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785 results about "Spectral properties" patented technology

Spectral Properties. The spectral properties of a source observed by ACIS include a set of hardness ratios determined from the aperture source photon fluxes in the source region, as well as flux determination by power law and black body model spectral fits to PI event data extracted from the source region.

Portable authentication device and method of authenticating products or product packaging

A portable authentication device and method of authenticating products or packaging by analyzing key ingredients on products or on product packaging is disclosed. Light-sensitive compounds can be used to identify the product or product packaging. The product or product package may include visible or invisible ink containing a particular light-sensitive compound. The ink may be printed in one or more locations on the product or product packaging to produce an authentication mark, such as a bar code. The device includes an assembly for providing a source of light to irradiate the ink containing the light-sensitive compound on the sample product or product package, an optical detector to detect certain spectral properties emitted or absorbed by the irradiated ink and a controller to determine the authenticity of the sample product or product package by comparing the emitted or absorbed properties to a standard.
Owner:SUN CHEMICAL BV

Method and apparatus for classifying known specimens and media using spectral properties and identifying unknown specimens and media

Method and apparatus for determining a metric for use in predicting properties of an unknown specimen belonging to a group of reference specimen electrical devices comprises application of a network analyzer for collecting impedance spectra for the reference specimens and determining centroids and thresholds for the group of reference specimens so that an unknown specimen may be confidently classified as a member of the reference group using the metric. If a trait is stored with the reference group of electrical device specimens, then, the trait may be predictably associated with the unknown specimen along with any traits identified with the unknown specimen associated with the reference group.
Owner:UNIV OF TENNESSEE RES FOUND +1

Method and apparatus for classifying known specimens and media using spectral properties and identifying unknown specimens and media

Method and apparatus for determining a metric for use in predicting properties of an unknown specimen belonging to a group of reference specimen electrical devices comprises application of a network analyzer for collecting impedance spectra for the reference specimens and determining centroids and thresholds for the group of reference specimens so that an unknown specimen may be confidently classified as a member of the reference group using the metric. If a trait is stored with the reference group of electrical device specimens, then, the trait may be predictably associated with the unknown specimen along with any traits identified with the unknown specimen associated with the reference group.
Owner:UNIV OF TENNESSEE RES FOUND +1

Dynamic multi-spectral imaging with wideband seletable source

A multispectral X-ray imaging system uses a wideband source and filtration assembly to select for M sets of spectral data. Spectral characteristics may be dynamically adjusted in synchrony with scan excursions where an X-ray source, detector array, or body may be moved relative to one another in acquiring T sets of measurement data. The system may be used in projection imaging and / or CT imaging. Processed image data, such as a CT reconstructed image, may be decomposed onto basis functions for analytical processing of multispectral image data to facilitate computer assisted diagnostics. The system may perform this diagnostic function in medical applications and / or security applications.
Owner:FOREVISION IMAGING TECH LLC

Method and Apparatus for Determination of a Measure of a Glycation End-Product or Disease State Using Tissue Fluorescence

Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus suitable for determining properties of in vivo tissue from spectral information collected from the tissue. An illumination system provides light at a plurality of broadband ranges, which are communicated to an optical probe. The optical probe receives light from the illumination system and transmits it to in vivo tissue, and receives light diffusely reflected in response to the broadband light, emitted from the in vivo tissue by fluorescence thereof in response to the broadband light, or a combination thereof. The optical probe communicates the light to a spectrograph which produces a signal representative of the spectral properties of the light. An analysis system determines a property of the in vivo tissue from the spectral properties. A calibration device mounts such that it is periodically in optical communication with the optical probe.
Owner:VERALIGHT INC

Method and apparatus for positioning pulses in time

A coding method specifies pulse positioning over time according to a time layout about a time reference where a pulse can be placed at any location within the time layout. The method generates time-hopping codes having predefined properties, and a coded pulse train based on the time-hopping codes and the time layout. The time reference may be fixed or non-fixed and can be a time position of a preceding or a succeeding pulse. In addition, the predefined properties can be autocorrelation, cross-correlation, or spectral properties.
Owner:HUMATICS CORP

Light-emitting diode (LED) illumination in display systems using spatial light modulators (SLM)

System and method for enhancing performance in an SLM display system using LED illumination. A preferred embodiment comprises computing a set of spectral characteristics, analyzing the set of spectral characteristics, and modulating a light produced by a light source of a display system based upon the analysis, wherein the light source comprises one or more light-emitting diodes. The spectral characteristics can provide information regarding either the images being displayed by the display system or an operating environment of the display system. Either can have an impact upon the quality of the images being displayed on the display system and can be used to make adjustments to the light source.
Owner:MARSHALL STEPHEN WESLEY +1

Device for irradiating tissue

A device for irradiating tissue includes a fluorescent element for receiving pump radiation and responsively emitting radiation having different spectral characteristics than the pump radiation. A redirector receives emitted radiation promulgated in a direction away from a tissue target and redirects the radiation toward the target. The pump radiation may be supplied, for example, by a flashlamp or frequency-doubled neodymium-doped laser. Use of the device provides an inexpensive and effective alternative to conventional dye laser-based systems for various medical therapies, including treatment of vascular and pigmented lesions, tattoo and hair removal, and photodynamic therapy (PDT).
Owner:BOSTON SCI SCIMED INC

Light source device and image display apparatus

A light source device includes a phosphor layer formed on a base, and an excitation light source exciting the phosphor. A dichroic mirror is arranged between the phosphor layer and the excitation light source and inclined with respect to a propagation direction of excitation light from the excitation light source. An incident region of the excitation light and an exiting region of fluorescence emitted from the phosphor belong to a space on the same side with respect to the surface with the phosphor layer disposed. In a dominant wavelength of the excitation light, the dichroic mirror has a spectral characteristic of transmitting 50% or more of light of a p-polarized component and reflecting 50% or more of light of a s-polarized component. Fluorescence emitted from the phosphor layer can be extracted highly efficiently and propagated by a compact and simple optical system.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP

All-fiber photon-pair source for quantum communications

A source and / or method of generating quantum-correlated and / or entangled photon pairs using parametric fluorescence in a fiber Sagnac loop. The photon pairs are generated in the 1550 nm fiber-optic communication band and detected by a detection system including InGaAs / InP avalanche photodiodes operating in a gated Geiger mode. A generation rate>103 pairs / s is observed, a rate limited only by available detection electronics. The nonclassical nature of the photon correlations in the pairs is demonstrated. This source, given its spectral properties and robustness, is well suited for use in fiber-optic quantum communication and cryptography networks. The detection system also provides high rate of photon counting with negligible after pulsing and associated high quantum efficiency and also low dark count rate.
Owner:NORTHWESTERN UNIV

Medical diagnostic instrument with highly efficient, tunable light emitting diode light source

A medical diagnostic instrument, such as a colposcope for examining cervical tissue, includes a light source comprising an annular array of high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LED array includes a central access opening which provides viewing access for the colposcope optical components to the illumination site. The array includes a plurality of sets of LEDs, with each set including a red, blue and green emitting LED. The intensities of the red, blue and green LEDs, respectively, are controllable with a controller to continuously vary or tune the spectral characteristics of the illumination from the light source. Selected color mixes can be stored in a memory for later retrieval.
Owner:ADVANCED ILLUMINATION

Imaging apparatus provided with imaging device having sensitivity in visible and infrared regions

An imaging apparatus includes: a first pixel which receives both visible light and infrared light, and a second pixel which receives infrared light, both pixels being formed on an imaging device; an infrared light component estimation unit which estimates, based on spectral characteristics of light received by the first pixel and spectral characteristics of light received by the second pixel, a magnitude of an infrared light component contained in a signal outputted from the first pixel from a signal outputted from the second pixel; and a subtraction unit which subtracts the estimated infrared light component from the signal outputted from the first pixel.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Solid state lighting using quantum dots in a liquid

A lighting apparatus that provides general lighting in a region or area intended to be occupied by a person includes a source of light of a first spectral characteristic of sufficient light intensity for the lighting application as well as a reflector or a diffusely reflective chamber or cavity having a transmissive optical passage. An exemplary lighting fixture of the type disclosed herein also includes a liquid containing quantum dots. Various containers, locations and positions for the liquid are disclosed. The quantum dots provide a wavelength shift of at least some light to produce a desired second color characteristic in the light output.
Owner:ABL IP HLDG

Method and apparatus for applying codes having pre-defined properties

A method for specifying pulse characteristics applies codes having pre-defined characteristics to a layout. The layout can be sequentially subdivided into at least first and second components that have the same or different sizes. The method applies a first code having first pre-defined properties to the first component and a second code having second pre-defined properties to the second component. The pre-defined properties may relate to the auto-correlation property, the cross-correlation property, and spectral properties, as examples. The codes can be used to specify subcomponents within a frame, and characteristic values (range-based, or discrete) within the subcomponents.
Owner:HUMATICS CORP

System and method for remote sensing and/or analyzing spectral properties of targets and/or chemical species for detection and identification thereof

A method and a low-cost, robust and simple system for remote sensing and analyzing spectral properties of targets as a means to detect and identify them is introduced. The system can be highly portable but is usable in fixed locations or combination thereof. An aspect of the method and system includes the capability to distribute, modulate, aperture and spectrally analyze radiation emitted or absorbed by a volumetric target chemical species (solid, liquid or gas) or a target surface. Radiation is first collected by a single light gathering device, such as a lens, telescope, or mirror, and then distributed to multiple detectors through spectrally discriminating components and if desired through apertures to achieve this desired detection and identification.
Owner:UNIV OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUND

Adjusting optical properties of optical thin films

An optical thin film can have a refractive index variation along a dimension that is perpendicular to its thickness. Two areas that have equal physical thicknesses can have different optical thicknesses. Including the thin film as a layer in a thin film optical filter can provide a corresponding variation in the filter's spectral properties. Dosing an optical thin film with ultraviolet light can cause the refractive index variation. Subjecting the film to hydrogen can increase the refractive index's response to the dose of light. Dosing a region of a thin film optical filter with ultraviolet light can change the spectral properties of the region, for example shifting an out-of-specification optical filter into specification thereby increasing manufacturing yield. An agent can promote the film's response to the dose.
Owner:CIRREX SYST

Self calibration methods for optical analysis system

Disclosed is a system and methodologies for providing self-calibration in an optical analysis system. Illumination light is directed toward a material to be sampled while provisions are made to modify the characteristics of at least a portion of the illumination light falling on a reference detector. The modified characteristics may include light presence and / or spectral characteristics. Light presence may be modified by rotating or moving mirror assemblies to cause light to fall on either a sample detector or a reference detector while spectral characteristics may be modified by placing materials having known spectral characteristics in the path of the illumination light.
Owner:HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC

Light source estimating device, light source estimating method, and imaging device and image processing method

A light source estimation method of this invention estimates from the sensor response the color characteristics of an unknown light source of an image-pickup scene, in order to improve white balance adjustment and other aspects of the quality of color reproduction; a projection conversion portion 6 projects sensor response values 5 into an image distribution 9 in an evaluation space not dependent on the image-pickup light source 2 using parameters obtained by operations which can be calorimetrically approximated from spectral sensitivity characteristics of image-pickup unit 4, which are known, and from spectral characteristics of an assumed test light source 1; an evaluation portion 10 evaluates the correctness of a plurality of the test light sources 1 based on the distribution state of sample values of the projected scene; and accordingly, the correct image-pickup light source 2 is estimated.
Owner:SONY CORP

Imaging device

An imaging device free from discoloring under high temperature or high irradiation and having high color reproducibility is provided. Multilayer filters made of inorganic materials are provided above respective photoelectric conversion elements. The filters include red filters having predetermined spectra characteristics, green filters having predetermined spectral characteristics, and two kinds of blue filters having spectral characteristics different in peak wavelength.
Owner:COLLABO INNOVATIONS INC

Endoscope device

An endoscope device obtains tissue information of a desired depth near the tissue surface. A xenon lamp (11) in a light source (4) emits illumination light. A diaphragm (13) controls a quantity of the light that reaches a rotating filter. The rotating filter has an outer sector with a first filter set, and an inner sector with a second filter set. The first filter set outputs frame sequence light having overlapping spectral properties suitable for color reproduction, while the second filter set outputs narrow-band frame sequence light having discrete spectral properties enabling extraction of desired deep tissue information. A condenser lens (16) collects the frame sequence light coming through the rotating filter onto the incident face of a light guide (15). The diaphragm controls the amount of the light reaching the filter depending on which filter set is selected.
Owner:OLYMPUS CORP

Spectral characteristic obtaining apparatus, image evaluation apparatus and image forming apparatus

A spectral characteristic obtaining apparatus including a light irradiation unit configured to emit light onto a reading object; a spectroscopic unit configured to separate at least a part of diffused reflected light from the light emitted onto the reading object by the light irradiation unit into a spectrum; and a light receiving unit configured to receive the diffused reflected light separated into the spectrum by the spectroscopic unit and to obtain a spectral characteristic. In at least one example embodiment, the light receiving unit is configured to be a spectroscopic sensor array including plural spectroscopic sensors arranged in a direction, and the spectroscopic sensors include a predetermined number of pixels arranged in the direction to receive lights with different spectral characteristics from each other.
Owner:RICOH KK

Characterization of moving objects in a stationary background

InactiveUS20080021331A1Easy to detectPromote absorptionCatheterDiagnostic recording/measuringVascular compartmentVenule
A method and system for determination and mapping the quantity of chromophores having a distinct spectrum attached to moving objects in an spectrally rich environment that may include multiple chromophores attached to stationary objects. An area of inters is imaged at different times and different wavelengths, and the spectral properties of the or more chromophores attached to the moving objects are separated from the stationary spectral properties of the background, followed by spectral analysis of the moving objects to determine their quantity. Application to the retinal vasculature is illustrated, showing the imaging, analyzing and quantifying of the oxygen saturation of retinal blood, resolved for the different vascular compartments—capillaries, arterioles, venules, arteries, and veins. Changes in the structure of the vascular environment are also determined, whether growth of new vessels or the elimination of existing ones, by the generation of path maps based on analysis of differential images taken at a single wavelength of the moving components in the blood flow.
Owner:YEDA RES & DEV CO LTD

Image pickup apparatus

An image pickup apparatus comprising an optical element which absorbs rays having specific wavelengths, an optical element which reflects rays having specific wavelengths and an organic color mosaic filter, wherein a total spectral characteristic of the optical elements satisfies the following condition:0.45≦|ΔT / ΔW|≦0.75.
Owner:OLYMPUS CORP
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