1418 results about "Line scanning" patented technology

An x-ray scanning imaging apparatus with a rotatably fixed generally O-shaped gantry ring, which is connected on one end of the ring to support structure, such as a mobile cart, ceiling, floor, wall, or patient table, in a cantilevered fashion. The circular gantry housing remains rotatably fixed and carries an x-ray image-scanning device that can be rotated inside the gantry around the object being imaged either continuously or in a step-wise fashion. The ring can be connected rigidly to the support, or can be connected to the support via a ring positioning unit that is able to translate or tilt the gantry relative to the support on one or more axes. Multiple other embodiments exist in which the gantry housing is connected on one end only to the floor, wall, or ceiling. The x-ray device is particularly useful for two-dimensional multi-planar x-ray imaging and / or three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) imaging applications

A sensing system for determining the rank and suit of playing cards is disclosed. The system includes a sensing module capable of reading a line of data from a printed image, a position sensor and a hardware component that combines the signals from the sensing module and position sensor, converts the signal to binary values and compares the converted signal to stored signals. The comparisons are correlated to identify card rank and Suit. The system can be used in a playing card delivery shoe used to control the game of baccarat. The shoe may be a customary dealing shoe equipped with a sensing module, or may be a mechanized shoe. The mechanized shoe may comprise a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat; b) first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set to a playing card staging area wherein at least one playing card is staged in an order by which playing cards are removed from the first set of and moved to the playing card staging area; c) second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area to a delivery area wherein playing cards removed from the staging area to the delivery shoe are moved in the same order by which playing cards were removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area; and d) playing card reading sensors that read at least one playing card value of each playing card separately after each playing card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of playing cards and before removal from the playing card delivery area One exemplary sensing system is a CIS line scanning system with an associated card position sensor and a FPGA hardware element.

Real time, high-speed image stabilization with a retinal tracking scanning laser ophthalmoscope (TSLO) enables new approaches to established diagnostics. Large frequency range (DC to 19 kHz), wide-field (40-deg) stabilized Doppler flowmetry imaging is described for human subjects. The fundus imaging method is a quasi-confocal line-scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO). The retinal tracking system uses a confocal reflectometer with a closed loop optical servo system to lock onto features in the ocular fundus and automatically re-lock after blinks. By performing a slow scan with the laser line imager, frequency-resolved retinal perfusion and vascular flow images can be obtained free of eye motion artifacts.

Estimates of a communication system configuration, such as a DSL system, are based on operational data collected from a network element management system, protocol, users and / or the like. The operational data collected from the system can include performance-characterizing operational data that typically is available in an ADSL system via element-management-system protocols. Generated estimates and / or approximations can be used in evaluating system performance and directly or indirectly dictating / requiring changes or recommending improvements in operation by transmitters and / or other parts of the communication system. Data and / or other information may be collected using “internal” means or may be obtained from system elements and components via email and / or other “external” means. The likelihood of a model's accuracy can be based on various data, information and / or indicators of system performance, such as observed normal operational data, test data and / or prompted operational data that shows operating performance based on stimulation signals. One example of such prompted data uses frequency carrier masks to approximate the Hlog of a given channel, including information regarding bridged taps, attenuation, etc. Scanning, wherein a number of line profiles are used in connection with DSL loops having known configurations, can be used to generate a database or library of loop configuration information. One or more of the line profiles can be used with an unknown DSL loop to generate operational data from the unknown DSL loop that is compared to the loop configuration information in the database, allowing identification of loop configuration information pertaining to the unknown DSL loop. The unknown DSL loop operational data also can be used to determine whether one or more bad splices are present on the unknown DSL loop and, in some cases, the approximate or exact bad splice(s) location(s).

An active (laser-illuminated) imaging system is described that is suitable for use in backscatter absorption gas imaging (BAGI). A BAGI imager operates by imaging a scene as it is illuminated with radiation that is absorbed by the gas to be detected. Gases become "visible" in the image when they attenuate the illumination creating a shadow in the image. This disclosure describes a BAGI imager that operates in a linescanned manner using a high repetition rate pulsed laser as its illumination source. The format of this system allows differential imaging, in which the scene is illuminated with light at least 2 wavelengths-one or more absorbed by the gas and one or more not absorbed. The system is designed to accomplish imaging in a manner that is insensitive to motion of the camera, so that it can be held in the hand of an operator or operated from a moving vehicle.

An active (laser-illuminated) imaging system is described that is suitable for use in backscatter absorption gas imaging (BAGI). A BAGI imager operates by imaging a scene as it is illuminated with radiation that is absorbed by the gas to be detected. Gases become "visible" in the image when they attenuate the illumination creating a shadow in the image. This disclosure describes a BAGI imager that operates in a linescanned manner using a high repetition rate pulsed laser as its illumination source. The format of this system allows differential imaging, in which the scene is illuminated with light at least 2 wavelengths-one or more absorbed by the gas and one or more not absorbed. The system is designed to accomplish imaging in a manner that is insensitive to motion of the camera, so that it can be held in the hand of an operator or operated from a moving vehicle.

Provided is a liquid crystal display panel having gate drivers. The LCD panel includes a gate line shift circuit setting a gate line scanning order such that the gate lines are sequentially scanned in units of n gate lines with k-1 gate lines between each pair of adjacent gate lines in each unit according to an interleaving method in response to a gate line-on signal received from a timing control unit outside the LCD panel, wherein the LCD panel reproduces source data output from a source driver outside the LCD panel in the gate line scanning order set by the gate line shift circuit. The LCD panel inverts the polarity of a common voltage for every unit of n gate lines, instead of every gate line, thereby reducing power consumption. In addition, since every kth gate line is scanned according to the interleaving method, deterioration of image quality such as a flickering phenomenon can be prevented, which is an advantage of a line inversion driving method.

Real time, high-speed image stabilization with a retinal tracking scanning laser ophthalmoscope (TSLO) enables new approaches to established diagnostics. Large frequency range (DC to 19 kHz), wide-field (40-deg) stabilized Doppler flowmetry imaging is described for human subjects. The fundus imaging method is a quasi-confocal line-scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO). The retinal tracking system uses a confocal reflectometer with a closed loop optical servo system to lock onto features in the ocular fundus and automatically re-lock after blinks. By performing a slow scan with the laser line imager, frequency-resolved retinal perfusion and vascular flow images can be obtained free of eye motion artifacts.

The invention provides an apparatus and method for inspecting an array of electronic components. The apparatus comprises a scanning device adapted to capture images of at least one surface of each of the respective components, whereby to inspect said surface. The scanning device may be a line scanning device.

An apparatus and methods are disclosed for using optical sensors to determine the position of a movable flow control element in a well control tool. A housing has a movable element disposed within such that the element movement controls the flow through the tool. An optical sensing system senses the movement of the element. Optical sensors are employed that use Bragg grating reflections, time domain reflectometry, and line scanning techniques to determine the element position. A surface or downhole processor is used to interpret the sensor signals.

The invention discloses a point cloud partition method and device, and relates to the technical field of three-dimensional reconstruction. The point cloud partition method includes the following steps: (S1) line-by-line scanning is carried out on a measured scene through a depth transducer to obtain depth information of the measured scene, and coordinate transformation is carried out on the depth information of the measured scene to obtain three-dimensional information of the measured scene under a local coordinate system; (S2) ground point clouds are partitioned from the three-dimensional information; (S3) clustering partition is carried out on non-ground point clouds in the self-adaptation threshold value clustering partition mode, wherein the non-ground point clouds are the other point clouds except the ground point clouds in the three-dimensional information. By means of the point cloud partition method and device, clustering partition is carried out on the non-ground point clouds in the self-adaptation threshold value clustering partition mode, and insufficient partition and excessive partition caused by clustering partition on the non-ground point clouds with fixed threshold values are effectively avoided.

A sorting system (110) conveys articles, such as peaches (114) on a conveyor belt (112) past an inspection zone (126) that is lighted by an illumination source (90) radiating a number of emission peaks over visible and infrared portions of the spectrum. The illumination source generates the radiation from an Indium Iodide lamp (92) that is reflected off a parabolic reflector (94) and through a "soda straw" collimator (100) to illuminated the peaches. A detector system (118) employs line scanning visible and infrared cameras (142, 140) to sense visible and IR wavelength reflectance values for the peach meat (124) and peach pit or pit fragments (126). Various image processing and analysis methologies, such as subtraction, ratio, logarithmic, regression, combination, angle, distance, and shape may be employed to enhance the image contrast and classify the resulting data for sorting the peaches. Employing subtraction also cancels "glint" caused by specular reflections of the illumination source off the peaches and into the cameras.

A first optical module scans a portion of an eye with a line of light, descans reflected light from the scanned portion of the eye and confocally provides output light in a line focus configuration. A detection device detects the output light and images the portion of the eye. A second optical module detects an optical distortion and corrects the optical distortion in the line of light scanned on the portion of the eye.

The invention belongs to the technical field of vehicle active safety and relates to a lane line detection method based on monocular vision. The lane line detection method comprises the following steps: acquiring an original image of a road condition in front of a vehicle; intercepting subimages of boundary regions at the two sides, wherein the subimages include the original image; removing the high-frequency noise of the subimages and carrying out grey level histogram equalization and binaryzation; intercepting left and right lane line detection region images; filtering based on the fixed width range of a lane line according to the features of low grey value pavements at the two sides of the lane line; preliminarily determining feature points of the lane line in a sampling line scanning manner and screening; and carrying out lane detection. The lane line detection method has the characteristics of good real time and high reliability.

The invention provides a multi-line scanning laser radar device, which comprises a moving part and a fixed part which are connected by a rotary support, wherein a laser emitting optical system and a laser receiving optical system are arranged inside the moving part in parallel; a driving motor is arranged inside the fixed part and is fixedly connected with the rotary support through a rotating shaft; and the laser emitting optical system, the laser receiving optical system and the driving motor are electrically connected with a driving control system respectively. The aim of performing multi-line three-dimensional scanning on an imaging target is fulfilled, and the imaging speed and the imaging quality are improved.

The invention discloses an anti-collision method based on joint verification of binocular vision and laser radar in congested traffic. The method comprises steps as follows: a binocular vision system and a laser radar system are subjected to parameter joint calibration to obtain the corresponding and conversion relation among a camera coordinate system, a radar coordinate system and a vehicle coordination system; a left camera and a right camera collect information of the environment in front of a vehicle, and meanwhile, laser radar is used for performing multi-line scanning on a front area to obtain heterogeneous and asynchronous data of two different types of sensors for pre-processing; whether a barrier exists before the current vehicle is judged, and if the answer is positive, a joint robust verification method is adopted to obtain distance information of the current barrier relative to the current vehicle, and early warning is performed according to the distance information of the barrier. The barrier recognition efficiency and the robustness are greatly improved. The problem that the outline of the barrier obtained by the cameras is incomplete in the congested traffic environment is solved; meanwhile, more accurate and more reliable barrier parameter information can be obtained.

Systems and methods for providing a line-scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO) are disclosed. The LSLO uses a substantially point source of light, such as an infrared laser or a super-luminescent diode. The point source is expanded to a line. The LSLO scans the line of light in a direction perpendicular to the line across a region of an eye having an undilated pupil The reflected light is received confocally, using monostatic beam geometry. A beam separator, such as a turning prism or mirror, diverts one of the incoming light and the reflected light to separate the light. An optical stop prevents non-confocally received light from reaching a one-dimensional detector, such as a linear CCD array. An electrical signal responsive to the output light at each of a plurality of locations along the line of output light is processed to provide images of the scanned portion of the eye.

Systems and methods for providing a line-scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO) are disclosed. The LSLO uses a substantially point source of light, such as an infrared laser or a super-luminescent diode. The point source is expanded to a line. The LSLO scans the line of light in a direction perpendicular to the line across a region of an eye having an undilated pupil The reflected light is received confocally, using monostatic beam geometry. A beam separator, such as a turning prism or mirror, diverts one of the incoming light and the reflected light to separate the light. An optical stop prevents non-confocally received light from reaching a one-dimensional detector, such as a linear CCD array. An electrical signal responsive to the output light at each of a plurality of locations along the line of output light is processed to provide images of the scanned portion of the eye.

The invention provides a GOA (Gate Driver on Array) circuit, an array base plate and a liquid crystal display device, relating to the field of liquid crystal display and improving the stability of grid line scanning signals of a liquid crystal display. The GOA circuit comprises at least two GOA units, wherein an output end of one GOA unit is connected with an input end of the next GOA unit, a reset end of one GOA unit is connected with an output end of the next GOA unit, and an output end of each GOA unit is connected with a grid line. The GOA circuit is characterized in that the GOA unit comprises a capacitor, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a first voltage pull-down module and a second voltage pull-down module. The GOA circuit is used for the manufacturing of the liquid crystal display device.

An apparatus for imaging an eye includes a housing and a system of optical components disposed in the housing. The apparatus is capable of operating in a line scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of optical components can include a first source to provide a first beam of light for the OCT mode and a second source to provide a second beam of light for the LSLO mode. In the OCT mode, a first optic is used that (i) scans, using a first surface of the first optic, the first beam of light along a retina of an eye in a first dimension, and (ii) descans, using the first surface, a first light returning from the eye in the first dimension to a detection system in the OCT mode. In the LSLO mode, the first optic is used where the second beam of light passes through a second surface of the first optic.

An apparatus for imaging an eye includes a housing and a system of optical components disposed in the housing. The apparatus is capable of operating in a line scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of optical components can include a first source to provide a first beam of light for the OCT mode and a second source to provide a second beam of light for the LSLO mode. In the OCT mode, a first optic is used that (i) scans, using a first surface of the first optic, the first beam of light along a retina of an eye in a first dimension, and (ii) descans, using the first surface, a first light returning from the eye in the first dimension to a detection system in the OCT mode. In the LSLO mode, the first optic is used where the second beam of light passes through a second surface of the first optic.

The invention discloses an intelligent detection system for a distribution profile and a position of a container. The intelligent detection system comprises a central control system, a three-dimensional laser scanning module, a target profile processing module and an ARMG (Automated Rail Mounted Gantry Crane) movement controller. Meanwhile, the invention discloses a method for detecting the distribution profile and the position of the container by using the intelligent detection system. The method is high in detection speed and high in detection precision by adopting three-dimensional space laser scanning, and overcomes the basic defect of conventional laser single-point scanning or line scanning. A generated container locating position error signal is output to the ARMG movement controller to automatically control movement mechanisms such as a lifting appliance, a trolley and a cart of an ARMG, and thus the accurate control on stacking and grabbing the container by the ARMG is realized; the generated container locating position error signal can be also output to a central monitoring system of an intelligent wharf for remotely monitoring the process of loading or unloading the container by the ARMG. According to the intelligent detection system and method, the accurate container alignment and the container collision in the process of loading or unloading the container are realized, the efficiency of loading or unloading the container is improved, and the accident of collision caused during the loading or the unloading of the container is reduced.

A finger vein authentication apparatus includes an image pickup device that creates two kinds of picked-up images by performing line scanning in both of a direction along a lengthwise direction of a finger and a direction orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of the finger, and an imaging range detection unit that detects a relative position of an imaging range of the finger by using at least one of a crease pattern near a first joint and a crease pattern near a second joint of the finger existing in at least one of two kinds of vein patterns.

The invention discloses an optical fiber line intelligent detection system and an optical fiber line intelligent detection method for a wavelength division multiplex (WDM) network. The detection system comprises a plurality of stations and a control unit, wherein the stations are connected with the control unit by an optical fiber; each station comprises an optical amplification unit, an optical monitoring unit and an optical channel performance detecting unit, at least one station is provided with an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) unit, and the input / output port of the test light of the OTDR unit is respectively connected to an optical multiplexer and an optical demultiplexer of the input end and the output end of the station by an optical multiplexing switch; and the control unit receives the alarm or performance abnormity information of the units and transmits an optical fiber line scanning signal to a relevant OTDR unit scanning optical fiber link. After an optical fiber line generates failure, the control automatically starts the relevant OTDR unit to scan the corresponding line and automatically marks a failure point in a global information system (GIS) map, thereby realizing the rapid positioning of the failure and shortening the business interruption time.

An in-plane switching mode active matrix type liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate located opposing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a data line, a scanning line, and a common electrode line. The scanning line and the common electrode line are formed in a common layer in parallel with each other. The common electrode overlaps the data line and the scanning line with an interlayer insulating film existing therebetween. The common electrode line is singly formed at either side about the scanning line. The common electrode is electrically connected to the common electrode line through a contact hole formed throughout the interlayer insulating film, and shields a gap formed between the scanning line and the common electrode line.

An endoscope assembly is disclosed having a housing adapted to be manipulated by medical personnel, such as a surgeon. An elongated lens tube has one end secured to the housing while an elongated stage is removably secured to the housing so that the stage encompasses and is coaxial with the tube. The stage together with the lens tube are adapted for insertion into the cavity of a body. A lens assembly provided within the lens tube relays the optical image from the free end of the stage to the housing. A lens assembly within the housing, furthermore, varies the magnification of the image between macroscopic magnification and microscopic magnification in which tissue may be examined on a cellular level. For macroscopic magnification, white light is transmitted through the lens tube as well as reflected back from the target tissue through the lens tube and to the housing. For microscopic examination, laser radiation is utilized in lieu of the white light illumination. A line scanning confocal assembly contained within the housing enables microscopic examination of the target tissue at varying levels into the tissue from the end of the stage.