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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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