Abstract: The present invention relates a device and a method for noninvasively determining an analyte in blood, in particular for noninvasively determining an analyte in capillary blood.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the non-invasive determination of glucose in blood, in particular to the non-invasive determination of glucose in capillary blood.

Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring device (6) for monitoring the environment, in particular for monitoring the environment for radioactive radiation, comprising at least one receiver for receiving measured values of an environmental variable that potentially poses a health hazard and comprising a computing unit (10) for computing a hazard warning (4.1-4.4) dependent on the measured values. The receiver is designed to receive the measured values from a plurality of spatially distributed electronic terminals (2.1-2.4), in particular from mobile telephones with an image sensor for measuring the radioactive radiation. The invention further relates to a corresponding terminal (2.1-2.4) and to a complete monitoring system with a monitoring device and numerous terminals (2.1-2.4) for measuring the environmental variable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electronic terminal (1.1-1.4) comprising an integrated image sensor (2.1-2.4) that has a large number of pixels, in particular for a mobile telephone. According to the invention, a dosage value of ionizing radiation striking the image sensor is determined by means of the image sensor (2.1-2.4). The invention further relates to a terminal that operates accordingly (e.g. a smart phone having a corresponding application program).

Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring method and a measuring instrument for measuring raw data for determination of a blood parameter, in particular for non-invasive determination of the D-glucose concentration. The measuring device (1) comprises an excitation source (2) for generating electromagnetic radiation, a coupling arrangement (5-8) which is configured to couple in the radiation emitted by the excitation source (2) into a body surface of an object to be measured, and a sensor arrangement (13) which is configured to detect infrared (IR) radiation which is excited by the coupled-in radiation of the excitation source (2) in the body surface. The coupling arrangement (5-8) is configured to couple in the radiation emitted by the excitation source (2) extensively at a plurality of measuring points into the body surface, and the sensor arrangement (13) is configured to detect the IR radiation generated in the body surface at a plurality of measuring points.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device (1; 30) for measuring a surface coating (18) on an object to be measured (19; 24) such as a foodstuff, particularly for the measurement of metabolic products from bacteria on meat intended for consumption, said measuring device having at least one excitation source (3-6) for the excitation of luminescence in the surface coating (18) on the object to be measured (19; 24), such that the surface coating (18) emits a luminescent radiation and having at least one optical sensor (10) for detecting the luminescent radiation emitted by the surface coating (18). According to the invention, the measuring device (1; 30) measures the luminescent radiation from the surface coating (18) at a plurality of measuring points spaced at a distance from one another (M1-M4) on the foodstuff to be monitored (19; 24), particularly at four measuring points (M1-M4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electronic terminal (1.1-1.4) comprising an integrated image sensor (2.1-2.4) that has a large number of pixels, in particular for a mobile telephone. According to the invention, a dosage value of ionising radiation striking the image sensor is determined by means of the image sensor (2.1-2.4). The invention further relates to a terminal that operates accordingly (e.g. a smart phone having a corresponding application program).

Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring device (6) for monitoring the environment, in particular for monitoring the environment for radioactive radiation, comprising at least one receiver for receiving measured values of an environmental variable that potentially poses a health hazard and comprising a computing unit (10) for computing a hazard warning (4.1-4.4) dependent on the measured values. The receiver is designed to receive the measured values from a plurality of spatially distributed electronic terminals (2.1-2.4), in particular from mobile telephones with an image sensor for measuring the radioactive radiation. The invention further relates to a corresponding terminal (2.1-2.4) and to a complete monitoring system with a monitoring device and numerous terminals (2.1-2.4) for measuring the environmental variable.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device, in particular a mobile telephone (1), comprising an image sensor (4) with multiple pixels for capturing an image. The image sensor (4) is also sensitive to ionizing radiation, in particular pulsed high-energy radiation. The invention additionally relates to a radiation sensor (5) for measuring the ionizing radiation.