http://tgs.freshpatents.com/Infrared-bx11.php The latest patent applications on FreshPatents.com related to Infrared en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 18:07:04 -0700 1000 141 31 http://tgs.freshpatents.com/Infrared-bx11.php http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120110820.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Adhesive-free bond non-linear optical (NLO) components, devices and systems including one or more engineered quasi non-critical phase matched or contra-phase matched NLO crystal doublets. Such systems and devices advantageously increase the efficiency of NLO frequency conversion and improve beam quality. Devices are applicable to any uniaxial and biaxial NLO crystals in... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120111204.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A heating cooker having an infrared ray detection device. The heating cooker includes a main body, an inner case disposed within the main body such that a cooking chamber to cook food is provided within the inner case, a detection hole formed on one side wall of the inner case to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120111390.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A highly concentrating solar power generation and thermal collection apparatus includes a multi-coated lens capable of reflecting UV light and visible light and allowing infrared light to transmit therethrough, a lens located at one side of the multi-coated lens for collecting and then concentrating sunlight on the multi-coated lens, a solar... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120111400.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 An optical coating, comprising porous particles, or formed from porous precursor particles. The average thickness of the coating is in the range of from 75 to 400 nm, and the surface roughness of the coating is in the range of from 2 to 300 nm. This coating provides broadband antireflective properties... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120112071.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Apparatus for detection of infrared radiation emitted from a taggant following excitation of the taggant sample measures the decay time of the radiation used. If the decay characteristic is accurately measured, the particular taggant can be accurately identified. The apparatus comprises an electronic controller, light-emitting diodes, a photo-detector, a first amplifier,... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120112302.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A method of improving the focus leveling response of a semiconductor wafer is described. The method includes combining organic and inorganic or metallic near infrared (NIR) hardmask on a semiconductor substrate; forming an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer on the combined organic NIR-absorption and the inorganic or metallic NIR-absorption hardmask; and forming... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120113119.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A method for super resolution enhancement of infrared imaging data employing an image array having simultaneous, high speed, randomly addressable windows of pixels for small regions of interest (ROI) within a large imaging sensor field of view. Data is retrieved from the ROI window pixels at an increased data rate and... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120113235.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 3D glasses, 3D glasses systems, and related methods are disclosed for determining an orientation of the 3D glasses, and at least one of: indicating such to a user or adjusting disparity of the 3D content for optimizing a 3D video content viewing experience. The orientation of 3D glasses is determined by... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120113237.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 An organic electroluminescence display includes pixels in a matrix that each emits visible light. A data line driver supplies a video signal to each pixel. The video signal includes first and second frames corresponding to first-eye and second-eye image information. A scanning line driver distributes a scanning signal to each pixel... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120113335.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Shuttering eyewear used to view 3D imagery and/or dual-view images may utilize an IR receiver filter with moderate to wide bandwidth to pass data sidebands of an on-off keying signal while strongly rejecting nearby interference sources. Filtering of the signal may be achieved via a circuit for passing data sidebands of... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120113406.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A coordinate measuring device includes a carrier that can be rotated automatically about two axes and that can be directed toward a measuring aid. The following are arranged on the carrier so as to be able to move together: . an optical distance measuring device for measuring the distance to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120113483.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A document reading device (1) comprises a mounting surface (5) on which a page to be read (9) of a passport (7) is placed, a camera (13) for taking an image of the page to be read (9), an illumination light source (15) for radiating illumination light that will be reflected... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120113504.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 An infrared optical system, which can obtain excellent image even when used under a severe condition, is easily and cheaply produced by molding. The infrared optical system, is provided with a configuration of 2 groups 2 lenses having the first lens L1 and the second lens L2 sequentially from the object... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120113505.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 The invention provides a multilayered infrared light reflective structure. The multilayered infrared light reflective structure includes a transparent substrate. A doped oxide film is disposed on the transparent substrate. An oxide isolated layer is disposed on the doped oxide film, thereby allowing incident light to be incident from a top surface... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120114012.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A heating cooker including an infrared ray detection device is disclosed. The heating cooker includes a body, an inner case disposed within the body, and provided therein with a cooking chamber to cook food, a detection hole formed at one side wall of the inner case, to allow an infrared ray... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120114088.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A hohlraum for an inertial confinement fusion power plant is disclosed. The hohlraum includes a generally cylindrical exterior surface, and an interior rugby ball-shaped surface. Windows over laser entrance holes at each end of the hohlraum enclose inert gas. Infrared reflectors on opposite sides of the central point reflect fusion chamber... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120114563.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 The present invention relates to a method of in vivo optical imaging, of the margins around tumours, which comprises an optical imaging contrast agent. The optical imaging agents comprise conjugates of near-infrared dyes with synthetic polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymers having a molecular weight in the range 15-45 kDa. Also disclosed are... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120114818.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Edges of English muffins and certain other types of bread products known to burn during toasting are protected from burning by a bread product edge toasting shield. One embodiment of the bread product edge shield is a baffle formed of orthogonal or substantially orthogonal metal strips. A second embodiment is a... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120115239.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Vapochromic coordination polymers useful for analyte detection are provided. The vapochromism may be observed by visible color changes, changes in luminescence, and/or spectroscopic changes in the infrared (IR) signature. One or more of the above chromatic changes may be relied upon to identify a specific analyte, such as a volatile organic... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120115386.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A method of manufacturing nano-fiber non-woven fabrics is provided. The method comprises preparing a polyurethane solution by dissolving polyurethane in an organic solvent, producing an electrospinning solution by adding far infrared ray emitting particles, antibacterial inorganic particles, and deodorization inorganic particles to the polyurethane solution, and electrospinning the electrospinning solution to... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120116214.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Methods, apparatus, and systems for intravascular analysis combine at least three analytical modalities. In one implementation, intravascular ultrasound, optical coherence tomography, and near infrared spectroscopy are combined to enable detection of multiple, different abnormalities in the arterial morphology during a single intravascular procedure.... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120116230.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A system for imaging an abnormal cell and or diseased tissue after topical application of a near infrared protease-specific probe is disclosed. The system includes a protease-specific near infrared (NIRF) imaging probe, means for topically administering the protease-specific probe to a diseased tissue and an imaging device capable of detecting the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120116274.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A new and useful portable remote unattended low level light therapy (“LLLT”) orthopedic device that is lightweight, programmable, portable, affordable, able to be worn passively by the patient, able to operate unattended by a practitioner or physician, and can be used to administer multiple and/or extended treatment intervals outside the office... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120116375.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 An apparatus that will alter the fibrous strands in the fatty layers of the skin to reduce the appearance of cellulite and adipose tissue. Electromagnetic energy is used to selectively shrink or alternatively photoacoustically ablate the collagen in the constricting bands of connective tissue that causes the dimpled appearance of cellulite... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120116484.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Optical methods and devices are provided for the reduction of the lipid content of adipocytes without significant heat or intolerable adverse effect on the cells and their surrounding tissues. The optical method and device can be used to irradiate adipose tissue through the skin with non-thermal and non-destructive effects by application... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120116588.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A robot system and a control method thereof in which, when a robot is located in a docking region, the robot calculates a distance by emitting infrared rays and detecting ultrasonic waves oscillated from a charging station, measures a distance from the charging station and performs docking with charging station. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120510ptan20120116739.php Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 Methods and a non-transient computer medium embodying computer readable code for extracting bulk spectroscopic properties of a particle. A forward model is built of an optical field focused on, and interacting with, the particle, where the forward model parameterized in terms of at least one geometrical characteristic of the particle. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120503ptan20120104089.php Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 An electronic pen for interacting with a substrate having a pattern of coded data printed thereon. The pen includes an infrared light source for illuminating an area of the substrate; an image sensor for imaging the coded data illuminated in the area; a force sensor for sensing an interaction between the... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120503ptan20120104255.php Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 A method for inspecting a substrate having intrinsic heterogeneous patterns for the presence of cracks comprises the steps of providing an optical device and front-side lighting on a first side of the substrate and providing near-infrared lighting on a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side. The near-infrared... http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20120503ptan20120104257.php Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 An active infrared induction instrument powered by a dry battery capable of reducing power consumption through the adjustment of the emitter pulse width. The infrared emitted LED emits infrared signals, which, after being reflected by an object, are received by the infrared photodiode. The infrared signals received the infrared signals received...