Fluent Material In Optical Path Patents (Class 250/573)
  • Patent number: 11513048
    Abstract: A particle detector including at least one channel intended to receive at least one fluid comprising particles and configured to receive at least one light beam emitted by a light source. The particle detector further including at least one photodetector network configured such that at least some photodetectors receive light beams emitted by the source and scattered by the particles present in the channel. The detector further comprises at least one optical system, each optical system s associated with a photodetector network and has at least one image focal plane and an optical axis. The detector is configured such that the image focal plane of the optical system is optically coupled to the photodetector network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Gabriel Jobert
  • Patent number: 11504657
    Abstract: A filter assembly and a method of operating the same to detect water leaks are provided. The filter assembly includes a filter housing for receiving a filter cartridge and at least partially defining a drain trough positioned below the filter cartridge for collecting leaked water. A light source is positioned proximate the drain trough for directing light through the drain trough and a light sensor is positioned proximate the drain trough for sensing the light directed through the drain trough. A controller uses the light sensor to monitor the light generated by the light source and determines that a leak exists when an intensity of sensed light is reduced by the leaked water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Praveena Alangar Subrahmanya, Sharath Chandra Prasad, Somak Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 11486827
    Abstract: A droplet sensor includes an optical cover having an ellipsoid surface that is a portion of a spheroid, a light source disposed at or in proximity to a first focal point of the ellipsoid surface, and a light detector disposed at or in proximity to a second focal point of the ellipsoid surface. The ellipsoid surface includes an effective detection area configured to reflect light emitted by the light source toward the light detector, and an amount of light reflected by the effective detection area changes in accordance with adhesion of droplets on the ellipsoid surface. The optical cover includes a space having a hemispherical surface, the space being centered at the second focal point. The hemispherical surface includes a transmission scattering surface on a region that receives the light reflected by the effective detection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 11391667
    Abstract: A method of suppressing retroreflector fringe noise in TDL spectrometers (TDLS) that use a laser and retroreflector. The path between the laser and each retroreflector element is changed mechanically for example by using a movable support for the retroreflector. The phase of light reaching the retroreflectors is very sensitive to the pathlength. A pathlength change of a fraction of the light wavelength will significantly change the phase of the light. In this method the pathlength to each retroreflector is modulated by mechanical means and this modulation is both stronger and faster than atmospheric effects on phase. If mechanical modulation occurs at a sufficiently high frequency retroreflector fringe noise can be averaged by integration of the spectrometer output over a reading period of typically one second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Boreal Laser Inc.
    Inventor: John Tulip
  • Patent number: 11366013
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a quantum efficiency distribution in a predetermined sample surface, including: irradiating a reference material with excitation light belonging to a first wavelength range; obtaining the reference material's image, which includes a first channel for the first wavelength range and a second channel for a second wavelength range, the first and the second channel's irradiation luminance value in each pixel; irradiating the predetermined sample surface with the excitation light; obtaining the first and the second channel's measurement luminance value in each pixel of the image of the predetermined surface; calculating an absorption luminance value from a difference between the first channel's irradiation luminance value and measurement luminance value; calculating a fluorescence luminance value from difference between the second channel's irradiation luminance value and measurement luminance value; calculating quantum efficiency of each pixel based on the values; and obtaining quantum effici
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Horigome, Hiroki Okawa, Takahiro Tamashima, Imari Sato, Yinqiang Zheng
  • Patent number: 11353441
    Abstract: A method for calculating in real time the methane number of a liquefied natural gas contained in a tank, in particular in an on-board tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Engie
    Inventor: Michel Ben Belgacem-Strek
  • Patent number: 11320547
    Abstract: An device for detecting electron beam comprises a porous carbon material layer, a Faraday cup and an image display. The porous carbon material layer comprises a plurality of carbon material particles and a first through hole. A plurality of micro gaps exist between the plurality of carbon material particles. A cross-sectional area of the first through hole is less than or equal to a cross-sectional area of the electron beam. The Faraday cup is under the porous carbon material layer and comprises an opening. The opening and the first through hole penetrate with each other. The image display is electrically connected to the porous carbon material layer and configured to form an image with different colors according to charge generated in the porous carbon material layer. A method for detecting electron beam using the device for detecting electron beam is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ke Zhang, Guo Chen, Peng Liu, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11275025
    Abstract: A turbidity sensor has a housing, a cuvette for a sample medium, a lighting source, a light sensor, a drying agent and a chamber system. The chamber system includes a central receiving space in which the cuvette is arranged, a lighting chamber adjoined by the lighting source, at least one sensor chamber adjoined by the light sensor, and a drying chamber in which the drying agent is arranged. The lighting chamber, the at least one sensor chamber and the drying chamber are each fluidically connected to the central receiving space. The chamber system is here configured as a passive, pump-free system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Manon Drui, Vincent Risch
  • Patent number: 11244551
    Abstract: A point detector (1) for a fire alarm system. The point detector (1) includes a fan (2) configured to aspirate air from a surrounding environment; and an inlet (3) in flow communication with the fan (2); the inlet (3) is configured to split the incoming flow into multiple streams (4); and each stream (4) of the multiple streams (4) is configured to be in flow communication with a respective sensing device (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jordi Escofet Via
  • Patent number: 11209359
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus is provided with: an irradiator configured to irradiate fluid with light; a first light receiver configured to receive a forward scatter component of scattered light scattered by the fluid; a second light receiver configured to receive a backscatter component of the scattered light; a third light receiver configured to receive a side scatter component of the scattered light; and an outputting device configured to output fluid information about the fluid, which is obtained on the basis of light receiving signals of the first light receiver, the second light receiver, and the third light receiver. According to this measuring apparatus, it is possible to output accurate fluid information because of the use of the forward scatter component, the backscatter component, and the side scatter component of the scattered light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, NIKKISO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ikuya Kikuchi, Atsuya Ito, Ryohei Kagawa, Tomoya Murakami, Akari Agata, Genki Adachi
  • Patent number: 11204320
    Abstract: A transmissometer and method for determining a transmissivity of an atmosphere within a chamber. A chamber contains the atmosphere. A light source generates a test beam and a light detector detects the test beam. A periscope is movable between a first position which allows the test beam to pass through the atmosphere in the chamber and into the light detector and a second position in which the test beam is deflected to pass into the light detector without passing through the atmosphere in the chamber. A processor determines the transmissivity of the atmosphere from a transmissivity measurement for the test beam obtained by the light detector when the periscope is in the first position and a transfer standard obtained at the light detector when the periscope is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: John A. Millard, John O. Crawford
  • Patent number: 11199449
    Abstract: According to exemplary practice of the present invention, a probe laser beam characterized by a Stokes luminescence wavelength is trained upon a thermally insulated medium; the Stokes luminescence is measured upon conclusion of the probe laser impingement of the medium. Following this first Stokes luminescence measurement, a pump laser beam characterized by an anti-Stokes luminescence wavelength is trained upon the medium; the Stokes luminescence is measured upon conclusion of the pump laser impingement of the medium. Each laser has a blocking device associated therewith. A computer is implemented to transmit control signals to open and close the two blocking devices in alternating fashion so that only one laser beam at a time is aimed at the medium. The computer is also implemented to process the measurement signals to determine heating versus cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ross S. Fontenot, John H. Barkyoumb, Veerendra K. Mathur
  • Patent number: 11181458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for processing a filter to obtain a calibration dust filter, and a method for off-site calibration using the calibration dust filter. In the present invention, a batch of filters that meets specific requirements is screened out as the basal filters, and then the basal filters are processed in an actual environment to obtain the calibration dust filters. The counted number of beta particles is measured before and after sampling, and then a correction factor K is inversely inferred. The beta attenuation suspended particulate analyzer is corrected using the correction factor K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
    Inventors: Zhipeng Bai, Wen Yang, Xinhua Wang, Chunmei Geng, Jing Wang, Baohui Yin, Bin Han, Xiujun Zhu, Xia Zhang, Xueyan Zhao, Yan Jiang, Xiaoli Wang, Wengang Sheng, Junfeng Guo
  • Patent number: 11137363
    Abstract: A composite sensor for sensing gas and dust by using a single heat source, according to an embodiment of the present invention, can comprise: a base; a gas sensor module comprising a gas sensor and a first light source in a first space; a dust sensor module comprising a dust sensor, a lens, and a second light source in a second space; and a heat transfer wall for transferring heat generated by the first light source to the dust sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kangsun Lee, Chaedeok Lee, Seonghyok Kim, Seonghak Moon, Kangmin Kim, Hyekyoung Seo, Oedong Kim
  • Patent number: 11046081
    Abstract: Provided is a printer including an ink tank, a print head performing printing by using ink in the ink tank, a light source irradiating the ink tank with light, a photoelectric conversion device detecting light incident from the ink tank in a period during which the light source emits light, and a processing unit determining ink characteristics based on characteristics of a light amount detected by the photoelectric conversion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Netsu
  • Patent number: 11046085
    Abstract: Provided is a printer including an ink tank provided with, at a side surface, an optical separator for separating light in a vertical direction, a print head performing printing by using ink in the ink tank, a photoelectric conversion device detecting light incident from the ink tank after passing through the optical separator, and a processing unit detecting an amount of ink in the ink tank based on an output of the photoelectric conversion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Netsu
  • Patent number: 11036013
    Abstract: Provided are an optical sensor and an analyzer, including an optical sensor section in which a cladding layer of an optical fiber is removed so as to expose a core layer by a predetermined optical path length, and a protective material is added to a surface of the exposed core layer, the protective material having higher resistance to an organic solvent, base, or acid than that of the cladding layer; a light source device that causes light to enter one end of the optical fiber; a light receiving device that receives transmitted light emitted from another end of the optical fiber; and a control device that controls the light source device and the light receiving device to measure optical transmittance in the optical sensor based on a ratio of intensity of the light emitted from the light source device to intensity of the light received by the light receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Takamori
  • Patent number: 11014338
    Abstract: A laminated motor-vehicle windshield includes two glass sheets that are joined together by an interlayer made of a thermoplastic of refractive index n1. The thermoplastic interlayer includes a cut-out section in the upper portion of the windshield. The cut-out section is filled with a multilayer film forming a waveguide for guiding waves from a bottom point of entrance of light radiation on the face of the windshield exposed to the exterior of the vehicle to a top point of exit of the radiation on the face of the windshield arranged toward the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The multilayer film includes layers of a first material of refractive index n2 such that n1?n2 and of a second material that at least partially reflects the light radiation. The second material is placed on either side of the layer of first material to confine, in the latter, the light radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Benjamin Kaplan, Klaus Schmalbuch, Stefan Droste, Christian Effertz
  • Patent number: 11002674
    Abstract: Gas monitor based on tuneable diode laser spectroscopy comprising at least one light source (1000) matched to at least one target gas (5000) and at least one light sensitive detector (3000), and a mirror arrangement (2000) made of a central mirror (2100) directing a light beam (4100) from the light source (1000) through the target gas (5000) to be analysed as well as a surrounding mirror (2300) around the central mirror (2100) directing the light transmitted through the gas (5000) onto at least one detector (3000). The gas monitor also comprising a control system controlling light sources (1000, 1100, 1200), digitising analogue signals as well as determining characteristics of the gas (5000). The gas monitor further comprising internal alignment means for fine alignment. The gas monitor can comprise two or more light sources (1000, 1100, 1200) targeting gases with absorption lines in two or more wavelength ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: NEO Monitors AS
    Inventor: Ove Bjorøy
  • Patent number: 10968482
    Abstract: This invention provides substrates for use in various applications, including single-molecule analytical reactions. Methods for propagating optical energy within a substrate are provided. Devices comprising waveguide substrates and dielectric omnidirectional reflectors are provided. Waveguide substrates with improved uniformity of optical energy intensity across one or more waveguides and enhanced waveguide illumination efficiency within an analytic detection region of the arrays are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Frank Zhong, Paul Lundquist, Mathieu Foquet, Jonas Korlach, Hovig Bayandorian
  • Patent number: 10877074
    Abstract: A system and method include a non-linear dynamic sensor, such as a magnetic field sensor, having an oscillator with a dynamic response that passes through a critical point beyond which the oscillator responds in an oscillatory regime. A processor operatively connected to the non-linear dynamic sensor is configured to, based upon an input signal x received by the non-linear dynamic sensor, adaptively self-tune the non-linear dynamic sensor to a dynamic range within the oscillatory regime adjacent to the critical point such that the input signal x spans the entire dynamic range. An array of such sensors includes a global feedback capability to mitigate coupling losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Adi R. Bulsara, Nigel Stocks, Alexander Nikitin
  • Patent number: 10869378
    Abstract: A target measuring apparatus includes: an image capturing unit configured to capture a picture image of a target output from a target supply unit; a moving unit configured to move at least a part of the image capturing unit; and a control unit configured to perform a first process of updating information on a coordinate system in the picture image based on an amount of movement of the image capturing unit by the moving unit, and a second process of measuring a parameter of the target based on the image captured by the image capturing unit and the information on the coordinate system. Updating the information on the coordinate system can calibrate a deviation of a measurement result of the target due to movement of the image capturing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Yabu
  • Patent number: 10823670
    Abstract: An ultraviolet (UV) light absorption sensing system (100) includes a UV light source (110) configured to provide a UV sample beam (115) of light toward a still or flowing fluid sample (117) along a central axis (118) of a test cell (120), wherein the central axis (118) is substantially orthogonal to a direction of fluid flow. A reference light source (130) is configured to provide a reference beam (133) along the central axis (118) of the test cell (120). A first detector (140) is positioned to detect a first portion (128) of the UV sample beam (115) and a first portion (138) of the reference beam (133) that traverse the test cell (120). A second detector (142) is positioned to detect a second portion (146) of the UV sample beam (115) and a second portion (148) of the reference beam (133) directly from the UV light source (110) and reference light source (130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Bo Ren, Yubin Lv, Junfeng Wang, Li Wang
  • Patent number: 10807440
    Abstract: A dual-passage air quality detection device includes a housing, an air quality detection module, a fan, and a main control PCB (printed circuit board). The air quality detection module includes two passages, two laser modules and two photodiodes therein. The fan includes two fans. One of the passages is communicated with the inside of the vehicle, and the other of the passages is communicated with the outside of the vehicle to form two independent air passages for detection. Each of the passages corresponds to one fan for independent sampling, not affecting each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MAXMAC SHANGHAI AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangxin Lin, Changping Lin, Minsong Lin
  • Patent number: 10782225
    Abstract: The present invention is one that makes it possible to facilitate the assembly of an optical measurement cell, as well as shorten optical path length without taking account of handling of a spacer, and an optical measurement cell 2 including a pair of light transmitting plates 21 and 22 respectively having opposite surfaces 21a and 22a facing each other and containing test liquid X between the pair of opposite surfaces 21a and 22a of the pair of light transmitting plates 21 and 22. In addition, one 21a of the opposite surfaces 21a and 22a is formed with a spacer film 25 that contacts with the other opposite surface 22a to define the distance between the pair of opposite surfaces 21a and 22a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Toshikazu Yurugi, Makoto Nagura, Takashi Kimba, Tetsuya Mori
  • Patent number: 10741036
    Abstract: A smoke detector comprising: a first light source, configured to generate first light beam; a second light source, configured to generate second light beam; a light receiver, configured to respectively generate a first and a second original light detecting signal in response to the first light beam and the second light beam, wherein an energy conversion efficiency of the light receiver at the first wavelength is different from an energy conversion efficiency of the light receiver at the second wavelength; a signal adjusting circuit, configured to amplify the second original light detecting signal to generate a second light detecting signal; and a driving and determining circuit, configured to determine signal intensities of the first original light detecting signal and the second light detecting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sercomm Corporation
    Inventors: Meng-Chien Chiang, Cheng-Jeng Chou
  • Patent number: 10741035
    Abstract: The integrated smoke detection device comprises a carrier (1), a light source (2) arranged on or above the carrier, a light receiver (3) arranged on or above the carrier at a distance from the light source, and a polarizing member (7) arranged on or above the carrier, the light source emitting radiation (a, b) into the polarizing member. The polarizing member is configured to have a boundary surface (11) that linearly polarizes a reflected portion (d) of the radiation emitted by the light source, and an exit surface (12) that allows the reflected portion (d) to exit the polarizing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ams AG
    Inventors: Harald Etschmaier, Nobuyoshi Hiramatsu, Olesia Synooka
  • Patent number: 10718502
    Abstract: There is provided an illuminated guy rope system comprising: a light source assembly; a guy rope assembly operably fastened to the light source assembly wherein the guy rope assembly comprises at least one fibre-optic cable and wherein the light source assembly comprises a light source and an optic interface configured to shine light via the fibre-optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PUP GROUP PTY LTD
    Inventor: Paul Pap
  • Patent number: 10695501
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices, systems and methods for measuring a volume or number of doses remaining in a drug delivery device that is used for delivering a dose to a patient. In some embodiments, a dose measurement system for measuring the liquid volume in a container includes a light guide disposed and configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation toward the container. The dose measurement system also includes a light guide disposed and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation into the light guide. A plurality of sensors are located in the apparatus that are optically coupleable to the light guide and are disposed and configured to detect the electromagnetic radiation emitted by at least a portion of the light guide. The apparatus also includes a processing unit configured to receive data representing the portion of the detected electromagnetic radiation from each of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Common Sensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Sihlanick, Richard Whalley, Matthew Legrand, James White, Jeffrey Carothers
  • Patent number: 10670525
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a portable device for controlling an alcoholic beverage that includes a single light source emitting a monochromatic excitation light beam of a wavelength between 350 and 650 nanometers, a beam splitter to reflect the light beam, a focus and collection lens, and a positioning device to orient the light beam along a direction substantially normal to an outer surface of the container. The positioning device positions the outer surface of the container at a predetermined distance from the focus lens. The device includes a filtering device for filtering fluorescence radiation captured by the focus lens to eliminate wavelengths shorter than or equal to the wavelength of the light beam. A spectrometer module produces a signal corresponding to the measured spectrum of the fluorescence radiation and an analysis module compares the measured spectrum to a reference spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: PERNOD RICARD, CNRS—DIRECTION DE L'INNOVATION ET DES RELATIONS AVEC LES ENTREPRISES (DIRE), Universite de Bordeaux, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX
    Inventors: Pascal Brunerie, Katia Gouret, Benoit Fil, Stephane Verger, Jean-Luc Bruneel, Francois Guillaume, Caroline Bruneel Delhaye
  • Patent number: 10670514
    Abstract: A sensor is provided for detecting and characterizing particles in a fluid. The sensor has a microfluidic channel for receiving the fluid sample, an acoustic transducer module configured to generate a standing wave for concentrating the particles in a region of the microfluidic channel; an optical detection module configured to detect optical signals scattered by the particles upon illuminating the region of the fluid sample with a light source; and a data processing module configured to characterize the particles of the fluid sample based on the optical signals using a classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Water Optics Technology Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ai Qun Liu, Lei Lei, Wei Huang, Shahnawaz Pukkeyil Shamsuddin
  • Patent number: 10661109
    Abstract: A method for detecting an event in or around a building. The method includes recording a baseline signal characteristic that characterizes a wireless signal transmitted between devices in or around the building during a baseline time period and recording a second signal characteristic that characterizes the wireless signal during a second time period after the baseline time period. An event in or around the building is detected in response to a determination that the second signal characteristic is abnormal relative to the baseline signal characteristic, the event degrading the wireless signal during the second time period. An alarm is triggered in response to detecting the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Craig E. Trivelpiece, Robert C. Hall, Jr., Timothy C. Gamroth
  • Patent number: 10655408
    Abstract: A method for analyzing particles that may include collecting an image of a substrate including a size tracer and a plurality of particles thereon; processing the collected image; and outputting a particle analysis of at least a portion of the plurality of particles. In some instances the particles analyzed may be particles involved in wellbore operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Dina Goloshchapova
  • Patent number: 10641639
    Abstract: A liquid level sensing system provides a removable reservoir incorporating a reflective surface that can be interrogated by a stationary optical sensor in a receptacle receiving the removable reservoir. The optical sensor may detect the presence of the liquid within the reservoir without connection to the reservoir simplifying the process of making the reservoir removable while still allowing sensing of its contents. By aligning the optical axis with the insertion axis of the reservoir sensitive optical alignment problems are minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Davide Bordignon, Marco Sclip
  • Patent number: 10645378
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for characterizing a pixel of an image sensor is provided. The apparatus includes a narrowband, temporally incoherent, temporally stable illumination source. The narrowband light source generates a spatially coherent illumination beam. A variable optical attenuator attenuates the illumination beam resulting in an attenuated beam that does not alter the uniformity of the illumination. A focal plane integrator projects, expands, and homogenizes the attenuated beam to illuminate a focal plane of a sensor. Image sequences are collected to generate statistics for characterizing the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Aaron Hendrickson, Gary Lohman
  • Patent number: 10620130
    Abstract: In a measurement device for measuring fine particulate matter in at least one volume of air for a vehicle, particularly for a motor vehicle, having at least one laser light source, having at least one calibration device assigned to the laser light source, and having at least one measurement chamber, it is provided according to the invention that the at least one laser light source is assigned to at least two measurement chambers, the measurement chambers are formed by segments of air handling ducts to direct the air volumes to be tested, and at least one optical receiving device is assigned to each measurement chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Thomas Niemann, Uwe Roeben
  • Patent number: 10613028
    Abstract: Provided are an optical cavity 100 for a gas sensor which has a space therein and a gas sensor using the optical cavity, in which in the space of the optical cavity 100, an elliptical reflective surface 133, which constitutes a part of an ellipse (133, 133a) and reflects the light emitted from a position of one focal point F1 of the ellipse to concentrate the light on the other focal point F2 of the ellipse, is formed, a hyperbolic reflective surface, which constitutes a part of a hyperbola (135a, 135b) having one focal point that coincides with the other focal point of the ellipse, and reflects the light, which is reflected by the elliptical reflective surface and concentrated on the other focal point of the ellipse, to concentrate the light on the other focal point f2 of the hyperbola, is formed, and a hyperbola centerline B-B?, which connects one focal point of the hyperbola and the other focal point of the hyperbola, is inclined toward a side opposite to the elliptical reflective surface by a predetermine
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ELT SENSOR CORP.
    Inventors: Ihn Lee, Donghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10571438
    Abstract: At least one baseline structural interrogation of a physical structure is performed in one or more corresponding baseline conditions of the structure. The one or more baseline conditions are stored, and one or more current conditions are sensed. It is determined whether a difference between the one or more current conditions and the one or more baseline conditions satisfies at least one threshold deviation criterion. A current structural interrogation of the structure is performed in response to determining that the difference between the one or more current conditions and the one or more baseline conditions satisfies the least one threshold deviation criterion. An indication that the at least one threshold deviation criterion is not satisfied is output in response to determining that that the difference between the one or more current conditions and the one or more baseline conditions does not satisfy the at least one threshold deviation criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Berenbaum, Travis Gang, Peter J. Carini
  • Patent number: 10559877
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a camera lens assembly and a printed circuit board attached to said camera lens assembly. The camera lens assembly may be configured to provide a forward view through a windshield of a vehicle. The printed circuit board generally comprises an antenna, a ground plane, and an image sensor. The antenna is generally disposed on a front surface of the printed circuit board. The ground plane may be disposed either on the front surface or within a layer of the printed circuit board. The image sensor is generally mounted on a back surface of the printed circuit board. The camera lens assembly is generally configured to focus an image of the forward view through the windshield on the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: VEONEER US INC.
    Inventor: Bernard DeMersseman
  • Patent number: 10514299
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting trace gases utilize a resonance optical cavity and one, two or more coherent light sources coupled to the cavity through one or more cavity coupling mirrors, whereby two or more optical cavities may share the same gas volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: LI-COR, Inc.
    Inventor: Serguei Koulikov
  • Patent number: 10495509
    Abstract: An arrangement for measuring process variables of a medium. The arrangement includes a housing embodied for accommodating a measuring apparatus for determining the physical and/or chemical process variable(s), wherein arranged in the housing is at least one window and at least the window contacts the medium, and wherein an oscillatory transducer is provided for transmitting sound waves, characterized in that the window is connected rigidly with the housing, the oscillatory transducer is arranged in a peripheral module having a module housing. The peripheral module is so arranged that the oscillatory transducer transmits the sound waves toward the window, wherein the sound waves pass through the module housing at an exit area, and the peripheral module is so arranged that medium is located in the region of the window and exit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Bertsch, Matthias Grossmann, Thilo Kratschmer
  • Patent number: 10495532
    Abstract: The optical fiber sensing method of the present invention includes steps of: joining heat shrinkable tubes to two ends of a sensing segment of an optical fiber; coupling a fixing element on the heat shrinkable tube below the sensing segment; detachably connecting at least one floating element to the fixing element; placing the floating element into a fluid; and providing an input signal to the sensing segment and generating an output signal after the input signal is processed by the sensing segment, wherein the tensile force applied to the sensing segment would change with variation of the buoyant force upon the floating element, resulting in change of the output signal. Accordingly, the optical fiber sensing method has numerous advantages, including rapid on-site construction, recyclability of components and changeability of design parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES
    Inventor: Zheng-Kuan Lee
  • Patent number: 10493204
    Abstract: An aspirator syringe comprising a blood-detecting spectrometer. The syringe may accommodate a standard drug cartridge and may provide manual or automatic movement of a plunger for aspiration and injection. Indicator lights may signal the presence or absence of blood in an aspirate within a drug cartridge. The syringe may also include a detector to read a color of a band on a standard drug cartridge in order to identify a drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University
    Inventor: Saud Abdullah A. Almoumen
  • Patent number: 10480975
    Abstract: The mass flow rate of milk flowing in a pipe in pulsed milk slugs is determined by sampling a signal from a microphone indicative of sonic signals produced by the milk flow. A microprocessor applies a Fast Fourier Transform to the sampled signal to produce the frequency domain of the sampled signal. The microprocessor computes the average energy value of the sampled signal in a relevant frequency band during consecutive monitoring periods. The average energy values are inserted into a calibration equation to convert the average energy value to a mass flow rate. The total mass flow of milk flowing through the pipeline during a period T1-T2 is determined by integrating the determined mass flow rate of milk from T1-T2. Disengagement of a milking cluster from the animal teats during milking is determined when the monitored microphone signal transitions to a continuous relatively high energy noise signal indicative of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DAIRYMASTER
    Inventors: John Gerard Daly, Edmond Patrick Harty, Christopher Kinsella
  • Patent number: 10471198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blood treatment device comprising an attachment unit 7 for attaching a functional unit 1 intended for single use for carrying out the blood treatment. The blood treatment device according to the invention is characterised by a monitoring unit 8 for monitoring the operability and/or the operating state of the functional unit 1, which functional unit comprises at least one light transmitter 17A, 18A and at least one light receiver 17B, 18B. The light transmitter and light receiver are arranged in the monitoring unit 8 according to the invention on one side of the functional unit 1. The arrangement of the light transmitter and light receiver on the same side has the advantage that the monitoring unit 8 can be integrated into the attachment unit 7 of the blood treatment device without any major structural modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Gerlach, Jurgen Hacker, Joachim Noack, Peter Scheunert
  • Patent number: 10465846
    Abstract: A monitoring device of an oil flow mixed with air, including a tubular element coupled with at least one first and one second photoelectric sensor that emit a radiation along a first and a second optical line respectively, the tubular element being at least partially transparent to the radiation, the first and the second photoelectric sensor being mounted on the tubular element so that the first and the second optical line are mutually angled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: DROPSA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Walter Divisi
  • Patent number: 10466173
    Abstract: A new liquid flow cell assembly for light scattering measurements is disclosed which utilized a floating manifold system. The assembly operates with minimal stacked tolerances by aligning the cell to the windows within a manifold and independently aligning the cell to the read head directly. This configuration enables the ability to replace the flow cell or the flow cell/manifold assembly within a light scattering instrument without the need to realign the flow through elements with the light scattering illumination source while still maintaining reproducible, quality data. Some embodiments employ wide bore cells which enable the measurement of process analytic technology (PAT) including online monitoring of reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Rahmlow, Matthew Greenstreet, Shiladitya Sen
  • Patent number: 10466226
    Abstract: A measuring device can be used under high pressure and can measure impurity particles contained in a hydraulic oil with high accuracy. A flow path hole opening on two facing surfaces of a housing has flat side surfaces. A cavity opens on the side surface, and a cavity opens on the side surface. Light emitted from a light irradiating section irradiates a hydraulic oil flowing in the flow path hole, via a cell disposed in the cavity in a direction substantially orthogonal to a center axis. Light passing through the hydraulic oil is received by a light receiving section via a cell disposed in the cavity opening on the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: YAMASHIN-FILTER CORP.
    Inventor: Daichi Shigemaru
  • Patent number: 10416059
    Abstract: A high pressure high temperature spinning drop tensiometer is capable of measuring interfacial tension under varied pressure and temperature conditions, which simulates those present in real petroleum reservoir. Measuring interfacial tension under real petroleum reservoir condition enables a selection of surfactants and other materials for adjusting the interfacial tension to be desired value for optimizing the enhanced oil recovery. The present invention mainly includes a pressure vessel comprising a pair of sight glasses. Two immiscible sample fluids are contained in a glass tube, which is carried by a tube holder rotated by a motor. A microscope and a light source sit on each side of sight glasses for analyzing the drop shape of the sample fluids under varied pressure and temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Hongfeng Bi
  • Patent number: 10408812
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of altering chemical properties of an in-process resin used with a 3D printing apparatus. The method includes monitoring the in-process resin using an imaging spectrometer, comparing the in-process resin and a model using one or more spectrums from the imaging spectrometer, and diluting the in-process resin with a diluting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephanie Lynn DePalma, Michael Joseph O'Brien, Brittany Nicole Potter