Abstract: The present disclosure relates to metrology measurement systems, and related methods. In one or more embodiments a system, includes a substrate support, and an optical arm. The optical arm includes a light source operable to project a first beam on a first light path. The optical arm also includes a first lens, a first beam splitter, a second lens, a first detector, and an aperture. The first lens is disposed on the first light path and between the substrate support and the light source. The first beam splitter is disposed on the first light path. The first beam splitter is positioned between the substrate support and the light source. The first detector is disposed on the second light path. The second lens focuses the second beam to a second beam diameter. The aperture is disposed between the second lens and the first detector.

Abstract: Provided is an optical module that accurately observes the overall intensity of visible light having a relatively short wavelength and propagating through an optical fiber, and is suitable for downsizing an optical device. An optical module provided in an optical fiber connected to an optical component capable of inputting or outputting light. The optical module includes: a case body that forms a closed space C in which a part of the optical fiber is accommodated; a fiber fixing portion that fixes the optical fiber to predetermined position and shape inside the case body; and a photodiode that is attached inside the case body at a position capable of receiving radiation light radiated from the optical fiber fixed to the fiber fixing portion.

Abstract: A rotor bearing unit for testing a drive component is described. The rotor bearing unit has a shaft part, a guide box, and a housing part. The shaft part is rotatably arranged relative to the housing part, the housing part is frictionally connected to the guide box, the housing part of the rotor bearing unit is designed to connect to a housing of the drive component to be tested in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner, and the shaft part of the rotor bearing unit is designed to connect to a shaft of the drive component to be tested in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner. Additionally, a test structure including such a rotor bearing unit is described.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of mechanical fault data recognition, and discloses a cross-domain mechanical fault diagnosis method based on multi-channel feature fusion of an improved CBAM and use thereof, wherein the method comprises: conducting preliminary feature extraction in a grey-scale graph formed by original signals with convolutional neural network, obtaining high-level features, and compressing the high-level features with a full-connection layer module; conducting deep-level multi-sensor feature extraction with an improved convolutional block attention module (CBAM); conducting fusion for multi-sensor features extracted with an improved convolutional block attention module and obtaining multi-sensor fusion features; and inputting the multi-sensor fusion features into a tag assignor for fault diagnosis results.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an arrangement comprising: a sensor unit; a housing with a first end, a second end, a plurality of inlet openings, and an outlet opening; and an attachment apparatus for a fixed mechanical attachment of the housing to a wall at the first end of the housing. The outlet opening is not one of the plurality of inlet openings. The sensor unit is arranged at least partially inside the housing at a first distance from the first end and at a second distance from the second end. The first distance is greater than the second distance. The outlet opening is at a third distance from the first end and a fourth distance from the second end. The third distance is greater than the fourth distance.

Abstract: In example implementations described herein, there are systems and methods enabling manufacturers to become more efficient by providing a digital tool to track, visualize, quantify, and notify production bottlenecks for quick actions. Some implementations include an apparatus including a processor configured to analyze time-stamp data collected associated with a plurality of elements of an industrial process. The processor may be configured to generate, based on the analyzed time-stamp data, a color coded visualization of the industrial process, where generating the color coded visualization includes associating each of the plurality of elements of the industrial process with a corresponding color indicating a state of an element in the plurality of elements of the industrial process. The processor may further be configured to present, via a display, the generated color coded visualization of the industrial process.

Abstract: A measurement system includes a common port, the common port being connectable to a signal output of the device under test. The measurement system further includes a signal line being connected to the common port, wherein the signal line includes a first directional coupler portion and a second directional coupler portion. The measurement system further includes a signal processing circuit, wherein the signal processing circuit includes an IQ analysis circuit and an IQ synthesizer circuit. The IQ analysis circuit is connected with the common port via the first directional coupler portion so as to receive a forward-travelling signal from the common port. Further, a testing method of testing a device under test is described.

Abstract: An AE signal is acquired from an AE sensor disposed on a fixed part of the rotating machine, and the presence or absence of rubbing in the rotating machine is determined, based on the AE signal. As a result, if the rubbing is determined to be present, a rubbing suppression operating condition imposed on control of the rotating machine is decided to suppress the rubbing.

Abstract: A system for diagnosing a machine failure according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes a pre-processing module that receives a primitive signal in a time-amplitude domain to generate a Mel spectrum image in a time-frequency domain, a feature extraction module that learns features of the Mel spectrum image to output an Euclidean distance between a latent variable and a centroid, a failure diagnosis module that performs classification into a preset number of classes on the basis of the Euclidean distance between the latent variable and the centroid, and a result output module that outputs whether a failure has occurred according to a class classified by the failure diagnosis module.

Abstract: A method for determining a regulation range of pumping power of a three-machine pumped storage unit is provided. The method includes: obtaining a first parameter set of pumping measurement parameters for characterizing the three-machine pumped storage unit and determining a pumping process efficiency; determining a first relational expression based on the pumping process efficiency and a design efficiency of a pumped storage power station and establishing a second relational expression; and determining a third relational expression based on power absorbed by a power grid and the second relational expression and determining a fourth relational expression, where the fourth relational expression reflects the regulation range of the pumping power of the three-machine pumped storage unit. The method for determining the regulation range of the pumping power of the three-machine pumped storage unit is proposed according to unit characteristics and operating economy of the power station.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring wine fermentation is provided. The system comprises a sensor conduit and a sensor enclosure. The sensor enclosure comprises a leveling indicator that indicates if the sensor conduit is vertical.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a test method for assessing the possibility of infection of residents without performing periodic PCR tests of residents of a facility in question. One embodiment is an infectious disease test method that includes a sampling step for collecting a sample from sewage during a sampling period in a route from where sewage is discharged from a facility until flowing into a public sewage pipe, an analysis step for analyzing the sample to obtain information relating to the existence of an infectious disease pathogen in the sample, and a notification step for notifying the facility of the information together with the sampling period.

Abstract: An apparatus including: a housing configured for installation in a landfill; a differential pressure sensor and at least one gas sensor in the housing; and a first valve configured to control landfill gas (LFG) flow to the at least one gas sensor, wherein the first valve is configured to open when the differential pressure sensor detects a selected pressure difference or pressure difference change between the atmospheric air pressure and the LFG pressure.

Abstract: A clearing reagent in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention for making a biological material transparent is a solution containing: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and a urea derivative; sorbitol; and a surfactant which is contained at a concentration of 5 (w/v) % or less.

Abstract: A method for measuring mechanical strength of a pressurized gas storage tank for a vehicle is provided, the method including providing a tank having at least one opening, introducing an expandable element into the tank via the opening, connecting the expandable element to a pipe for a liquid, filling the expandable element with liquid, exerting a pressure, Pint, on all interior walls of the tank by means of the expandable element filled with liquid, measuring a possible deformation of the tank, emptying the liquid contained in the expandable element, and removing the expandable element from the tank via the opening. Also provided is a device for measuring mechanical strength of a pressurized gas storage tank for a vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inspecting the quality of a crimp connection by means of a handheldable pulling and compressing device suitable for producing the crimp connection, as well as a handheldable pulling and compressing device and a system for carrying out the method. In order to provide a method for inspecting the quality of a crimp connection by means of a handheldable pulling and compressing device suitable for producing the crimp connection, as well as a handheldable pulling and compressing device and a system for carrying out the method, which enable the quality of the crimp connection to be determined in a simple and reliable manner, it is provided that a crimp holder is arranged on a punch holder for attaching a crimp contact of a crimp connection and a cable holder is arranged on a die holder for attaching a cable of the crimp connection, a handheldable pulling and compressing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods to correct for perspective calibration variations of a variable thickness specimen with a single camera extensometer in a video extensometer system. In some examples, the systems and methods compensate for a change between a reference characteristic, such as a calibration plane, and an actual physical characteristic, such as a testing plane associated with a surface of a test specimen, during a testing operation. In some examples, a correction value is applied to an output (e.g., measured dimensions of the imaged test specimen) to compensate for the difference between the reference characteristic and the physical characteristic.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a reciprocal injection device includes a platform having a motor, a gearbox operatively coupled to the motor, an actuation slide driven by the motor, a pair of clamp fixtures for supporting two syringes, a pair of axially translatable syringe plunger fixtures, and an interface in communication with the platform and configured and arranged to actuate the motor.

Abstract: A system for analyzing the concentration of a first component in a sample fluid is described. The system provides a mixture of sample fluid and control fluid to a fluid concentration measuring apparatus in a controlled ratio. The system stores flow change model, representing the variation in time of the flow of the sample fluid through the system between a valving and the fluid concentration measuring apparatus in response to a variation of the controlled rate by the valving. The system estimates the concentration of the first component in the sample fluid based at least in part on the controlled ratio, and the flow change model.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface energy measurement instrument configured to apply a measurement reagent to a surface of metal foil to measure surface energy of the metal foil, the surface energy measurement instrument including a main body unit configured to store and discharge the measurement reagent and an application unit configured to apply the measurement reagent to the surface of the metal foil, wherein the main body unit includes a reagent storage portion configured to store the measurement reagent, a reagent injection port located at an upper part of the reagent storage portion, a reagent discharge port located at a lower part of the reagent storage portion, and a discharge amount adjustment portion connected to the reagent discharge port, the discharge amount adjustment portion being configured to adjust the discharge amount of the measurement reagent to be discharged from the reagent storage portion.

Abstract: An example method includes receiving data that includes a set of spectral metrics from interactions of electromagnetic radiation with a sample. A first trained model and a second trained model is applied to at least one of the set of spectral metrics and a set of values based on the set of spectral metrics to obtain a first result and a second result. Based on at least one of the first result and the second result, either a positive particle of interest detection or a negative particle of interest detection for at least one of first particles of interest, a first type of the first particles of interest, and a second type of the first particles of interest for the sample is determined. A particle of interest detection notification that indicates either the positive particle of interest detection or the negative particle of interest detection is generated and provided.

Abstract: A dispersion stability evaluation method is a method for evaluating a dispersion stability of dispersoid dispersed in a dispersion medium. The dispersion stability evaluation method includes a first step of holding a sample including the dispersion medium and the dispersoid on a reflective surface, and a second step of causing terahertz waves to be incident on the reflective surface from a side opposite to the sample and detecting the terahertz waves reflected by the reflective surface. In the second step, while a state where the dispersoid are allowed to move toward the reflective surface is maintained, a plurality of detection results respectively corresponding to a plurality of times apart from each other are acquired.

Abstract: There is provided a smoke detector including a substrate, a light source and a light sensor. The light source and the light sensor are arranged adjacently on the substrate. The substrate is arranged with an asymmetric structure to cause an illumination region of the light source to deviate toward the light sensor thereby increasing a ratio of light intensity reflected by smoke with respect to reference light intensity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a micro concentration monitoring apparatus. A micro concentration monitoring apparatus includes: a variable frequency driver circuit unit that is coupled to a MEMS sensor and supplies constant power to the MEMS sensor within a set bandwidth; and a reading circuit unit that measures a resonance frequency displacement value of the MEMS sensor according to a change in dielectric constant of a target based on power supplied from the variable frequency driver circuit, and measures the resonance frequency displacement value of the MEMS sensor through a plurality of measurement channels, respectively.

Abstract: A measurement method for quantitatively measuring amounts of at least two varieties of microorganisms in a test sample. The measurement method includes: producing a first sample by performing step dilution and division of the test sample; producing a second sample by amplifying nucleic acids of the microorganisms in the first sample; and performing hybridization of the second sample in a probe array including spots to which probes having complementary sequences to target nucleic acids specific to each of the varieties of the microorganisms are fixed; and identifying the varieties of the microorganisms based on light emission from the spots where the hybridization is performed and quantitatively measuring amounts of the microorganisms by a most probable number method.

Abstract: A sensor system comprises an LED arranged to emit light and to detect a portion of the emitted light that is scattered or reflected back to the LED. A sensing method comprises detecting with an LED light emitted by the LED and scattered or reflected back to the LED and determining a change in voltage-current characteristics of the LED resulting from detection of the scattered or reflected light. The sensor system and the sensing method may be used, for example, to determine properties of particles in a fluid into which the LED emits light or to determine the presence or absence of an object located between the LED and a reflective or scattering surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for measuring dynamic physical properties of a rack is configured to simulate various states of a rock, which facilitates the research of the dynamically changing physical properties of the rock. the system including: a kettle (202); a sample clamping device (10) including a lower end rod (103) and a fixed upper end rod (102), and a sample cavity is disposed between the upper end rod (103) and the lower end rod (102) and is located in the kettle (202); an overburden pressure device (400) configured to drive the lower end rod (103) to move up and down; a sample sheath (109) configured to sleeve a sample (101) located in the sample cavity, the sample sheath (109) being contractible inwards under pressure; a confining pressure maintaining device (402) configured to control a pressure in the kettle; and a heater (201) configured to control a temperature in the kettle.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of performing fast compensation in a flow cytometry experiment is provided. The method includes the following: generating an initial spillover matrix by using a plurality of single stained compensation controls; running a sample through the flow cytometer; generating a measured sample event vector by measuring fluorescence of a plurality of cells passing through the flow cytometer; generating a compensated sample event vector by using the initial spillover matrix and the measured sample event vector; generating an adjusted spillover matrix by finely adjusting the initial spill-over matrix; and calculating a re-compensated event vector by using the adjusted spillover matrix and the measured sample event vector.

Abstract: A method for automatically adjusting gates to cytometry data of a target sample is provided. The method includes receiving training cytometry data corresponding to a plurality of training samples; generating an image of the target sample, generating images of the plurality of training samples; selecting a training sample from the plurality of training samples based on a similarity between the image of the selected training sample and the image of the target sample; calculating a transformation required to morph between the image of the selected training sample and the image of the target sample; and generating a target sample gate by applying the calculated transformation to the training gate associated with the selected training sample. A corresponding system and computer-readable medium are also provided.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for selecting cells is disclosed. An example embodiment provides spatial information denoting the location, on a four part array of sensors, referred to as a quad array, of the center, of each particle that passes through the focused laser beam in a cell sorter. The center of a particle is commonly determined by the average fluorescence intensity within the field of view of a Side Fluorescence (SFL) collection lens. Fluorescence collected by an SFL lens from a particle having any orientation and any position in the core stream produces a spot large enough to illuminate all four segments of a quad array. By independently measuring the fluorescence intensity recorded by each of the four array segments for a particle, it is possible to calculate the x-y coordinate position across the quad array segments of the average total fluorescence emission collected from that particle.

Abstract: There is provided a particle sorting kit including a filter unit, which has a small amount of particle loss at a connection portion between a tube through which a sample liquid flows and the filter unit and functions even at a low flow rate. There is provided a particle sorting kit including a sample accommodation unit for accommodating a sample liquid containing particles, a sample flow path through which the sample liquid flows, a detection region in which a target particle is detected from the sample liquid, and a filter unit including a filter and a fitting portion that fits to an outer diameter of a tube for connection with the sample accommodation unit and/or the sample flow path, in which the fitting portion includes a protrusion that protrudes in the tube direction.

Abstract: An analysis device and a microscope use a circularly polarized light illuminator including a light source emitting pulsed light, a polarized light divider dividing the pulsed light from the light source or linearly polarized light extracted from the pulsed light into an x-axis direction polarized light component and a y-axis direction polarized light component, an optical delay unit delaying one of a pulse of the divided x-axis and y-axis direction polarized light components in relation to the other, a polarized light combining unit combining the X-polarized light pulsed beam and the Y-polarized light pulsed beam emitted from the optical delay unit coaxially to generate a linearly polarized beam having a modulation in which the X-polarized light pulse and the Y-polarized light pulse repeat alternately, and a polarized light conversion unit converting the linearly polarized light emitted from the polarized light synthesis unit into circularly polarized light.

Abstract: In one illustrative configuration, an air quality monitoring system may enable wide-scale deployment of multiple air quality monitors with high-confidence and actionable data is provided. Further, the air quality monitoring system may enable identifying a target emission from a plurality of potential sources at a site based on simulating plume models. The simulation of plume models may take into consideration various simulation parameters including wind speed and direction. Further, methods of determining a plume flux of a plume of emissions at a site, and methods of transmitting data from an air quality monitor are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a THz-TDS system (S), a sample preparation and chemometric-based analysis method that enables the determination of quality control, adulteration and authenticity of all organic substances and materials, especially samples with high water content.

Abstract: A sensing layer composition is provided. The sensing layer composition is particularly suited to be adhered to at least one side of one or more waveguide channels in/on a waveguide chip of an interferometric system. The sensing layer composition is particularly suited to bind or be selectively disturbed by peracetic acid via optical interferometric analysis.

Abstract: A gas flow chamber device and method for in-situ time-dependent attenuated total reflectance (ATR) infrared spectroscopy for monitoring solid-gas and liquid-gas chemical reactions in a gaseous flowing medium (gas or vapor) within a controlled environment includes a flow chamber enclosure attached to the infrared spectrometer, such that it covers the specimen on the ATR plate of the infrared spectrometer; a flow chamber inlet port to provide the gaseous flowing medium of desired chemical composition inside the chamber and in contact with the specimen; and a flow chamber outlet port to provide for the exhaust of the gaseous flowing medium from the flow chamber after the gaseous flowing medium has been in contact with the solid or liquid specimen.

Abstract: A sample observation device includes a light source unit configured to output a pulse train in which multiple optical pulses with different center wavelengths are arranged at predetermined time intervals as excitation light; a measurement unit configured to perform time-resolved measurement on an optical response that is transmitted from the sample and corresponds to irradiation with the optical pulses included in the pulse train while scanning the sample with the excitation light, and to acquire measurement data with respect to the optical pulses; and a processing unit configured to perform linear unmixing processing on the measurement data with respect to the optical pulses on the basis of an excitation spectrum for every target included in the sample.

Abstract: A light detection module according to the present disclosure includes an optical fiber mounting unit having a plurality of optical fibers disposed on one side thereof; a filter wheel spaced apart from the other side of the optical fiber mounting unit, the filter wheel having a plurality of filters; a drive unit for rotating the filter wheel; a light source unit for generating excitation light passing through the filter wheel; and a detection unit for detecting emission light passing through the filter wheel, wherein the plurality of filters includes a plurality of excitation light filters for filtering the excitation light and a plurality of emission light filters for filtering the emission light.

Abstract: A dye encompassing a donor-acceptor-donor motif having a structure according to formulae (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8): wherein, independently from each other, R1=H, CnF2n+1, C5NH4, C4N2H3, (CH2)nQ, (C6H5?m)Qm or (OCH2CH2)nQ, wherein m=1, 2, 3 or 4, and Q is selected from: H, C(H)=CH2, OC(O)C(H)?CH2, OC(O)C(CH3)?CH2, N(H)CC(H)?CH2, N(H)CC(CH3)?CH2, Si(OH)3, Si(OCH3)3, Si(OC2H5)3, OH, SH, NH2, NO2, CN, CF3, C?CH, N?N+?N?, F, Cl, Br, I, C2H3O, C6H5, C(O)F, C(O)Cl, C(O)Br, C(O)I, CF3SO3, B(OZ)2, OZ, C(O)Z, C(O)OZ, C(O)NHZ, C(O)NZ2, and SSZ, wherein Z=H, CnH2n+1, CnF2n+1, CnH2nC(H)?CH2, CnH2nC?CH, C6H4C(H)?CH2, C6H5, CH2C6H5, C5NH4 or C4N2H3, wherein n=1 to 20; R2=H, CnF2n+1, C5NH4, C4N2H3, (CH2)nQ or (C6H5?m)Qm wherein m=1, 2, 3 or 4, and Q is selected from: H, C(H)?CH2, OC(O)C(H)?CH2, OC(O)C(CH3)?CH2, N(H)CC(H)?CH2, N(H)CC(CH3)?CH2, Si(OH)3, Si(OCH3)3, Si(OC2H5)3, OH, SH, NH2, NO2, CN, CF3, C?CH, N?N+?N?, F, Cl, Br, I, C2H3O, C6H5, C(O)F, C(O)Cl, C(O)Br, C(O)I, CF3SO3, B(OZ)2, OZ, C(O)Z, C(O

Abstract: Apparatus and methods relating to photonic bandgap optical nanostructures are described. Such optical nanostructures may exhibit prohibited photonic bandgaps or allowed photonic bands, and may be used to reject (e.g., block or attenuate) radiation at a first wavelength while allowing transmission of radiation at a second wavelength. Examples of photonic bandgap optical nanostructures includes periodic and quasi-periodic structures, with periodicity or quasi-periodicity in one, two, or three dimensions and structural variations in at least two dimensions. Such photonic bandgap optical nanostructures may be formed in integrated devices that include photodiodes and CMOS circuitry arranged to analyze radiation received by the photodiodes.

Abstract: Methods and systems for reaction product imaging. In various examples, a method is used to image fluorogenic reaction product(s), such as, for example, fluorogenic polymerization product(s) or the like. In various examples, a method of imaging a fluorescent polymerization product comprises a photo-uncaging reaction, a fluorogenic polymerization, and obtaining one or more fluorescence image(s) of one or more of the fluorescent polymerization product(s). In various examples, a system for imaging a fluorescent polymerization product comprises a first laser suitable to initiate a photo-uncaging reaction; and a second laser suitable to obtain one or more fluorescent image(s) of fluorogenic reaction product(s) and the product(s) is/are disposed on a substrate. In various examples, a method and/or a system is used to determine a polymer sequence, reaction kinetics, reaction dynamics, catalysis cooperativity between spatially distinct sites, molecular adsorption onto a surface, or the like.

Abstract: A micro-Raman device includes a first laser light source, a second laser light source, a first holder, a second holder, a first ND filter, and a second ND filter. The first laser light source and the second laser light source generate first laser light of a first wavelength and second laser light of a second wavelength, respectively. The second wavelength is different from the first wavelength. The first laser light and the second laser light proceed in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction while being separated from each other in the first direction. The first holder and the second holder are arranged overlapping each other in the second direction.

Abstract: An identification apparatus configured to identify a property of an object based on a spectral image includes an imaging unit configured to capture an optical spectrum dispersed by a spectroscopic unit to acquire a spectral image and a correction unit configured to correct information about a wavenumber shift corresponding to a spectral image, based on wavelength information about a wavelength of a primary light.

Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure relates to methods of label-free surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) comprising plasmonically enhanced electronic Raman scattering (ERS) signals from metal nanostructures as an internal calibration standard to improve multivariate analysis of living biological systems, and the uses of the methods therein. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A device for probing an interior of a tube includes an annular frame configured for engagement with a rotor or an orbital element mount. The annular frame presents a mounting surface. An annular buffer layer is positioned radially inward of and concentrically with the annular frame. A flexible annular sealing layer is joined with the annular buffer layer and positioned radially inward of and concentrically with the annular buffer layer. The sealing layer is configured to form a seal with the tube. A rotational layer is positioned between the annular frame and the buffer layer enabling rotation of the annular frame about the annular buffer layer. A process cartridge frame is mounted on the mounting surface and includes three or more process cartridge openings. Each of the cartridge openings is configured to receive a process cartridge. Each process cartridge is rotatively selectable via rotation of the annular frame.

Abstract: A sensor positioning device, having a holding module, with a sensor receptacle, fastening element and spring element, the sensor receptacle being mounted movably relative to the fastening element along a compensating axis. The spring is arranged between the fastening element and the sensor receptacle to cooperate therewith, to create a restoring force during movement of the receptacle relative to the fastening element. A measurement connector with an abutment is configured for arrangement onto a process container, and is configured for releasable arrangement on the holding module. The sensor positioning device is configured such that, when the measurement connector is arranged on the holding module, the sensor receptacle is movable relative to the fastening element along the axis, and a pressing force of the sensor receptacle onto the abutment of the measurement connector is created by the spring. A sensor unit, for turbidity measurement, is provided having the sensor positioning device.

Abstract: A jewelry viewing stand including a stand, an imaging device, and an adjustable base is provided. The imaging device is configured to image a piece of jewelry and the stand is configured to hold and position the imaging device. The adjustable base is attached to the stand and positioned beneath the imaging device. The adjustable device is configured to move a piece of jewelry vertically toward and away from the imaging device while the stand maintains the imaging device in a stable, stationary position.

Abstract: A processing device to be used in an inspection apparatus for optical inspection of samples is configured to be used with an optical inspection device, to be communicatively coupled to a user interface, to receive input data from the user interface and/or from the optical inspection device, and to provide output data to the user interface, and to be communicatively coupled to at least one other processing device to allow data transfer. The processing device is configured as a master unit, and the at least one other processing device is configured as a slave unit. The processing device is further configured to provide a data storage for storing data received as input and/or to be provided as output, and to allow the at least one other processing device to access the data storage to store data and/or to retrieve data.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inspection system for checking elongate workpieces (2), more particularly injection-moulded parts such as pipette tips, which have a workpiece longitudinal axis, comprising: (i) a holding device (3) for holding a plurality of workpieces to be checked, which are arranged on the holder preferably in a plurality of rows (R1, R2) separated from one another by a distance d, (ii) an illumination device (4) comprising at least one light source (4a), (iii) an optical detection means (6), the workpiece being arranged in the beam path (S1, S2) of the light emitted from the light source between the light source and the optical detection means, and the optical detection means detecting the image of the workpiece generated by the illumination device, (iv) an optical system (5) for orienting the light emitted from the light source preferably laterally towards the workpiece to be checked arranged on the holder, and from the workpiece towards the optical detection means, (v) preferably an evaluati

Abstract: A substrate inspection apparatus inspecting substrates using a vision system, which includes a camera module and an illumination module, and a substrate treatment system including the substrate inspection apparatus are provided. The substrate treatment system includes: a first substrate treatment apparatus; a second substrate treatment apparatus; a transfer unit transporting a container with a plurality of substrates accommodated therein from the first substrate treatment apparatus to the second substrate treatment apparatus; and a substrate inspection apparatus inspecting the substrates, wherein the substrate inspection apparatus includes an illumination module, which illuminates in a direction where the substrates are located, a camera module, which acquires images related to the substrates when the substrates are illuminated, and a control module, which inspects the substrates based on the images.