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7607825 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the formation of deposits in furnaces
Method and apparatus for monitoring formation of deposits of solid particles from flue gas onto furnace walls formed of welded-together tubes through which cooling medium flows. For the entire...
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7604399 |
Temperature monitor for bus structure flex connector
A temperature monitor for monitoring plural locations on an electrical bus structure. The temperature monitor includes an infrared sensor for receiving infrared energy from a plurality of discrete...
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7591583 |
Transient defect detection algorithm
The invention provides an apparatus and method for detecting flaws in an object. The method includes the step of heating a portion of a surface of an object wherein the surface is defined by a...
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7454050 |
Method of automating a thermographic inspection process
A process for using a hand-held infrared inspection system incorporating on-board training, on-board validation, on-board operator certification, on-board reporting information, or on-board survey...
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7438468 |
Multiple band pass filtering for pyrometry in laser based annealing systems
A thermal processing system includes a source of laser radiation emitting at a laser wavelength, beam projection optics disposed between the reflective surface and a substrate support capable of...
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7438466 |
Calibrating a thermal scanning system
A method for recalibrating a bilateral thermal scanner comprising a first thermal sensor and a second thermal sensor can comprise acquiring a first set of thermal scanning data with the thermal...
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7247821 |
Cooking device with luminous display
A cooking device containing a housing with a cooking chamber and a door to close off the cooking chamber and at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display. The control and...
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7213968 |
Hot melt adhesive detection methods and systems
A hot melt adhesive sensing system and method including detecting ( 410 ) multiple areas of a target, for example, a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding...
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7168316 |
Humidity meter with non-contact temperature measurement
A humidity meter with non-contact temperature measurement capability, including a humidity meter contained at least partially in a housing and having outputs relating to measured humidity...
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7140768 |
System and method of monitoring temperature
A temperature monitoring system includes a device for monitoring temperature over a period of time, an adaptor in communication with the temperature monitoring device (TMD) and a data programming...
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7083327 |
Method and apparatus for detecting kissing unbond defects
A active thermographic method for detecting subsurface defects in a specimen, particularly kissing unbond defects, includes heating a specimen, applying a force to the surface of the specimen to...
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7070325 |
Hot melt adhesive detection methods and systems
Hot melt adhesive sensing systems and methods including detecting ( 410 ) multiple areas of a target, for example, a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding...
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7044634 |
Thermography method
The invention relates to a method and to a device ( 1 ) for testing materials by determining and displaying as an image temperature differences above a threshold value on the surface of test...
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6926440 |
Infrared temperature sensors for solar panel
A solar receiver system for utilizing solar energy to produce electrical power and to generate a temperature profile of a plurality of receiver tubes utilized in the system. The solar receiver...
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6923573 |
Apparatus and method for measuring temperature of molten metal
The invention provides a cooling system for protecting an image fiber and an imaging device from thermal influences and a temperature measurement apparatus, for a molten metal, capable of being...
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6866417 |
Automatically measuring the temperature of food
An apparatus for measuring the temperature of workpieces transported on a conveyor is disclosed. In one broad aspect of the invention, the apparatus includes a translatable assembly which has a...
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6840667 |
Method and apparatus for detection of defects using thermal stimulation
A method for inspecting an object and detecting defects is taught (BGA and Flip-Chip solder joints on a PCB particularly). The method comprises injecting a thermal stimulation on the object;...
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6840666 |
Methods and systems employing infrared thermography for defect detection and analysis
Described are methods and systems for providing improved defect detection and analysis using infrared thermography. Test vectors heat features of a device under test to produce thermal...
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6840053 |
Temperature control using infrared sensing
A system and method for sensing and controlling the temperature of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system utilizes an infrared sensor. The infrared sensor is used to detect...
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6837616 |
Method and system for determining the rotational position of a molten metal vehicle
In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a method of sensing the temperature of a molten metal vehicle is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes utilizing at least one...
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6796709 |
Turbine blade (bucket) health monitoring and prognosis using infrared camera
An infrared camera is configured to measure a temperature distribution on a surface of at least one rotating turbine bucket. With the measured surface temperature distribution, a condition index is...
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6786634 |
Temperature measuring method and apparatus
A method of measuring a temperature of an object body in an electric furnace, based on an intensity of a radiant energy emitted from the object body, the electric furnace being provided with an...
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6712502 |
Synchronized electronic shutter system and method for thermal nondestructive evaluation
The invention is a synchronized electronic shutter system (SESS) and method for same side and through transmission thermal analysis and inspection of a material for finding defects, corrosion,...
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6676288 |
Process for thermal imaging scanning of a swaged heater for an anode subassembly of a hollow cathode assembly
A process for thermal imaging scanning of a swaged heater of an anode subassembly of a hollow cathode assembly, comprising scanning a swaged heater with a thermal imaging radiometer to measure a...
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6631287 |
Infrared thermometer
A plurality of miniature IR sensors disposed in a sensor array are aimed at a target area of interest, the array providing a thermal “image” of the target area. Processing electronics detect...
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6517236 |
Method and apparatus for automated thermal imaging of combustor liners and other products
A method and apparatus are provided for automated non-destructive evaluation (NDE) thermal imaging tests of combustor liners and other products. The apparatus for automated NDE thermal imaging...
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6471396 |
Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a moulding in an open blister package based on sensed temperature differences
The invention relates to a method and a device for registering the presence of an ophthalmic moulding consisting of a biocompatible polymeric material, especially an ophthalmic lens, particularly a...
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6464392 |
Tactical thermal luminescence sensor for ground path contamination detection
Chemical agent warfare materials and their simulant liquids are identified on terrestrial surfaces at a distance by recognizing the contaminant's infrared fingerprint spectrum brought out in...
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6461036 |
System and method for determining stray light in a thermal processing system
A system and method for determining the stray radiation within a heating chamber of a thermal processing apparatus. The stray radiation is determined by moving a generally unheated wafer vertically...
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6461035 |
Device and method for non-contact detection of structural and/or surface faults in large surface bodies
A device for contactless testing of structural and/or surface defects of large-surface bodies, especially of slab-shaped materials includes a conveying device with an unsupported area; a source of...
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6375348 |
System and method for the real time determination of the in situ emissivity and temperature of a workpiece during processing
A system and method for determining the reflectivity of a workpiece during processing in a heating chamber of a thermal processing apparatus. The system first determines directly the reflectivity...
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6292685 |
Temporal artery temperature detector
Body temperature measurements are obtained by scanning a thermal radiation sensor across the side of the forehead over the temporal artery. A peak temperature measurement is processed to compute an...
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6273603 |
Measuring head for use in radiant energy flash measuring of the thermal diffusivity of samples
The invention refers to a measuring head for use in radiant energy flash measuring of the thermal diffusivity of heterogeneous samples (S) under employment of a probe beam (B) generated by a...
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6271878 |
Peeling detector for tunnel wall
A peeling detector for a tunnel wall capable of rapidly inspecting the tunnel wall by effectively using infrared radiation is provided. The detector heats a tunnel wall 1 with a light emitting...
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6267501 |
Ambient temperature micro-bolometer control, calibration, and operation
A method for measuring the temperature of a scene using a detector having at least one reference pixel, with an integratable sampling circuit associated with each pixel. Initially, an ambient...
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6260997 |
Method and apparatus for high spatial resolution spectroscopic microscopy
A sample and a scanning probe microscope system are used as the detector for an infrared spectrometer to circumvent the diffraction limit of conventional infrared microscopy, and to provide...
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6232583 |
Infrared high temperature measurement of optical fiber during draw
A fiber draw furnace for drawing a fiber from a preform has a thermographic sensor in combination with a thermographic profiling processor. The thermographic sensor responds to infrared energy...
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6204483 |
Heating assembly for rapid thermal processing system
A rapid thermal processing system for large area substrates, such as glass panels for flat panel displays, includes a processing chamber, a transport assembly for transporting a substrate through...
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6196714 |
Infrared thermometer comprising optical aiming system
A clinical thermometer is described, based on the measurement of the infrared radiation emitted by the patient, in which the body temperature of the patient in obtained in a non-invasive way and...
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6194691 |
Heating furnace and manufacturing method therefor
This invention provides a method of manufacturing a wafer heating furnace having a desired heating distribution with less trials and errors by predicting heating distributions in the process of...
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6190037 |
Non-intrusive, on-the-fly (OTF) temperature measurement and monitoring system
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring the temperature of a moving radiant object. A probe, such as a pyrometer, is disposed in an opening of a vacuum chamber adjacent...
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6164816 |
Tuning a substrate temperature measurement system
A technique and system for tuning temperature sensor readings in a thermal processing chamber includes determining an actual temperature profile for a substrate based on measurements of the...
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6149298 |
Radiation thermometer and method of computing the temperature
The invention is directed to a method of computing the radiation temperature of a body from the signals of a radiation and an ambient temperature sensor, and further to a radiation thermometer, in...
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6123451 |
Process for determining a tissue composition characteristic of an animal
A process for determining a tissue composition characteristic of a live animal or carcass involves the steps of: (a) obtaining either or both of at least one infrared thermographic image of the...
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6089750 |
Noncontact temperature distribution measuring apparatus
A material to be cut has a face to be cut with a cutting tool, and a cutout which temporarily brings the cutting tool into a noncontact state. Images of the cutting tool during the period when it...
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6079874 |
Temperature probes for measuring substrate temperature
An apparatus accurately measures a temperature of a substrate in a thermal processing chamber. The apparatus has a support structure to support the substrate within the thermal processing chamber....
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6074087 |
Non-contact method for measuring the surface temperature distribution of a melt during growth of ionic crystals
The subject invention relates to a technique employing a calibrated thermal radiometer, and the radiation characteristics of ionic crystals to measure the temperature distribution of crystals...
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6065842 |
Heat maps for controlling deformations in optical components
A system (80) for controlling deformations of optical components adapted for use with laser system aperture sharing elements (16) and deformable mirrors. The inventive system (80) includes a...
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6062729 |
Rapid IR transmission thermometry for wafer temperature sensing
A method and apparatus for measuring the temperature of an object, such as a substrate, during processing. The object is illuminated by a light source. Infrared light that is transmitted through...
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6044203 |
Rapid thermal anneal system and method including improved temperature sensing and monitoring
A broadband pyrometer is used for sensing temperature of a semiconductor wafer in an RTA system in association with a monochromator to cancel the backside characteristics of the semiconductor...
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