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7974451 |
Diffusion weighted image processing apparatus and recording medium for recording image analysis program
It is an object to provide a diffusion weighted image processing apparatus or the like which can correct a distortion of a diffusion weighted image requiring smaller endurance on a patient in a...
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7804599 |
Fluid volume verification system
This invention describes a fluid transfer device which has a fluid handling system and a fluid detection system controlled by a central processing system which allows the device to accurately...
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7708128 |
Valuable document and method and device for examining said valuable document
The invention relates to a value document, such as a banknote (1), which includes one or more window zones (2A, 2B) with one for example optically active element each which rotates a polarization...
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7573616 |
Enhanced data capture from imaged documents
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for locating an area of interest within a digital image of a form captured by an imaging scanner. Specific examples include methods and apparatus for optical...
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7565034 |
Determination of a navigation window in an optical navigation system
A technique for reducing navigation errors that are caused by uneven illumination involves using only the portion of the image data that is properly illuminated in the correlation process. The...
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7536268 |
Collecting information to identify defective locations of a display monitor
Indications of user inputs with respect to a diagnostic image displayed on a display monitor are received to identify defective locations of the display monitor. Information is collected based on...
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7502515 |
Method for detecting sub-pixel motion for optical navigation device
A method for detecting sub-pixel motion for an optical navigation device is disclosed. The method calculates the displacement of the sub-pixel motion according to brightness curve equations of...
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7259858 |
Imaging apparatus having media sensing system
A system for sensing imaging media along a transport path. System includes a light source positioned proximate to a selected location along transport path. A transducer in optical alignment with...
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7247836 |
Method and system for determining motion based on difference image correlation
An imager captures successive images of an object. One image is then subtracted from another image to generate difference images. Each difference image is then correlated with itself or with one of...
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7215424 |
Broadband ellipsometer or polarimeter system including at least one multiple element lens
Quasi-achromatic multi-element lens(es) which are precisely mounted with respect to one another in a tubular mounting fixture, and the application thereof in focusing, (and optionally...
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7096058 |
Laser blood-flow meter and system for monitoring bio-data
A laser blood-flow meter includes a laser-beam irradiator for irradiating laser beams to biological structure, a detector for detecting scattered beams resulted from scattering of the laser beams...
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7057148 |
Optical tracking sensor method
The present invention is a method of optical tracking sensing using block matching to determine relative motion. The method includes three distinct means of compensating for non-uniform...
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7034323 |
Method and device for performing a test for acceptability of bank notes by automatic vending machines
In order to provide a procedure and a device that will enable the, at least partially, automated acceptance of bank notes that can be realized in an acceptable cost range and that will enable the...
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6993211 |
Code reader
A parameter setting section sets a parameter stored beforehand in a parameter storage section as a parameter in an operation in an image pick-up section or an image processing section until an...
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6832517 |
Optical level detector
In an apparatus for monitoring any deviation of a planar surface from its desired position, a light source and a light detector are positioned so that when the surface is at the desired position a...
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6782334 |
Method and system for calibration of time delay integration imaging devices
Methods and systems for calibrating and aligning Time Delay Integration (TDI) Charge Coupled Device (CCD) sensors. A TDI sensor for linear imaging (line sensor) is calibrated by generating a two...
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6774374 |
Isolation mounts for use with vacuum chambers and their application in lithographic projection apparatuses
A reference frame provided in a vacuum chamber is supported by support pillars extending through and isolated from the vacuum chamber walls to isolate the reference frame from vibrations in the...
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6730920 |
Abbe arm calibration system for use in lithographic apparatus
In a lithographic apparatus, a reference grating 11 mounted on the wafer table WT is illuminated with a measurement beam 20 incident in a direction independent of wafer table tilt. The diffraction...
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6726103 |
Imaging system with built-in diagnostics
An imaging system with built-in diagnostics and preferably implemented as an integrated system-on-a-chip (SOC) imaging system. According to one implementation of the present invention, the imaging...
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6657184 |
Optical navigation upon grainy surfaces using multiple navigation sensors
A mouse for navigating upon grainy surfaces is equipped with at least two optical navigation circuits having different views of the work surface and whose axes may be non-parallel. For each...
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6580086 |
Shielded optical probe and method
An optical probe, which is particularly suited to for use in measurements on tissue material of a patient. In one embodiment, the probe comprises upper and lower housing elements incorporating a...
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6441891 |
System for detecting a foreign object attached to a bill passing through a bill validator
A bill validator for detecting the presence of a bill comprising a bill passageway having a first side and a second side, a light source positioned at the first side, the light source for emitting...
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6163034 |
Optical sensor with planar wall
An improved optical sensor for a banknote validator uses an aspherical lens having a planar wall as a combination radiation plug for a port in the pathway and a focusing arrangement. Emitters and...
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6130418 |
Optical scanning unit having a main lens and an auxiliary lens
An optical scanning device for scanning an optically readable record carrier (1) includes a radiation source (5), a radiation-sensitive detection system (7), and an optical scanning unit for...
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5994710 |
Scanning mouse for a computer system
A scanning mouse has two optical navigation sensors to allow measurement of both translation and rotation of the scanning mouse. It also has an image sensor, and the ability to digitize the sensed...
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5910843 |
Positioning apparatus and method thereof, and exposure apparatus
A positioning apparatus and a method which enables precise positioning of a mask and a wafer without being influenced by the deviation of the gap between the mask and wafer or the positional...
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5825044 |
Freehand image scanning device which compensates for non-linear color movement
A scanning device and method of forming a scanned electronic image include an imaging sensor and at least one navigation sensor. For an embodiment, the imaging sensor enables sensing of color...
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5811792 |
Method and apparatus for accessing contents of envelopes and other similarly concealed information
The contents of sealed envelopes are accessed using radiation to differentially heat information patterns within the contents and conduction to transfer corresponding thermal patterns to the...
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5698860 |
Edge position sensor for magnetic tape using light pipes
A position sensor for providing an electronic output indicating the magnitude of transverse movement of an edge of a magnetic tape. A first light pipe and lens arrangement is used to deliver light...
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5691533 |
Method and apparatus for the detection of the location of multiple character marks
This invention pertains to a detection system for locating and counting identification marks attached to a written or printed item. A signal processing method and apparatus is described which...
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5686720 |
Method and device for achieving high contrast surface illumination
A method and device for acquiring data related to topography of a medium includes projecting light, allowably from more than one direction, onto the surface of the medium at an angle of less than...
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5644139 |
Navigation technique for detecting movement of navigation sensors relative to an object
A scanning device and method for forming a scanned electronic image include using navigation information that is acquired along with image data, and then rectifying the image data based upon the...
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5628574 |
Web error recovery divert system
A web error recovery divert system is provided. A web is printed and scanned for errors. An error is identified in a grouping of sections or pages. A replacement grouping of sections or pages is...
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5569929 |
Double-beam light source apparatus, position detecting apparatus and aligning apparatus
A position detecting apparatus comprises a double-beam producing device for producing two beams different in frequency from each other, which are guided to irradiate a diffraction grating on an...
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5502311 |
Method of and apparatus for detecting plane position
A plane positioning apparatus comprises a projector for projecting beams to a given portion on the surface of a substrate in a diagonal direction, a light receiving device to receive beams...
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5477057 |
Off axis alignment system for scanning photolithography
The invention described herein is an alignment system used in semiconductor manufacturing. It is the core component used to align a mask containing a circuit pattern to a wafer during a scanning...
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5442187 |
Device and method for positioning the sensors of a web movement control device
To reach an originally set web position again with a web movement control device following a tear in the web and renewed drawing-in of a web of material, sensors which can be adjusted independently...
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5442188 |
Strip chart recorder paper attribute detector and monitor
A paper attribute detector for use in combination with a strip chart recorder includes a paper web having a plurality of connected pages. Each of the pages has electronically scannable indicia...
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5402508 |
Fiber optic probe having fibers with endfaces formed for improved coupling efficiency and method using same
A fiber optic probe for detecting scattered light, with transmitting and receiving fibers having slanted ends and bundled together to form a bevel within the tip of the probe. The probe comprises a...
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5334848 |
Spacecraft docking sensor system
Apparatus, and a corresponding method for its use, for producing an enhanced image of a reflective target on a remote object, such as a space vehicle with which docking maneuvers are being carried...
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5324953 |
Reduced-projection exposure system with chromatic aberration correction system including diffractive lens such as holographic lens
A novel exposure system includes a reduced-projection lens optimized for a predetermined single exposure wavelength and a chromatic aberration correction system for TTL (Through The Lens) alignment...
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5300787 |
Method for setting a sensor which detects the edge of a moving web of material in a contact-free manner
In a web movement control device with a sensor which detects the edge of a moving web of material in a contact-free manner and can be adjusted by a sensor adjustment device, to compensate for a...
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5293047 |
Method and an apparatus for detecting indices of paper based on a replaceable intermediate or average threshold value
In detecting indices (references) provided on a base paper with a distance therebetween along the longitudinal direction of the base paper, wherein either passed or reflected light amount through...
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5288994 |
Image detecting apparatus and method for reading and or verifying the contents of sealed envelopes
This invention relates to reading and analyzing the contents of sealed mail. The invention has utility in the sorting of sealed mail and in the matching of mail envelopes and its contents. The...
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5283699 |
Micro-bar code reader system
A bar code reader system is adapted to read a micro-bar code and includes a light emitting body for irradiating a light beam onto a bar code surface on which the micro-bar code to be read is...
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5279157 |
Liquid level monitor
A liquid level monitor for sensing the level of liquid in a tank or vessel, typically an automobile radiator, employing a probe with a light emitting diode and phototransistor mounted inside an...
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5223720 |
Predicting register mark position with data shifting and coincidence detection
A method and apparatus for predicting the position of a register mark within an image on an elongate web relative to a reference position of the mark when the image is at a reference position is...
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5216256 |
Belt position detecting device using timing measurement
A detecting device for detecting the position of a rotatable image bearing member which is provided in an image forming apparatus. The detecting device has a reference member provided in the image...
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5153678 |
Method of determining regularity of a pattern array to enable positioning of patterns thereof relative to a reference position
A method of determining regularity of a pattern array on a substrate to enable sequential positioning of patterns of the array relative to a reference position includes the step of calculating a...
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5137347 |
Information retrieval apparatus
An information retrieval apparatus used in a microfilm reader, a reader/printer, or the like includes a first illuminator for illuminating information and a mark recorded on an information...
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