Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140043621 | SURFACE FEATURES CHARACTERIZATION - Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon detector array configured to receive photons scattered from features in a surface of an article; and a characterization means for characterizing the features in the surface of the article, wherein the characterization means contrasts signals from the photon detector array corresponding to two sets of photons scattered from features in the surface of the article, and the two sets of photons respectively originate from photon emitters at different locations. | 02-13-2014 |
20140098364 | CLASSIFICATION OF SURFACE FEATURES USING FLUORESENCE - Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon emitter configured to emit photons onto a surface of an article, a photon detector array configured to receive photons from surface features of the article; and a processing means configured for processing photon-detector-array signals corresponding to photons scattered from the surface features and photons fluoresced from the surface features, wherein the processing means is further configured for classifying the surface features of the article. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098368 | CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SURFACE FEATURES - Provided herein is an apparatus, including an optical characterization device; a photon detector array configured to sequentially receive a first set of photons scattered from surface features of an article and a second set of photons scattered from surface features of the article and subsequently processed by the optical characterization device; and a chemical characterization means for chemically characterizing the surface features of the article, wherein the chemical characterization means is configured for processing the first set of photons received by the photon detector array and the second set of photons received by the photon detector array. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098370 | IMAGING A TRANSPARENT ARTICLE - Provided herein is an apparatus, comprising a first photon emitter configured to emit photons into an article from a circumferential edge of the article, and a photon detector array configured to detect photons scattered from features of the article. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104603 | FEATURE DETECTION WITH LIGHT TRANSMITTING MEDIUM - An apparatus for detecting surface features is disclosed. The apparatus may include a plurality of strands configured to contain light and further configured to transmit light from a light source to a surface of an article. The apparatus may also include a detector configured to receive light reflected from the surface of the article via the plurality of strands, wherein the detector is further configured to detect features associated with the article. | 04-17-2014 |
20140152804 | SUB-PIXEL IMAGING FOR ENHANCED PIXEL RESOLUTION - Provided herein is an apparatus comprising a photon detecting array configured to take images of an article, and a mount configured to mount and translate the article in a direction by a sub-pixel distance. In some embodiments, the sub-pixel distance is based on a pixel size of the photon detecting array. | 06-05-2014 |
20140160481 | REFLECTIVE SURFACES FOR SURFACE FEATURES OF AN ARTICLE - Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon emitter configured for emitting photons onto a surface of an article; a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface configured to reflect the photons onto the surface of the article; and a processing means configured for processing signals from a photon detector array corresponding to photons scattered from surface features of the article. | 06-12-2014 |
20140354982 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC FEATURES OF ARTICLES - Provided herein are apparatuses and methods related thereto, wherein at least one apparatus includes: a photon emitting means configured to emit photons, wherein the photons are scattered from magnetic features of an article; a photon detector array configured to receive scattered photons; and a processing means configured to differentiate the magnetic features from the scattered photons. | 12-04-2014 |
20150015353 | INITIALIZATION OF MAGNETIC FEATURES - The embodiments disclose an alternating current (AC) erase process configured to cancel out existing polarity of stack magnetic features on both sides of the stack and an AC reset process configured to initialize the polarity of the device stack magnetic features of both sides of a stack configured to create a uniform polarity. | 01-15-2015 |
20150015991 | MAGNETIC INDEX MARK BIAS POINT OFFSET - The embodiments disclose an orientation control bias point coupled to a magnetic index mark and having a bias point offset set at predetermined coordinates configured to substantially prevent concentricity run-out. | 01-15-2015 |