410 results about "Optical observation" patented technology

Optical systems such as image display systems include a freeform optical waveguide prism and a freeform compensation lens spaced therefrom by a gap of air or index cement. The compensation lens corrects for aberrations which the optical waveguide prism will introduce in light or images from an ambient real-world environment. The optical waveguide prism receives actively projected images at an entry location, and emits the projected images at an exit location after internally reflecting the images along an optical path therein. The image display system may include an image source and coupling optics. The approach permits design of an optical viewing device, for example in optical see-through HMDs, achieving an eyeglass-form appearance and a wide see-through field of view (FOV).

A system for detecting eye closure through optical observation of the eye includes a frame configured to be worn on a user, a light source, and at least one eyepiece connected to the frame. The eyepiece has a reflective surface on a side facing the user's eye when the frame is positioned on the user and the reflective surface of the eyepiece is configured for reflecting light emitted from the light source onto the eye. A sensor is connected to the frame and is operable to detect light reflected by the eye in a direction that is substantially parallel to the light incident on a retina of the eye to detect that the eye is in an open position.

This invention provides an apparatus for rapidly heating and/or cooling a sample in a reaction vessel. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes optics for the efficient detection of a reaction product in the vessel. The invention also provides a reaction vessel having a reaction chamber designed for optimal thermal conductance and for efficient optical viewing of reaction products in the chamber.

A liquid crystal display (LCD) exhibiting enhanced optical viewing performance. In a preferred embodiment, the LCD comprises a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel comprising a pair of transparent substrates, liquid crystal material sandwiched between the transparent substrates and transparent electrodes positioned between the liquid crystal material and the transparent substrates. The LCD also comprises a rear polarizer assembly comprising a compensation film, a polarizer mounted on the rear surface of the compensation film, and a first index-matched, pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) mounted on the front surface of the compensation film, the PSA being adhered to the rear surface of the LCD panel. The LCD also comprises a front polarizer assembly, the front polarizer assembly comprising a front polarizer, a compensation film mounted on the rear surface of the front polarizer and an index-matched PSA mounted on the front surface of the front polarizer. The front polarizer is crossed relative to the rear polarizer. The front polarizer assembly may be adhered to the front of the LCD panel with a second index-matched, optical bonding material or may be spaced therefrom by an air gap. A transparent cover is mounted on the second index-matched PSA. The transparent cover is preferably a plastic plate. The plastic plate may be textured to reduce glare or may have an anti-reflection coating or an anti-reflection film applied to the front surface thereof. Instead of a plastic plate, the transparent cover may be a glass plate or a touch panel.

The present invention comprises a wide angle lens optical viewing system for the non-destructive monitoring of a high temperature area of interest with a confined space access, in particular, in a gas turbine engine. A novel cooling scheme is claimed that functions to cool the wide angle lens. Further, a method of monitoring an annular combustor region in the gas turbine via the optical viewing system is presented.

The invention concerns an illumination apparatus for an optical observation device (10), in particular a stereomicroscope or a stereo surgical microscope. A multi-armed light guide with coupler (2) mixes colored light emitted by light-emitting diodes (1a-c) to yield white mixed light (15).

The invention discloses a hydraulic vibration active isolation platform which comprises an upper platform, a lower platform, a two-degree-of-freedom hook joint, a three-degree-of-freedom hook joint and a hydraulic active actuating rod. According to the invention, since the two-degree-of-freedom hook joint and the three-degree-of-freedom hook joint are designed by adopting a pre-tightening anti-backlash technology, the hinge gap is eliminated and the motion accuracy of the hydraulic vibration active isolation platform is much higher. Based on the isolation platform, an active isolation platform with six-degree-of-freedom large-range vibration isolation capability is provided for the application field of vehicle mounted or onboard optical observation and laser aiming and other technologies, so that the disadvantage that the low-frequency large amplitude vibration is hardly isolated by the traditional isolation platform is overcome.

An ambiguity-free optical tracking system (100) includes a position sensor unit (104), a control box (106), a computer (110) and software. The position sensor unit includes two cameras (121 and 122) that track a plurality of individual infra-red reflecting markers (160) affixed on a patient's skin. Coordinates of the cameras in a coordinate system of the cameras are determined as part of a system calibration process by intentionally creating ambiguous markers with two true markers. Using this information, an ambiguity elimination algorithm automatically identifies and eliminates ambiguous markers. A recursive backtracking algorithm builds a one-to-one correspondence between reference markers and markers optically observed during treatment. By utilizing a concept of null markers, the backtracking algorithm deals with missing, misplaced and occluded markers.

An illuminating system (21) is provided for an optical viewing apparatus (1) which can be operated in a fluorescence mode. The illuminating system includes at least one broadband light source (31) for illuminating a viewed object (3) and at least one narrowband light source (37) for exciting fluorescence in the viewed object (3) and/or for background illumination in the fluorescence mode. The illuminating system further includes a light conductor (23) having a light source end inlet end (49) and an outlet end (25) facing toward the viewed object. Furthermore, the illuminating system (21, 210) includes a superposer (43) for superposing the light of the narrowband light source (37) with the light of the broadband light source (31). The superposer (43) is mounted at the inlet end (49) or at the light source side ahead of the inlet end (49) of the light conductor (23).

The invention discloses a monocular video based real-time posture estimation and distance measurement method for a three-dimensional rigid body object, comprising the following steps: collecting the observation video of the object through an optical observation device; feeding the image sequence obtained from collection into an object segmentation module to obtain an two-value segmentation image and an contour image of the object; extracting the characteristic vectors of contour points of the target to generate a multiple-characteristic drive distance image; establishing the tentative homonymic characteristic correspondence between an input two-dimensional image sequence and the objective three-dimensional model; inverting the three-dimensional posture and distance parameters of the object in the image; feeding back the three-dimensional posture and distance parameters of the object obtained from inversion; and correcting and updating the tentative homonymic characteristic correspondence between the two-dimensional image sequence and the objective three-dimensional model until the correspondence meets the iteration stop condition. The method does not need three-dimensional imaging devices, and has the advantages of no damage to observed objects, good concealment, low cost and high degree of automation.

On a rigid tip end section at the distal end of an elongated endoscopic insertion member, an observation window washer means is provided to wash an endoscopic optical observation window, along with a fluid injection means to be used for injecting a fluid from an injection passage leading to an injection hole opened on the rigid tip end section of the insertion member. Connection ports to a wash liquid conduit and a compressed air conduit of the observation window washer means are opened at a conduit connection terminal of a multiplex connector on a proximal end of a universal connection cable. Disconnectibly connected to the conduit connection terminal is a conduit coupler member having a wash liquid conduit and a compressed air conduit to supply a wash liquid and compressed air to the wash liquid conduit and compressed air conduit on the side of the conduit connection terminal. Further, an end of a injection passage is opened in the conduit connection terminal, while an injection fluid feed line is disconnectibly connected to a connection port which is provided at a lateral side of the conduit coupler member and which is brought into communication with the injection passage when the conduit coupler member is plugged into the conduit connection terminal.

An optical viewing system (100) for viewing an object region has a display unit (105) which has a plurality of controllable display segments which make available color pulse sequences in order to generate a display image which is built up of a plurality of image points. The optical viewing system (100) includes a superposition unit (110) which superposes an image, which is made available by the display unit (105), onto the image of an object region (104). The optical viewing system has a camera unit (111, 113) to which the superposed image of display unit (105) and object region (104) is supplied. The camera unit (111, 113) has image sensors (112, 114) whose light sensitivity is adjustable as a function of time. The light sensitivity of the image sensors (112, 114) is matched to the color pulse sequence in such a manner that the image sensor (112, 114) can detect at least two light pulses of different color from the color pulse sequence from a display segment.

An optical system for viewing hot objects is disclosed. The system projects electromagnetic radiation to the part surface and detects the reflected portion. Based on wavelength and/or modulation of the applied illumination, the surface characteristics of the part can be observed without interference from self-emitted radiation.

A system and method to track and manipulate the bony anatomy of a patient. A plurality of fiducials is placed on the bony anatomy of a patient. The relative spatial relationships of the fiducials are scanned and a signal generated before, during and after a surgical procedure. The patient is manipulated according to predetermined relative spatial relationships to provide a successful clinical outcome. The fiducials may be LED devices capable of optical observation or signal-emitting devices capable of spatial relationships in three dimensions. An expert system allows comparison of the relative spatial relationships to historical, healthcare facility and Internet databases to plan and determine clinical success of a patient procedure.

Binoculars having an integrated laser rangefinder has two separate housing parts ( 1, 2 ) with eyepieces ( 16, 17 ) and objectives ( 18, 19 ), which are connected to each other via a jointed bridge ( 3 ) for eye width adjustment, and in which the first housing part ( 1 ) contains a transmitter ( 4 ) and a receiver ( 5 ) of the laser rangefinder and also an optoelectronic display element ( 6 ) in a fixed arrangement with respect to an optical observation axis ( 7 ).

The invention provides a fabric analysis system and method based on biaxial mechanical stretch processing. The fabric analysis system comprises a lighting device, an optical observation imaging system, a signal acquisition control system, a fabric image analysis module and a computer and is characterized in that a biaxial mechanical stretching device is used for performing biaxial mechanical stretching on a fabric sample, so that tissue structures of the fabric sample are clear; the lighting device is used for lighting the fabric sample; the optical observation imaging system is used for photographing an image of the fabric sample; the image is input into the computer through the signal acquisition control system; the signal acquisition control system is used for acquiring and controlling the image of the fabric sample and a signal; the fabric image analysis module is used for performing tissue point region identification, tissue type analysis, dyed yarn arrangement analysis, counting of weft and warp density and proportional recovery calculation on the image of the fabric sample to obtain a total fabric analysis result. The fabric analysis system is convenient for measurement and identification of tissue types, yarn colors and weft and warp densities of fabrics comprising complicated fabrics and can improve the automation degree and the precision of fabric analysis.

There is disclosed a cross-sectional specimen preparation apparatus. The milling position can be modified or corrected in a short time. Also, the internal structure of the specimen can be known. The apparatus has an optical observation device for observing a cross section of the specimen milled by the ion beam. During ion beam irradiation or when the irradiation is interrupted, a shutter is opened. The cross section of the specimen can be observed while maintaining the vacuum inside a processing chamber. The apparatus further includes an adjusting mechanism for varying the relative position between the specimen and the shielding material. Whenever one sectioning operation ends, an image of the cross section is accepted and the milling position is moved an incremental distance. A three-dimensional image of the specimen is constructed from obtained plural images.

An endoscope apparatus 2 according to the present invention includes an insertion portion 9 having a distal end portion 6 and at least two channels 54 and 63; an optical observation system 51 provided on one surface of the distal end portion so as to face an axial direction different from a direction of an insertion axis X of the insertion portion; a first channel opening 41a provided on one surface of the distal end portion near the optical observation system; an ultrasound transducer array 61 provided on the one surface of the distal end portion and having a scanning surface Z parallel to the insertion axis; and a second channel opening 41b provided on a proximal end side of the ultrasound transducer array.

The invention concerns an apparatus for reflecting at least one stereoscopic observation beam path out of a main observation beam path of a microscope, for example a surgical stereomicroscope, having a zoom (6) whose axis is arranged at an angle to the optical axis (4) of the main objective (2), and having a beam splitter (7) for reflecting out stereoscopic assistant's observation beam paths (9a, b). The beam splitter (7) is arranged between the main objective (2) and the zoom (6), and is continuously rotatable, together with the assistant's microscope (8), about the optical axis (4) of the main objective (2), and is thus optically usable in any rotational position.

The invention belongs to the field of material electrochemical corrosion test monitoring, more precisely, relates to a kind of electrochemical corrosion test device for realizing multiple in-situ monitoring, and solves the in-situ in-situ monitoring of material surface corrosion morphology existing in the prior art. information, and is not suitable for issues such as long-term online monitoring. The device is mainly composed of three parts: electrochemical test device, acoustic emission test device, and optical observation system. The working electrode is connected to the waveguide rod, and forms a three-electrode system with the counter electrode and reference electrode. Electrochemical (polarization curve, impedance spectrum, etc.) tests can be performed through the electrochemical workstation; the acoustic emission probe is fixed on the waveguide rod and can be collected synchronously. The acoustic emission signal during the corrosion process of the working electrode; the long focal length microscope can observe the corrosion morphology of the surface of the working electrode in situ. The device can realize various in-situ monitoring such as electrochemistry, acoustic emission, and long-focus microscope at the same time, and realize electrochemical corrosion monitoring of materials at room temperature.

The invention relates to a method and a system for high-accuracy simultaneous observation of a long air gap. The method comprises the following steps of: employing an optical observation system and an electrical measurement system, wherein the optical observation system comprises a static-state optical imaging device and a high-speed imaging device; and the electrical measurement system comprises a current measuring device, an electric field measuring device and a voltage measuring device; triggering the high-speed imaging device and the static-state optical imaging device by using a high-speed trigger and controlling the two devices to take photos, and obtaining the photos by a high-speed camera through a network cable via a computer; synchronously triggering the high-speed imaging device and the static-state optical imaging device by means of the high-speed trigger, and outputting the exposure clock signal and an imaging start recording signal of the high-speed imaging device through a coaxial cable; and triggering a high-speed storing/recording device by using the imaging start recording signal to record all electrical signals. The system is composed of the static-state optical imaging device, the high-speed imaging device, a transient-state electric field measuring device, a discharge current measuring device, a discharge voltage measuring device, a high-speed data memory device and the high-speed trigger.