Patents Examined by Kemaya Nguyen
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Patent number: 12287241Abstract: Provided are a device (4) and a method for online measuring a spectrum for a laser device. The device (4) for online measuring a spectrum for a laser device includes: a first optical path assembly (G1) and a second optical path assembly (G2), and the second optical path assembly (G2) and the first optical path assembly (G1) constitute a measurement optical path. The second optical path assembly (G2) includes: an FP etalon (15) and a grating (18). The homogenized laser beam passes through the FP etalon (15) to generate an interference fringe. The grating (18) is arranged after the FP etalon (15), or is arranged before the FP etalon (15) in the measurement optical path, and is configured to disperse the laser beam passing through the FP etalon (15).Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Beijing RSLaser Opto-Electroncis Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guangyi Liu, Rui Jiang, Xiaoquan Han, Jiangshan Zhao, Pengfei Sha, Qingqing Yin, Hua Zhang, Xinyue Hu
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Patent number: 12281992Abstract: An optical technique for voltage contrast imaging of the active electronic properties of semiconductors, including semiconductor surfaces, periodic structures, and electrically active defects, is disclosed. A pump laser beam is used to produce a modulated photovoltage in a semiconductor sample and a second probe laser beam is used to detect synchronous changes in the reflectance of the sample, resulting in a non-contact voltage contrast imaging capability. Exemplary optical configurations enabling high-throughput voltage contrast inspection of electrically active defects are discussed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Inventor: William W. Chism, II
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Patent number: 12276543Abstract: A readout circuit for an amplitude modulating sensor includes a first and second wavelength light source; an optical coupler coupled to receive a first light signal from the first wavelength light source and a second light signal from the second wavelength light source; a frequency selector that allows for the first light signal to pass to the amplitude modulating sensor; and a detector system coupled to the optical coupler to receive the first light signal and the second light signal after the first light signal is modulated by the amplitude modulating sensor and independently detect the two signals. The detector system generates electronic signals representing the modulated first light signal and the second light signal and removes a common mode signal of the modulated first light signal and the second light signal, removing common mode noise or attenuation in the modulated first light signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSULTING CORPORATIONInventors: David Alan Mills, William C. Patterson
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Patent number: 12259244Abstract: An adjuster performs simultaneous irradiation of M laser beams to an atomic beam, where M is a predetermined integer satisfying 3?M. The course of each of the M laser beams intersects with an approach path of the atomic beam. A component, in a direction perpendicular to the approach path of the atomic beam, of the sum of radiation pressure vectors that the M laser beams respectively have is non-zero. A component, in a direction of the approach path of the atomic beam, of the sum of the radiation pressure vectors that the M laser beams respectively have is negative for atoms having speeds greater than the predetermined speed, and positive for the atoms having speeds smaller than the predetermined speed.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignees: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kento Taniguchi, Ryotaro Inoue, Mikio Kozuma, Atsushi Tanaka
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Patent number: 12235211Abstract: This invention provides a UV spectroscopy apparatus and method for controlled drug waste diversion detection. The spectroscopy apparatus employs sample cells which have optimized optical path length such that the measured maximum absorbance of the drug is less than the detection limit of the system. Hence the full unsaturated absorption spectrum of the drug is revealed in the UV wavelength region from 230 nm (or even down to 195 nm) to 400 nm. This full spectrum analysis improves the specificity for drug identification and the accuracy for drug concentration verification. The spectral library of the apparatus comprises the spectra of common controlled drugs, excipients, as well as typical diluents, which enables the identification of controlled drugs from different manufacturers and/or diluted with different types of diluents.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Inventors: Qun Li, Sean Xiaolu Wang
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Patent number: 12222244Abstract: This invention relates to retrievable measuring cell for optical measurements in gas, the cell being defined by a gas conducting pipe having an input end adapted to be connected to a gas flow input intruding gas into the cell and an output end adapted to be connected to a gas flow output. The pipe ends also being adapted to be coupled to optical components including an optical transmitter transmitting light into said cell and an optical receiver adapted to receive light having passed through said cell, the optical beam in said cell having a predetermined shape, the optical components including a light source, at least two minors and a light receiver being mounted in known positions on an external frame covered by the pipe ends. The cell has an elongated shape corresponding to the optical beam shape.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Tunable ASInventor: Truls Simensen
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Patent number: 12222283Abstract: Disclosed are an online vacuum degree detection system and method based on single-fiber laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. In the system, a laser device generates laser that excites the laser through fiber induced breakdown spectroscopy; a fiber coupler couples and injects the laser; a single fiber is connected to the fiber coupler to transmit the laser; one end of an LIBS probe is connected to the single fiber, and the other end of the LIBS probe extends into a vacuum arc-extinguishing chamber; the laser is induced by the LIBS probe to generate plasma, and the plasma is subjected to self-emission imaging and enters the fiber coupler via the LIBS probe; a dichroscope is arranged on the fiber coupler to separate the laser from the plasma; a processor is connected to a camera and a spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Mingzhe Rong, Jiaqi Liu, Feilong Zhang, Wei Ke, Minyuan Chen, Huan Yuan, Aijun Yang, Dingxin Liu, Xiaohua Wang
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Patent number: 12216035Abstract: An organic material sample is prepared for LIBS analysis based on searing a sample of granular organic material having an organic matrix. The searing includes supplying heat to the sample for one or more known exposure times to produce a same number of searing instances, measuring reflectance values of the sample before and after one or more of the searing instances, determining a searing parameter as an indicator of a susceptibility of the organic matrix to searing determined based on the measured reflectance values, calculating a time value from an application of a predictive model derived from an empirical analysis of reference data comprising time values indexed against searing parameter to the searing parameter, the predictive model linking the searing parameter to the time value, generating a new exposure time using the time value, and heating the sample for the new exposure time to produce a new searing instance.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: FOSS Analytical A/SInventor: Ahmed Fadil
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Patent number: 12209909Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing a biomechanical property of a medium using stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy. The method can include a first step of applying a probe beam and pulsed pump beam to a target section of the medium, wherein the pump beam interacts with the probe beam to generate at least one acoustic wave in the medium and at least one Brillouin signal is produced as a result of the generated acoustic wave. The method can also include a second step of receiving the produced Brillouin signal and a third step of determining, using a processor and the Brillouin signal, information associated with at least one biomechanical property of the target section.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Seok-Hyun Yun, Amira Eltony, Desmond Chow Ming Chia
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Patent number: 12196862Abstract: A transmission apparatus for laser radar, which includes: a light source including a light emitting array composed of M*N light emitting unit(s) configured for transmitting M*N beam(s) of light, where each row of the light emitting units of the light emitting array are arranged along a first direction, each column of the light emitting units of the light emitting array are arranged along a second direction; a collimating mirror configured for collimating the M*N beam(s) of light; a diffusion sheet including a first field of view in the first direction configured for converting the M*N beam(s) of light into M*N beam(s) of linear light with a first divergence angle in the first direction, and projecting the linear light to a target object to form N linear light spots parallel to the first direction, and the first field of view being equal to the first divergence angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hua Chen
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Patent number: 12188860Abstract: A device for spectral analysis including a seat for holding therein a compound specimen; a light source for illuminating the compound specimen with a spectrum of light; and a detector configured for detecting light transmitted through or reflected from the biological sample, the detector including a pixel array having a plurality of pixels each of which being configured to detect intensity of one wavelength within the spectrum such that the pixel array obtains a spectral signature of the biological sample including intensities of wavelengths within the spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Inventors: Eli Assoolin, Eyal Yatskan, Lital Cohen-Blum, Erez Lev
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Patent number: 12169143Abstract: A light detection device of the present invention includes: a wiring board; a first support part disposed on a mounting surface of the wiring board; a Fabry-Perot interference filter having a first mirror part and a second mirror part between which a distance is variable and having an outer edge portion disposed in a first support region of the first support part; a light detector disposed on the mounting surface to face the first mirror part and the second mirror part on one side of the first support part; and a temperature detector disposed on the mounting surface, wherein the temperature detector is disposed on the mounting surface such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the Fabry-Perot interference filter when seen in a first direction perpendicular to the mounting surface and such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the first support part when seen in a second direction in which the first support part and the light detector are aligned withType: GrantFiled: July 18, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Takashi Kasahara, Katsumi Shibayama, Kei Tabata, Masaki Hirose, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
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Patent number: 12163898Abstract: A method of detecting an abnormal growth of graphene includes: preparing an inspection target having a graphene film formed on a substrate by CVD; receiving light from the graphene film by using a dark field optical system; and inspecting the received light, thereby detecting the abnormal growth of the graphene.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Ryota Ifuku, Takashi Matsumoto, Akira Fujio, Kousaku Saito
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Patent number: 12135239Abstract: An optical assembly is disclosed including two laterally variable bandpass optical filters stacked at a fixed distance from each other, so that the upstream filter functions as a spatial filter for the downstream filter. The lateral displacement may cause a suppression of the Oblique beam when transmission passbands at impinging locations of the oblique beam onto the upstream and downstream filters do not overlap. A photodetector array may be disposed downstream of the downstream filter. The optical assembly may be coupled via a variety of optical conduits or optical fibers for spectroscopic measurements of a flowing sample.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.Inventors: Paula Smith, Curtis R. Hruska, Benjamin F. Catching, Paul G. Coombs
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Patent number: 12111209Abstract: Spectrometer systems are provided including a detector array; an imaging lens assembly coupled to the detector array, the imaging lens assembly including a first element of positive optical power followed by a second element of negative optical power and a positive optical power element split into two opposing identical singlets; a dispersive element coupled to the imaging lens assembly; and a fixed focus collimator assembly coupled to the dispersive element. Related imaging lens assemblies and collimator assemblies are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS NC, INC.Inventors: Robert H. Hart, Peter Strobel
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Patent number: 12104958Abstract: Devices and methods of the present technology utilize wavelength-dependent transmittance of 2D materials to identify the wavelength of an electromagnetic radiation. A wide range of 2D materials can be used, making possible the use of the technology over a large portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, from gamma rays to the far infrared. When combined with appropriate algorithms and artificial intelligence, the technology can identify the wavelength of one or more monochromatic sources, or can identify color through the use of a training set. When applied in an array format, the technology can provide color imaging or spectral imaging using different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Northeastern UniversityInventors: Swastik Kar, Davoud Hejazi, Sarah Ostadabbas
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Patent number: 12090486Abstract: A paddy discriminator includes a downflow gutter in which mixed grains including paddy and brown rice are aligned and flow down, a light emission source that irradiates the mixed grains discharged from the downflow gutter with light, and light receiving means capable of receiving reflected light and transmitted light from the mixed grains irradiated with light by the light emission source, wherein the light emission source includes first illumination means that is provided on a light receiving means side of the mixed grains and is capable of irradiating the mixed grains with light of a red component, and second illumination means that is provided on a side away from the light receiving means of the mixed grains and is capable of irradiating the mixed grains with light of a green component.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Matsushima, Hiroki Ishizuki, Kazuya Uchiyama
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Patent number: 12066327Abstract: A method for determining a calibration function includes: calculating a first distance, between a distribution of target spectra and a comparison distribution of spectra; calibrating the distribution of target spectra with a first preliminary calibration function to form a first distribution of calibrated target spectra; calculating a second distance, between the first distribution of calibrated target spectra and the comparison distribution of spectra; determining that the second distance is less than the first distance; and setting the calibration function equal to the first preliminary calibration function.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Rockley Photonics LimitedInventor: Casimir Wierzynski
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Patent number: 12038591Abstract: A method of aligning a stencil to an eyepiece wafer includes providing the stencil, positioning the stencil with respect to a first light source, and determining locations of at least two stencil apertures. The method also includes providing the eyepiece wafer. The eyepiece wafer includes at least two eyepiece waveguides, each eyepiece waveguide including an incoupling grating and a corresponding diffraction pattern. The method further includes directing light from one or more second light sources to impinge on each of the corresponding diffraction patterns, imaging light diffracted from each incoupling grating, determining at least two incoupling grating locations, determining offsets between corresponding stencil aperture locations and incoupling grating locations, and aligning the stencil to the eyepiece wafer based on the determined offsets.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Ling Li, Chieh Chang, Sharad D. Bhagat, Christophe Peroz, Brian George Hill, Roy Matthew Patterson, Satish Sadam
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Patent number: 12013305Abstract: A fiber optic test device is provided that includes a light source pigtailed with a first end of a non-bend insensitive multimode fiber (non-BIMMF). A second end of the non-BIMMF is fusion spliced to a first end of a reference grade bend insensitive multimode fiber (BIMMF). A reference grade optical fiber connector is attached to a second end of the BIMMF, which is coupled to a first end of a reference grade bulkhead adapter. The non-BIMMF is deformed so that a specific launch condition, such as encircled flux, is achieved at the first end of the BIMMF. A test reference cord, which contains a reference grade BIMMF having similar geometric properties as the BIMMF that is fusion spliced to the non-BIMMF, is attached to a second end of the bulkhead adapter. Modal transparency is achieved and the launch condition is maintained at the output of the test reference cord.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Fluke CorporationInventor: Seymour Goldstein