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Methods and systems are disclosed for the detecting of whether a subject has a lung disorder such as asthma, tuberculosis or lung cancer. Monitoring the subject's health and prognosis is also disclosed.

A preferred embodiment of a method and apparatus for detection and disablement of an unidentified aerial vehicle (UAV) includes arrays of antenna elements receiving in two modalities (for instance radio frequency (RF) and acoustic modalities, or RF and optical modalities). Signal processing of outputs from multiple antenna arrays locates a potential UAV at specific coordinates within a volume of space under surveillance, and automatically aims video surveillance and a short-range projectile launcher at the UAV, and may automatically fire the projectile launcher to down the UAV.

A receiver that receives a long pseudonoise (PN) code signal composed of two shorter codes interleaved with one another, includes a correlator unit that correlates the received signal with one or more reference codes corresponding to the two interleaved codes, respectively, and generates correlation signals. The receiver also includes an even code detector coupled to the correlator unit, for detecting from the correlation signals one of the two shorter codes, and an odd code detector coupled to the correlator unit, for detecting from the correlation signals the short code that is not detected by the even detector. A delay unit is coupled to the even and odd code detectors, and delays the even or the odd correlation signals so as to align the correlation signals. The aligned signals are combined and evaluated by a merit function. If the combined signals exceed a threshold value the short codes are determined to be aligned, the phase of each code can be determined, and the phase of the longer code can be determined from the determined phases of the shorter codes. The receiver can detect two short PN codes that have been combined, such as by interleaving the short codes, to create a long PN code. Hence, the receiver can inexpensively detect the two short codes which allows the receiver to detect the long code with high gain.

A scanner for providing a possibility of detecting a surface relief of an object includes a projector configured to guide a light beam in an illumination line over the surface relief to obtain an illuminated location on the surface relief, the projector being further configured to output a projection signal from which a position of the light beam in the illumination line is derivable. Additionally, the scanner includes a collector having a collector micro mirror stimulatable to oscillate in two dimensions and a point-shaped light detector, the collector micro mirror being oscillatingly arranged in a first direction of the illumination line and in a second direction differing from the first direction such that a reflection of the illuminated location within a scan area of the micro scanner mirror is imagable by it onto the point-shaped light detector, and the collector being configured to output a detection signal from which a position of the illuminated location in the first and second directions is derivable.

In an internal combustion engine, an NOx selective reduction catalyst (15) is arranged in the engine exhaust passage and a urea aqueous solution stored in a urea aqueous solution tank (20) is fed to the NOx selective reduction catalyst (15) where the NOx is selectively reduced. Opening and closing of the urea aqueous solution refill port (40) of the urea aqueous solution tank (20) are detected and it is judged if the urea aqueous solution is refilled in the urea aqueous solution tank (20). When it is judged that the NOx purification rate has fallen to an allowable level or less at the time of engine operation right after the urea aqueous solution is refilled in the urea aqueous solution tank (20), it is judged that the refilled urea aqueous solution is abnormal.

There is provided a liquid tank having a liquid remaining amount sensing module that makes it possible to reliably determine that the amount of ink has reached a predetermined value, in spite of its simple and compact configuration. In the ink tank, an information storage element and a module are provided on a ceiling portion of an ink accommodating chamber directly accommodating ink; the module having an optical reflector that faces downward in a vertical direction. A housing of the ink tank is composed of a transparent resin. Infrared light from an external light emitting section is incident on the optical reflector. The reflected light is received by a light receiving section and then, the quantity of light is measured.

A first oxygen sensor is mounted on an exhaust pipe. An ECU determines an electric power to be fed to a sensor heater, by a heater control quantity calculating block, in accordance with a difference between an actual impedance and a target impedance calculated by a running condition determining block and a specific gas sensitivity priority determining block. As a result, the detection sensitivity of the oxygen sensor to a rich component or a lean component is improved according to the running condition. This improved output is detected by an output detecting block and reflected on the air / fuel ratio control so that an air / fuel ratio is controlled thereby.

In an internal combustion engine, an NOx selective reduction catalyst is arranged in the engine exhaust passage and a urea aqueous solution stored in a urea aqueous solution tank is fed to the NOx selective reduction catalyst where the NOx is selectively reduced. Opening and closing of the urea aqueous solution refill port of the urea aqueous solution tank are detected and it is judged if the urea aqueous solution is refilled in the urea aqueous solution tank. When it is judged that the NOx purification rate has fallen to an allowable level or less at the time of engine operation right after the urea aqueous solution is refilled in the urea aqueous solution tank, it is judged that the refilled urea aqueous solution is abnormal.

A magnetic position detection apparatus includes a substrate, a magnet, a bridge circuit including first through fourth magneto-electric converting elements formed on the substrate, and a detection circuit. A substrate surface is substantially perpendicular to a magnet magnetization direction. The second and third magneto-electric converting elements are, when viewed along the magnet magnetization direction, disposed to be on or in the vicinity of a straight line passing through a center point of a magnetic pole of the magnet and parallel to a straight line perpendicular to both the magnet magnetization direction and the magnetic mobile object. The first and fourth magneto-electric converting elements are disposed so that, when not opposed to the magnetic mobile object, a component of a substrate of a magnetic field to be applied thereto is substantially same as that of a magnetic field to be applied to the second and third magneto-electric converting elements.

A device for identifying the presence of a specific target molecule or biomarker by the detection of a change in an electrical property includes a measurement sensor 8 comprising a semiconducting sensor structure 12 capable of conjugating with the biomarker, thus giving rise to the said change in electrical property, and an electrode system 3, 4 for conducting a signal from the device. According to the invention there is a further such sensor 9, of substantially identical form but having its sensor structure 14 already conjugated with the biomarker, or otherwise capped, e.g. using a further oligonucleotide strand, so as to act as an internal reference. When a biological sample, e.g. saliva, is applied to the electrodes, the reference enables the discounting of all environmental effects other than the biomarker. The invention provides a simple, cheap and accurate text for one or more biomarkers that can be used in the field without complex equipment.

A method and a sorting plant for sorting out mineral-containing objects or plastic objects from a single layer material stream is shown. Here it is provided thatobjects (12) of the material stream are irradiated with stimulating light and the resulting fluorescent light is detected in the form of an image of the fluorescent points,the objects of the material stream are irradiated with object detection light outside the fluorescent light, and the transmitted light after passage between the objects or the reflected light of the objects is detected in the form of an image of the individual objects,an object is then defined as containing at least one specific mineral or one specific plastic if the fluorescent light of said object lies in a predetermined intensity range for at least one predetermined wavelength range, andthe so defined objects are separated from other objects of the material stream.

A process for detecting electrostatic charges on a wafer surface during the fabrication of semiconductor devices after the wafer is subject to a de-ionized water rinsing step to remove particles and other impurities from a wafer surface. This process includes the steps of: (a) positioning an insulation layer above a wafer surface on which electrostatic charge densities are to be scanned; (b) using a movable probe to measure voltages at various locations at the insulating layer; (c) collecting the measured voltage distribution; and (d) examining the collected voltage distribution to identify areas on the wafer surface correspondingly to high electrostatic charge density. Because high precision and high resolution scanning can be made with this method, trouble-shooting diagnosis to be expeditiously performed with minimum interruptions to the semiconductor fabrication operation.

A scanner for providing a possibility of detecting a surface relief of an object includes a projector configured to guide a light beam in an illumination line over the surface relief to obtain an illuminated location on the surface relief, the projector being further configured to output a projection signal from which a position of the light beam in the illumination line is derivable. Additionally, the scanner includes a collector having a collector micro mirror stimulatable to oscillate in two dimensions and a point-shaped light detector, the collector micro mirror being oscillatingly arranged in a first direction of the illumination line and in a second direction differing from the first direction such that a reflection of the illuminated location within a scan area of the micro scanner mirror is imagable by it onto the point-shaped light detector, and the collector being configured to output a detection signal from which a position of the illuminated location in the first and second directions is derivable.

A drive system for a motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine, an air and exhaust gas system, which includes at least one throttle, an exhaust gas recirculation system, which is in fluidic connection with the air and exhaust gas system at two connecting points, and a measuring device, which is designed to detect an atmospheric pressure, to detect a gas pressure at a measuring point within the air and exhaust gas system, and to ascertain a differential pressure as a function of the gas pressure and the atmospheric pressure, the measuring point being fluidically situated between the throttle and the internal combustion engine and in a region of one of the connecting points.

There is provided a liquid tank having a liquid remaining amount sensing module that makes it possible to reliably determine that the amount of ink has reached a predetermined value, in spite of its simple and compact configuration. In the ink tank, an information storage element and a module are provided on a ceiling portion of an ink accommodating chamber directly accommodating ink; the module having an optical reflector that faces downward in a vertical direction. A housing of the ink tank is composed of a transparent resin. Infrared light from an external light emitting section is incident on the optical reflector. The reflected light is received by a light receiving section and then, the quantity of light is measured.

The invention relates to an apparatus and method for the detection of the spectral absorption properties of a fluid in a microenvironment, the apparatus comprising a radiation source, a microfluidic device and detection means, wherein the apparatus additionally comprises means for increasing the path length of the radiation through the fluid. Preferably, the means for increasing the path length of the radiation through the fluid comprises two highly reflective mirrors which cause the base path length through the fluid to be increased by many orders of magnitude, and the method comprises Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy. The method is especially useful for the handling of small volumes of fluids for chemical and biological processing.

An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly thereof. The cartridge includes a developer carrying member for carrying a developer to develop with the developer a latent image formed on an image bearing member, an conductive member contactable to the carrying member, a developing chamber for holding the carrying member and the conductive member, a developer accommodating chamber for accommodating the developer, and a seal member for sealing an opening for permitting communication between the developing chamber and the developer accommodating chamber. The apparatus further includes a seal member removing device for removing the seal member, and a control device. The control device executes control for concurrently performing seal member removal and drive of the carrying member in a state in which the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus and then sends a detection signal relating to failure in removal of the seal member when a potential difference is provided between the carrying member and said conductive member during the execution of the control and then a value of current passing between the carrying member and the conductive member is not a threshold or less in a time from start of the control.

The invention is directed to an arrangement for detecting coatings which are arranged on surfaces of structural component parts or objects and for determining the chemical characteristics and surface properties of these coatings. It comprises a light source for illuminating the coating to be analyzed on the surface of the structural component part and means for imaging the light source on an entrance slit over the surface of the coating to be analyzed. The entrance slit is imaged in a wavelength-dependent manner on a two-dimensional detector unit by a grating. An evaluating unit which is electrically connected to the detector unit serves to evaluate and process the signals supplied by the exposed detector elements of the detector unit.

In a load driving circuit, a detection current Is (=Io / N), 1 / N of a driving current Io, flows in a detection resistor, where N indicates a shunt ratio between a current (=driving current Io) that flows in an output source (S1) and a current (=detection current Is) that flows in a detection source (S2). The shunt ratio is determined by a cell ratio between the output source (S1) and the detection source (S2).

[Object] To provide preparation of a detection antibody optimal for detecting by immunoassay raw pork in non-heated food with high performance and high sensitivity without causing non-specific reaction, a convenient and high-accuracy detection process using the detection antibody, and a detection kit therefor.[Solution] Provided is an immunochromatographic detection process of a protein derived from raw pork in non-heated food using an antibody specifically recognizing immunoglobulin G contained in raw pork in non-heated food as a detection antibody, an immunochromatography detection apparatus for conducting the detection process, and an immunochromatographic detection kit.

A method for non-destructive ultrasonic testing of a test piece includes a plurality of testing cycles, each of said cycles comprising a transmitting of at least one ultrasonic impulse into the test piece by a plurality of ultrasonic transducers and a receiving of the at least one ultrasonic impulse passing through the test piece by the ultrasonic transducer or optionally by other ultrasonic transducers. The plurality of ultrasonic transducers are phase-controllable and form at least one phase array. The method comprises at least one first testing cycle in which the phase-controllable ultrasonic transducers of the at least one phase array are controlled during transmitting such that the rear wall echo of the test piece is detected by said phase array during receipt. The method comprises at least one second testing cycle in which the phase-controllable ultrasonic transducer of the same phase array are controlled during transmitting.

Provided are: a starter generator including a field portion having a permanent magnet, and an armature unit including a first multi-phase winding and a second multi-phase winding which are arranged in parallel; a first power conversion unit including a first positive-side DC terminal connected to a battery and a plurality of first AC terminals connected to the first multi-phase winding, the first power conversion unit being configured to convert a power bidirectionally between DC and AC; a second power conversion unit including a plurality of second AC terminals connected to the second multi-phase winding, the second power conversion unit being configured to control a current to be input and output via the second AC terminals; and a control unit configured to detect a positional relationship between the field portion and the armature unit based on an output voltage of the second multi-phase winding, and control the first power conversion unit and the second power conversion unit in accordance with the detected positional relationship.

Provided are a piezoelectric element drive circuit and state detection method, and an image recording device which realize state detection of a piezoelectric element inexpensively and with a suppressed circuit scale in a drive circuit for rapidly driving a large-capacity load that uses negative voltage drive. An output potential (VOUT) of a boost unit (BST) is detected in a state in which VS_AMP supplied to an amplification unit (AMP) is set to a voltage lower than a maximum rating of a transistor (FET1) by SW1, supply of VS_FET to the boost unit (BST) is blocked by SW2, and an individual electrode (28) of a piezoactuator (30) is pulled down to VS_FET via a resistor (R6).