Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods for attenuating the effect of ambient light on optical sensors and for measuring and compensating quantitatively for the ambient light.
Abstract:
An improved pulse oximeter for the measurement of oxygen saturation in the blood, which is faster and more accurate than conventional pulse oximeter. Improved speed and accuracy is attached by elimination of normalization and feedback circuitry and the use of analog to digital converting devices having a wide dynamic range along with a sophisticated computer analysis. The instant invention eliminates inaccuracies resulting from channel matching errors, and detects and eliminates aberrant input data.
Abstract:
A printed circuit device used in conjunction with inductive power and data transmission applications is formed substantially of ferrite material, with an inductive coil conductor formed around the substrate to increase the electromagnetic properties of the coil for both power and data transmission functions, thereby eliminating the need for a discrete ferrite core wire-wound coil to be connected to the circuit device.
Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods for attenuating the effect of ambient light on optical sensors and for measuring and compensating quantitatively for the ambient light.
Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods for attenuating the effect of ambient light on optical sensors and for measuring and compensating quantitatively for the ambient light.
Abstract:
A device (20) determines an optical intensity of light emanating from a sample (22) situated under periodically varying ambient light (34). The device (20) includes a selectively illuminating light source (26a, 26b) that can be switched between on and off states that illuminates the sample (22). A detector (36) detects the optical intensities of the sample (22) a first plurality of times with the effects of the illuminating light source (26a, 26b) to produce a plurality of collective light intensity measurements, and a second plurality of times without the effects of the light source (26a, 26b) to produce a plurality of ambient light intensity measurements. A processor quantitatively determines, based upon the multiple collective intensity measurements and the multiple ambient light intensity measurements, the intensity amount of each of the collective light intensity measurements that results from the illuminating source (26a, 26b).
Abstract:
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A printed circuit device used in conjunction with inductive power and data transmission applications is formed substantially of ferrite material, with an inductive coil conductor formed around the substrate to increase the electromagnetic properties of the coil for both power and data transmission functions, thereby eliminating the need for a discrete ferrite core wire-wound coil to be connected to the circuit device.
Abstract:
A system (1) for disabling an oximetric device when radiation-carrying channels (10, 12, 14) are exposed to excess ambient radiation is disclosed. It includes a transmitter channel (18) adjacent the sample to be measured, means (54) for isolating the channel from the sample so that it does not carry radiation reflected from or transmitted through the sample, a detector (262) for receiving the transmitted signal, if any, and means for disabling the output in response to the transmitted signal. Preferably, the transmitter channel (18) runs parallel to other transmitter channels (10, 12, 14) in the device, and is isolated from undue ambient light. The system preferably includes means for determining when the second transmitted signal exceeds background noise and the output is disabled when the second transmitted signal exceeds background noise. In general, the sample is a fluid, usually blood, passing through a cuvette (7) adjacent the fiber-optic channels, a cuvette (7) defining an area (52) of radiation absorption adjacent the transmitter channel so that the transmitter does not carry reflected or transmitted radiation from the sample. Also disclosed is a fiber-optic sensor (1) for measuring components of a composition by detecting transmitted or reflected, usually reflected, radiation including such a system, and the cuvette (7) therefor. Finally, a method of disabling the output of an oximetric device (1) when the fiber-optic channels (10, 12, 14) are exposed to undue ambient radiation is disclosed.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a speckles detection system for detecting one or more speckles on a surface of an optical element of an image capturing device. The system comprises: one or more light sources configured to emit a light beam towards the optical element, the optical element being configured to reflect light from the light sources when speckles are located on the surface of the optical element. The system further comprises one or more light receivers configured to receive the light beam reflected by the optical elements such that speckles on the surface of the optical elements are detected. Methods for detecting one or more speckles on a surface of an optical element of an image capturing device are also provided.
Abstract:
In a sensor device for determining ambient conditions of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising at least one transmitter for emitting electromagnetic radiation, in particular infrared radiation, comprising at least three receivers for receiving electromagnetic radiation, in particular infrared radiation, wherein at least one transmitter is assigned to at least one receiver for determining precipitation on at least one glass surface, in particular the windscreen of the motor vehicle, and wherein at least three receivers are aligned for receiving electromagnetic radiation from different angular regions, it is provided as essential to the invention that the spatial receiving regions of at least one first and at least one second receiver are aligned substantially horizontally, that the spatial receiving region of at least one third receiver is aligned substantially upwards.