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Ureter detection using waveband-selective imaging
Selective reflection of light by ureters and by tissue around the ureters is used to safely and efficiently image the ureters. In one aspect, a plurality of surgical site scenes is captured. Each of the plurality of surgical site scenes is captured from reflected light having a different light spectrum. The plurality of captured surgical site scenes is analyzed to identify ureter tissue in the captured surgical site scenes. A surgical site scene is displayed on a display device. The displayed surgical site scene has ureter tissue artificially highlighted.
Owner:INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC
Solar control coated glass
InactiveUS6596398B1Efficient use ofLow emissivityGlass/slag layered productsCoatingsControl layerLow emissivity
A solar-control glass that has acceptable visible light transmission, absorbs near infrared wavelength light (NIR) and reflects midrange infrared light (low emissivity mid IR) along with a preselected color within the visible light spectrum for reflected light is provided. Also provided is a method of producing the improved, coated, solar-controlled glass. The improved glass has a solar energy (NIR) absorbing layer comprising tin oxide having a dopant such as antimony and a low emissivity control layer (low emissivity) capable of reflecting midrange infrared light and comprising tin oxide having fluorine and / or phosphorus dopant. A separate iridescence color suppressing layer as described in the prior art is generally not needed to achieve a neutral (colorless) appearance for the coated glass, however an iridescence suppressing layer or other layers may be combined with the two layer assemblage provided by the present invention. If desired, multiple solar control and / or multiple low emissivity layers can be utilized. The NIR layer and the low emissivity layer can be separate portions of a single tin oxide film since both layers are composed of doped tin oxide. A method of producing the coated solar control glass is also provided.
Owner:ARKEMA INC
Solar control coated glass
A solar-control glass that has acceptable visible light transmission, absorbs near infrared wavelength light (NIR) and reflects midrange infrared light (low emissivity mid IR) along with a preselected color within the visible light spectrum for reflected light is provided. Also provided is a method of producing the improved, coated, solar-controlled glass. The improved glass has a solar energy (NIR) absorbing layer comprising tin oxide having a dopant such as antimony and a low emissivity control layer (low emissivity) capable of reflecting midrange infrared light and comprising tin oxide having fluorine and / or phosphorus dopant. A separate iridescence color suppressing layer as described in the prior art is generally not needed to achieve a neutral (colorless) appearance for the coated glass, however an iridescence suppressing layer or other layers may be combined with the two layer assemblage provided by the present invention. If desired, multiple solar control and / or multiple low emissivity layers can be utilized. The NIR layer and the low emissivity layer can be separate portions of a single tin oxide film since both layers are composed of doped tin oxide. A method of producing the coated solar control glass is also provided.
Owner:ARKEMA INC
Lighting apparatus having a plurality of independently controlled sources of different colors of light
ActiveUS20060049782A1Light source combinationsElectrical apparatusLight equipmentColor rendering index
A lighting apparatus includes a first source of monochromatic light, a second source of white light, and a third source of polychromatic light. The light from the three sources combine to produce a resultant color of light from the apparatus. The intensities of the light emitted by the first, second and third sources are independently controlled by a controller to produce a desired resultant color of light. Varying the amount of electric current applied to each such light source by substantially an equal amounts to changes the luminance of the combined light with out affecting the resultant color. The lighting apparatus can be operated to replicate a Planckian radiator with a color rendering index of at least 80 throughout a substantial portion of the visible light spectrum produced by the lighting apparatus.
Owner:HUBBELL LIGHTING INC +1
Light emitting device and lighting system having the same
ActiveUS20090303694A1Reduce cumbersome proceduresLow costElectroluminescent light sourcesSolid-state devicesPhosphorLighting spectrum
The present invention provides a light emitting device comprising a first light emitting portion that emits white light at a color temperature of 6000K or more and a second light emitting portion that emits white light at a color temperature of 3000K or less, which include light emitting diode chips and phosphors and are independently driven. The present invention has an advantage in that a light emitting device can be diversely applied in a desired atmosphere and use by realizing white light with different light spectrums and color temperatures. Particularly, the present invention has the effect on health by adjusting the wavelength of light or the color temperature according to the circadian rhythm of humans.
Owner:SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR
Method and apparatus for generating structural pattern illumination
InactiveUS6937348B2High measurement accuracyImprove resolution accuracyImage analysisHearing aid design aspectsLighting spectrumSpatial change
A three-dimensional imaging method and system illuminates an object to be imaged with a light pattern that is formed from two or more light sub-patterns. The sub-patterns can each encompass the visible light spectrum or can be spatially varying intensity sub-patterns that each correspond to a red, green, or blue component. The light pattern is generated by a slotted planar member or an optical filter.
Owner:TECHNEST HLDG
Diode-based light sensors and methods
The present invention provides an illumination management system that includes a first LED that outputs a first signal when exposed to a first spectrum of light, the first signal indicating an intensity of light from the first spectrum; a second LED that outputs a second signal when exposed to a second spectrum of light, the second signal indicating an intensity of light from the second spectrum and wherein the second spectrum includes at least some wavelengths that are not in said first spectrum. In some embodiments, more LEDs could be included in the system for associating the presence of light energy from different parts of the light spectrum. Also included is light control circuitry, coupled to the LEDs, configured to generate a lighting control signal that can be output to one or more lights to adjust the lights to a desired light level, wherein the lighting control signal varies in response to said first and second signals.
Owner:WATT STOPPER
LED lighting device for refrigerated food merchandising display cases
InactiveUS20080151535A1Reduce energy consumptionLow heat generationMechanical apparatusPoint-like light sourceTransformerEffect light
A multiple LED lighting device and appropriate electrical components integrated into two versions and serving as a direct replacement for conventional fluorescent lighting used in refrigerated food merchandisers. Both versions include appropriate connectors and pins, enabling the LED lighting device to be installed directly in a food merchandising display case lighting fixture. The LED lighting supply circuit may include appropriate electrical components such as rectifiers, step-down transformers, regulators and colour rendering controls to provide the required voltage for the LEDs and appropriate light spectrum. The electrical components may be mounted either integrally within the device, incorporated in an end cap thereof, or installed separately within the refrigerated food merchandising display case. The light may be coloured within the permissible light spectrum by the use of appropriate LEDs and drivers providing the desired coloured lighting.
Owner:DE CASTRIS PIERRE
Fluorescent endoscope system enabling simultaneous achievement of normal light observation based on reflected light and fluorescence observation based on light with wavelengths in infrared spectrum
InactiveUS7179222B2Exclude influenceHigh light transmittanceSurgeryEndoscopesFluorescence spectrometryLighting spectrum
A visible light spectrum and a fluorescent light spectrum are received by a variable gain solid state imaging device provided to an endoscope. The variable gain solid state imaging device can be said to lower amplification levels for easily observed visible light spectrum, and higher amplification levels for low intensity fluorescent light spectrum observation. By varying the gain of the imaging device with the different spectrums, an object observed with the endoscope is displayed with approximately similar brightness in each white spectrum. A controller coupled to endoscope system switches different light spectrum to irradiate the observed object, while controlling amplification of the image device. The endoscope provides enhanced image detail to improve diagnosis and treatment of observed abnormal objects.
Owner:OLYMPUS CORP
System and method for patent portfolio evaluation
InactiveUS20060036452A1Consistent resultFriendly graphical user interfaceFinanceEngineeringLighting spectrum
Methods and systems for forming a team of experts and evaluating a portfolio of patent documents have been provided. The methods comprise the step of determining a bias of an expert, and then providing evaluations of patent documents assigned to the expert according to a selected evaluation method, which is bias corrected to reduce or compensate for the bias of the expert. A system for evaluating a patent portfolio comprises means for assigning the patent documents to said experts and monitoring progress of the evaluation process of each expert, and means for performing evaluations of the assigned patent documents by each expert. The system is further enhanced with the means for determining the bias of the expert, and with a 10 visualization unit for visualizing the results of the patent portfolio evaluation by color coding the evaluation results, wherein patent documents having different values are represented by different colors of a visible part of the light spectrum. A corresponding computer program product, a computer memory and a web site for providing access to the system and management of activities of the experts are also described.
Owner:WILLIAMS ALLAN
Device for wavelength-selective imaging
An imaging device captures both a visible light image and a diagnostic image, the diagnostic image corresponding to emissions from an imaging medium within the object. The visible light image (which may be color or grayscale) and the diagnostic image may be superimposed to display regions of diagnostic significance within a visible light image. A number of imaging media may be used according to an intended application for the imaging device, and an imaging medium may have wavelengths above, below, or within the visible light spectrum. The devices described herein may be advantageously packaged within a single integrated device or other solid state device, and / or employed in an integrated, single-camera medical imaging system, as well as many non-medical imaging systems that would benefit from simultaneous capture of visible-light wavelength images along with images at other wavelengths.
Owner:BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENT INC
Multispectral therapeutic light source
ActiveUS20140288351A1High cost-effectiveHigh quantum-efficiencyElectrotherapySurgeryUltravioletPeak value
A light source apparatus including light spectrum-converting materials that emit light primarily over large portions of the 360 nm-480 nm and the 590-860 nm spectral range is provided. This apparatus provides a cooled, high-luminance, high-efficiency light source that can provide a broader spectrum of light within these spectral ranges than has been cost-practical by using many different dominant peak emission LEDs. Up to 15% of the output radiant power may be in the spectral range 350-480 nm in one embodiment of this device, unless a specific separate source and lamp operating mode is provided for the violet and UV. Control methods for light exposure dose based on monitoring and controlling reflected or backscattered light from the illuminated surface and new heat management methods are also provided. This flexible or rigid light source may be designed into a wide range of sizes or shapes that can be adjusted to fit over or around portions of the bodies of humans or animals being treated, or mounted in such a way as to provide the special spectrum light to other materials or biological processes. This new light source can be designed to provide a cost-effective therapeutic light source for photodynamic therapy, intense pulsed light, for low light level therapy, diagnostics, medical and other biological applications as well as certain non-organic applications.
Owner:JONES GARY W
Lighting apparatus having a plurality of independently controlled sources of different colors of light
A lighting apparatus includes a first source of monochromatic light, a second source of white light, and a third source of polychromatic light. The light from the three sources combine to produce a resultant color of light from the apparatus. The intensities of the light emitted by the first, second and third sources are independently controlled by a controller to produce a desired resultant color of light. Varying the amount of electric current applied to each such light source by substantially an equal amounts to changes the luminance of the combined light with out affecting the resultant color. The lighting apparatus can be operated to replicate a Planckian radiator with a color rendering index of at least 80 throughout a substantial portion of the visible light spectrum produced by the lighting apparatus.
Owner:HUBBELL LIGHTING INC +1
Method for determination of analytes using near infrared, adjacent visible spectrum and an array of longer near infrared wavelengths
InactiveUS6741875B1High measurement accuracyRadiation pyrometrySpectrum investigationAnalyteLighting spectrum
Described is a method which uses spectral data simultaneously collected in a continuous array of discrete wavelength points of the visible spectrum adjacent to the infrared and near infrared part of the light spectrum. The spectral data is collected using a number of detectors with different sensitivity ranges. Some detectors may be sensitive to visible and possibly, to part of the near infrared portion of radiation. Spectral data from die infrared spectrum is collected with the infrared detectors, and are in some embodiments insensitive to the visible links.
Owner:TYCO HEALTHCARE GRP LP
Methods, luminaires and systems for matching a composite light spectrum to a target light spectrum
ActiveUS20100188022A1Maximizes luminous outputMinimize the differenceLighting applicationsMechanical apparatusLighting spectrumLight source
Methods, luminaires and systems for matching a composite light spectrum to a target light spectrum are disclosed. Method embodiments may be optimized for simultaneously maximizing luminous output with minimal chromaticity error. Method embodiments may further be optimized for simultaneously minimizing both chromaticity and spectral error. Embodiments of the present invention may be used with composite light sources having four or more distinct dominant colors within the visible spectrum.
Owner:ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS
Systems and methods for automated water detection using visible sensors
Systems and methods are disclosed that include automated machine vision that can utilize images of scenes captured by a 3D imaging system configured to image light within the visible light spectrum to detect water. One embodiment includes autonomously detecting water bodies within a scene including capturing at least one 3D image of a scene using a sensor system configured to detect visible light and to measure distance from points within the scene to the sensor system, and detecting water within the scene using a processor configured to detect regions within each of the at least one 3D images that possess at least one characteristic indicative of the presence of water.
Owner:CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH
Multispectral digital camera employing both visible light and non-visible light sensing on a single image sensor
ActiveUS7460160B2Television system detailsTelevision system scanning detailsUltravioletLighting spectrum
A digital camera having a single image sensor made up of an array of filtered photosites used to capture non-visible light wavelengths in addition to the standard red / green / blue (RGB) or other visible light intensity values is presented. Essentially, this is accomplished using a separate filter disposed over each photosite that exhibits a light transmission function with regard to wavelength which passes only a prescribed range of wavelengths—some passing light in the visible light spectrum and others in the non-visible light spectrum. The photosites passing non-visible light wavelengths can be configured to pass light in the infrared (IR) light spectrum, which can be limited to just the near infrared (NIR) spectrum if desired, or alternately light in the ultra-violet (UV) light spectrum.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
Multifunction plant cultivation LED able to control the growing speed of plants
InactiveUS20080302004A1Control growth rateEasy to controlRoot feedersSaving energy measuresGrowth plantElectricity
A multifunction plant cultivation LED able to control the growing speed of plants is to properly select the composition material and proportion of LED to enable the LED to emit light with different wavelengths and colors. Then, specific wavelengths beneficial to the growth of plants and able to offer best bright for human naked eyes are selected from light spectrums to make up a LED light source with multiple wavelengths for irradiating landscaping plants and flowers and controlling their growing speed as well as for seeing, enjoying and for lighting, versatile in use, having high efficiency and saving electricity.
Owner:LIN YU HO
Device for wavelength-selective imaging
An imaging device captures both a visible light image and a diagnostic image, the diagnostic image corresponding to emissions from an imaging medium within the object. The visible light image (which may be color or grayscale) and the diagnostic image may be superimposed to display regions of diagnostic significance within a visible light image. A number of imaging media may be used according to an intended application for the imaging device, and an imaging medium may have wavelengths above, below, or within the visible light spectrum. The devices described herein may be advantageously packaged within a single integrated device or other solid state device, and / or employed in an integrated, single-camera medical imaging system, as well as many non-medical imaging systems that would benefit from simultaneous capture of visible-light wavelength images along with images at other wavelengths.
Owner:BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENT INC
Slit-scan multi-wavelength confocal lens module and slit-scan microscopic system and method using the same
ActiveUS20100188742A1Improve performanceMinimized in sizePrismsMicroscopesBroadbandLighting spectrum
The present invention provides a slit-scan multi-wavelength confocal lens module, which utilizes at least two lenses having chromatic aberration for splitting a broadband light into continuously linear spectral lights having different focal length respectively. The present invention utilizes the confocal lens module employing slit-scan confocal principle and chromatic dispersion techniques and the confocal microscopy with optical sectioning ability and high resolution in spectral dispersion to establish a confocal microscopy method and system with long DOF and high resolution, capable of modulating a broadband light to produce the axial chromatic dispersion and focus on different depths toward an object's surface for obtaining the reflected light spectrum from the surface. Thereafter, the spectrum is spatially filtered by a slit and then a peak position with respect to the filtered spectrum along the scanning line is detected by a spectral image sensing unit for generating the sectional profile of the measured surface.
Owner:NAT TAIPEI UNIV OF TECH
Color adjusting arrangement
InactiveUS20120001204A1Reduce colored appearanceReduce appearanceDischarge tube luminescnet screensPoint-like light sourcePhosphorBlack body
Disclosed is a color adjusting arrangement comprising: i) a first wavelength converting material arranged to receive ambient light and capable of converting ambient light of a first wavelength range into light of a second wavelength range, and / or reflecting ambient light of said second wavelength range, said second wavelength range being part of the visible light spectrum; and ii) a complementary wavelength converting material arranged to receive ambient light and capable of converting part of said ambient light into light of a complementary wavelength range, which is complementary to said second wavelength range, and arranged to allow mixing of light of said second wavelength range and said complementary wavelength range; such that light of said second wavelength range that is emitted and / or reflected by said first wavelength converting material and light of said complementary wavelength range is mixed when leaving the color adjusting arrangement towards a viewing position, the light leaving the color adjusting arrangement thereby appearing less colored, i.e. having a color point substantially near the black body line. The invention thus allows an undesirable colored appearance of a semiconductor-phosphor based light source to be at least partly extinguished or neutralized.
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
System and method for patent evaluation and visualization of the results thereof
A method for evaluating a patent document is described, which includes the steps of introducing a set of one or more patent indices, characterizing different aspects of the patent document; combining said patent indices into a Patent Quality index (the PQ), characterizing value of the patent document; and visualizing the value of the patent document by using a color coding of the patent document according to the value of the PQ index. Conveniently, a correspondence between the value of the Patent Quality index of the patent document and the wavelength of a selected color of a visible part of the light spectrum is provided. A corresponding method and system for visualizing results of evaluation of a patent portfolio are described, wherein the value of the patent portfolio is visually displayed as a color cloud in a system of coordinates having axes corresponding to the patent indices, the value of each patent document (the respective PQ index) being displayed as a color point, which coordinates are equal to the values of their respective patent indices, and the colors of the color points are selected in accordance with the values of their PQ indices.
Owner:WILLIAMS ALLAN
Upconversion of Light for Use in Optogenetic Methods
ActiveUS20140148880A1Easy to useReduce absorptionPeptide/protein ingredientsPhotodynamic therapyOptogeneticsNanoparticle
Provided herein are compositions comprising lanthanide-doped nanoparticles which upconvert electromagnetic radiation from infrared or near infrared wavelengths into the visible light spectrum. Also provided herein are methods activating light-responsive opsin proteins expressed on plasma membranes of neurons and selectively altering the membrane polarization state of the neurons using the light delivered by the lanthanide-doped nanoparticles.
Owner:THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIV
Illumination management system
The present invention provides an illumination management system that includes a first LED that outputs a first signal when exposed to a first spectrum of light, the first signal indicating an intensity of light from the first spectrum; a second LED that outputs a second signal when exposed to a second spectrum of light, the second signal indicating an intensity of light from the second spectrum and wherein the second spectrum includes at least some wavelengths that are not in said first spectrum. In some embodiments, more LEDs could be included in the system for associating the presence of light energy from different parts of the light spectrum. Also included is light control circuitry, coupled to the LEDs, configured to generate a lighting control signal that can be output to one or more lights to adjust the lights to a desired light level, wherein the lighting control signal varies in response to said first and second signals.
Owner:WATT STOPPER
Color reproducing system for reproducing a color of an object under illumination light
InactiveUS6856354B1Easy to measureAccurately reproduces “ appearance ”Television system detailsColor signal processing circuitsColor correctionLighting spectrum
This invention includes an RGB color camera for photographing an object under photographing illumination light, a simplified spectrophotometer for measuring a photographing illumination light spectrum, and a color correction device for calculating tristimulus value data of the object and converting the data into an input signal to a CRT monitor by using monitor profile data. On the observation side, a CRT monitor and illumination light colorimeter for measuring the tristimulus values of observation illumination light are arranged. A color correction device can perform color reproduction without being influenced by changes in the color perception characteristics of a person such as chromatic adaptation by reproducing a virtual illumination light spectrum having tristimulus values equal to those of the observation illumination light without measuring any observation illumination light spectrum.
Owner:OLYMPUS CORP
Multispectral digital camera employing both visible light and non-visible light sensing on a single image sensor
ActiveUS20060066738A1Television system detailsTelevision system scanning detailsSingle imageLighting spectrum
A digital camera having a single image sensor made up of an array of filtered photosites used to capture non-visible light wavelengths in addition to the standard red / green / blue (RGB) or other visible light intensity values is presented. Essentially, this is accomplished using a separate filter disposed over each photosite that exhibits a light transmission function with regard to wavelength which passes only a prescribed range of wavelengths—some passing light in the visible light spectrum and others in the non-visible light spectrum. The photosites passing non-visible light wavelengths can be configured to pass light in the infrared (IR) light spectrum, which can be limited to just the near infrared (NIR) spectrum if desired, or alternately light in the ultra-violet (UV) light spectrum.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
Multispectral therapeutic light source
ActiveUS8858607B1High cost-effectiveHigh quantum-efficiencyElectrotherapySurgical instrument detailsUltravioletPeak value
Owner:JONES GARY W
Method for non-destructive measurement for tea polyphenol content of tea based on near infrared spectrum technology
InactiveCN101059426AFast analysisNo pollutionColor/spectral properties measurementsSpecial data processing applicationsProcess functionPhenolic content in tea
The invention discloses a method for non-damage measuring the tea polyphenol content in tea, based on near-infrared spectrum technique, which comprises that first building a correct model, collecting tea sample as correct sample group, scanning the correct sample group to obtain visible light spectrum and near-infrared light spectrum (325-2500nm), processing spectrum pretreatment on the spectrum data, then using international standard method to measure the tea polyphenol content of correct sample, using multi-element correct regression algorism to build the quantitative relationship between the near-infrared spectrum and the tea polyphenol content of the correct sample, to build the correct model. The invention only needs to scan the near-infrared spectrum of object tea, and input pretreated spectrum data into the correct model which can test the tea polyphenol content. The whole process is controlled by a computer, to realize data pickup, store, display and process functions.
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV
Time resolution fluorescence spectral measuring and image forming method and its device
InactiveCN1912587ADifferent temporal resolutionsAchieving high-sensitivity detectionFluorescence/phosphorescencePhotocathodePicosecond
A method of using picosecond scan camera to simultaneously obtain fluorescent light spectrum and fluorescent lifetime of sample includes focusing blue violet light emitted by laser on sample by objective to excite sample single photon, collecting fluorescent from sample then splitting it and focusing it to be image on photoelectric cathode of picosecond scan camera, setting dispersion direction of fluorescent to be the same as slit direction of said camera but to be vertical to scan direction in order to measure out fluorescent lifetime of different light spectrum simultaneously under coaction of scan circuit and image intensifier deflection system.
Owner:SHENZHEN UNIV
Multi-spectrum lighting device with plurality of switches and tactile feedback
A multi-spectrum emitting device including one or more emitters configured to emit in a first non-visible light spectrum and a second visible light spectrum, and a switching mechanism with at least two switching elements. The switching mechanism is configured to require simultaneous activation of the at least two switching elements in order to change emissions from the first spectrum to the second spectrum. A tactile feedback mechanism is included to provide different tactile feedback for different emission modes of the device.
Owner:S & S PRECISION
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