145 |
Polarization and wavelength-selective patch-coupled infrared photodetector
A photodetector for detecting the polarization or wavelength of incident infrared radiation (IR) is described. The polarization sensitive photodetector operates using two sets of patches and...
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7218222 |
MEMS based space safety infrared sensor apparatus and method for detecting a gas or vapor
A space safety apparatus monitoring a volume of space encompassing a field of view (FOV) for detecting an intrusion including a gas or vapor, and includes a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS)...
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7208735 |
Process field device with infrared sensors
Infrared radiation from a plurality of locations associated with a process is measured by a field device, which includes a plurality of input channels, a plurality of IR sensors, and a data...
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7209704 |
Wireless headphone apparatus and wireless headphone system
Herein disclosed is a wireless headphone apparatus, comprising: a plurality of light signal receiving units each for receiving a light signal to produce an electric signal having a signal level; a...
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7208734 |
Infrared array detection device
In an infrared detector array according to the present invention, on a thin film with a periphery portion supported by a frame, three or more infrared detecting pixels are arranged in an array...
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7208736 |
Infrared sensor device and its manufacturing method
An infrared sensor device includes an infrared sensor element in which a membrane is formed on a surface side of a substrate by forming a concave portion on a rear face side of the substrate, and...
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7206514 |
Wireless object counter
A battery powered transmitter circuit has a LED of a continuously cycling microcomputer transmit a beam of a predetermined number of infrared pulses at predetermined time periods to a sensor of a...
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7199366 |
Method and device for visualizing a motor vehicle environment with environment-dependent fusion of an infrared image and a visual image
A method is provided for visualizing the environment of a vehicle, particularly in darkness. For improving known methods, a weighted superimposition of isochronous and same-location image pairs of...
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7193212 |
Infrared radiation detecting device
An infrared radiation detecting device is provided that comprises a substrate, an infrared radiation absorbing unit, at least one support beam and a thermopile. The at least one support beam has a...
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7186981 |
Method and apparatus for thermographic imaging using flash pulse truncation
A pulse controller device for controlling the excitation of a heat source used in thermographic imaging is disclosed. The pulse controller device comprises a power supply, a heat source coupled to...
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7184200 |
Passive broadband infrared optical limiter device based on a micro-optomechanical cantilever array
An IR limiting device for a detector that is based on a micro-optomechanical cantilever array is disclosed. In the normal state, each microcantilever device in the array behaves like a mirror that...
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7183551 |
Infrared-ray absorption film
The invention aims at providing an infrared-ray absorption film having a low reflection factor and a high absorption ratio equivalent to those of gold black through an economical process such as...
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7180064 |
Infrared sensor package
An optical sensor package with a substrate that supports a membrane carrying an optical sensor and through which radiation passes to impinge the sensor. The substrate has a first surface in which a...
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7180063 |
Thermal infrared detector having a small thermal time constant and method of producing the same
In an area of a diaphragm 5 as an infrared photosensitive portion of a thermal infrared detector, a fourth dielectric protective film 8 c is etched and reduced in thickness to form a fifth...
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7176465 |
Computer radiographic scanner utilizing a scan bar
The scanning device for radiographic media ( 28 ) is made of a rotatable vacuum drum ( 40 ) has an external surface ( 42 ) that, rotates about a longitudinal axis ( 7 ); the radiographic media is...
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7170059 |
Planar thermal array
A thermal sensor structure having one level for an infrared detecting pixel including the sensor associated electronics. The electronics displace a small area thereby having little effect on the...
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7166841 |
Object detection apparatus, especially for vehicles
An object detection apparatus has a laser radar and near infrared ray projector. The projector has a near infrared ray projecting lens, a laser oscillator, a laser receiver and a swivel actuator....
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7157708 |
Ultra sensitive silicon sensor readout circuitry
A readout circuit for a bolometer type sensor including a pair of back-to-back temperature sensing diodes connected in an electro-thermal feedback loop including a semiconductor amplifier circuit...
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7157706 |
Cryogenically cooled adjustable apertures for infrared cameras
A continuously variable diaphragm or swappable fixed aperture for use in thermal infrared cameras, which aperture or diaphragm can be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The invention contemplates...
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