Patents Examined by Sunghee Y Gray
  • Patent number: 10185096
    Abstract: Systems and methods of measuring ferrule-core concentricity for an optical fiber held by a ferrule are disclosed. The method includes: generating ferrule distance data by measuring distances to a ferrule outside surface as a function of rotation angle using a distance sensor and rotating either the ferrule or the distance sensor about an axis of rotation that is off-center from the true ferrule axis; aligning the axis of rotation with the fiber core; using the ferrule distance data to determine a position of the true ferrule center relative to the optical fiber core; and measuring the concentricity as the distance between the true center of the ferrule and the optical fiber core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
    Inventors: Sterling Michael Clarke, John Joseph Costello, III, En Hong, Garrett Andrew Piech, Michael Brian Webb, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
  • Patent number: 10184902
    Abstract: A substrate surface information detection device and a substrate surface information detection method are disclosed. The device includes a spray source and an image sensor, wherein the spray source is configured to uniformly spray droplets onto a surface of a substrate-under-test or form a liquid flow on the surface of the substrate-under-test, and the image sensor is configured to record image information of the droplets or the liquid flow. According to the substrate surface information detection device and substrate surface information detection method, defects on the surface of the substrate before the PI coating can be prevented and avoided, the production time can be shortened, and the production efficiency can be promoted and the product yield can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuguang Fan, Jingpeng Li, Jian Li, Shichao Wang, Limin Tian
  • Patent number: 10180355
    Abstract: Provided are a multi-wavelength photoelectric measurement device, a confocal measurement device, an interference measurement device, and a color measurement device capable of measuring the characteristic amount of a measurement object such as the thickness, distance, displacement, or color with high accuracy using multi-wavelength light such as white light. The multi-wavelength photoelectric measurement device includes a laser light source, a light source optical member for concentrating light from the laser light source, a phosphor excited by light concentrated by the light source optical member, an optical fiber unit that includes one or a plurality of optical fibers and the phosphor disposed on a first end, receives light emitted by the phosphor from the first end, and transmits the received light toward a second end, and a head optical member that concentrates light emitted from the second end of the optical fiber unit toward a measurement object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Keyence Corporation
    Inventor: Shoma Kuga
  • Patent number: 10175140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable luminescence detector combined with a mobile device, which mainly comprises a body, a focusing lens module, a light source module, a sample tray, and an image capturing module, wherein the image capturing module can be a lens of the mobile device, the body can be disassembled into multiple parts to act as holders for the portable luminescence detector. When the portable luminescence detector of the present invention is used in conjunction with the mobile device, the sample tray is placed at a position corresponding to that of the focusing lens module, and the light source module is used for providing a light source band, then the image capturing module works with the focus lens module to capture an image of the sample under the light source band and to provide the image for RGB spectral analysis or real-time image RGB spectral analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mei-Lin Ho, Chun-Yen Lin, Wei-Ren Lin, Ying-Chu Wang, Kuen-Yuh Chung
  • Patent number: 10151617
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an oil level in a machine includes transmitting a light beam into an optical system to be reflected or refracted to a receiver to generate a reception signal. The light beam is emitted at a set transmission power, and an oil deficiency is recognized when the reception signal exceeds a predefined level value. The transmission power of the light beam is settable between a minimum and a maximum transmission power, and contamination of the optical system is analyzed by: (a) the transmitter transmits a first light beam at the maximum transmission power to generate a first reception signal, and (b) analyzing the difference between the first reception signal and a second reception signal generated by a light beam at less than the maximum transmission power, the magnitude of the difference representing a measure of the degree of contamination of the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: KRIWAN INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Ellwein, Christoph Leja, Franz Stoll
  • Patent number: 10151577
    Abstract: An elevator hoistway dimension measuring apparatus includes: a base that is mounted to a floor; a first arm that extends in a first direction from the base so as to penetrate inside a hoistway; a pair of second arms that extend from two sides of the base when viewed in the first direction, and that are respectively placed in contact with inner surfaces of a facing pair of jambs of a doorframe; a pair of third arms that extend parallel to the second arms beyond the jambs of the doorframe; and a three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine that is mounted to an end portion of the first arm to measure the hoistway three-dimensionally from inside the hoistway, whereby measuring time is shortened significantly, and safety is also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Enomoto, Hideki Nakamura, Keisuke Sambongi
  • Patent number: 10132619
    Abstract: A spot shape detection apparatus for detecting the spot shape of a laser beam oscillated from a laser oscillator includes: a focusing leans for focusing the laser beam oscillated by the oscillator; a rotary body (mirror holder) in which a plurality of mirrors for reflecting the laser beam having passed through the focusing lens are disposed on concentric circles; a drive source (motor) for rotating the rotary body at a predetermined period; a beam splitter for branching return beams of the laser beam reflected by the plurality of mirrors of the rotary body; an imaging unit which is disposed in a direction in which the return beams are branched by the beam splitter and which images spot shapes of the return beams; and a display unit for displaying images obtained by imaging by the imaging unit, in relation with the plurality of mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Disco Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Nomaru, Arata Osaki, Akimasa Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 10113935
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes converting, using a spatial mode converter, an input signal into a plurality of spatial modes and performing polarization multiplexing and mode multiplexing, using a polarization multiplexer and a mode multiplexer, respectively, on the input signal. The method further includes injecting the input signal into a fiber optic medium. The method additionally includes applying, using at least one spatial filter in each of a forward and a backward direction within the fiber optic medium, the plurality of spatial modes within the fiber optic medium to transmit the input signal and perform distributed fault sensing on the input signal simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ting Wang, Yi Weng
  • Patent number: 10113958
    Abstract: A multilayered film and a method for performing spectroscopic measurements in a fluid are provided. The multilayered film includes a substrate; a porous layer adjacent to the substrate; and a reflective layer formed on the porous layer, wherein the porous layer selectively allows a component of a fluid to be optically measured when the multilayered film is immersed in the fluid. A sensor for spectroscopic measurements in crude oil samples including a multilayered film as above is also provided. A method of manufacturing a multilayered film for spectroscopic measurements in fluids as above is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: David L. Perkins
  • Patent number: 10107651
    Abstract: Methods and systems for Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry include optically filtering out non-Brillouin signals reflected from a fiber. Brillouin signals reflected from the fiber are coupled with a local oscillator to produce a Brillouin shift signals. The Brillouin shift signals are converted to an electrical domain using a photodetector. The electrical Brillouin shift signals are converted to a digital domain using a low-speed analog-to-digital converter that has a sampling rate below a Nyquist rate sufficient to fully resolve the electrical Brillouin shift signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fatih Yaman, Shaoliang Zhang, Ezra Ip, Yue-Kai Huang, Giovanni Milione
  • Patent number: 10107681
    Abstract: Provided are a tube-type lens usable for accurately detecting a plasma state in a plasma process, an optical emission spectroscopy (OES) apparatus including the tube-type lens, a plasma monitoring system including the OES apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by using the plasma monitoring system. The tube-type lens includes: a cylindrical tube; a first lens disposed at an entrance of the cylindrical tube, on which light is incident, the first lens including a central portion which prevents transmission of the light and a second lens disposed at an exit of the cylindrical tube, from which the light exits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: In-joong Kim, Ilgu Yun
  • Patent number: 10073005
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a distributed nondestructive inspection method for slickline cable structural defect detection transmits a light pulse along an optical waveguide in the slickline cable. A reflected light signal is 5 received from the optical waveguide in response to the light pulse. Defects can then be determined in the slickline cable based on variations in scattering intensity, phase shift, specific spectral signature, power spectral density, strain amplitude, and/or transmission loss of the reflected light signal as compared to the light pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Hua Xia, David L. Perkins, John L. Maida, Sean Gregory Thomas
  • Patent number: 10073023
    Abstract: A tomography duct for wind tunnels includes a plurality of light sources and sensors displaced around a support structure. The light sources are cycled and sensor measurements are made from sensors opposite the light sources. Tomographic algorithms are used to determine an extinction map from the sensor measurements. The extinction map provides details about particles in a cross-section of the air flow through the tomography duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Plexar Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Bencic, David P. Rohler, Amy F. Fagan, Steven H. Izen, Arjun K. Maniyedath
  • Patent number: 10073046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for clearly observing through a microscope, the wafers internal connections of the capsules of the light emitting diodes (LED's), avoiding the dispersion of the light that generates in the transparent dome of the diode capsule and without the need to immerse them in alcohol or any other flammable or hazardous substance classified as dangerous, or to connect the LED's to electrical systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: QUIMICA TECH, S.A. De C.V.
    Inventor: Jose Manuel Martinez Lopez
  • Patent number: 10067070
    Abstract: Embodiments include devices and methods for detecting particles in a wafer processing tool. In an embodiment, a particle monitoring device having a wafer form factor includes several micro sensors capable of operating in all pressure regimes, e.g., under vacuum conditions. The particle monitoring device may include a clock to output a time value when a parameter of a micro sensor changes in response to receiving a particle within a chamber of the wafer processing tool. A location of the micro sensor or the time value may be used to determine a source of the particle. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Tedeschi, Kartik Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 10067066
    Abstract: A container inspection device and a container inspection device for inspecting containers are provided. The container inspection device comprises at least one light source for illuminating containers in an inspection clock for inspecting the containers. The container inspection device drives the at least one light source such that the at least one light source is observed by a person as constantly shining independent of the inspection clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Herbert Kolb
  • Patent number: 10060725
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed to characterize the wear and measure temperature of a surface of a lining of a metallurgical container. Wear characterization is accomplished by a scanning device by making thickness measurements of the lining and surface temperature measurements are made using a two-color pyrometer integrated with the scanning device where surface temperature is measured by correlating a ratio of two light intensities to the surface temperature. A controller controls operation of the scanning device and the two-color pyrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: PROCESS METRIX
    Inventors: Michel Pierre Bonin, Thomas Lawrence Harvill, Alan Stanley Alsing
  • Patent number: 10054529
    Abstract: An irradiation optical system 12 irradiates a fluid flowing in a flow passage 2a with one light among a plurality of lights obtained by branching light from a light source 1 and forms the detection area. A detection optical system 13 makes scattered light with a different direction from an optical axis of the irradiation optical system enter a beam splitter 17 among the scattered lights from particles contained in the fluid in this detection area. Meanwhile, a beam expander 16 makes another light among the plurality of lights enter the beam splitter 17 as reference light. A detector 4 receives an interference light, by the scattered light and the reference light, obtained by the beam splitter 17 by light receiving elements and generates a detection signal corresponding to the interference light. A counting unit 6 counts the particles based on this detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: RION Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonobu Matsuda, Masaki Shimmura, Yuki Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 10054546
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting an analyte includes a waveguide configured to receive a narrow-band laser signal; and a sorbent material covering an analyte detection region of the waveguide, wherein the sorbent material is configured to sorb the analyte and bring the analyte to an evanescent field of the waveguide, and wherein Raman scattering is produced by an interaction of the evanescent field and the analyte sorbed in the sorbent material along the analyte detection region of the waveguide, and the waveguide is further configured to collect the Raman scattering along the analyte detection region of the waveguide, wherein the collected Raman scattering indicates a type of the analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Todd H. Stievater, Jacob B. Khurgin, Dmitry A. Kozak, Scott A. Holmstrom, R. Andrew McGill
  • Patent number: 10048201
    Abstract: A microscope is disclosed, the microscope having a light source defining an optical axis along a Z direction and a detector disposed in X-Y direction, orthogonal to the optical axis, the detector configured to capture images of an object. The microscope includes a fluid channel having an inlet and an outlet configured with a fluid flow to transport the object from the inlet to the outlet. The detector is configured to capture a plurality of images of the object as the object moves from the inlet to the outlet. The plurality of images of the object may have different heights of the sample with respect to the detector as the sample flows through the channel. The channel may be tilted with respect to the optical axis. The detector may be tilted with respect to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jason W. Fleischer, Nicolas C. Pegard