35 results about "Charge coupled device camera" patented technology

A general purpose high accuracy dosimeter reader, 80, for determination of a treatment condition, based on comparison of an image of treated dosimeter, 111, with a series of images of pre-treated dosimeter, 114, is disclosed. A dosimeter undergoes noticeable changes, such as a color change upon treatment with certain materials, such as toxic gases and processes, such as ionizing radiation and sterilization is pre-treated. The dosimeter is imaged with an imaging device, 115, such as charge-coupled device camera and images of the dosimeter or the changes, e.g., color change, are stored in an information storage device, 118. In order to determine the treatment condition, the treatment dosimeter is imaged and the image is compared with the series of pre-treated images of the dosimeter using software. The closest match of the treated dosimeter with the pre-treated and pre-imaged dosimeter would indicate the treatment conditions. The process and device can be used for almost any indicating device, process and treatment.

A CCD-based biochip reader includes a light source for emitting light beams, a collimating lens for converting the light beams into wide parallel rays of light, passing said wide parallel rays of light through a biochip and exciting fluorescence from fluorescent targets on the biochip, a focusing lens for focusing the fluorescence, a filter for filtering out said parallel rays of light, and a charge-coupled device camera for generating images from said fluorescence. For recording intensity of the fluorescence from the fluorescent targets, images of the charge-coupled device camera is converted into digital data through an image converting device. Wide parallel laser beams are produced by the laser and through the collimating lens, and excite all samples on the biochip with high efficiency at the same time. In addition, time for analysis is saved when fluorescent images of a large area on biochips are collected and analyzed through the charge-coupled device camera.

A controlling method for a CCD camera in which a photographing area is divided into a number of cell regions, the illumination of each cell regions is detected the photographing mode of a camera is switched to a daytime or nighttime mode on the basis of the detected illumination so that an optimum image is photographed even under conditions where the illumination of a certain position and the total illumination condition in the photographing place changes irregularly.

A system and method for detecting a fire includes a fire detection device and a control center terminal. The fire detection device includes an LRF for calculating a distance to a location of breakout of a fire using a laser. An infrared camera captures an infrared image and transmits the infrared image to a control unit. A CCD camera captures a CCD image and transmits the CCD image to the control unit. The control unit analyzes the infrared image, determines whether a fire has broken out, performs processing such that the CCD camera captures an area on fire, determines the location of breakout of the fire, performs processing such that the captured image is output to the control center terminal, and controls a function of a warning unit. The warning unit outputs a warning sound or a warning message.

An apparatus for measuring response time of a display apparatus including a photographing part including a charge coupled device camera and a microscope, an image processing part receiving a picture taken from a photographing part and calculating the response time thereof, and a control part applying a predetermined image signal to the display apparatus and controlling the photographing part to take a picture change of the display apparatus at a predetermined time.

The microscope (S, 100) of the present invention has a hand piece (20, 112), whose tip is mounted with a thin sheet-like mirror unit (M, 10, 130, 220), and around both ends of the base (11c, 131c) thereof is arranged an illuminating light source (32, 117), whereby light is emitted to a target object, image light is lead through the light reception bore (27, 116), to the optical system (114), and is recorded at the CCD camera (111), to obtain video images. The thin sheet-like mirror (M, 11, 131) confines light and navigate it, wherein the width of the mirror can be made narrower like a convergent taper surface (11a, 131a); and it is comprised of a base surface (11c, 131c) where illuminating light comes in and image light goes out, and a mirror surface (11b, 131b) where illuminating light and image light go back and forth, and make the reflection thereof, and the mirror surface (11b, 131b) is slanted to 45 degrees. The microscope may be used as a handy microscope if it is not equipped with a charge-coupled device camera. The microscope can provide a wider horizon, which makes it possible to make a horizontal observation in an extremely narrow space, and can be manufactured at a less expensive price.

The invention relates to the laser cooling and trapping of step-type energy level alkali metal atoms by lasers of two wavelengths, specifically a magneto-optical trap method for cooling and trapping atoms by using lasers of two wavelengths in the atomic storage band and the optical communication band and device. The method includes the following steps: constructing an atomic vacuum chamber containing a light-transmitting quartz window; constructing the magnetic field part of a magneto-optical trap; constructing the optical path part of the laser working in the ground state and the intermediate excited state of the alkali metal atom; constructing the work in the middle of the alkali metal atom The optical path part of the laser in the excited state and the higher excited state; the detection part of the atomic fluorescence composed of a charge-coupled device camera. The device of the present invention directly cools and captures atoms from a room temperature hot atom vacuum chamber, which can be used for laser cooling and capture of alkali metal atoms with atomic storage band and optical communication band; it can be used for the cooling mechanism of multi-photon cooling atoms And the application research of quantum repeater based on four-wave mixing.

The invention relates to a substrate inspection device and a transmission illuminating device for the substrate inspection device. The substrate inspection device can prevent infrared light from an infrared light source from entering a camera without passing through the substrate, so that the substrate can be accurately inspected. The shape and arrangement of the infrared light source are set so that the field of view of the infrared light source of the charge-coupled device camera is covered by the field of view of the substrate of the charge-coupled device camera. Furthermore, by virtue of the Fresnel lens, the irradiation angle of the infrared light emitted from the light emitting diode element disposed near the edge of the infrared light source is deviated toward the edge direction of the substrate. In addition, the intensity of the infrared light irradiated from the infrared light source to the substrate on the edge region of the substrate is greater than the intensity of the infrared light on the central portion of the substrate.