| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100103408 | In-Situ Contaminant Removal in Optical Packages - A method of controlling an optical package is provided where the average power density of the output beam of the semiconductor laser on the input facet of the wavelength conversion device in a relatively high power wavelength conversion mode exceeds the power density of the output beam of the semiconductor laser on the input facet of the wavelength conversion device in a relatively low power contaminant removal mode. In the relatively high power wavelength conversion mode, the adjustable optical components are utilized to correlate an optimum intensity value of a wavelength-converted output of the wavelength conversion device with optimum coordinates representing the position of the output beam of the semiconductor laser on the waveguide portion of the input facet of the wavelength conversion device. In the relatively low power contaminant removal mode, the adjustable optical components are utilized to scan the output beam of the semiconductor laser across the waveguide portion of the input facet of the wavelength conversion device while maintaining the power density of the output beam on the input facet of the wavelength conversion device below the average power density of the output beam in the relatively high power wavelength conversion mode. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100212299 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHEN TO REGENERATE EXHAUST GAS PARTICULATE FILTERS - Methods for determining when to regenerate an exhaust gas particulate filter ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100215068 | Frequency Converted Laser Sources and Methods for Operating Frequency Converted Laser Sources - A method for operating a frequency converted laser source comprising at least one semiconductor laser and a wavelength conversion device optically coupled to at least one semiconductor laser may include operating the frequency converted laser source to produce a frequency converted output beam from the wavelength conversion device and intermittently heating the wavelength conversion device above a recovery threshold temperature T | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110128370 | Multi-Camera Skin Inspection System For Extruded Ceramic Honeycomb Structures - A multi-camera skin inspection system for inspecting the outer skin and the skin perimeter of extruded ceramic honeycomb structures is disclosed. The system has a camera that captures first digital line images of a line-illuminated portion of the outer skin as the ceramic honeycomb structure rotates to form a scanned digital image of the outer skin. The system also has second and third cameras that respectively capture second and third digital line images of illuminated first and second endfaces, including the corresponding first and second skin perimeters, as the ceramic honeycomb structure rotates to form scanned digital images of the ceramic honeycomb structure perimeters. The system also forms a composite image from the three scanned images and identifies at least one defect in the ceramic honeycomb structure from the composite image. | 06-02-2011 |