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7408654 Method for measuring position, linear velocity and velocity change of an object in two-dimensional motion  
A system for reproducibly measuring motion along surfaces of arbitrary or indeterminate length and of arbitrary curvature, using an opto-electronic sensor mounted to an object in motion along the...
7405392 Optical rotary encoder  
An optical encoder includes: a rotary slit plate having a rotation angle detection track including an optical slit; a light source for applying light to the optical slit; light detecting elements...
7358854 Method and device to identify a periodic light source  
In a device for location positioning, and more particularly, in a system for identifying an environmental source emitting a base frequency and waveform signal, a sensor ( 101 ) records an...
7355727 Method and system for checking the position of a mechanical part with a light beam  
A method and a system for checking the position of a mechanical part ( 2 ), for example a tool of a lathe, along a checking direction (X), employs an optoelectronic device ( 1 ) with a laser beam (...
7343257 Method and system for device-independent determination of coordinates of a point displayed by means of a microscope  
A method for non-instrument-dependent determination of coordinates of a point imaged using a microscope includes determining, at object-related reference coordinates of at least one imaged...
7333219 Handheld metrology imaging system and method  
A handheld metrology imaging system and method. In one embodiment, the device may comprise an imaging portion, a display portion, a signal processing and control portion, an image capture...
7317515 Method of localizing fluorescent markers  
The invention describes a method of determining the position of fluorescent markers in a sample ( 4 ), with a high spatial resolution. To this end, the sample ( 4 ) is illuminated with an exciting...
7263172 X-ray apparatus having means for determining movable component positions  
The invention relates to an apparatus, notably an X-ray apparatus, which comprises two components which are displaceable relative to one another. A position visualization unit is arranged on one...
7233389 System and method for the measurement of the velocity and acceleration of objects  
A method and system is disclosed for determining a flight characteristic of an object in a flight path, the flight characteristic to be determined can be the object's position while in flight, a...
7214928 Scanning unit for an optical position measuring device  
A scanning unit for an optical position measuring device, the scanning unit having a structured optoelectronic photodetector that includes: a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of...
7202468 Power transfer device with contactless optical encoder and color reflective surface  
An angular offset sensing device includes an optical encoder having a light generating element and a light sensor. An armature includes a reflective surface having a generally semicircular shape...
7193730 Eccentricity measuring instrument of polygon-mirror motor  
An eccentricity measuring instrument of polygon mirror motors includes a first light source, an optical position detecting element for detecting a position of first reflection light, i.e. first...
7159305 Electronic component mounting apparatus  
An electronic component mounting apparatus is configured to adjust a positional relationship between two axes when an error occurs in the positional relationship between the axes when a beam is...
7138623 Power transfer device with contactless optical encoder and color reflective surface  
An angular offset sensing device includes an optical encoder having a light generating element and a light sensor. An armature includes a reflective surface having a generally semicircular shape...
7123997 Gap adjustment apparatus and gap adjustment method for adjusting gap between two objects  
A first stage and a second stage are disposed to face each other. A first object is fixed on the first stage. A first displacement sensor attached on the first stage is used to measure a distance...
7106458 Device for detecting edges of sheet-shaped materials  
A device for detecting edges of sheet-shaped print materials ( 1 ), especially of transparencies, that are moved along a transport path through a sheet-processing machine has a beam transmitter (...
7101053 Multidirectional retroreflectors  
Multidirectional retroreflectors and methods of reflecting light beams from multiple directions are provided. The multidirectional retroreflectors utilize a four-mirror retroreflector with a common...
7064845 Method for measuring the geometry of an object by means of a co-ordination measuring device  
A process for measuring of an object geometry is disclosed using a coordinate measuring device wherein the object geometry is recorded by an optical sensor and represented as an image content,...
7027166 Method for measurement of the distance between a component which is moved past a reference surface and that reference surface, and a measurement system for carrying out the method  
A method for measurement of the distance between a component which is moved past a reference surface and that reference surface is intended to be suitable in particular for use for the measurement...
7012682 Co-planarity examination method and optical module for electronic components  
Manufacturing lines include inspection systems for monitoring the quality of parts produced. Manufacturing lines for making semiconductor devices generally inspect each fabricated part. The...
6998601 Dual-axis optical encoder device  
A dual-axis optical encoder device is disclosed. The optical encoder includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and a first optical encoder on the...
6927857 Process for the detection of marked components of a composite article using infrared blockers  
Disclosed is a process for the detection of marked components of a composite article. The present invention relates to detecting the presence, position, concentration and/or distribution of one or...
6919965 Apparatus and method for making and inspecting pre-fastened articles  
Method and apparatus for inspecting articles, such as training pants, by use of multiple zones of irradiation sources whose intensity can be varied from one zone to another to adjust for different...
6909516 Two dimensional surface motion sensing system using registration marks and linear array sensor  
A simplified system for sensing the movement and/or position on both axes of a moving surface, such as a photoreceptor belt of a xerographic printer, or a sheet transport of an ink jet printer,...
6885451 Infrared detection of composite article components  
A system and process for inspecting an underlying edge of a composite article, such as a disposable absorbent article. The article has first and second panels in at least partially opposed,...
6856409 Tool and method for evaluating a pin connector  
A tool for evaluating a pin connector of a backplane preferably includes at least one connector having receptacles for receiving pins of a pin connector of a backplane. The receptacles are open at...
6847464 Measurement of photolithographic features  
A method for estimating a property of a selected feature on a photolithographic mask includes providing a model of an image-acquisition system. The model includes information indicative of the...
6845177 Method and apparatus for monitoring an analog meter  
A method and apparatus for remote monitoring of an analog meter is set out which employs a Hough Transform on the edge points of the meter scale to obtain the center of the scale. The graduation...
6836329 Real time IR optical sensor  
An apparatus and method to align an invisible light beam sensor, such as an IR sensor, utilizing a visible light beam such as a visible LED or HeNe laser, and provide the ability to visually...
6778283 Method and apparatus for locating a football on a field of play  
The present invention is a system and method of precisely locating a football on a football field in order to determine whether a first down has been achieved. The invention employs an optical...
6775013 Method and apparatus for measuring displacement or motion error  
The degree to which a rotating object like a machine tool spindle undesirably wobbles in directions both transverse and parallel to its axis of rotation is measured preferably by providing a laser...
6713756 Optical encoder and optical rotary encoder  
There is disclosed an optical encoder in which a scale can be displaced to cross a first light beam emitted from a first light source, and has a first light modulation region formed of a...
6683731 Bonding apparatus  
A bonding apparatus that includes a bonding tool through which a wire passes and which performs bonding on a workpiece, a position detection camera which takes images of the workpiece, a reference...
6674517 Optical motion detector, transport system and transport processing system  
A light beam from a light-emitting device is applied to a measurement object via a collimator lens and an object lens, and reflected light concentrated via the object lens among the reflected light...
6657734 Setting out device  
A setting out device comprises a rod which can be supported at a target point in the area surrounding a point to be set out, a reflector which is arranged on the rod for tachymetric detection of...
6650425 Position measuring laser apparatus  
A position measuring laser apparatus includes first and second laser transmitter-receivers and a position measure. The laser transmitter-receiver includes a laser beam emitter for emitting a laser...
6628408 Amplitude measurement for an ultrasonic horn  
A method and system for directly measuring and controlling the amplitude of an ultrasonic horn comprising an ultrasonic horn, a non-contact measurement device for directly measuring an amplitude of...
6624897 Apparatus and method for feature edge detection in semiconductor processing  
A method and apparatus is provided to identify material boundaries and assist in the alignment of pattern masks in semiconductor fabrication. The invention probes a layer step or feature edge of an...
6611345 Method and device for determining the position of an object having faces and edges, and a positioning system  
Determining the position of a sheet pile ( 1, 12 ) having faces ( 2 ) and edges ( 3 ) is achieved by at least one defined illumination zone ( 5, 5′, 5 ″) produced on the sheet pile ( 1, 12 ) by...
6600568 System and method of measuring image sensor chip shift  
A method of measuring sensor chip shift comprises the following steps. First, provide a contact image sensor module comprising a plurality of sensor chips arranged in a row on a main board, with...
6583884 Tomographic reconstruction of electronic components from shadow image sensor data  
One aspect of the present invention includes a novel method of providing a set of vertices representative of the outline of an opaque object so that an outline of the object can be made from the...
6580519 Method and apparatus for determining the alignment of rotational bodies  
A method for determining the alignment of a rotational body. The method includes the steps of locating a sensor on an outer surface of a rotational body, targeting a reference laser beam at the...
6578280 Hole center detecting apparatus, straightness measuring apparatus, and residual torsion measuring apparatus  
A hole center detecting apparatus for positioning the hole of a spool and a cord accurately by determining the coordinates of two points of intersection between the inner circumference of the spool...
6542251 Illumination and imaging device for multiple spectral regions, and coordinate measuring machine having an illumination and imaging device for multiple spectral regions  
An illumination and imaging device ( 2 ) for multiple spectral regions comprises an objective ( 21 ) that defines an optical axis ( 20 ). A beam splitter module ( 32 ) is arranged in the optical...
6538750 Rotary sensor system with a single detector  
The system of the present invention reports a signal related to a physical condition of an object, such as an electronic component, with the most basic realization of the system including a vacuum...
6512585 Laser scanning position detecting device  
A scanning position detecting device which allows detection of the scanning position of a laser beam scanning at high speed is disclosed. A position sensitive detector is provided to detect the...
6492637 Dimension measuring device  
A dimension measuring apparatus comprises a moving member adapted to move for dimension measurement, a grid device for moving with the moving member, an optical device for irradiating the grid...
6483596 Method of calibrating an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object, calibration apparatus and method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object  
The invention refers to a method for calibrating the control of a radiation device producing electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation in a rapid prototyping system. The method comprises the...
6472676 Micropositioning system  
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for accurately positioning tools for use in manufacturing or inspection operations whilst reducing the need for costly tooling such as jigs....
6441911 Measuring instrument and method for measuring patterns on substrates of various thicknesses  
A measuring instrument and a method for measuring patterns on substrates of various thicknesses are described. The measuring instrument comprises an X-Y carriage in which an opening is defined by a...
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