Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
250208600 | With specific relative positional geometry of photosensitive elements (e.g., an annular photosensitive element surrounding a coaxially mounted photosensitive element) | 12 |
20080283731 | Position Detection of an Electromagnetic Beam Projection - The invention relates to the detection of the position of a projection of an electromagnetic beam on a surface such as a laser pointer projection on a display screen. It is suggested to measure intensities of the electromagnetic radiation from the beam projection at three or more different positions at the borders of the surface and to process the measured intensities for determining the centre position of the electromagnetic beam projection on the surface. The intensities may be measured applying only a few low cost receivers. Thus, no optical add-ons or expensive position detection means with a plurality of photodiodes are required | 11-20-2008 |
20100038521 | Photovoltaic up conversion and down conversion using rare earths - The use of rare-earth (REO, N, P) based materials to covert long wavelength photons to shorter wavelength photons that can be absorbed in a photovoltaic device (up-conversion) and (REO, N, P) materials which can absorb a short wavelength photon and re-emit one (downshifting) or more longer wavelength photons is disclosed. The wide spectral range of sunlight overlaps with a multitude of energy transitions in rare-earth materials, thus offering multiple up-conversion pathways. The refractive index contrast of rare-earth materials with silicon enables a DBR with >90% peak reflectivity and a stop band greater than 150 nm. | 02-18-2010 |
20100276573 | Transmissive Detectors, Systems Incorporating Same, And Associated Methods - A detector assembly is configured for characterizing electromagnetic energy that propagates along a light path. At least a component of the electromagnetic energy carries electromagnetic energy information along the light path. The detector assembly includes a first detector array arranged along the light path and having photosensitive elements aligned to receive at least some of the electromagnetic energy, including the component. The photosensitive elements selectively absorb a first portion of the component and produce a first set of electrical image data, based at least in part on the electomagnetic energy information, in response to the component. At least some of the photosensitive elements are at least partially transparent so that they selectively pass a second portion of the component to continue along the light path. | 11-04-2010 |
20110068256 | Touch Sensing Apparatus Having a Simplified Structure and Reduced Manufacturing Cost - A touch sensing apparatus includes a light source generating a light. The light travels though a light distribution part. A light guide part guides the light to the light distribution part. A light sensing part outputs an output signal corresponding to an intensity of the light incident through the light guide part and the light distribution part when a touch occurs. A light reflection part reflects the light provided to the light distribution part, and a coordinate generating part calculates a coordinate value of the touch using the output signal from the light sensing part. | 03-24-2011 |
20110147569 | Optical Control System With Modulated Emitters - An optical control system is described, which employs a series of optical emitters and detectors arranged about a touch area. The emitters are driven by a series of orthogonal functions, and the system is operable to correlate the signals received at the detectors with the modulation functions to determine the amount of energy received by the detectors from each of the emitters. This system means that all or many emitters can be modulated simultaneously, so the scanning process is accelerated. Also, the energy estimates arrived at by correlation with the modulating functions are largely unaffected by external interference signals as well by each other. An additional benefit of the present invention is that the correlation processing makes use of many detector samples and tends to yield results which have higher resolution than the sample values themselves, due to the averaging of noise over the sample set. | 06-23-2011 |
20110168874 | DETECTION SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF MOVEMENTS OF A MOVABLE OBJECT, A METHOD OF DETECTING MOVEMENTS OF A MOVABLE OBJECT, AND AN IC HAVING IMPLEMENTED THEREIN THE DETECTION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a detection system for the detection of movements of a movable object. The detection system may comprises: a light emitting device (S) for emitting light, a reflecting unit ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110174959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a detection system for detecting movement of a movable object. The detection system comprises a light source (S) for emitting light, a reflecting unit ( | 07-21-2011 |
20120104236 | Hysteresis-Compensating Interpolation Circuits in Optical Encoders - Disclosed are various embodiments of circuitry and methods to compensate for variations in hysteresis associated with the comparators of an interpolation circuit in a single track optical encoder. Such variations in hysteresis may be minimized or eliminated by providing appropriately configured resistor ladder circuits to condition the inputs to the comparators, or by programming or trimming resistors in positive feedback loops of the comparators. The single track optical encoder configurations disclosed herein permit very high resolution reflective optical encoders in small packages to be provided. Methods of making and using such optical encoders are also disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
20130126714 | LIGHT ENERGY TESTING DEVICE - A light energy testing device includes a light source emitting parallel light, a Fresnel lens concentrating the parallel light, a fiber array consisting of a plurality of optical fibers, and an energy detecting device. Each fiber includes a light incident and emitting surface. The light incident surfaces are coplanar to define a light receiving surface. The light emitting surfaces cooperatively define a light transmitting surface. The energy detecting device includes a plurality of sensor units optically coupled with the light transmitting surface and a testing device connected to the sensor units. The parallel light is focused by the Fresnel lens to irradiate the light receiving surface. The sensor units generate energy signals according to the light from the light transmitting surface. The energy detecting device calculates a light energy distribution according to the energy signals. | 05-23-2013 |
20150115137 | GESTURE CELL AND GESTURE SENSOR - A gesture cell including a photodiode comprising a first layer, the first layer formed as a serpentine element on a substrate, and an optical blind configured to guide a light that is incident from a first direction on the photodiode, the optical blind being placed on the photodiode obliquely toward the first direction, wherein the serpentine element is continuously formed from multiple limbs positioned in the first directions and returning in a corresponding second direction, and each limb positioned in the first direction and the corresponding limb returning in the second direction are equally spaced apart. | 04-30-2015 |
20150362364 | Apparatus and Method for Detection of Electromagnetic Radiation Using Optical Switches in an RF Network - Apparatuses and methods for identifying and characterizing an impingement by electromagnetic radiation on a structure's surface. An array of input and output radiofrequency transmission lines are connected by photoconductive switches that conduct only when exposed to incident electromagnetic radiation. Each input line is assigned a unique input RF frequency. If a switch is exposed to radiation, the connection between the corresponding input and output lines closes, and an RF signal is output from the output port connected to the closed switch, while if the switch is not exposed to the incident radiation, the connection remains open and no RF signal is output. By analyzing the frequencies of the signals output at a port, the location of the radiation incident on the structure can be determined. | 12-17-2015 |
20160025556 | Optical Sensing System - An optical sensing system for detecting objects passing through a volume of interest, wherein the sensing system has an emitter and a detector. The detector detects motion of object shadows generated as the object passes through the volume of interest between the emitter and detector. Motion detection algorithms, using computed motion vectors of the detected object, logically determine whether an object has traveled completely through the detection space, and can be used to discriminate a specific outcomes and/or impediments. | 01-28-2016 |