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公开(公告)号:US20180080882A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-22
申请号:US15269033
申请日:2016-09-19
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Mark James Boyer
CPC classification number: B25J18/025 , B25J9/0018 , B25J9/046 , G01N21/9515 , G01N2201/06113 , G01N2201/10 , Y10S901/44 , Y10S901/47
Abstract: An inspection system comprises a crane system, a six axis, one hundred and fifty degree articulating robotic arm, a laser inspection system, and a communications system. The robotic arm is connected to a base of the crane system. The laser inspection system is connected to the robotic arm. The communications system is configured to send and receive instructions for the crane system, the robotic arm, and the laser inspection system.
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公开(公告)号:US20180024041A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-25
申请号:US15714035
申请日:2017-09-25
Applicant: Redshift Bioanalytics, Inc.
Inventor: Matthias Wagner , Charles McAllister Marshall , Donald Kuehl , Jeffrey Guasto
IPC: G01N15/14 , G01N21/85 , G01N21/03 , G01N15/02 , G01N21/3577 , G01N21/05 , G01N21/39 , G01N21/53
CPC classification number: G01N15/1436 , G01N15/0205 , G01N15/1404 , G01N15/1484 , G01N21/0332 , G01N21/05 , G01N21/3577 , G01N21/39 , G01N21/532 , G01N21/85 , G01N2021/399 , G01N2201/0612 , G01N2201/10
Abstract: A fluid analyzer includes an optical source and detector defining a beam path of an optical beam, and a fluid flow cell on the beam path defining an interrogation region in a fluid channel in which the optical beam interacts with fluids. One or more flow-control devices conduct a particle in a fluid through the fluid channel. A motion system moves the interrogation region relative to the fluid channel in response to a motion signal, and a controller (1) generates the motion signal having a time-varying characteristic, (2) samples an output signal from the optical detector at respective intervals of the motion signal during which the interrogation region contains and does not contain the particle, and (3) determines from output signal samples a measurement value indicative of an optically measured characteristic of the particle.
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公开(公告)号:US09863877B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-09
申请号:US14863341
申请日:2015-09-23
Applicant: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Charles Hoke , Christopher Ryan Moon , Andrew Ghetler , Yuri Beregovski , Richard P. Tella , Yang Han
IPC: G01N21/552 , G01N21/35 , G02B13/14 , G02B17/00 , G02B17/08 , G01N21/3563 , G01N21/39 , G01J3/02
CPC classification number: G01N21/552 , G01J3/0213 , G01J3/0229 , G01N21/35 , G01N21/3563 , G01N2021/399 , G01N2201/0633 , G01N2201/10 , G01N2201/101 , G02B13/14 , G02B17/006 , G02B17/0808 , G02B21/002 , G02B21/02 , G02B21/04 , G02B21/10
Abstract: A scanner and an attenuated total reflection (ATR) objective for use in such scanners are disclosed. The ATR objective includes first and second optical elements and an input port. The input port receives an input collimated light beam that is focused to a point on a planar face of the first optical element by the second optical element such that substantially all of that portion is reflected by the planar face and no portion of the input beam strikes the planar face at an angle less than the critical angle. The second optical element also generates an output collimated light beam from light reflected from the planar thce that is characterized by a central ray that is coincident with the central ray of the input collimated light beam. A light beam converter receives the first collimated light beam and generates the input collimated light beam therefrom.
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公开(公告)号:US09851307B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-26
申请号:US14651500
申请日:2013-12-18
Applicant: FLIR Detection, Inc.
Inventor: Robert Deans , Peter G. Loges , William McDaniel , Kateri E. Paul , Lawrence F. Hancock , Matthew Joseph Szabo
CPC classification number: G01N21/76 , B01L3/5023 , B01L2300/0627 , B01L2300/0681 , B01L2300/0861 , B01L2300/087 , B01L2300/12 , G01N21/66 , G01N21/78 , G01N31/22 , G01N2021/7786 , G01N2201/10 , Y10T436/2575
Abstract: Embodiments described herein related to devices and methods for the collection and/or determination of analytes, such as illicit substances including military explosives, explosives, and precursors thereof. In some cases, the device may be a disposable device that incorporates highly efficient sample collection in combination with microfluidic-based chemical analysis resulting in the rapid detection and identification of unknown materials. In some cases, multiple colorimetric detection chemistries may be employed, and the resulting “barcode” of color changes can be used to positively identify the presence and/or identity of the analyte.
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公开(公告)号:US09784690B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-10
申请号:US14708058
申请日:2015-05-08
Applicant: KLA-Tencor Corporation
Inventor: Noam Sapiens , Andrei V. Shchegrov , Stilian Ivanov Pandev
IPC: G01N21/93 , G01N21/95 , G01N21/956 , G01N21/47
CPC classification number: G01N21/93 , G01B2210/56 , G01N21/4788 , G01N21/9501 , G01N21/95607 , G01N2201/06113 , G01N2201/062 , G01N2201/10 , G01N2201/1296
Abstract: In one embodiment, apparatus and methods for determining a parameter of a target are disclosed. A target having an imaging structure and a scatterometry structure is provided. An image of the imaging structure is obtained with an imaging channel of a metrology tool. A scatterometry signal is also obtained from the scatterometry structure with a scatterometry channel of the metrology tool. At least one parameter, such as overlay error, of the target is determined based on both the image and the scatterometry signal.
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公开(公告)号:US09778282B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-03
申请号:US15488240
申请日:2017-04-14
Applicant: Anasys Instruments
Inventor: Honghua Yang , Kevin Kjoller , Sam Berweger , Craig Prater
CPC classification number: G01Q60/18 , G01N21/35 , G01N21/39 , G01N21/47 , G01N21/4738 , G01N2201/0612 , G01N2201/10 , G01Q30/02 , G01Q60/22
Abstract: This invention involves measurement of optical properties of materials with sub-micron spatial resolution through infrared scattering scanning near field optical microscopy (s-SNOM). Specifically, the current invention provides substantial improvements over the prior art by achieving high signal to noise, high measurement speed and high accuracy of optical amplitude and phase. Additionally, it some embodiments, it eliminates the need for an in situ reference to calculate wavelength dependent spectra of optical phase, or absorption spectra. These goals are achieved via improved asymmetric interferometry where the near-field scattered light is interfered with a reference beam in an interferometer. The invention achieves dramatic improvements in background rejection by arranging a reference beam that is much more intense than the background scattered radiation. Combined with frequency selective demodulation techniques, the near-field scattered light can be efficiently and accurately discriminated from background scattered light. These goals are achieved via a range of improvements including a large dynamic range detector, careful control of relative beam intensities, and high bandwidth demodulation techniques. In other embodiments, phase and amplitude stability are improved with a novel s-SNOM configuration. In other embodiments an absorption spectrum may be obtained directly by comparing properties from a known and unknown region of a sample as a function of illumination center wavelength.
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公开(公告)号:US20170257538A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-07
申请号:US15248425
申请日:2016-08-26
Applicant: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Masahiko KOKUBO
IPC: H04N5/225 , G01N33/487 , G02B21/00 , G06K9/00 , G02B21/36
CPC classification number: H04N5/2256 , G01N21/253 , G01N33/487 , G01N2201/061 , G01N2201/10 , G02B21/0032 , G02B21/362 , G06K9/00134
Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imager with an imaging optical system to having an object-side hypercentric property, an illuminator with a plurality of illumination optical systems having mutually different exit pupil positions and a mover for relatively moving these with respect to a well plate. Imaging is performed simultaneously with stroboscopic illumination when the imager is located at a predetermined imaging position, and illumination optical systems are switched according to the imaging position.
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公开(公告)号:US09719916B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-01
申请号:US15256071
申请日:2016-09-02
Applicant: Bruker Nano, Inc.
Inventor: Gregory O. Andreev , Chanmin Su
CPC classification number: G01N21/171 , B82Y35/00 , G01N21/3563 , G01N2201/06113 , G01N2201/10 , G01N2201/12 , G01Q30/02 , G01Q30/20 , G01Q60/32
Abstract: An apparatus and method of performing photothermal chemical nanoidentification of a sample includes positioning a tip of a probe at a region of interest of the sample, with the tip-sample separation being less than about 10 nm. Then, IR electromagnetic energy having a selected frequency, ω, is directed towards the tip. Using PFT mode AFM operation, absorption of the energy at the region of interest is identified. calorimetry may also be performed with the photothermal PFT system.
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公开(公告)号:US20170212041A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-27
申请号:US15329011
申请日:2015-07-02
Applicant: UNIVERSITE DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE
Inventor: Vincent VUIBLET , Olivier PIOT , Philippe RIEU , Michael FERE , Cyril GOBINET
IPC: G01N21/3563 , G01N33/50
CPC classification number: G01N21/3563 , G01N21/359 , G01N33/5091 , G01N2021/3196 , G01N2021/3595 , G01N2201/10 , G01N2201/129
Abstract: A method for detecting and quantifying fibrosis, which involves at least; positioning a non-coloured fixed tissue sample on a support; carrying out infrared acquisition, by scanning, of points of the sample; converting the infrared spectrum produced by each acquired point into at least one spectral image; carrying out a digital processing operation on the spectral image by distinguishing between at least physiological collagen and pathological collagen from fibrosis, attributing, to each point, a spectral class defined by an algorithm classifying the spectra according to the spectral similarities % thereof, then attributing a status to each class by statistically comparing with a digital model of spectra; quantifying the relative surface area occupied by the points of each status; and recording the result.
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公开(公告)号:US20170146462A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-25
申请号:US14948459
申请日:2015-11-23
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor: Anthony W. Baker , Christopher Bellavia
CPC classification number: G01B11/24 , G01B11/14 , G01N21/8851 , G01N21/9515 , G01N2021/8883 , G01N2201/10 , G01N2201/12 , G06T7/001 , G06T2207/10028 , G06T2207/20056
Abstract: A method of analyzing a curved surface is provided. The method includes obtaining a first data point set including data points representative of a distance between points along the curved surface and a reference axis, determining outlier data points in the first data point set, extracting the outlier data points from the first data point set, thereby defining a second data point set. The method also includes determining a fitted curve for the second data point set, wherein the fitted curve defines an approximate true curve of the curved surface.
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