542 results about "Ir absorption" patented technology

To provide a near-IR absorption compound free from antimony or arsenic and excellent in stability, especially, in heat resistance, light fastness, and moisture-and-heat resistance and also an IR absorption filter, an optical information recording medium, and a resin composition excellent in durability by using the near-IR absorption compound.

The near-IR absorption compound is a diimmonium compound having the following structure and the resin composition contains the diimmonium compound:

(wherein R₁ to R₈ independently denote hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group; R₉ and R₁₀ independently denote an aliphatic hydrocarbon group optionally containing a halogen atom; and rings A and B may further have substituent groups.).

An apparatus and method capable of providing spatially multiplexed IR spectral information simultaneously in real-time for multiple samples or multiple spatial areas of one sample using IR absorption phenomena requires no moving parts or Fourier Transform during operation, and self-compensates for background spectra and degradation of component performance over time. IR spectral information and chemical analysis of the samples is determined by using one or more IR sources, sampling accessories for positioning the samples, optically dispersive elements, a focal plane array (FPA) arranged to detect the dispersed light beams, and a processor and display to control the FPA, and display an IR spectrograph. Fiber-optic coupling can be used to allow remote sensing. Portability, reliability, and ruggedness is enhanced due to the no-moving part construction. Applications include determining time-resolved orientation and characteristics of materials, including polymer monolayers. Orthogonal polarizers may be used to determine certain material characteristics.

The invention provides a multi-dimensional parameter assessment method of an aging degree of a running composite insulator. The method comprises the following steps: firstly measuring hardness, hydrophobicity, a surface defect area, an infrared absorption peak corresponding to a Si-O-Si group, a trap charge amount and a flashover voltage of a high-temperature vulcanized silicone rubber test sample of an umbrella skirt of a target composite insulator; then performing quantitative processing on the measured data, and scoring the aging degrees of the processed feature parameters; performing weighted summation on the scores of the feature parameters to obtain a comprehensive feature parameter characterizing the aging degree of the composite insulator; and finally determining the aging degree of the insulator according to a corresponding relation between the size of the comprehensive feature parameter and the grade of the aging degree. According to the multi-dimensional parameter assessment method provided by the invention, the microscopic electrical characteristics and microscopic physical and chemical characteristics of the umbrella skirt material of the composite insulator are combined with macroscopic characteristics to realize the comprehensive assessment of the aging degree of the composite insulator. By adoption of the method, the one-sidedness of the traditional assessment method is avoided, and thus the accuracy of an assessment result is guaranteed.

This invention proposes an identification system for license plates captured in low-quality motion video, such as accidental footage from security cameras, amateur video, cell phones, etc, including situations when the license plate number is completely unreadable. This is done by dividing the surface of the license plate into a pattern of segments assigned to a number of groups, each group possessing unique optical properties such as shading, reflectivity, IR absorption, etc. Taking advantage of the the varied light response among the segment groups, the pattern can encode identifying information, e.g. a binary sequence, which helps identify the vehicle. Using image processing software, this information can be decoded from low-quality video footage via an analysis of temporally correlated luminance levels. The system thus allows the identification of vehicles captured accidentally and under poor lighting conditions, as in the case of a security camera in a convenience store capturing the image of a vehicle fleeing a nearby crime scene.

An AFM based technique has been demonstrated for performing highly localized IR spectroscopy on a sample surface. Such a technique implemented in a commercially viable analytical instrument would be extremely useful. Various aspects of the experimental set-up have to be changed to create a commercial version. The invention addresses many of these issues thereby producing a version of the analytical technique that cab be made generally available to the scientific community.

Devices, materials and methods for the detection of one or more target analytes, particularly volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air or other gases. Point sensors and sensor arrays for the detection of one or more of such analytes in air or other gases. Sensors employ the detection of IR absorption of wavelengths characteristic of a target analyte or a class of target analytes to detect the presence of and/or measure the concentration of one or more target analytes in air or other gases. Sensors employ sorbent layers into which one or more of the target analytes are adsorbed from the air or other gases to be analyzed. Preferred sorbent layers comprise polymer sorbents, metal oxide sorbents or mixtures thereof.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting, by absorption spectroscopy, an isotopic ratio of a sample, by passing first and second laser beams of different frequencies through the sample. Two IR absorption cells are used, a first containing a reference gas of known isotopic ratio and the second containing a sample of unknown isotopic ratio. An interlacer or reflective chopper may be used so that as the laser frequencies are scanned the absorption of the sample cell and the reference cell are detected alternately. This ensures that the apparatus is continuously calibrated and rejects the baseline noise when phase sensitive detection is used.

An infrared sensor formed from a resonant sensor element having a mechanical resonator and an IR absorber arranged to receive and absorb incident infrared radiation. The resonator includes a temperature-responsive material that exhibits pyroelectric and piezoelectric effects. The IR absorber is thermally coupled to the resonator such that the resonator receives thermal energy from at least some of the incident infrared radiation absorbed by the IR absorber. The resonator has at least one resonant characteristic that varies based on the amount of thermal energy received from the IR absorber by the resonator. A sensor array and infrared sensing method are included that use a plurality of the infrared sensors along with a reference sensor having the same construction as the other sensor elements, except that the sensor either lacks the IR absorber or has it arranged so that it is not exposed to the incident infrared radiation.

The present invention is directed to apparatus for enhancing the performance of visual display units which utilize plasma display panels. More specifically, the present invention provides apparatus for providing an electrical noise suppressing/chromaticity enhancing accessory device for positioning in front of the viewing surface of a plasma display panel (PDP). In its most basic embodiment, the accessory device of the present invention comprises an optically selective coating providing high photopic transmittance, continuous high electrical conductivity for RFI shielding, and reflectivity specifically within the near-IR region. It also preferably includes a multiple-dye coating for selectively absorbing IR energy emissions and selectively balancing the chromaticity of the PDP display and a plastic substrate layer to provide impact resistance. The combination of the IR absorption and color-correction due to the multiple-dye coating and the near-IR reflectivity due to the optically selective coating surprisingly results in very good suppression of IR emissions from the PDP within the spectral range of about 800 to about 2500 nm and chromaticity enhancement while simultaneously maintaining good photopic transmittance.

The invention discloses an infrared absorption structure and an uncooled infrared detector based on the infrared absorption structure. The structure is composed of a bottom infrared reflecting layer with high conductivity, a first insulating layer, an infrared sensitive layer, a second insulating layer and a surface structure layer, wherein the above-mentioned layers are overlaid successively. The surface structure layer is manufactured by nonmetal conductive materials and has an island-like array structure in a circle or square shape, wherein the array structure is distributed according to two-dimension period. On the basis of the structure of the surface structure layer, it is easy to design a high-infrared absorption structure with a certain spectral width by selecting an appropriate surface conductive property; meanwhile, an infrared response of wide angle can be obtained. An infrared detector based on the infrared absorption structure has advantages of low thermal mass and no limitation of a cavity height of thermal insulation. Moreover, the infrared absorption structure is not sensitive to an incident angle of infrared radiation. Therefore, the infrared absorption structurecan be widely applied to fields including an infrared biochemical sensor, an infrared spectrometer, and an uncooled infrared thermal imaging system and the like.

A method for indirect gas species monitoring based on measurements of selected gas species is disclosed. In situ absorption measurements of combustion species are used for process control and optimization. The gas species accessible by near or mid-IR techniques are limited to species that absorb in this spectral region. The absorption strength is selected to be strong enough for the required sensitivity and is selected to be isolated from neighboring absorption transitions. By coupling the gas measurement with a software sensor gas, species not accessible from the near or mid-IR absorption measurement can be predicted.