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7390124 Device for contact-free measurement of temperature  
A device for measuring the temperature of a measured spot of a measured object without contacting the measured object is provided. The device includes a detector on which electromagnetic radiation...
7386237 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...
7378655 Apparatus and method for sensing electromagnetic radiation using a tunable device  
A method for manufacturing a sensing device, such as a bolometer device or other devices. The method includes providing a substrate, e.g., silicon wafer. The method includes forming a first...
7375331 Optically blocked reference pixels for focal plane arrays  
Methods for making optically blind reference pixels and systems employing the same. The reference pixels may be configured to be identical to, or substantially identical to, the active detector...
7365326 Camera having distortion correction  
A lightweight camera is provided that includes a lightweight lens system that has a reduced number of lenses. Reducing the number of lenses produces a lighter camera, but produces a distorted local...
7363859 Temperature detecting unit with fixing apparatus  
A temperature detecting unit including a temperature detecting sensor, a window member, and a frame which holds the window member. The temperature detecting sensor receives infrared rays radiated...
7361900 “I” beam bridge interconnection for ultra-sensitive silicon sensor  
A bolometer type focal plane is made up of a plurality of silicon sensors. Within each sensor, interconnection between co-planar stages is provided by elongated “I” beam type bridge members...
7355178 Infrared thermometer with through-the-lens visible targeting system  
A conventional infrared thermometer is equipped with a visible light source having exactly the same size and shape as the infrared detector to illuminate the target so as to visibly identify the...
7351973 Apparatus and method for providing thermal conductance in thermally responsive photonic imaging devices  
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to a photonic sensor and method of operation, in one embodiment a photonic has: a sensing element; a dielectric layer; a first electrode...
7348561 Sensing device for sensing a physical parameter  
The sensing device for sensing a physical parameter such as radiation, temperature or the like, comprises an analogue sensor element sensitive for the physical parameter to be sensed and outputting...
7345278 Infrared ray detection device, method of fabricating the same and infrared ray camera  
An infrared ray detection device has a detection cell which has a thermoelectric converting part and an infrared ray absorption layer formed via a space on a semiconductor substrate, a first wiring...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 )...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7262412 Optically blocked reference pixels for focal plane arrays  
Methods for making optically blind reference pixels and systems employing the same. The reference pixels may be configured to be identical to, or substantially identical to, the active detector...
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...
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....
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...
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...
7246656 Vehicle air conditioner  
A vehicle air conditioner has an IR sensor that detects a temperature of air inside a vehicle compartment. The IR sensor is disposed on an instrument panel so that the sensor is disposed above...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...