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7623978 Damage assessment of a wafer using optical metrology  
A method of assessing damage of a dual damascene structure includes obtaining a wafer after the wafer has been processed using a dual damascene process. A first damage-assessment procedure is...
7623943 Methods and systems for pack-size-oriented rounding  
Methods and systems are provided for packing a required quantity of products, wherein a plurality of different packages for packing the products and a plurality of packaging specifications...
7558680 Characterisation of progressive system dysfunction  
Methods and systems of measuring progressive multilateral dysfunction of a system are provided. Methods of measuring progressive multilateral dysfunction of a system include, obtaining a plurality...
7526535 Network-based system for configuring a programmable hardware element in a modeling system using hardware configuration programs determined based on a user specification  
A system and method for online configuration of a measurement system. The user may access a server over a network and specify a desired task, e.g., a measurement task, and receive programs and/or...
7506282 Apparatus and methods for predicting and/or calibrating memory yields  
An apparatus and methods for predicting and/or for calibrating memory yields due to process defects and/or device variations, including determining a model of a memory cell, identifying a subset of...
7502709 Dynamic metrology sampling for a dual damascene process  
A method of monitoring a dual damascene procedure that includes calculating a pre-processing confidence map for a damascene process, the pre-processing confidence map including confidence data for...
7463158 Acoustic particle alarm including particle sensor  
The present invention provides an acoustic particle alarm comprising a particle sensor for indicating the concentration of particles exceeding a specified size and specified concentration, for...
7412508 Device for indicating downloading of data items  
A device ( 1 ) for indicating downloading of a data item ( 3 ) by a user computer ( 5 ) from a first computer ( 7 ) using a data communication network ( 9 ) is disclosed. The device ( 1 ) comprises...
7308380 Vehicular collision object determining system  
A planar pressure-sensitive switch unit has multiple pressure-sensitive switches that are disposed in a longitudinal direction of a bumper cover of a vehicle with given intervals for detecting the...
7277777 Method and system for real time reporting of boiler adjustment using emission sensor data mapping  
A method to adjust a boiler having a flue gas duct including: sensing flue gas emissions in the gas duct with a plurality of emission sensors arranged in an array; generating a multidimensional...
7243034 Sensor device  
A sensor device according to the present invention has a detection mode for detecting an object W, a first setting mode for changing the output duration of an output signal, and a second setting...
7200498 System for remediating cross contamination in semiconductor manufacturing processes  
The present invention defines a system ( 100 ) for detecting copper contamination within a semiconductor manufacturing process. According to the present invention, a semiconductor wafer ( 102 ) is...
7130771 System and method for optimization of and analysis of insulated systems  
The present invention is directed to a method for generating a list of package shipment routes in a shipment solution system comprising the steps of entering product information, place of origin,...
7117101 Remote particle counter for remote measurement of the number and size distribution of suspended fine particles in the atmosphere  
A remote particle counter comprising a pulsed laser generator, laser light emitting optics, scattered light collecting optics, a high-sensitivity two-dimensional photo detector as a scattered light...
7115857 Apparatus for remotely counting objects in a collection using differential lighting  
Apparatus for remotely counting the number of individual objects of the same general shape and disposed in a collection having a front end in a common vertical plane.
7085670 Reconfigurable measurement system utilizing a programmable hardware element and fixed hardware resources  
A system and method for configuring a device to perform a function, where the device includes a programmable hardware element and one or more fixed hardware resources. A program is stored which...
7043394 Method and device for measuring fine particles in ultrapure water  
A novel measuring method which allows measurement of fine particles which are extremely fine and contained in a very small amount in ultrapure water is provided. The number frequency with respect...
7028723 Apparatus and method for automatic prescription verification  
An apparatus and method are used to perform the verification of a pharmaceutical prescription after it is filled but prior to shipment. Due to the high volume of mail/internet orders, the analysis...
6970799 Method and apparatus for particle sizing  
A method and apparatus provides for particle size detection. A particle detector signal is utilized to provide particle size information. The particle detection signal is obtained by utilizing...
6963782 System and method for effecting control tuning of a manufacturing process  
The present invention includes a system and method for fine tuning the control of a manufacturing process. A material adjusting device is in communication with a PID controller and PID control...
6941185 Operating method of vacuum processing system and vacuum processing system  
A vacuum processing apparatus and method wherein a plurality of processing units are for conducting processing, a transfer processing unit is connected with the plurality of processing units for...
6937647 External perimeter monitoring system  
A system for monitoring activity along a wire-bounded perimeter. The monitoring system includes a single-conductor wire which bounds a protected area. In communication with the wire at...
6922652 Automated quality assurance method and apparatus and method of conducting business  
The present invention provides a dynamic continuous and/or semi-continuous and/or static product measurement characterizing and identifying system and apparatus for food stuffs and food product...
6873725 Simultaneous measurement and display of 3-D size distributions of particulate materials in suspensions  
An apparatus and method in which a still image, or still images, are obtained of a plurality of particles suspended in a fluid medium. Each still image is transferred to an image analyzing unit...
6820033 Method and apparatus for estimating the weight of horses  
A method and an apparatus for estimating the weight of horses. To estimate the weight of a horse, a girth, a length, and a height of the horse are measured. The measurements can be taken with...
6796195 Apparatus for determining particle size  
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for measuring the size, concentration and size distribution of particles in a fluid by determining the characteristics of an acoustic speckle signal...
6778936 Consistency determining method and system  
A system ( 30 ) and method for determining stock consistency and for using consistency as a process variable to control some aspect of operation of a refiner ( 32 ) used to refine stock. The system...
6748815 Method for determining particle size  
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for measuring the size, concentration and size distribution of particles in a fluid by determining the characteristics of an acoustic speckle signal...
6698276 Method and apparatus for determining particle size distribution by acoustic speckle  
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for measuring the size, concentration and size distribution of particles in a fluid by determining the characteristics of an acoustic speckle signal...
6681191 Frequency domain analysis system for a time domain measurement instrument  
A frequency domain analysis system incorporated into time domain measurement instrument has duration and resolution controls that respectively adjust the acquisition time intervals of a waveform...
6631336 Nondestructive method of quality control of high-voltage systems and device for use of the method  
A method and device applicable to HV generators and X-ray tubes, and a computer program and support for the program. In the method a determination is made of a scale of values representing the...
6625561 Method and apparatus for media height sensing  
The present invention employs an inexpensive method and apparatus for media height sensing. A sheet fed media-using-machine has a media holder. The media holder holds a stack of a variable quantity...
6587806 Method and system for determining time to sort mailpieces  
A system and method for estimating an amount of time required to complete a mail processing job. A control module receives and maintains real time data of quantity of mailpieces and time to sort...
6577983 Produce recognition method  
A produce recognition method which determines an optimal number of candidate identifications in a candidate identification list. The method includes the steps of obtaining produce data associated...
6574580 Pharmacy pill counting vision system  
A semi-automated pill counting system ( 10 ) using digital imaging technology and image recognition software including a modified Hough Transform. The system ( 10 ) comprises a light source ( 12 );...
6546352 Method and apparatus for evaluation of aggregate particle shapes through multiple ratio analysis  
A method and apparatus for performing multiple ratio analysis of aggregate particles, wherein the method includes the steps of measuring a first maximum dimension of a particle, measuring a second...
6502052 Note bundle managing apparatus to store and count note bundles  
An internal sensor is moved in a direction of stacking of note bundles within a cashbox along bands of the bundles. The bands of bundles are detected in accordance with movement of the internal...
6442499 Methods and apparatus for statistical process control of test  
Methods and apparatus for statistical process control of test according to various aspects of the present invention optimize the wait period between applying input signals and collecting output...
6381555 Measurement system  
The invention concerns measurement apparatus for obtaining measurements relating to an attributes or attributes θ of a succession of events in which an event generates a measurable physical...
6360181 System and method for collecting data on product consumption  
A system and method for collecting data on individual and aggregate use of various washroom products. The system includes one or more product dispensers having a sensor associated therewith for...
6327547 Method for counting the number of people crossing an entry barrier  
A method for counting a number of objects passing through an entry threshold, comprising the steps of disposing a sensor (11) having a matrix of sensing points in an area of the entry threshold,...
6188990 Method and apparatus for monitoring the processing of articles  
A method and apparatus is provided for monitoring the processing of a group of articles having different properties, for example differing weights and/or quality grades. The method includes the...
6178451 Computer network size growth forecasting method and system  
A method is provided for estimating the size of a computer network such as the Internet. A computer generates a random sample of potential network addresses and then determines whether those sample...
5978746 Method and apparatus for determining a physical parameter represented by variation in time of a physical magnitude  
A physical parameter represented by variation in time of a physical magnitude G capable of varying between a minimum value G min and a maximum value G max is determined. The physical magnitude G...
5923262 Adaptive methods of determining blockage in an air seeder blockage monitoring system  
Computer implemented methods for determining blocked and partially blocked conditions in the flow of particulate matter in an agricultural air seeding system are disclosed which automatically adapt...
5896294 Method and apparatus for inspecting manufactured products for defects in response to in-situ monitoring  
An apparatus and method for selecting products to inspect for defects performs in-situ monitoring of a processing tool during a manufacturing processing step. The data from the in-situ monitoring...
5833866 Blood collection systems and methods which derive instantaneous blood component yield information during blood processing  
Systems and methods for separating platelets from blood derive the yield of platelets in real time as processing is accomplished. The systems and method determine an incremental blood volume...
5824269 Flow cytometer  
A flowcytometer includes a sheath flow cell for forming a sample stream containing particles; a detector for detecting the particle at a first area to generate a signal representative of the...
5818732 Batch timer initialization for a sand classifying tank  
A process to determine the optimal initial settings for a series of timers in a timed-contribution batch process, based on the feed material flow rate and the composition of the material. The...
5804143 System for high-speed measurement and sorting of particles  
A system for sorting particles is arranged such that the presence or absence of multiple parameters is determined for each particle in a flow of particles, and a logic condition is determined based...
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