52nd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210404872 | PIXEL CIRCUIT TO IMPROVE SENSING EFFICIENCY, IMAGE SENSOR USING THE SAME AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a circuit to improve the sensing efficiency of pixels that uses the induction effect of a capacitor to duplicate a voltage deviation caused by additional electrons and uses a circuit to cancel out the voltage deviation during reading pixel data thereby improving the sensing efficiency. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404873 | OPTICAL COUPLING AND A MODULAR OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - The invention provides an optical coupling, comprising: a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion, the first and second coupling portions configured to mate in kinematic constraint via a first mounting interface and at least two further mounting interfaces, wherein: the first coupling portion comprises a first mounting element and the second coupling portion comprises a socket, and the first mounting element is receivable in the socket at the first mounting interface such that the first mounting interface constrains lateral displacements of the first coupling portion relative to the second coupling portion when mated; and at least one optical channel for transmitting abeam of light along an optical axis through the optical coupling, the optical channel comprising complementary light-transmitting ports in the first and second coupling portions, wherein the optical axis is not laterally removed from the first mounting interface by more than half the distance between the first mounting interface and the nearest of the further mounting interfaces. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404874 | Software Defined Lighting - A multi-function imaging system comprises a light sensor and a software defined light source to enable real-time automatic adjustment of various parameters of the one or more light sources. The system is realized in a single unit, or as multiple co-located units, thus reducing the cost of having such multiple functions. The system is capable of self-calibrating in the field to enable accurate imaging. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404875 | Spectrophotometer System and Enhanced Optical Characterization of Biological Samples Using Same - Spectrophotometer system configured to characterize and/or measure spectrally (wavelength)-dependent properties of material components (such as molecular, viral, and/or bacterial analytes) associated with or of an object prior to the time when optical fingerprints of such material components start to degrade, and associated methods. System can be enhanced by a capability of selecting specific wavelengths of operation for such system to optimize cost-efficiency of the system. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PLURALITY OF COLOUR QUALITY INDICATORS FOR A COLOUR CONTROL OF A PAINT - Disclosed is a process for determining a plurality of color quality indicators for controlling the color of a coating. Colorimetric coordinates of a color reference and the coating are ascertained for a plurality of coated surface elements using a spectrophotometer at a number of measurement geometries and a number of light sources. For each measurement geometry and each light source, color differences are calculated from the colorimetric coordinates of the color reference and the coating of the plurality of coated surface elements. The respective colorimetric coordinates are normalized with one weighting factor. Each of the plurality of color quality indicators is determined by means of a mapping, of functional values onto a scale value of a predetermined scale. The functional values are determined in each case for the number of measurement geometries and the number of light sources by means of a mathematical relationship. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404877 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVIVCE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention relates to a temperature measuring device of a non-contact manner, in a simple configuration at a lower cost than a thermal imaging camera, recognizing a movable target object to be measured using a general camera, and measuring the temperature of the movable target object, wherein the temperature measuring device is provided for recognizing the position information of the movable target object and correcting an error according to a difference in distance or angle from the movable target object to enable accurate temperature measurement. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404878 | MICROBOLOMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Microbolometer systems and methods are provided herein. For example, an infrared imaging device includes a substrate having contacts and a surface. The surface defines a plane. The infrared imaging device further includes a microbolometer array coupled to the substrate. Each microbolometer of the microbolometer array includes a cross-section having a first section, a second section substantially parallel to the first section, and a third section joining the first section and the second section. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404879 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CORRECTION VALUE FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A FREQUENCY-CORRECTED HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE - A method for determining a correcting quantity function k | 2021-12-30 |
20210404880 | ABSORBER STRUCTURE FOR THERMAL DETECTORS - An absorber structure for a thermal detector, the absorber structure including edges defining a basic form, a plurality of first legs of electrically conducting material joined in an electrically conductive manner to form, between the edges of the absorber structure, a grid having openings, the first legs forming at least one continuous connection between the edges of the absorber structure; and a plurality of second legs of electrically conducting material joined in an electrically conductive manner to the first legs, wherein the second legs protrude from the first legs into the openings of the grid and terminate at points of termination located at a distance from adjacent first legs. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404881 | MICROBOLOMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Microbolometer systems and methods are provided herein. For example, an infrared imaging device includes a microbolometer array. The microbolometer array includes a plurality of microbolometers. Each microbolometer includes a microbolometer bridge that includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a resistive layer configured to capture infrared radiation. The second portion includes a second portion having a plurality of perforations defined therein. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404882 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR, TEMPERATURE SENSOR ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensor comprises: a sensor element including a thermosensitive body and a pair of electric wires that are electrically connected to the thermosensitive body; a protective tube for accommodating the sensor element; and a filling body that lies between the protective tube and the sensor element inside the protective tube. The pair of electric wires includes a pair of first electric wires and that are connected to the thermosensitive body, and a pair of second electric wires and that are connected to the pair of first electric wires and, respectively. The pair of second electric wires and are connected to the pair of first electric wires and on its front side at which insulation coverings thereof are separated from each other. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404883 | Miniature External Temperature Sensing Device for Estimating Subsurface Tissue Temperatures - Embodiments described herein are directed to a temperature measurement device that includes a sensor body configured to be placed on a skin of a user. The temperature measurement device can include a first section defining a first lower surface and having a first thickness, a second section defining a second lower surface and having a second thickness, and a channel separating the first lower surface from the second lower surface. The temperature measurement device can also include a first set of temperature sensors positioned across the first thickness, a second set of temperature sensors positioned across the second thickness, and a processor configured to estimate a tissue temperature of the user based on comparing temperature signals from the first set of temperature sensors with temperature signals from the second set of temperature sensors. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404884 | MULTI-CORE HIGH-TEMPERATURE, IRRADIATION-RESISTANT THERMOCOUPLE, AND RELATED METHODS - A multi-core thermocouple includes a plurality of wires, an insulation core surrounding the plurality of wires, a sheath surrounding the insulation core, and a plurality of electrical junctions. The plurality of electrical junctions may include a first electrical junction formed between a first wire of the plurality of wires and the sheath at a first axial mid-section of the multi-core thermocouple, the first electrical junction including a first swaged axial mid-section of the sheath and a second electrical junction formed between a second wire of the plurality of wires and the sheath at a second, different axial mid-section of the multi-core thermocouple, the second electrical junction including a second swaged axial mid-section of the sheath. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404885 | COOKTOP APPLIANCE TEMPERATURE SENSOR WITH TEMPERATURE CORRECTION - A cooktop appliance includes a gas burner disposed on a panel of the cooktop appliance and a grate with a plurality of fingers positioned above the gas burner. The plurality of fingers includes a sensor finger. A temperature sensor is mounted to the sensor finger of the plurality of fingers of the grate. The temperature sensor includes a first temperature probe extending above a top surface of the sensor finger at a first end of the sensor finger and a second temperature probe positioned within the sensor finger between the top surface of the sensor finger and a bottom surface of the sensor finger. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404886 | OPTICAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS SENSING AND STATUS INDICATION SYSTEM - An optical manufacturing process sensing and status indication system is taught that is able to utilize optical emissions from a manufacturing process to infer the state of the process. In one case, it is able to use these optical emissions to distinguish thermal phenomena on two timescales and to perform feature extraction and classification so that nominal process conditions may be uniquely distinguished from off-nominal process conditions at a given instant in time or over a sequential series of instants in time occurring over the duration of the manufacturing process. In other case, it is able to utilize these optical emissions to derive corresponding spectra and identify features within those spectra so that nominal process conditions may be uniquely distinguished from off-nominal process conditions at a given instant in time or over a sequential series of instants in time occurring over the duration of the manufacturing process. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404887 | INTELLIGENT TEMPERATURE WARNING DEVICE APPLIED TO WEARABLE PRODUCTS - An intelligent temperature warning device applied to wearable products is provided, which is used in the technology field of temperature sensing. By applying the intelligent temperature warning device to various wearable products, the temperature of human body can be monitored to achieve the effect of generating interesting interactions and the process of warning when human body is at high temperature. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404888 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME - The present invention provides a display device and a method for fabricating the same. The display device includes a display area, a bending area, one or more strain sensors disposed on the bending area and configured to detect one or more characteristic parameters of the bending area when the bending area is bent, and a control module connected to the one or more strain sensors and configured to obtain a deformation parameter of a film layer to be detected in the bending area according to the one or more characteristic parameters. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404889 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT DEVICE, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT APPARATUS, AND LOAD DETECTION METHOD - A piezoelectric element device includes: a substrate including a plurality of vibrating portions having a first vibrating portion and a second vibrating portion; a piezoelectric element group in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements having a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element provided in the plurality of vibrating portions are coupled in parallel to each other; a plurality of load detectors having a first load detector including the first vibrating portion and the first piezoelectric element provided in the first vibrating portion and a second load detector including the second vibrating portion and the second piezoelectric element provided in the second vibrating portion; and a resin layer covering the piezoelectric element group. The first load detector resonates at a first resonance frequency, the second load detector resonates at a second resonance frequency, the first resonance frequency and the second resonance frequency are different from each other, the first resonance frequency changes in accordance with a load applied to the first load detectors via the resin layer, the second resonance frequency changes in accordance with a load applied to the second load detectors via the resin layer, and a first resonance frequency change range, which are changeable range of the first resonance frequency, and a second resonance frequency change range, which are changeable range of the second resonance frequency, do not overlap each other. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404890 | FORCE SENSOR - A force sensor includes a first structure, four strain generation parts, and a second structure. The first structure is formed in such a way that a third axis penetrates therethrough. The four strain generation parts are provided along first and second axes on a reference plane formed by the first and second axes. The second structure is connected to the first structure with the strain generation parts interposed therebetween. The strain generation parts each includes a first beam part extending along the first axis or the second axis, and a second beam part extending in a direction orthogonal to the first beam part and connected to the first beam part at an intermediate part. The strain generation parts are formed in such a way that they are line-symmetric with respect to both the first axis and the second axis when projected in a direction of the third axis. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404891 | PRESSURE SENSOR, METHOD OF FABRICATING PRESSURE SENSOR, AND PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE - The present disclosure generally relates to pressure detection technology, and in particular, to a pressure sensor, a method of fabricating a pressure sensor, and a pressure detecting device. The pressure sensor may include a flexible nanopaper, and a graphene film on one side of the flexible nanopaper. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404892 | CORE-SHELL STRUCTURED FIBER TYPE STRAIN SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The core-shell structured fiber-type strain sensor of the present disclosure, which includes a fibrous support forming a core and a multilayered shell layer formed on the fibrous support, exhibits improved strength and stiffness due to the core fiber, exhibits improved noise level due to an elastomer layer and allows manufacturing of a fiber-type sensor with improved linearity of measurement signals due to a sandwich-structured conductive layer, is advantageous in that stable strain measurement is possible without acting as a defect in a composite structure. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404893 | STRAIN SENSOR SYSTEM AND MACHINE ELEMENT COMPRISING STRAIN SENSOR SYSTEM - A strain sensor system having a first base plate with an elongate shape defining a first longitudinal axis, a first strain sensor disposed on the first base plate, a second base plate having an elongate shape defining a second longitudinal axis, a second strain sensor disposed on the second base plate, and a control unit configured to process measurement data produced by the first strain sensor and by the second strain sensor, wherein the first base plate and the second base plate are disposed such that the first longitudinal axis is arranged orthogonally or essentially orthogonally with respect to the second longitudinal axis. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404894 | STRESS PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT METHOD, STRESS PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND STRESS PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A stress properties measurement method for measuring properties of stresses generated in a structure includes acquiring, from a first imaging device, a plurality of thermal images corresponding to temperatures of a surface of the structure, the plurality of thermal images being different in imaging time from each other, generating a stress distribution image corresponding to each of the plurality of thermal images, acquiring a stress value of a first section that is smaller in stress gradient than a predetermined value and respective stress values of a plurality of second sections where stresses are concentrated for the stress distribution images, and deriving correlation properties of stresses at a section of the structure based on the stress value of the first section acquired and the respective stress values of the plurality of second sections acquired. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404895 | DIGITALIZATION SYSTEM - Provided is a digitalization system capable of digitalizing the skills of delicate work. This digitalization system comprises a first sensor mounted on a work tool and which detects a deformation of the work tool when the work tool is pressed against a work target, a second sensor which detects a force applied to the work target or a force applied to the work tool when the work tool is pressed against the work target, and a computer which calculates an angle of a corner formed with the work tool and the work target based on sensor values acquired with the first sensor, and calculates a force applied to the work target when the work tool is pressed against the work target based on sensor values acquired with the second sensor. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404896 | FORCE SENSOR - A force sensor includes a first structure, four strain generation parts, and a second structure connected to the first structure with the strain generation parts interposed therebetween. The strain generation part includes a first connection part connected to the first structure, a first branch part, which is a beam-like part branching into two from the first connection part toward the second structure and extending in directions separating from each other, a second branch part, which is a beam-like part connected to the first branch part with bent parts interposed therebetween and extending in directions approaching each other, and a second connection part where branched parts of the second branch part join and connects to the second structure. The strain generation parts are formed so that the strain generation parts become line-symmetric with respect to the first and second axes when projected in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404897 | INTEGRATED OPTICAL TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DYNAMIC PRESSURE CHANGES - An integrated optical transducer for detecting dynamic pressure changes comprises a micro-electro-mechanical system, MEMS, die having a MEMS diaphragm with a first side exposed to the dynamic pressure changes and a second side, and an application-specific integrated circuit, ASIC, die having an optical interferometer assembly. The interferometer assembly comprises a beam splitting element for receiving a source beam from a light source and for splitting the source beam into a probe beam in a first beam path and a reference beam in a second beam path, a beam combining element for combining the probe beam with the reference beam to a superposition beam, and a detector configured to generate an electronic interference signal depending on the superposition beam. The MEMS die is arranged with respect to the ASIC die such that a gap is formed between the second side of the diaphragm and the ASIC die, with the gap defining a cavity and having a gap height. The first beam path of the probe beam comprises coupling into the cavity, reflection off of a deflection point or a deflection surface ( | 2021-12-30 |
20210404898 | TUBULAR SENSOR WITH DEFORMATION BODY - A flow-through pressure transducer comprising a cylindrical diaphragm positionable to allow fluid to flow therethrough which responds to variations in fluid pressure to generate an electrical signal proportional to such variations and which is incorporated in a housing for interconnecting with fluid delivery tubing. The diaphragm is made of relatively thin resilient metal, shaped to be a tube, elliptical in cross-section, with transducers, located on the elliptical major and minor axes which change their electrical state in response to movement of the diaphragm walls, and which are coupled in a bridge circuit for signal measurement. The housing is constructed for either gage or absolute fluid pressure measurements. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404899 | RADIAL SEAL FOR DISPOSABLE FORCE SENSOR - A pressure reading assembly including a housing defining a conduit configured to transmit bodily fluid therethrough and a receiving tube having a first opening and an inner cylindrical surface. The pressure reading assembly further includes a sensing apparatus which includes a sensor disposed on a substrate and an engagement member including a generally columnar sealing member configured to engage an inner cylindrical surface of a receiving tube within the housing connected to the substrate about the sensor. The sealing member defines an axial bore extending from a proximal end to a distal end and includes an outer sealing surface defining one or more engaging elements configured to non-adhesively engage the inner cylindrical surface of the receiving tube to resist removal of the sensor assembly so that a pre-sterilized sensor assembly can be removed from a clean sealed packaging and joined directly with the housing. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404900 | Temperature Compensated Differential Pressure System - A temperature compensated differential pressure system is provided. The system includes a pair of flanges affixed together each having a flange diaphragm therein, wherein a plurality of capillary tubes extends between the pair of flanges and a pair of opposed remote diaphragm housings. The remote diaphragm housings include a remote diaphragm therein, wherein the remote diaphragm displaces a fill fluid in pressure capillaries to displace each flange diaphragm to detect a differential pressure between each location of the remote diaphragm housings. A compensating capillary extends from the remote diaphragm housings to an opposing flange diaphragm, wherein the compensating capillary is not in operable communication with the remote diaphragms. As such, any fluctuation in fill fluid volume of the compensating capillaries due to temperature fluctuations is applied to an opposing flange diaphragm to cancel temperature effects from the differential pressure determination. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404901 | DETERMINATION OF RESONANT FREQUENCY AND QUALITY FACTOR FOR A SENSOR SYSTEM - A method for determining sensor parameters of an actively-driven sensor system may include performing an initialization operation to establish a baseline estimate of the sensor parameters, obtaining as few as three samples of a measured physical quantity versus frequency for the actively-driven sensor system, performing a refinement operation to provide a refined version of the sensor parameters based on the as few as three samples, iteratively repeating the refinement operation until the difference between successive refined versions of the sensor parameters is below a defined threshold, and outputting the refined sensor parameters as updated sensor parameters for the actively-driven sensor system. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404902 | PRODUCT IMBALANCE ANALYSIS METHODS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES - In some embodiments, a system uses a two-dimensional polar plot to analyze imbalance of components. On the two-dimensional polar plot imbalance magnitude and orientation are depicted relative to a reference. Some embodiments use the two-dimensional polar plot to assess measurement error for measurement devices and components. Some embodiments use the two-dimensional polar plot to determine patterns associated with processing operations to identify sources of imbalance from the manufacturing process. Some embodiments use the two-dimensional polar plot to determine correlations between processing operations to identify sources of imbalance. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404903 | WATER INTRUSION DETECTION - A liquid intrusion detection system includes a controller board, an absorbent material, first electrical contacts, and at least one processor. The controller board is disposed within a housing of an electric power steering unit. The absorbent material is at least partially disposed about a component. The first electrical contacts have first ends disposed on at least one of the controller board and the absorbent material. The at least one processor in communication with the first electrical contacts. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404904 | FUEL LEAK DETERMINATION VIA PREDICTIVE MODELING - Data characterizing a fuel storage facility can be received from one or more of a plurality of sensors disposed in the fuel storage facility. A fuel leak prediction for the fuel storage facility can be determined by a server, based on the received data, and further based on at least one predictive model that predicts whether a fuel leak exists in the fuel storage facility. The fuel leak prediction can be provided by the server. Related apparatus, systems, methods, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404905 | SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME DETECTING LEAKAGE OF UNDERGROUND VOLATILE COMPOUND - The present invention relates to a real-time underground volatile organic compound leakage detection system and, more specifically, to a real-time underground volatile organic compound leakage detection system for minimizing contamination and allowing a rapid response by detecting beforehand in real time the spread of contamination in the soil and groundwater from environmental accidents due to leaks of oil, overflow oil and the like from the ground and underground storage tanks of a facility which is to be monitored for oils and harmful chemical substances comprising volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The system comprises: a monitoring well, provided in the periphery of the facility to be monitored, for collecting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) leaked from the facility to be monitored; a gas sensor module provided inside the monitoring well and for detecting the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and measuring the concentration; a communication module for wirelessly transmitting detection and concentration sensor data measured by means of the gas sensor module; and a control center server for displaying the detection and concentration sensor data received from the communication module, and outputting a monitoring screen. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404906 | LEAK DETECTION - A device and a method for detecting leaks of closed containers with an inspection apparatus configured to determine the curvature of the container closure of the closed containers, as well as an evaluation apparatus by means of which the curvature of the closure is compared with a predefined value. A pressure generating apparatus is used to press each container closure flat prior to inspection. The pressure-generating apparatus comprises an actuator with which pressure is applied locally to each container closure from the outside. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404907 | FLUID CONTROL SYSTEM - A fluid control system which encompasses a leak sensor and a fluid control unit adapted for installation on a fluid supply line, both capable of wireless data communication with a gateway acting as an interface between the leak sensor and fluid control unit and a cloud server or a remote user application. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404908 | Optical Deflector Parameter Measurement Device, Method, and Program - A parameter measurement device of a light deflector includes a photodetector that receives output light from the light deflector, a biaxial translation automatic stage that moves the photodetector to a plurality of positions, and a signal processing device that calculates the wavelength of the output light of a wavelength sweeping light source for each time, calculates the wavelength of the light received from the light deflector by the photodetector based on the output signal of the photodetector and a previously-calculated wavelength, and calculates the incident angle of the output light beam of the wavelength sweeping light source onto the diffraction grating and an angle formed by an L-axis and a line perpendicular to the surface of the diffraction grating by performing fitting so that the coordinates of the photodetector that are obtained for each position of the photodetector and the wavelength of the light conform to a prescribed relational expression. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404909 | OPTICAL FIBER RECOGNITION USING BACKSCATTERING PATTERN - There are provided methods and systems that enable the use of the backscattering pattern produced by an optical fiber in an OTDR trace as a signature (also referred to herein as the “RBS fingerprint”) to recognize an optical fiber. It was found that it may be difficult to obtain repeatable signatures as those are sensitive to the wavelength of the OTDR laser source and the temperature of the fiber. OTDR methods and systems that are adapted to compare the backscattering pattern in a more repeatable manner are therefore provided. Once the repeatability issue is overcome, such signature can be used for identification purposes and enable new applications. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404910 | DISHWASHING APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING VALVE STATUS THEREIN - Dishwashing appliances and methods, as provided herein, may include features or steps such as measuring a first pressure in a sump with a pressure sensor and storing the first pressure in a memory of the dishwashing appliance as a reference pressure. Dishwashing appliances and methods may further include features or steps for measuring a second pressure within the sump with the pressure sensor after measuring the first pressure, and determining that a check valve is failed when the second pressure exceeds the first pressure by at least a predetermined margin. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404911 | Method of Thermal Analysis of a Bearing Unit - Thermal analysis of a bearing unit, carried out by entering the input and boundary conditions of the application, defining contact areas and load distribution between components of the bearing unit, calculating the conduction resistances and the thermal convection of the components, calculating the heat generated by friction between the components in contact and the heat distribution thereof on a plurality of isothermal nodes which discretize the bearing unit, defining a thermal interaction between the isothermal nodes, thermally balancing the isothermal nodes, calculating the temperature range of the bearing unit, comparing the resulting operating temperature on an isothermal node of a sealing means of the bearing unit and the related maximum allowable temperature, and if the operating temperature and maximum allowable temperature values are different from each other, repeat steps (a) to step (h). | 2021-12-30 |
20210404912 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FAULTS USING EXHAUST PRESSURE READINGS - A diagnostic system and method that (a) that uses models indicative of both successful firing and skips to determine if cylinders of a skip fire controlled internal combustion engine have successfully fired or successfully skipped and (b) uses filtered exhaust gas pressure readings for detecting faults associated with EGR systems and/or turbocharger systems. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404913 | STRADDLED VEHICLE ENGINE UNIT AND STRADDLED VEHICLE - A straddled vehicle engine unit including an internal combustion engine and a misfire detection device. The misfire detection device includes a crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit and a misfire determination unit. The misfire determination unit includes first to third determination units. The first determination unit determines whether or not the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquired by the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit is greater than a set physical quantity determination reference. The second determination unit determines whether or not a fluctuation pattern constituted by a physical quantity and the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquired at least before or after the physical quantity falls within a set misfire pattern range. The third determination unit determines whether a misfire determination is to be set as effective or not, based on results of determination by the first and second determination units. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404914 | TIME SERIES SENSOR DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND TIME SERIES SENSOR DATA PROCESSING METHODS - A time series sensor data processing device is provided. The time series sensor data processing device includes: a frame generating unit configured to generate a plurality of frames from time series sensor data acquired from a sensor, each of the frames having a predetermined frame size, the sensor being provided in an apparatus; a time information adding unit configured to add a value indicating corresponding time information to each of the generated frames; and a determining unit configured to determine presence or absence of an abnormality of the apparatus by using a neural network, the neural network learning a combination of each of the plurality of frames and the value indicating the corresponding time information and a combination of a data pattern of each frame stored in advance and predetermined timing. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404915 | TISSUE SAMPLE CORING SYSTEM - The present technology generally relates to a tissue sample coring system. Select embodiments of a tissue sample core extractor include a drill head, a drill bit, a tube, and a pump. The drill bit may have a hollow coring head configured to separate a core from a tissue sample and retain the core therein. The drill bit may include a central passageway fluidly coupling the hollow coring head to a port extending radially from the central passageway through the drill bit, where the tube is aligned with the port and movable to selectively abut the drill bit to create a fluid seal between the tube and the port such that the pump can cause a fluid to flow through the tube, pressurize the central passageway, and eject the core. The tissue sample core extractor may further include a trigger configured to move the tube and/or cycle the pump. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404916 | HUMIDITY STABILIZATION DURING THE PREPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES FOR SPECTROMETRY - The invention proposes preparing biological samples for spectrometry which contain cell structures and/or whole cells of human or animal origin (e.g. thin human and animal tissue sections) or prokaryotes (e.g. microorganisms), and which require constant relative humidity, in a temperature-controlled gas volume whose humidity is determined by a saturated substance solution, for example a suitable salt solution. The invention exploits a physico-chemical phenomenon called “deliquescence”, which manifests itself by keeping the relative humidity above the saturated substance solution constant with a high degree of precision when a specified temperature is maintained. Pure succinic acid exhibits deliquescence at approx. 99% relative humidity, for example. Since an enormous variety of deliquescent salts and other suitable substances are available, it is possible to find the suitable substance for almost any desired relative humidity, with adjustment of the temperature, where necessary. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404917 | MILLING WITH ULTRAVIOLET EXCITATION - Milling with ultraviolet excitation (MUVE) realizes high-throughput multiplex imaging of large three-dimensional samples. The instrumentation may comprise a UV-source attachment, precision stage attachment, and/or a blade assembly, and the instrumentation may overcome several constraints inherent to current state-of-the-art three-dimensional microscopy. MUVE offers throughput that is orders of magnitude faster than other technology by collecting a two-dimensional array of pixels simultaneously. The proposed instrumentation also utilizes serial ablation and provides the opportunity for true whole-organ imaging at microscopic resolution. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404918 | OPTICAL CLEARING AND AUTO-FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF USE FOR ENHANCED MICROSCOPY IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES - A method for rendering biological tissue sufficiently optically transparent for three-dimensional light microscopy imaging, comprising incubating biological tissue with an optical clearing solution, wherein the optical clearing solution comprises: (i) 20-50 wt % formamide, (ii) 10-90 wt % glycerol, and (iii) water as remainder. Also described herein is a method for ridding tissue of blood to make them amenable for optical clearing, comprising incubating biological tissue in a decolorizing solution, wherein the decolorizing solution comprises: (i) 0.5-3 wt % hydrogen peroxide, (ii) 0.05-1 wt % sodium azide, (iii) 5-20 wt % DMSO, and (iv) phosphate buffered saline as a remained. Also described herein is a method for reducing auto-fluorescence in biological tissue to permit imaging of the biological tissue in a fluorescence-based imaging technique with enhanced resolution, wherein the auto-fluorescence quenching solution comprises: 1-100 mM ammonium bicarbonate, (ii) 20-500 M copper sulfate, (iii) 5-20 wt % DMSO, and (iv) water as remainder. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404919 | TISSUE STAINING METHOD, TISSUE EVALUATION METHOD AND BIOSUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD - A tissue staining method which comprises: staining a tissue with a staining reagent wherein a biosubstance recognition site is bonded to particles carrying multiple fluorescent substances accumulated therein; in the stained tissue, counting fluorescent points or measuring fluorescent brightness; and evaluating the expression level of a biosubstance, which matches the biosubstance recognition site, in the aforesaid tissue on the basis of the number of the fluorescent points or fluorescent brightness that was measured. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404920 | SORBENT COMPOSITION FOR PRE-ANALYTICAL TREATMENT OF SAMPLES - A method for pre-analytical treatment of a serum or plasma sample from a patient suspected of suffering from oxidative stress, which includes contacting the sample with one or more microcapsules having a gelled alginate core and a semipermeable coating, where the alginate core includes dispersed receptors against an oxidised human parathyroid hormone (PTH) peptide. The semipermeable membrane can be obtained by layer-by-layer deposition of polycationic and polyanionic macromolecules onto the gelled core, following by hardening, crosslinking and co-acervation of the macroionic phases. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404921 | PSORIASIS AND OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ANTIGEN IMMUNE MODULATOR (AIM) THERAPEUTIC PLATFORM - Provided are methods of preparing an immune cell sample from a subject having an autoimmune disorder, the method comprising: obtaining a tissue sample from the subject; and isolating a single immune cell in situ from the tissue sample using laser capture microdissection. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404922 | FRACTURE-VISUALIZATION SENSOR AND FRACTURE-VISUALIZATION SYSTEM USING SAME - To provide a fracture-visualization sensor capable of visualizing the fracture behavior of a composite material and a composite-material fracture-visualization system using the fracture-visualization sensor. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404923 | FIXING JIG - A fixing jig is provided, including a supporting base, a fixing plate, and a fixing component. The supporting base includes a first upper surface. The fixing plate is disposed on the supporting base. A side of the fixing plate is pivotally connected to the supporting base and includes a second upper surface, a bottom surface, and via a hole. The fixing component presses the fixing plate on the second upper surface. The fixing jig can fix an object pending testing and allows one flexible electric circuit board of the object pending testing to be exposed outside of the fixing jig, so that when performing a pull force test, this can allow an angle between two flexible electric circuit boards to be 90 degrees, thereby improving accuracy of an experimental result. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404924 | TENSILE TESTING FIXTURE AND TENSILE TESTING DEVICE - A tensile testing fixture and a tensile testing device are provided. The fixture includes a base, an adjusting mechanism disposed on the base, a floating mechanism disposed on and connected to the adjusting mechanism, a lower head disposed on and connected to the floating mechanism, and an upper head disposed above the lower head. The floating mechanism is configured to transmit a pulling force of the lower head to the adjusting mechanism. The adjusting mechanism is configured to adjust a position of the floating mechanism in a horizontal direction under the pulling force. The floating mechanism is further configured to adjust a position of the lower head in the horizontal direction, causing the lower head and the upper head to be coaxial in a vertical direction. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404925 | MATERIAL PERFORMANCE TESTING INCLUDING IMPROVED LOAD DETECTION - A material testing apparatus includes an actuator to apply a force to a load head according to electronic control signals. The load head supplies a load to a material specimen in a first dimension. A plurality of load line displacement (LLD) reference points extend radially outward from the load head; and a plurality of LLD measuring devices correspond to the plurality of LLD reference points. Each LLD measuring device is positioned to detect a position of a corresponding LLD reference point along the first dimension and is configured to transmit position signals to a controller programmed to perform a performance test on the material specimen using feedback control based on a combination of the position signals, including an average of the position signals. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404926 | Portable Self-Contained Pressure Testing Manifold and Associated Methods - A portable, case-enclosed pressure test manifold, configured to support both pneumatic and hydrostatic pressure testing, and comprising a downstream fluid path (e.g., a test gauge, a vent valve, a system test port, a relief valve, and various other high-pressure rated components/piping) and an upstream fluid path (e.g., a low-pressure gauge, a high-pressure gauge, and various other low-pressure rated components/piping). A regulator and/or the vent valve selectively operate the downstream fluid path, defining a high-pressure fluid path, to receive a liquid; and the upstream fluid path in combination with the downstream fluid path, defining a low-pressure fluid path, to receive a gas. Manifold components are pressure rated based on use and are ASME Code B31.3 compliant. A flexible hose connects with either of the low-pressure fluid path and the high-pressure fluid path of the manifold. The case includes parking receptacles and a carrying handle configured to stow the hose during transport. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404927 | BENDING APPARATUS FOR MATERIAL TESTING AND MICRO-CT IMAGING - A bending apparatus for a sample is disclosed. The bending apparatus includes a translation mechanism that translates a vertical displacement/force into a horizontal displacement/force for bending. Components of the bending apparatus are fabricated from a strong, radiolucent material. In these ways, the bending apparatus is compatible with micro-CT imaging, and as such, may be used to bend a sample during imaging. In a particular application, the bending apparatus may be used to measure biomechanical properties of a bone, such as bone strength, bone material properties, fracture toughness, and fracture propagation. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404928 | TOTAL-ENVIRONMENT FULL-SCALE CYCLIC ACCELERATED LOADING EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a total-environment full-scale cyclic accelerated loading experimental system, which pertains to a field of accelerated loading experimental systems. The total-environment full-scale cyclic accelerated loading experimental system includes a rack, and a power mechanism, a chain drive pair, a roller set, a guide rail, etc. installed on the rack. The power mechanism is connected to the roller set through the chain drive pair. The roller set is matched with an annular loading surface of the guide rail. In the present disclosure, in addition to an environmental unit being provided on the rack, modifications are made to structures of the guide rail, the roller set and the chain drive pair as well as connections thereof. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404929 | THICKNESS CORRECTION FOR VIDEO EXTENSOMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - 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. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404930 | MEASURING DENSITY VIA PRESSURE SENSOR IN A CONDUIT - Methods and systems are provided to detect a density and/or a concentration of a brine solution or any other solution flowing in a conduit. A diverted portion of the brine solution may be received from the conduit at a vertical pipe. The vertical pipe has a top and a bottom, where the diverted portion of the brine solution is received at the bottom of the vertical pipe and the top of the vertical pipe is at atmospheric pressure. A pressure sensor may detect a pressure of the brine solution in the vertical pipe. A processor may determine the density and/or the concentration of the brine solution based on the detected pressure of the brine solution and a property of a reference solution. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404931 | OPTICAL PARTICLE SENSOR - An optical particle sensor includes-at least one light source configured to emit light rays; at least one channel intended to receive a fluid transporting at least one particle, and to at least partially receive the light rays emitted by the at least one source such that said light rays are partially scattered by the at least one particle; and at least one photodetector capable of receiving said scattered light rays. The at least one source has an emission face facing one side of the sensor and the at least one photodetector has a receiving face facing the same side of the sensor, wherein the light rays received by the at least one photodetector are light rays backscattered by the at least one particle, for at least 90% of the light rays. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404932 | MULTISPECTRAL SENSOR BASED ALERT CONDITION DETECTOR - An optical detector device may receive a spectroscopic measurement from a multispectral sensor. The optical detector device may determine, based on the spectroscopic measurement, a particulate size of a particulate. The optical detector device may determine, based on the spectroscopic measurement, an identification of the particulate. The optical detector device may determine, based on the particulate size and the identification of the particulate, that an alert condition is satisfied. The optical detector device may trigger an alert based on determining that the alert condition is satisfied. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404933 | SMALL APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES - The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for identifying biological particles. More particularly, the present invention relates to a small apparatus for identifying biological particles, wherein in a single apparatus having a simple structure, a cleaning solution is suctioned to separate the biological particles from a filter and a sample solution is discharged, the discharged sample solution is injected into a plurality of ticket modules, and the biological particles are identified by image analysis for the ticket modules, thereby enabling miniaturization of the apparatus. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404934 | Dust Monitoring Method, System and Signal Processing Device - The invention discloses a dust detection method and system and a signal processing unit thereof to detect the dust in the net gas output by different gas-solid separation units. The method according to the invention comprises a signal acquisition section acquiring the target signal with the dust detection components arranged at the net gas output sides of different gas-solid separation units, a signal transmission section transmitting the target signal acquired by the signal acquisition section, and a signal processing section receiving and processing the target signal transmitted by the signal transmission section and outputting the detection results; the dust detection components of the signal acquisition section are arranged on the confluence channel that is connected with the net gas output sides of the different gas-solid separation units, and are respectively arranged behind the connection points on the confluence channel for connecting with the net gas output sides of the different gas-solid separation units. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404935 | SURFACE AREA DETERMINATION FOR POROUS AND PARTICULATE MATERIALS - In some aspects, a device may receive measurement data associated with a measurement subject. The device may determine an adsorption isotherm for the measurement subject based on the measurement data. The device may determine a thermodynamic adsorption capacity of the measurement subject based on the adsorption isotherm. The device may determine a surface area value associated with the measurement subject based on the thermodynamic adsorption capacity. The device may provide an output based on the adsorption capacity or the surface area value associated with the measurement subject. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404936 | CALIBRATION VERIFICATION FOR OPTICAL PARTICLE ANALYZERS - Provided are particle analyzers and related methods for verifying calibration status of the particle analyzer, including independently of the presence or absence of particles. The method and analyzers include use of distinct and non-interfering time frequency domains: a middle frequency time domain and a low frequency time domain, and optionally a high frequency time domain. The high frequency time domain generates a laser facet drive current frequency modulation to prevent the laser facet from spatial-mode hopping. The middle frequency time domain is for particle detection. The low frequency time domain is for calibration status, including laser-pulse-light self-diagnostics, for the health or calibration status of the analyzer. By carefully selecting the frequency time domain ranges, there is non-interference, with the ability to self-diagnose the instrument that is particle-independent. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404937 | CODE-MULTIPLEXED SENSOR NETWORKS FOR MICROFLUIDIC IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY - A microfluidic device for particle analysis, such as immunophenotyping, includes a plurality of microfluidic channels for the passage of a particle-laden fluid flow, a plurality of dedicated impedance sensors for generating impedance signals relative to each microfluidic sensor. The impedance sensors are CODES Coulter sensors, each having a distinct coded sequence for generating mutually orthogonal signals. The system uses a multi-frequency excitation signal for driving the Coulter sensors, such that the Coulter sensors generate multi-frequency impedance signals. The system outputs the multi-frequency signals of the plurality of impedance sensors as a single multi-frequency multiplexed signal, which is subsequently separated into a plurality of single-frequency multiplexed signals, which are then demodulated into single-frequency component signals corresponding to each of the Coulter sensors. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404938 | FLOW CYTOMETRIC DROPLET DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Flow cytometric droplet dispensing systems and methods for using the same to flow cytometrically dispense droplets into partitions are provided. Aspects of embodiments of the systems include sorting flow cytometers configured to sort both particle-occupied and particle-unoccupied droplets into a partition. Also provided are methods of using the systems. Systems and methods of the invention find use in a variety of applications. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404939 | COMPENSATION EDITOR - Disclosed herein include systems, devices, methods, and spillover editor for displaying and editing spillover values. A view of a spillover editor can comprise a triangular grid of rows and columns, representing flourophores, each comprising at least one display area and two spillover values. After receiving an adjusted spillover value, an adjusted view of the spillover editor can comprise adjusted plots determined using the adjusted spillover value. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404940 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PARTICLE SORTING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND PARTICLE SORTING METHOD - [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, a particle sorting system, a program, and a particle sorting method that practice a spectral type analysis usable for sorting particles. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404941 | LIGHT SCATTERING DETECTORS AND METHODS FOR THE SAME - Methods for determining a radius of gyration of a particle in solution using a light scattering detector are provided. The method may include passing the solution through a flowpath in a sample cell, determining respective angular normalization factors for first and second angles of the detector, obtaining a first scattering intensity of the particle in solution at the first angle, obtaining a second scattering intensity of the particle in solution at the second angle, obtaining a 10° scattering intensity of the particle in solution at an angle of about 10°, determining a first particle scattering factor, determining a second particle scattering factor, plotting an angular dissymmetry plot, fitting a line to the angular dissymmetry plot, determining a slope of the line at a selected location on the line, determining the radius of gyration of the particle in solution from the slope of the line, and outputting the radius of gyration. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404942 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTION AND/OR MEASUREMENT OF IMPURITIES IN DROPLETS - The present relates to a measurement device ( | 2021-12-30 |
20210404943 | DUAL EXCITATION BEAMS FOR IRRADIATING A SAMPLE IN A FLOW STREAM AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - Aspects of the disclosure include methods for generating angularly deflected laser beams for irradiating a sample in a flow stream. Methods according to certain embodiments include generating a first set of angularly deflected laser beams and a second set of angularly deflected laser beams, propagating the first set of angularly deflected laser beams along a different optical path from the second set of angularly deflected laser beams, combining the first set of angularly deflected laser beams with the second set of angularly deflected laser beams and directing the combined sets of laser beams onto a sample in a flow stream and detecting light from the sample. Systems having a laser, an acousto-optic device and an optical adjustment component configured to generate a first set of angularly deflected laser beams and a second set of angularly deflected laser beams are also described. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404944 | Evaporator and Climate Cabinet - An evaporator for a climate chamber, in particular for a constant climate chamber with temperature- and humidity control, comprising a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet for a refrigerant, wherein the first inlet, the second inlet, and the outlet are connected with one another by a duct, and wherein the second inlet is disposed between the first inlet and the outlet, and a climate chamber with an evaporator. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404945 | DYNAMIC HIGH-SPEED HIGH-SENSITIVITY IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - Any one or both of an optical system with a structured lighting pattern and a structured detecting system having a plurality of regions with different optical characteristics are used. In addition, optical signals from an object to be observed through one or a small number of pixel detectors are detected while changing relative positions between the object to be observed and any one of the optical system and the detecting system, time series signal infoimation of the optical signals are obtained, and an image associated with an object to be observed from the time series signal information is reconstructed. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404946 | EXAMINATION DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to allow a clean airflow around a substrate to reliably move downward of the substrate in an examination device in which clean air is supplied to an inspection chamber. This examination device is provided with a rectifying plate (see FIG. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404947 | IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD - An identification apparatus includes a window unit including a passage surface on an upper side configured to allow a sample supplied from a conveyance unit to slide along and pass on the passage surface, a light irradiation unit disposed below the window unit, spaced a certain distance from the passage surface, and configured to irradiate the sample with a primary light through the window unit, a light collection unit disposed below the window unit and configured to collect a secondary light from the sample through the window unit, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information for identifying a property of the sample based on the secondary light collected by the light collection unit. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404948 | PHOTOACOUSTIC REMOTE SENSING (PARS), AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - A photoacoustic remote sensing system (PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, comprising one or more laser sources configured to generate a plurality of excitation beams configured to generate pressure signals in the sample at an excitation location, and a plurality of interrogation beams incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the plurality of interrogation beams returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated pressure signals, an optical system configured to focus the plurality of excitation beams at a first focal point and the plurality of interrogation beams at a second focal point, the first and second focal points being below the surface of the sample, and a plurality of detectors each configured to detect a returning portion of at least one of the plurality of interrogation beams. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404949 | MULTI-CAVITY SUPERIMPOSED NON-RESONANT PHOTOACOUSTIC CELL AND GAS DETECTION SYSTEM - The present invention belongs to the field of trace gas detection technology and provides a multi-cavity superimposed non-resonant photoacoustic cell and gas detection system. The multi-cavity superimposed non-resonant photoacoustic cell includes a cylindrical metal shell, a plurality of non-resonant photoacoustic cavities, a sensitive diaphragm of the fiber-optic Fabry-Perot acoustic sensor, an optical glass window, an air inlet and an air outlet. The circular sensitive diaphragm of the fiber-optic Fabry-Perot acoustic sensor is fixed on one side of the cylindrical metal shell, and the other side of the cylindrical metal shell is sealed by an optical glass window. The gas to be measured enters through the inlet, diffuses into a plurality of non-resonant photoacoustic cavities, and exits through the outlet on the other side. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404950 | LINEARIZED OPTICAL SENSOR CALIBRATION FOR MEASURING CALCIUM - An optical sensor may be used to measure the concentration of calcium in a water sample, such as a water sample obtained from industrial process water system like a cooling tower system, a boiler water system, or a waste water system. To measure the concentration of calcium, an indicator or reagent may be added to the water sample to form a complex that absorbs light. The absorbance profile of the complex may be non-linear over a range of calcium concentrations. However, the absorbance profile can be linearized to provide calibration coefficients that are subsequently used to determine the concentration of calcium in samples having unknown calcium concentrations. The linearization of the absorbance profile can allow the optical sensor to be calibrated using two solutions. This can reduce the complexity and cost of calibrating the optical sensor, which may otherwise require at least three calibration solutions to capture the non-linear profile of the absorbance curve. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404951 | SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device may determine a first optical sensor value associated with a first displacement and a second optical sensor value associated with a second displacement, wherein the first displacement is between an emitter associated with the first optical sensor value and a sensing location used to determine the first optical sensor value, wherein the second displacement is between an emitter associated with the second optical sensor value and a sensing location used to determine the second optical sensor value, and wherein the first displacement is different from the second displacement. The sensor device may determine one or more measurements using the first optical sensor value and the second optical sensor value, wherein the one or more measurements relate to a first penetration depth associated with the first optical sensor value, and a second penetration depth associated with the second optical sensor value. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404952 | METHOD FOR SELECTION OF CALIBRATION SET AND VALIDATION SET BASED ON SPECTRAL SIMILARITY AND MODELING - A method for selection of a calibration set and a validation set based on spectral similarity and modeling. The method includes: performing NIR spectrometry on original samples to obtain a spectral matrix of the original samples; randomly selecting m samples as an independent test set; calculating spectral similarity between each of the samples in the independent test set and each of the remaining samples in the original samples respectively to obtain g samples having the highest similarity to be written into the validation set; and calculating spectral similarity between each of the samples in the validation set and each of the remaining samples in the original samples respectively to obtain n samples having the highest similarity to be written into the calibration set. Based on the validation set and the calibration set selected through the method, an obtained model can predict unknown samples more accurately. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404953 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SUBSTANCE OF OBJECT - An apparatus for analyzing a substance of an object in a non-invasive manner is provided. The apparatus for analyzing a substance of an object includes: a sensor part including an image sensor, and a plurality of light sources disposed around the image sensor; and a processor configured to drive the plurality of light sources to obtain absorbance of each pixel of the image sensor based on an intensity of light received by each pixel, to correct the absorbance of each pixel based on a distance between the plurality of light sources and each pixel, and to analyze a substance of an object based on the corrected absorbance of each pixel. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404954 | FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENT CONCENTRATION MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING A FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENT WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT - A fire extinguishing agent concentration measuring system having a first window, a second window positioned relative to the first window thereby defining a sensing volume between the first window and the second window, and a structure positioned relative to the first window and the second window configured to cause fluid flowing into the sensing volume from an environment within which the fire extinguishing agent concentration measuring system is placed to swirl within the sensing volume. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404955 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR CHAMBERLESS POINT SENSOR - A covered chamberless particulate detector includes a chamberless detector configured to produce a signal when particulate sensing events occurs, one or more optical emitters configured to emit one or more emitting cones of light, one or more optical sensors defining one or more receiving cones and configured to detect occurrence of particulate sensing events, and a protective cover defining an inside region and an outside region. Each of the one or more emitting cones of light is configured to overlap with each of the one or more receiving cones, thereby creating one or more sensing volumes which may be in the inside region, the outside region, or both regions. The protective cover can be transparent, partially transparent, or opaque, and can include apertures. The optical emitters and detectors can use one or more wavelengths, allowing discrimination of various airborne particulates. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404956 | Optical Turbulence Measurement - An optical turbulence measurement system may include a camera assembly, a first optics assembly, a second optics assembly, and processing circuitry. The first optics assembly and the second optics assembly may be configured to magnify and direct a portion of a source beam received by a respective aperture to the camera assembly to be received as a two portions of a received beam. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive, from the camera assembly, a data representation of a first received beam from the first optics assembly and a second received beam from the second optics assembly, determine a focal spot displacement variance based on motion of a first focal spot corresponding to the first received beam relative to a second focal spot corresponding to the second received beam, and measure optical turbulence along a path of the source beam based on the focal spot displacement variance. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404957 | Highly Stable Semiconductor Lasers and Sensors for III-V and Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits - Building blocks are provided for on-chip chemical sensors and other highly-compact photonic integrated circuits combining interband or quantum cascade lasers and detectors with passive waveguides and other components integrated on a III-V or silicon. A MWIR or LWIR laser source is evanescently coupled into a passive extended or resonant-cavity waveguide that provides evanescent coupling to a sample gas (or liquid) for spectroscopic chemical sensing. In the case of an ICL, the uppermost layer of this passive waveguide has a relatively high index of refraction that enables it to form the core of the waveguide, while the ambient air, consisting of the sample gas, functions as the top cladding layer. A fraction of the propagating light beam is absorbed by the sample gas if it contains a chemical species having a fingerprint absorption feature within the spectral linewidth of the laser emission. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404958 | STIMULATED RAMAN COUPLED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND MICROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Exemplary computer-accessible medium, systems, and methods are described herein which can provide an excited fluorescence radiation. In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, an excited fluorescence radiation can be provided using a beam of a probe so as to excite a molecule to an excited state for a fluorescence emission to effectuate the excited fluorescence radiation. The molecule can be detected based on the fluorescence emission. For example, the beam of the probe can be either the near-infrared spectrum or the visible light spectrum. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404959 | METHODS FOR DETECTING ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACE COATINGS USING FLUORESCENT INDICATORS - Disclosed are methods for detecting a presence or absence of an antimicrobial surface coating including applying at least one detectable fluorophoric dye compound to a substrate, irradiating the surface of the substrate with ultraviolet radiation in the 100-415 nm wavelength range to excite the detectable fluorophoric dye compound, observing fluorescence of the excited fluorophoric dye compound, and determining the presence or absence of the antimicrobial surface coating based on the observed fluorescence. Further disclosed are antimicrobial surface coating solutions, methods for their application, and methods for confirming the presence and coverage of antimicrobial surface coatings. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404960 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION DEVICE - A detection method including forming a complex by binding, to a target substance, a first substance immobilized to a metal particle with magnetism and a second substance labeled with a fluorescent material, moving the complex by applying a magnetic field, illuminating the complex during movement with excitation light of a predetermined wavelength, the excitation light causing the fluorescent material to emit fluorescence, the fluorescence being enhanced by localized surface plasmon resonance that is produced by the metal particle, capturing the enhanced fluorescence over time and obtaining two-dimensional images, and detecting the target substance in accordance with a light spot included in each of the two-dimensional images, the metal particle including an inner core made of a magnetic material and an outer shell covering the inner core, the outer shell being made of a nonmagnetic metal material that produces the localized surface plasmon resonance. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404961 | METHODS AND USES FOR DETERMINING OSTEOGENIC POTENTIAL OF IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATED CELLS - The application provides the use of CD73, CD105, CD44 and/or CD10 for determining osteogenic potential of in vitro differentiated cells. The application further provides a method for determining osteogenic potential of in vitro differentiated cells comprising measuring the quantity of the in vitro differentiated cells expressing CD73, CD105, CD10 and/or CD44, and/or measuring the quantity of CD73, CD105 and/or CD44 expressed by the in vitro differentiated cells. The invention also provides a method for selecting a subject for preparing in vitro differentiated cells of chondro-osteoblastic lineage comprising recovering MSC from a biological sample of a subject; obtaining in vitro differentiated cells from the MSC; determining the osteogenic potential of the in vitro differentiated cells by a method as disclosed herein; and selecting the subject for preparing in vitro differentiated cells of chondro-osteoblastic lineage if the in vitro differentiated cells have clinically useful osteogenic potential. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404962 | CLEAVABLE LINKERS FOR PROTEIN TRANSLATION REPORTING - A method of quantifying expression of a protein of interest with high temporal resolution; it includes providing a cell expressing a large fragment of a split fluorescent protein; transfecting the cell with a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule comprising a first nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein of interest; a second nucleic acid sequence encoding the small fragment of the split fluorescent protein; and a third nucleic acid sequence encoding a linker protein that is cleaved during translation; quantifying expression of the protein of interest by detecting fluorescence resulting from a combining of the small fragment of the split fluorescent protein and the large fragment of the split fluorescent protein, wherein the linker protein is cleaved during the translation resulting in a stoichiometric ratio of the small fragment of the split fluorescent protein and the protein of interest. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404963 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS UTILIZING OPTICALLY-POWERED SENSING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT(S) WITH OPTICAL INFORMATION TRANSFER - Systems and methods for performing non-destructive sensing of a cell or tissue, in vivo or in culture, are provided. The disclosed systems and methods include fabricating and powering one or more implantable integrated circuit (IC) chips that include a network of Photovoltaic (PV) cells for energy harvesting from an optical energy source, an optical modulator integrating Quantum Dot capacitors (QD-caps) for optical data transfer using fluorescence modulation, and sensing circuitry. The IC chip disclosed herein can measure a thickness of around 10 μm, allowing injection into small cells and diffusion through tissue, it is powered and imaged under a microscope and communicates using fluorescence modulation imaged under a microscope. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404964 | MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR MICROSCOPY - A microscope and method of microscopy having a light source for providing illumination light, a controllable manipulation device for generating in a variable manner an illumination pattern of the illumination light to be selected, an illumination beam path with a microscope lens for guiding the illumination pattern to a sample to be examined, a detector having a plurality of pixels for examining the fluorescent light emitted by the sample, a detection beam path for guiding the fluorescent light emitted by the sample to the detector, a main beam splitter for splitting illumination light and fluorescent light, a control and evaluation unit for controlling the manipulation device and for evaluating the data measured by the detector. The manipulation device is arranged in the illumination beam path upstream from the main beam splitter in the vicinity of an optically conjugated plane to the sample plane such that the pixel of the detector can be individually activated using the control and evaluation unit and in read out patterns to be selected and that the control and evaluation unit is designed to activate pixels of the detectors individually or in a selected read out pattern dependent on the selected illumination pattern. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404965 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY EXAMINING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - A method for optically examining a biological sample includes: preparing a light-activatable specimen including the biological sample; activating a target region of the light-activatable specimen by irradiating activation light into the light-activatable specimen, the activation light being formed by a light sheet that illuminates a plane in the light-activatable specimen, the plane including at least a part of the biological sample; and imaging the plane illuminated with the light sheet. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404966 | RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS AND USE FOR DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL THREATS - The present disclosure describes a novel system and method for providing a fast, inexpensive and reliable diagnostic test for indicating the presence of a biological threat. This test utilizes surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to interrogate a sample comprising metallic plasmonic particles suspected of contamination with the biological threat. The Raman spectrum is analyzed for specific Raman shifts that are characteristic of an interaction of the biological threat with the metallic plasmonic particles to produce a diagnostic result. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404967 | AN ANALYSIS CHIP - In one example, an analysis chip includes a substrate for surface-enhanced spectroscopy including an ordered nanostructure surface to receive a liquid including a number of analytes. The received liquid is to be guided by the ordered nanostructure surface over the substrate to separate the number of analytes. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404968 | INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA TORCH WITH REVERSE VORTEX FLOW AND METHOD OF OPERATION - We describe in this application the analysis of samples using elemental or mass spectrometry and the analysis of samples, such as biological samples by suspension mass cytometry or imaging mass cytometry and an inductively coupled plasma torch with reverse vortex flow for elemental analysis and a method of operating an ICP torch configured to interface with a spectrometer. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404969 | Interferometric Sensor Based on Slab Waveguide - The present invention provides a sensor having, one or more optical slab waveguides having one or more target regions. The target regions may interact with gas molecules or trap, entrain or capture one or more targets of interest. The optical slab waveguides are adapted to receive one or more input optical beams from one or more light sources to create a plurality of propagating optical waves in optical slab waveguide. The propagating optical waves interact with said one or more target regions to create an optical output wavefront that may be in the form of a diffraction pattern. The target regions may be functionalized with an antibody, polymer, cell, tissue, or biological material. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404970 | ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACE COATING FORMATION, DETECTION, QUANTIFICATION AND REACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed are methods for detecting an antimicrobial surface coating on a substrate including the steps of applying an anionic agent to a surface of the substrate, allowing the anionic agent to bond to antimicrobial surface coating present on the substrate, removing unbonded anionic agent, subjecting the surface of the substrate to a predetermined process to effect a change in the bonded anionic agent, observing the change, and verifying, based on the observed change, the presence of antimicrobial surface coating on the substrate. Further disclosed are antimicrobial surface coating solutions, methods for their application, and methods for reactivated antimicrobial surface coatings. | 2021-12-30 |
20210404971 | QUANTIFYING COLOR CHANGES IN CHEMICAL TEST PADS INDUCED BY DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF ANALYTES UNDER DIFFERENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS - Color quantification of chemical test pads and titration of analytes can be performed under different lighting conditions. In one embodiment, the lighting condition is estimated under which a digital image is captured and utilized to select a set of reference colors from which the quantified color is compared to determine the titration. In another embodiment, a plurality of comparisons are made with different lighting conditions with the result having the highest confidence level being selected to determine the titration. | 2021-12-30 |