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20100020333 | REFRACTIVE PRODUCTION OF A CONCENTRICALLY FANNED STRUCTURED BUNDLE OF LIGHT BEAMS, OPTICAL, MEASURING DEVICE WITH REFRACTIVE DEFECTION ELEMENT - The invention describes an optical deflection element for the refractive production of a spatially structured bundle of light beams fanned concentrically to an optical axis of the deflection element. The optical deflection element has a base body made of optically transparent material, and has a light input and output side. The light input side is configured such that a primary bundle of light beams can be coupled in the base body. The light output side has a cylindrically symmetrical contour, which defines a recess in the base body. The fanning of the primary bundle of light beams is achieved by refraction on rotationally symmetric interfaces, which are variably inclined relative to the optical axis. The invention further relates to an optical measuring device for the three-dimensional measurement of a cavity in an object and a method for producing a concentrically fanned, spatially structured bundle of light beams. | 01-28-2010 |
20100060718 | Measuring a hollow space by means of cylindrically symmetrical triangulation - An optical measuring device for a three-dimensional measuring of a hollow space formed within an object is provided. The optical measurement device has a light source, which is provided for emitting illumination light along an illumination beam path, and an optical deflection element, which spatially structures the radiated illumination light such that on an inside wall an illumination line forms, which extends along the longitudinal axis. The shape of the line is dependant on the size and shape of the hollow space. Further, the optical measuring device has a camera, which detects the illumination line via an imaging beam path at a triangulation angle. Through an appropriate evaluation of the image of the detected shape and size of the illumination line by the camera, the three-dimensional shape of the hollow space is determined. | 03-11-2010 |
20110026037 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING THE SHAPE OF AN EAR SECTION - An apparatus for recording a shape of a section of the human ear is provided. The apparatus has a recording device for recording a spatial shape of a first and a second subsection of the section and for recording a position or a variable representing the position of the first and the second subsection relative to a predetermined optical feature of the section. The apparatus has an evaluation device for obtaining shape infoimation about the section by combination of the shapes of the subsections based on the recorded positions or the variables representing the respective position. This enables a number of individual images to be joined together into a three-dimensional map based on natural features in the auditory canal, such as skin flecks or veins for example. | 02-03-2011 |
20120188353 | MEASURING ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope measures the topography of a surface. The endoscope contains a projection unit and an imaging unit. The endoscope is characterized in that an objective unit is provided as a component both of the projection unit and the imaging unit. By the integration of the projection unit and the imaging unit, which both use a common objective unit, the structural volume required by both units is reduced resulting in a smaller endoscope. | 07-26-2012 |
20120190923 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope measures the topography of a surface. The endoscope contains a projection unit and an imaging unit. The projection unit and the imaging unit are arranged successively in relation to an axis of the endoscope. The configuration of the projection unit and the imaging unit arranged axially behind one another on the axis permits a significantly smaller endoscope configuration. | 07-26-2012 |
20130093867 | ENDOSCOPE - Projection beams are emitted from a projection unit. An image generating unit associated with the projection unit generates phase-structured image sequences in close-up by a light-emitting display or at a distance by a projection module and downstream image guides, and transmits the sequences to the projection unit. In this manner, both alternatives allow sequences of phase-structured images, phase-shifted relative to each other, to be projected onto the surface to be measured and imaged by the projection unit, even under very spatially limited conditions. The latter alternative allows a battery-powered, capsule-shaped 3D measurement head to be inserted into cavities to be measured without any feeds (other than the guide wire). In this case, the battery powers both the micro display and the image sensor, wherein the image sensor data representing the reflection of the projected image can be either transmitted wirelessly or stored. | 04-18-2013 |
20130162875 | Method and Device for Measuring a Difference in Illumination - A device for detecting a difference in illumination may include at least two adjacent photoelectric sensor element groups on which light falls during an adjustable illumination time, said light being converted to a quantity of electric charge, which corresponds to the quantity of light falling on each sensor element group during the illumination time, and having a detector, which detects a minimum charge of the charge quantities generated by both photoelectric sensor element groups and subtracts said minimum charge from both photoelectric sensor element groups. The device can be used in a variety of applications, e.g., for digital cameras and medical devices. Wavelet coefficients can be generated directly using metrological and sensory means and may be available for further signal processing. | 06-27-2013 |
20130335530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL INSPECTION AND 3D WHITE LIGHT SCANNING OF OFF-LINE INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINES AND OTHER POWER GENERATION MACHINERY - Internal components of gas or steam turbines are inspected with a 3D scanning camera inspection system that is inserted and positioned within the turbine, for example through a gas turbine combustor nozzle port. Three dimensional internal component measurements are performed using projected light patterns generated by a stripe projector and a 3D white light matrix camera. Real time dimensional information is gathered without physical contact, which is helpful for extracting off-line engineering information about the scanned structures. Exemplary 3D scans, preferably with additional visual images, are performed of the gas path side of a gas turbine combustor support housing, combustor basket and transition with or without human intervention. | 12-19-2013 |
20140009598 | Pipeline Inspection Piglets - For pipeline inspection, a small, untethered capsule (a “piglet”) images from within a pipeline. The capsule is small enough that rotation about any of three orthogonal axes while within the pipeline is possible. Movement both along the pipeline and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is possible. To assure images of the pipeline without viewing gaps, the field of view for imaging surrounds the capsule without a gap. Given the possible rotation and translation, the captured images may be motion compensated to provide oriented images of a length of the pipeline. | 01-09-2014 |
20140015944 | PART NUMBER RECOVERY SYSTEM - A system for imaging characters on a surface of an object through a coating on the object includes one or more infrared (IR) radiation sources disposed to irradiate IR radiation upon a object, an IR camera disposed to received IR radiation reflected from the surface of the object, the IR camera adapted to create a digital image of the surface of the object from the received IR radiation, and a computing device in signal communication with the IR camera adapted to receive the digital image of the surface of the object from the IR camera, in which the computing device has installed therein optical character recognition (OCR) software adapted to detecting and recognizing characters imprinted upon the surface of the object. | 01-16-2014 |
20140085421 | ENDOSCOPE HAVING 3D FUNCTIONALITY - An endoscope for quantitatively determining dimensions of an object in a cavity is provided. The endoscope has a projector connected to a light guide that can be introduced through the instrument channel. In the introduced position the projector projects a pattern at a defined illumination angle onto the object to be examined. The endoscope has a camera that captures the projected pattern at a fixed viewing angle in a distorted from corresponding to the object. The distorted form is used for quantitatively determining dimensions of the object by a triangulation method. | 03-27-2014 |
20140218056 | CONTACTLESS CAPACITIVE DISTANCE SENSOR - Electrically conductive structures produced on or in a substrate, or produced such that the structures are floating in a substrate undergo simple and reliable capacitive contactless and non-destructive inspection using a capacitive sensor having at least two sensor electrode surfaces which are arranged at different constant distances from one another parallel to a surface of the substrate and are arranged beside one another relative to the surface of the substrate. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218731 | CONFOCAL SPECTROMETER AND METHOD FOR IMAGING IN CONFOCAL SPECTROMETER - A broadband light source is provided for a confocal spectrometer having a first aperture device with a first slit grid of a main slit direction arranged in front of the light source to produce a slit-shaped pattern of the light source. A first imaging optical unit focuses the slit-shaped pattern of the light source on an object to be imaged. A detector system has a detector apparatus that captures the light reflected by the object for generating a spectrally resolved image of the object. A second imaging optical unit focuses the reflected light onto the detector apparatus. A dispersion element, arranged in front of the second imaging optical unit, spectrally disperses the light reflected by the object along a dispersion axis perpendicular to the optical axis of the second imaging optical unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20150176983 | COLOR CODING FOR 3D MEASUREMENT, MORE PARTICULARLY FOR TRANSPARENT SCATTERING SURFACES - A device and a method for determining three-dimensional surface coordinates of an object by means of optical color triangulation are proposed, wherein all lines of a color fringe pattern in each case have a width (BR) set in such a way that, in a recorded image of the line, all contrast maxima (CMax), of all spectral components of a line are equal to a minimum contrast value (CMin) is provided. Proceeding from an invariable smallest width of a pattern line with a spectral component of highest contrast, further can be correspondingly widened. The invention is particularly advantageously suitable for a 3D measurement for biological tissue. | 06-25-2015 |
20150359418 | ENDOSCOPE, PARTICULARLY FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY - Three-dimensional detection of an interior space of a body is performed by an endoscope in which a projection device projects a color pattern onto a region of the interior space and a detecting device detects an image of the color pattern projected onto the region. The projection and detection devices are positioned at least in part in a distal end region of an elongate endoscope extent. The distal end region can be angled up to 180° in relation to the original elongate endoscope extent. Active triangulation can be used in evaluating 3D images of the region to simply and effectively enlarge the 3D images. Such endoscopes can be used particularly advantageously in minimally invasive surgery or in industrial endoscopy. | 12-17-2015 |
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20080212070 | KIT AND METHOD FOR MULTI-ANALYTE DETERMINATION - The invention is related to different embodiments of a kit for the simultaneous qualitative and/or quantitative determination of a multitude of analytes comprising
| 09-04-2008 |
20080299008 | Flow cell array and the utilization thereof for multianalyte determination - A one- or two-dimensional arrangement of flow cells is provided, as part of an array of sample compartments, with at least one inlet and outlet for each sample compartment, formed by a base plate and a body, with an arrangement of spatial recesses corresponding to the (geometrical) arrangement of the sample compartments, combined with the base plate. The arrangement allows for supplying to or removing from the sample compartments, which can be arranged at a high quantity on a small base area, even very small amounts of samples or reagents. An arrangement of one or more sample compartments includes a base plate and a body combined with the base plate in such a way that one or more recesses for generation of one or more flow cells fluidically sealed against one another, each with at least one inlet and one outlet, are formed between the base plate and the body, wherein at least one outlet of each flow cell is joined with a reservoir fluidically connected with the flow cell, the reservoir being operable to receive liquid exiting the flow cell, besides methods for its manufacturing and their use. | 12-04-2008 |
20090163374 | Process for Determining One or More Analytes in Samples of Biological Origin Having Complex Composition, and Use Thereof - The present invention relates to a process for detecting one or more analytes in one or more samples of biological origin having complex composition. The present invention also relates to a microarray for quantitative determination of one or more analytes in samples of biological origin having complex composition which are immobilized in measurement ranges of microarray, and also to a quantitative detection method based thereon. | 06-25-2009 |
20090311773 | Novel apparatus and method for coating substrates for analyte detection by means of an affinity assay method - The invention relates to several embodiments of equipment for coating substrates for detecting one or more analytes by way of an affinity assay method, comprising: a receptacle receiving a liquid to be atomized (“liquid receptacle”) with substances (compounds) to be deposited onto at least one surface of said substrates and an atomized volume produced by the liquid in the operating state; an actuator for triggering the atomization process and; a fixture for receiving and storing the substrates during the coating process. The invention is characterized in that the substrates are not in contact with the surface of the liquid to be atomized. The invention also relates to several embodiments of methods for coating substrates with coupler and/or passivation layers for use in the detection of one or more analytes by way of an affinity assay method. | 12-17-2009 |
20100130370 | FLOW CELL ARRAY AND THE UTILIZATION THEREOF FOR MULTIANALYTE DETERMINATION - A one- or two-dimensional arrangement of flow cells is provided, as part of an array of sample compartments, with at least one inlet and outlet for each sample compartment, formed by a base plate and a body, with an arrangement of spatial recesses corresponding to the (geometrical) arrangement of the sample compartments, combined with the base plate. The arrangement allows for supplying to or removing from the sample compartments, which can be arranged at a high quantity on a small base area, even very small amounts of samples or reagents. An arrangement of one or more sample compartments includes a base plate and a body combined with the base plate in such a way that one or more recesses for generation of one or more flow cells fluidically sealed against one another, each with at least one inlet and one outlet, are formed between the base plate and the body, wherein at least one outlet of each flow cell is joined with a reservoir fluidically connected with the flow cell, the reservoir being operable to receive liquid exiting the flow cell, besides methods for its manufacturing and their use. | 05-27-2010 |
20100292098 | PROCESS FOR DETERMINING ONE OR MORE ANALYTES IN SAMPLES OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN HAVING COMPLEX COMPOSITION, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a process for detecting one or more analytes in one or more samples of biological origin having complex composition. The present invention also relates to a microarray for quantitative determination of one or more analytes in samples of biological origin having complex composition which are immobilized in measurement ranges of microarray, and also to a quantitative detection method based thereon. | 11-18-2010 |
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20080216259 | Mobile floor-cleaning machine - The invention relates to a mobile floor-cleaning machine having a rotationally drivable, disk-like cleaning tool which is detachably held on a tool holder, the tool holder being connected to a drive shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. In order to develop the floor-cleaning machine in such a way that the cleaning tool can be easily replaced, the invention proposes that said cleaning tool is adapted to be detachably latched to the tool holder and to be disconnected from the tool holder in the axial direction by means of an unlatching mechanism which is adapted to be operated by the user. | 09-11-2008 |
20100132150 | Floor cleaning appliance - A floor cleaning appliance has a brush head in which a brush roller is rotatably mounted and which has at least one suction nozzle which is disposed next to the brush roller. Further, the floor cleaning appliance has a shank which is mounted on the brush head in a pivotable manner and on which a suction unit is disposed, as is a cleaning liquid container for cleaning liquid which can be applied to the floor surface to be cleaned, and a dirty liquid container for accommodating dirty liquid which is sucked up from the floor surface by means of the suction unit, the cleaning liquid container and the dirty liquid container together forming a container assembly which is adapted to be releasably connected to the shank. In order to develop the floor cleaning appliance in such a way that it is easier to handle, it is proposed that the cleaning liquid container is adapted to be releasably connected to the dirty liquid container. | 06-03-2010 |
20110126367 | Mobile sweeper - The invention relates to a mobile sweeper comprising a housing, in which a sweeping roller driven by an electric motor is mounted for rotation, and a sweepings container for receiving sweepings, wherein there are mounted on the housing adjacent to the sweeping roller two front supporting wheels and at a distance from these at least one rear supporting wheel, each for rotation about an axis of rotation. In order to further develop the sweeper such that with the occurrence of surface unevennesses, there is no risk of the sweeping roller becoming blocked or of the sweeper tilting, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the axis of rotation of a first front supporting wheel be arranged coaxially with the axis of rotation of the sweeping roller and, in relation to the main direction of movement of the sweeper, offset from the axis of rotation of the second front supporting wheel. | 06-02-2011 |
20130025076 | ROAD SWEEPER - A road sweeper is provided with a rotatingly drivable sweeping brush, a sweepings container, a suction blower in flow communication with the sweeping brush for taking in dust-containing air, and at least one filter for separating dust from the air drawn in, wherein the filter can be acted upon on the clean side with external air stored in a pressure container and subject to pressure, via at least one external air valve for cleaning. In order for the filter to be cleaned off with as small an amount of external air as possible, the pressure container can have a pressure container wall located opposite the clean side of the at least one filter, the at least one external air valve being arranged on the wall, wherein a section of a suction conduit extends between the pressure container wall and the clean side of the filter. | 01-31-2013 |
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20100258582 | DISPENSER OR SIMILAR DISCHARGING CONTAINER - The invention relates to a dispenser or similar discharging container, particularly for lump form food ( | 10-14-2010 |
20100258583 | DISPENSER OR SIMILAR DISCHARGING CONTAINER - The invention relates to a dispenser or similar discharging container, particularly for tablets or similar bulk material ( | 10-14-2010 |
20120285953 | PACKAGING CONTAINER - A packaging container has a lid ( | 11-15-2012 |
20120305562 | PACKAGING CONTAINER - A packaging container is preferably suitable for hot filling, in particular a food container made of plastic, comprising a lid and a container forming a lower contact area, said container having a receiving space bordered by a side wall, an apron extending along an upper region of the side wall, and a tamper-evident closure preferably comprising a tamper-evident tab which, after filling the packaging container, is to be detached by a consumer for the first opening, wherein the lid formed as a clamp-on or clip-on lid can be fixed to the upper container rim, wherein the tamper-evident tab is formed to be transparent and the container has an optical indicator for marking the tamper-evident tab, wherein said indicator is arranged between a longitudinal center axis standing perpendicular on the lower contact area and a surface of the tamper-evident tag, which surface faces away from said longitudinal center axis. | 12-06-2012 |
20130284769 | WELDED-IN SPOUT - A welded-in spout for connecting to a container, in particular for connecting to two foil walls of a plastic container includes a neck having a pouring channel with a vertical longitudinal central axis; two outer side surfaces joined with the neck, wherein each outer side surface is provided with an interior side wall; a plurality of stiffening webs extending between the interior side walls; a plurality of corner transitions between the side walls and each of the stiffening webs, wherein each corner transition has a contour between a first straight line representing an extension of one of the interior side walls and a second straight line formed by a surface of one of the stiffening webs; and wherein the contour of at least one of the corner transitions for stabilizing the welded-in spout during an ultrasonic welding-in process has a curvature of less than 10/mm. | 10-31-2013 |
20140110433 | SPOUT AND CONTAINER HAVING SUCH A SPOUT - A spout, in particular weldspout, having has a plastic body that forms a duct for filling or emptying a plastic pouch, the plastic body having lateral surfaces which are directed at least regionally away from one another, are provided with a surface structure and merge into one another at two sides, wherein the lateral surfaces are configured for connecting to a plastic film, wherein the surface structure comprises at least one profile having a height of between 0.10 and 0 5 mm above a base surface of the lateral surface. Furthermore, the invention relates to a container comprising a film pouch and a spout connected to the latter. | 04-24-2014 |
20150034645 | CLOSURE FOR PACKAGING - The invention relates to a closure for an in particular cylindrical packaging ( | 02-05-2015 |