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7634365 Inspection system and apparatus  
A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a sample. The system operates by detecting changes in work function across a surface via both vCPD and nvCPD. It...
7627439 Sensor infrastructure  
A device for use in detecting an event in a structure includes a sensor encapsulation, the encapsulation containing a sensor, an actuator positioned substantially in-plane to the sensor within the...
7620519 Burn-in process of producing data correlating elevation of disk drive head to temperature and method of controlling the elevation of the disk drive head using the data  
Data characterizing a read/write head of a hard disk drive is produced in a burn-in process. The method includes measuring the flying height of the head at a first temperature in a burn-in chamber,...
7603586 Intelligent stationary power equipment and diagnostics  
Stationary power equipment including a sensing device configured to collect data associated with an operation of the equipment, and a data storage device configured for storing the collected data....
7599817 Abnormality cause specifying method, abnormality cause specifying system, and semiconductor device fabrication method  
A feature amount is generated by standardizing inspection data related to a fabrication unit for each type, a similar set including fabrication units corresponding to similar feature amounts is...
7599804 Method for detecting structure-borne noise events in a roller bearing  
A method for detecting structure-borne noise events in a roller bearing, wherein a measuring signal M of a pressure or dilatation sensor arranged on a roller bearing is fed to a frequency filter...
7593828 Method and apparatus for monitoring a variable geometry intake air compressor device  
A method for monitoring operation of a variable geometry turbocharger device includes monitoring exhaust gas pressure and vane position of the variable geometry turbocharger device. Exhaust...
7590496 Embedded system for diagnostics and prognostics of conduits  
A set of sensors to be used with an apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed...
7583200 Method and system for detecting and measuring the disturbances in terms of frequency of the rate of rotation of a rotor  
A method and system for detecting the variations of speed (R) of a rotor. Signals are measured representative of the march-past of the teeth of a measurement device secured to the rotor for a...
7584061 Device for measuring permeate flow and permeate conductivity of individual reverse osmosis membrane elements  
The present disclosure relates to a system comprising an integrated sensor for measurement of permeate flow and permeate conductivity of individual membrane elements while they are in operation in...
7584012 Automatic defect review and classification system  
An automatic defect review and classification system including at least one automatic defect review apparatus for specifically observing defect portions of a sample and at least one automatic...
7577533 Ultrasonic inspection apparatus for inspecting a workpiece  
The invention relates to an ultrasound control device for non-destructively inspecting a workpiece. The inventive ultrasound control device comprises a transmitting-receiving sensor provided with...
7571060 System and method for gemstone cut grading  
A system for grading the cut of a diamond utilizes a number of appearance metrics to generate scores for a number of cut components that affect cut quality. These cut components include brightness,...
7567873 Nondestructive inspection method and apparatus for a surface processed by shot peening  
An inspection method and an inspection apparatus that can easily measure a distribution of residual stress on a surface processed by shot peening, including a state of distribution in a depth...
7565252 Method for automatic differentiation of weld signals from defect signals in long-range guided-wave inspection using phase comparison  
A method and associated algorithms for identifying and distinguishing geometric feature signals from defect signals in the NDE of longitudinal structures. The method includes the steps of...
7555936 Hydraulic hose with integral life-sensing capability and method therefor  
A system and method for predicting structural failure of a wall of a fluid containment vessel, such as a hydraulic hose or other type of pressurized conduit of types used in mobile machinery,...
7558683 Method for inspecting defect and system therefor  
Based on a plurality of defects' position-coordinates and attribute detected by an inspecting apparatus, defects that are easily detectable by an observing apparatus are selected. With these...
7545971 Method and apparatus for measuring the crepe of a moving sheet  
An image-based measurement technique that directly measures the crepe pattern on a moving sheet employs a suitable arrangement of illumination, optical elements, and an imaging device to obtain...
7542821 Multi-unit process spatial synchronization of image inspection systems  
A conversion control system is described that includes a database to store data defining a set of rules and an interface to receive local anomaly information from a plurality of different analysis...
7542856 Structure monitor system  
A structure monitor system comprising a measuring unit 3 for measuring distortions of the structure S at respective points on a boundary by using an optical fiber sensor 2 laid on the boundary...
7539596 Diagnosis and state monitoring of junctions, crossings, crossroads or rail joints by means of a rail vehicle  
A method and a device for diagnosis and state monitoring of a wear and functional state of a junction, a crossing, a crossroads, rail joints, and/or track nonuniformities of a rail traffic path...
7529631 Defect detection system, defect detection method, and defect detection program  
A defect detection system includes a data acquiring section that acquires time series data of device parameter of each manufacturing device including an exposure device, and information on defect...
7523182 Method and system for predicting the services needs of remote point of sale devices  
A method, system and apparatus for identifying malfunctioning remote devices, such as point of sale devices, are disclosed. In operation, a performance history for one or more remote devices is...
7516022 Method and system for assessing quality of spot welds  
A system and method for assessing the quality of spot weld joints between pieces of metal includes an ultrasound transducer probing a spot weld joint. The ultrasound transducer transmits ultrasonic...
7512501 Defect inspecting apparatus for semiconductor wafer  
A defect inspecting apparatus comprising: an inspection region dividing section which divides a defect inspection region of a wafer on which a circuit pattern is formed into a plurality of...
7512500 Method for sensor initialization in a structural health management system  
A method for initializing a chain of non-initialized data collectors is disclosed. The chain of non-initialized data collectors are coupled to a controller. In a first step communication between...
7509250 Hardware key control of debug interface  
In one embodiment, a system comprises debug functionality, a debug interface communicatively coupled to the debug functionality, and a hardware key interface. Communication with the debug...
7505871 Diagnosis and troubleshooting for above-ground well systems  
Systems and methods for diagnosing faults in well servicing operations and determining appropriate remedial action to remedy such faults.
7502670 System and method for determining rail safety limits  
Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for determining rail safety limits. A first example method is disclosed for determining rail safety limits, including identifying a target rail neutral...
7502712 Preventive defect detection and control process in composite material parts  
A preventive defect detection and control process for a mass produced composite material parts automatically obtains representative parameters of backwall and intermediate echo signal results in...
7499812 Method for locating flaws, and a marking system  
In the method for locating flaws on the surface of a three-dimensional object the flaws are detected and located using one or more optical image-taking device. When a picture is taken showing a...
7499813 Device and method for inspecting for flaw on surface of work  
A device for inspecting for minute flaws upon the outer surface of journal or pin portions of a crank shaft comprises a main device 12 and a control device 14. The main device 12 brings a...
7496454 High mast inspection system, equipment and method  
An inspection system for removably mounting to a platform movable in relation to a generally upright mast for inspection of the mast has a mounting support assembly removably fixable to the...
7495217 Film thickness and composition measurement via auger electron spectroscopy and electron probe microanalysis  
In some embodiments, techniques are described for combining an X-ray detector (e.g., for providing EPMA) and an electron detector (e.g., for providing AES) to provide a tool for determining film...
7493237 Environmental monitoring and reporting system  
A system and method are provided for tracking and documenting environmental compliance in a pulp mill, related primarily to the bypassing of liquid hazardous pollutants from a capture and treatment...
7477060 Coating impedance monitoring system  
A detection system for monitoring an engineered structure includes an array of sensors disposable in a predetermined pattern on the engineered structure and disposable between a surface of the...
7474967 Computer-implemented methods, carrier media, and systems for detecting defects on a wafer based on multi-core architecture  
Computer-implemented methods, carrier media, and systems for detecting defects on a wafer based on multi-core architecture are provided. One computer-implemented method for detecting defects on a...
7474092 Method and device for long-range guided-wave inspection of fire side of waterwall tubes in boilers  
Methods and devices for inspecting waterwall tubes for the detection of fire side damage over a long length of the tube are described. The system of the invention uses a magnetostrictive strip and...
7451009 Method and apparatus for product defect classification  
Method and apparatus for processing defect data indicative of defects in a product is described. In one example, each of the defects is assigned one of a plurality of severity levels and one of a...
7447598 Methods and systems for automatically assessing and reporting structural health  
Structural analysis systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for analyzing a structure includes receiving damage image data; converting the received image data into...
7440857 Method and a system for detecting and locating an adjustment error or a defect of a rotorcraft rotor  
The invention relates to a method of detecting and identifying a defect or an adjustment error of a rotorcraft rotor using an artificial neural network (ANN), the rotor having a plurality of blades...
7437278 Simulation method, simulation apparatus, and computer program product for simulation  
A simulation method according to which a simulation apparatus, including a storage unit, generates a simulant image indicating a cut-out position of a wooden piece in raw wood and a shape of the...
7421349 Bearing fault signature detection  
A device, and method, detects the presence of developing faults in rolling element bearings. Detection is accomplished by measuring the vibration of the apparatus in which the bearing is operating...
7415362 Image defect inspection apparatus  
An image defect inspection apparatus which performs a defect detection for detecting a defect on a surface of a sample by comparing corresponding portions in a captured image of the surface of the...
7412090 Method of managing wafer defects  
A method of managing wafer defects includes inspecting each chip in a wafer to generate a unit of wafer defect raw data, using a server to integrate the unit of wafer defect raw data to generate a...
7409306 System and method for estimating reliability of components for testing and quality optimization  
A system and method for determining the early life reliability of an electronic component, including classifying the electronic component based on an initial determination of a number of fatal...
7403871 Extraction of imperfection features through spectral analysis  
Autonomous non-destructive inspection equipment provides automatic and/or continuous inspection and evaluation of a material under inspection. The inspection equipment preferably comprises at least...
7403865 System and method for fault indication on a substrate in maskless applications  
A method and system for fault indication on a substrate. A method of the present invention includes the following steps. It is determined whether data includes at least one suspicious bit. A...
7398178 Method of determining the irregularities of a hole  
In a method of calculating irregularities of a hole, a center coordinate of an actual hole is set. Inner wall coordinates of the actual hole are obtained from the center coordinate of the actual...
7395475 Circuit and method for fuse disposing in a semiconductor memory device  
A fuse disposing circuit executes a same test as in a state before a fuse is cut, even in case the fuse is cut. For this, the fuse disposing circuit in accordance with the invention includes a test...
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