Abstract: Systems and techniques for facilitating archery implemented in conjunction with a bow mountable laser-based speed measurement instrument or a speed sensor bar as well as a bow movement sensor system which may be affixed to any of the available mounting positions on a conventional bow.

Abstract: Pattern transfer sheets and methods are provided for printing paste patterns (e.g., thin fingers) with a high aspect ratio and for increasing throughput in pattern transfer printing. Trenches in the pattern transfer sheets, that are configured to be filled with printing paste and to enable releasing the printing paste from the trenches onto a receiving substrate upon illumination by a laser beam—are coated internally by a coating configured to disintegrate upon the illumination. The coating is configured to enhance the releasing of the paste—increasing throughput and printing accuracy. The receiving substrate may be cleaned after paste deposition by removing disintegration products of the coating therefrom. Alternatively or complementarily, laser absorbing dye may be mixed into the printing paste to facilitate its release from the trenches.

Abstract: A light beam processor includes a first light beam amplifying apparatus, a second light beam amplifying apparatus, and a light source generating apparatus. The light source generating apparatus is configured to emit a light source beam to the first light beam amplifying apparatus. The first light beam amplifying apparatus is configured to perform an initial amplification on the light source beam to obtain an amplified light beam. The second light beam amplifying apparatus is configured to perform a secondary amplification on the amplified light beam to obtain a target light beam. The target light beam is used as an output light beam of the light beam processor.

Abstract: A zoom optics structure for implementation in a laser-based rangefinding instrument provides a magnified image of a target. The structure disclosed can also serve to magnify a reticle or other information on an in-sight display in conjunction with the magnified target image. The zoom optics structure disclosed is also amenable to rangefinding instruments incorporating ballistics interfaces and those having image stabilization.

Abstract: Pattern transfer printing (PTP) methods are provided, which comprise: (i) handling a tape with multiple pattern transfer sheets having patterns of trenches, to controllably deliver the pattern transfer sheets for paste filling and consecutively for pattern transfer, (ii) mixing, continuously and uniformly, at least two types of conductive printing pastes having different particle sizes and/or at least one type of conductive printing paste with a NIR (near infrared) absorbing dye—to form a uniform paste mixture, (iii) filling the trenches on the delivered pattern transfer sheets with the paste mixture, (iv) controllably delivering wafers for the pattern transfer, and (v) transferring the paste mixture from the pattern transfer sheets onto the delivered wafers, by releasing the paste mixture from the trenches upon illumination by a laser beam. The methods yield highly accurate, ultrafine conductive lines, e.g., for photovoltaic (PV) applications.

Abstract: A laser-based rangefinding instrument for, inter alia, golfing or hunting activities having an unique ergonomic design and an external multi-function switch for controlling display brightness, selectable display of differing distance units and a slope selection switch for enabling display of line of sight distance or angle of slope and “Compensated Golf Distance” slope distance to a target.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the field of vehicle technology and industrial-plant technology and relates to a brake disc provided with protection from wear and corrosion and to a method for production thereof. The known solutions have the disadvantage that the coating for providing protection from corrosion and wear is applied to the frictional surfaces of the brake disc and is rubbed off straight away during the first braking operations. The present invention addresses the problem of providing a brake disc that has improved and durable protection from corrosion and wear. The significantly improved properties of the brake disc in terms of protection from corrosion and wear are achieved according to the invention by at least the region of the frictional surfaces (2) having an AlSi-based diffusion layer (3), which has a layer thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm and is formed in the process of interaction with the steel or grey cast iron of the metal main body (1).

Abstract: A precise bearing measurement device wirelessly couplable to an associated rangefinder for providing the rangefinder with the horizontal bearing of the device. The device comprises a rotor board and parallel and spaced apart resolver board to which it is capacitively coupled. A processor and an inclinometer are provided to ensure the device is maintained in a level orientation when taking a bearing measurement.

Abstract: A laser-based rangefinding instrument for, inter alia, golfing or hunting activities having an unique ergonomic design and an external multi-function switch for controlling display brightness, selectable display of differing distance units and a slope selection switch for enabling display of line of sight distance or angle of slope and “Compensated Golf Distance” slope distance to a target.

Abstract: Pattern transfer sheets, methods of monitoring pattern transfer printing, and pattern transfer printing systems are provided, for monitoring and adjusting laser illumination used for transferring paste patterns from trenches on the sheets onto a substrate such as electronic circuitry and/or solar cell substrates. Pattern transfer sheets comprise, outside the pattern, (i) trace mark(s) configured to receive the printing paste, aligned to the trenches and are wider than the width of the illuminating laser beam—to detect misalignment of paste release from within the trace mark(s) and/or (ii) working window marks configured to receive the printing paste, set at specified offsets with respect to specific trenches, with different working window marks set at different offsets—to correct the effective working window by adjusting the power of the laser beam.

Abstract: Pattern transfer printing (PTP) systems and methods are provided to improve the quality, accuracy and throughput of pattern transfer printing. PTP systems comprise a tape handling unit for handling a tape with pattern transfer sheets sections and for controllably delivering the pattern transfer sheets one-by-one for paste filling and consecutively for pattern transfer, with the tape moving from an unwinder roll to a re-winding roll. PTP systems further comprise a paste filling unit which enables continuous paste filling using a supporting counter roll opposite to the paste filling head, a wafer handling and positioning unit controllably delivering wafers for the pattern transfer in a parallelized manner that increases throughput, a paste transfer unit with enhanced accuracy and efficiency due to exact monitoring and wafer alignment, as well as a print quality control unit.

Abstract: A system and method for determination of origin displacement for a laser rangefinding instrument which comprises laser transmitting and receiving sections coupled to a processor section. The processor section is configured to calculate ranges from the instrument to first and second target coordinates and to compensate for displacement between disparate first and second origin points in order to determine a distance between these target coordinates.

Abstract: A radio frequency laser includes: a power box, a radio frequency cavity, an electrode, and a first metal blocking ring. A bottom plate of the power box is provided with a first installation hole and a first installation groove, and the first installation groove is arranged around the first installation hole. A top plate of the radio frequency cavity is provided with a second installation hole and a second installation groove, and the second installation groove is arranged around the second installation hole. When the power box is assembled with the radio frequency cavity, the second installation hole corresponds to the first installation hole, and the second installation groove corresponds to the first installation groove.

Abstract: Pattern transfer printing (PTP) systems and methods are provided to improve the quality, accuracy and throughput of pattern transfer printing. PTP systems comprise a tape handling unit for handling a tape with pattern transfer sheets sections and for controllably delivering the pattern transfer sheets one-by-one for paste filling and consecutively for pattern transfer, with the tape moving from an unwinder roll to a re-winding roll. PTP systems further comprise a paste filling unit which enables continuous paste filling using a supporting counter roll opposite to the paste filling head, a wafer handling unit controllably delivering wafers for the pattern transfer in a parallelized manner that increases throughput, a paste transfer unit with enhanced accuracy and efficiency due to exact monitoring and wafer alignment, as well as a print quality control unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel mixed injection method for a gas turbine. The method includes the following steps: arranging a secondary fuel injection nozzle and a secondary air injection nozzle on a secondary combustion section, wherein the secondary fuel injection nozzles is closer to a main combustion section than the secondary air injection nozzle; and injecting secondary fuel and secondary primary air in sequence through the secondary fuel injection nozzle and the secondary air injection nozzle, respectively, thus enabling the secondary fuel to spontaneously combust in a mainstream high-temperature flue gas atmosphere to form a transverse jet flame and increase the flame lift-off height.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes an optical fiber, a first light source unit, and a second light source unit. The optical fiber includes a wavelength converting portion. The wavelength converting portion is provided between a light incident portion and a light emerging portion. The wavelength converting portion contains a wavelength converting material. The wavelength converting material is excited by excitation light to produce a spontaneous emission of light having a longer wavelength than the excitation light and amplifies the spontaneous emission of light to produce an amplified spontaneous emission of light. The first light source unit makes the excitation light incident on the light incident portion. The second light source unit makes seed light, causing a stimulated emission of light to be produced from the wavelength converting material that has been excited by either the excitation light or the amplified spontaneous emission of light, incident on the light incident portion.

Abstract: An optical fiber laser coupler, comprising a laser input optical cable, a laser shaping and coupling device, and a multi-beam-mode energy transmission fiber (205). The multi-beam-mode energy transmission fiber (205) comprises a circular fiber core (105) and annular fiber cores (106, 107), and each annular fiber core (106, 107) is coaxial with the circular fiber core (105). A fluorine-doped layer (109) is disposed between the circular fiber core (105) and the annular fiber core (106, 107), and the fluorine-doped layer (109) is also disposed between adjacent annular fiber cores (106, 107). An adjustable collimating lens group (203) and an adjustable focusing lens group (204) of the laser shaping and coupling device can horizontally move along a direction of a laser beam in a housing of the laser shaping and coupling device.

Abstract: An optical baffle and combination with a laser sensor of especial applicability in attenuating off-axis laser light in the use of a laser sensor for determining the height of a liquid level or distance to a surface detectable through a pipe.

Abstract: A device for producing and removing an internal contour from a planar substrate comprising: a beam-producing- and beam-forming arrangement which is configured to perform: a contour definition step wherein a laser beam is guided over the substrate to produce a plurality of individual zones of internal damage in a substrate material along a contour line defining the internal contour; a crack deformation step, wherein the laser beam is guided over the substrate and produces a plurality of individual zones of internal damage in the substrate material to form a plurality of crack line portions that lead away from the contour line into the internal contour; and a material removal-step, wherein a laser beam directed towards the substrate surface that inscribes a removal line through a thickness of the substrate at the internal contour causes the internal contour to detach from the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a handheld speed gun incorporating automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) functionality. As the image size of a vehicle license plate varies depending on its distance from the speed gun, in the present invention the distance to the target vehicle is known through the functionality of the laser sensor so the size of the pixels for the number plate can be estimated. Since the image of the number plate may be tilted in a handheld device, the present invention compensates for this by use of the instrument's tilt sensor or through other compensation by use of the image itself.