629 results about "Single measurement" patented technology

A system for surgical imaging and display of tissue structures of a patient, including a display and an image processor for displaying such images in coordination with a tool image to facilitate manipulation of the tool during the surgical procedure. The system is configured for use with a fluoroscope such that at least one image in the display is derived from the fluoroscope at the time of surgery. A fixture is affixed to an imaging side of the fluoroscope for providing patterns of an of array markers that are imaged in each fluoroscope image. A tracking assembly having a plurality of tracking elements is operative to determine positions of said fixture and the patient. One of the tracking elements is secured against motion with respect to the fixture so that determining a position of the tracking element determines a position of all the markers in a single measurement.

A method for surgical imaging and display including (i.) positioning a defined set of markers disposed in a pattern so as to be imaged in each pose or view of an imaging assembly, the set of markers being fixed in pre-determined positions in a rigid carrier, (ii.) securing a first tracking element against motion with respect to the rigid carrier so that determining a position of the first tracking element in a single measurement determines positions of all the markers of the set, and (iii.) identifying images of at least a subset of the markers in a first view.

Several open-loop calibration techniques for phase-locked-loop circuits (PLL) that provide a process, temperature and divider modulus independence for the loop bandwidth and damping factor are disclosed. Two categories of open-loop techniques are presented. The first method uses only a single measurement of the output frequency from the oscillator and adjusts a single PLL loop element that performs a simultaneous calibration of both the loop bandwidth and damping factor. The output frequency is measured for a given value of the oscillator control signal and the charge-pump current is adjusted such that it cancels the process variation of the oscillator gain. The second method uses two separate and orthogonal calibration steps, both of them based on the measurement of the output frequency from the oscillator when a known excitation is applied to the open loop signal path. In the first step the loop bandwidth is calibrated by adjusting the charge-pump current based on the measurement of the forward path gain when applying a constant phase shift between the two clocks that go to the phase frequency detector, while the integral path is hold to a constant value. During the second step the damping factor is calibrated by adjusting the value of the integral loop filter capacitor based on the measurement of the oscillator output frequency when excited with a voltage proportional with the integral capacitor value, while the proportional control component is zeroed-out.

A method of noncontact imaging for performing qualitative and quantitative analysis of wounds includes the step of performing structured illumination of surface and subsurface tissue by both diffuse optical tomography and rapid, wide-field quantitative mapping of tissue optical properties within a single measurement platform. Structured illumination of a skin flap is performed to monitor a burn wound, a diabetic ulcer, a decubitis ulcer, a peripheral vascular disease, a skin graft, and / or tissue response to photomodulation. Quantitative imaging of optical properties is performed of superficial (0-5 mm depth) tissues in vivo. The step of quantitative imaging of optical properties of superficial (0-5 mm depth) tissues in vivo comprises pixel-by-pixel demodulating and diffusion-model fitting or model-based analysis of spatial frequency data to extract the local absorption and reduced scattering optical coefficients.

The invention discloses an LED optical parameter comprehensive testing device, belonging to the technical field of optical parameter measurement. The LED optical parameter comprehensive testing device is technically characterized in that one end of a horizontal base provided with a one-dimensional mobile platform is fixedly provided with an arc-shaped clamp provided with a fiber-optic probe and astandard luminosity probe, the other end of the horizontal base is fixedly provided with an arc-shaped light collector consisting of an arc fiber-optic array and a linear array CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and a rotary clamping table for holding an LED to be tested is arranged on the one-dimensional mobile platform; light information acquired by the fiber-optic probe is converted into a spectrum band by a spectrograph and then is sent into a computer, outputs of the standard luminosity probe and the linear array CCD are sent to the computer through the data acquisition unit, the computer performs corresponding processing and operation on measurement data through measurement software to finally obtain the luminescence characteristics of the LED to be tested. According to the invention, theproblem on comprehensively measuring the LED on a single measurement instrument is solved; and the LED optical parameter comprehensive testing device has the characteristics of simplicity for operation, compact structure, fastness for measurement, easiness for realization and the like.

AROTAN provides for autonomous terrain aided navigation that is fully independent of the position uncertainty of the vehicle during flight. AROTAN aligns a grid to the search space and periodically updates the search space during the measurement history to account for growth in position uncertainty. AROTAN computes terrain sufficiency statistics for a moving history to provide robust criteria for when to perform the correlation. A post-correlation refinement provides an additional correction of the horizontal position error and a correction of the altitude. AROTAN can quickly provide the vehicle's location based on the correlation from a single measurement history.

The present invention provides a technique for obtaining overlay error and PPE error information from a single measurement structure. This is accomplished by forming periodic sub-structures in at least two different device layers in a single measurement structure, wherein at least one segmented and one non-segmented portion is provided in the two different device layers.

A sensor instrument system for detecting and identifying analytes in fluids of a region comprising a local sensor instrument and remote central station. The instrument is comprised of a core technology employing a single sensor having two electrodes operated by an electrical frequency sweeping to generate two sets of patterned electrical information from a single measurement, a data transmission module and a GPS receiver module. The central station connects to a network means connected to a plurality of local receiving sites equipped with including the respective transceivers, so that the local analyte electrical information and geographic position information transmitted by the instrument can be wirelessly and remotely received and processed by the central station. The core technology is further comprised of a reference sensor for eliminating background influence, a temperature programming to control adsorption and desorption of analytes, and usage of all kinds of adsorbent materials having chemical selectivity including the hydrogen selectivity to enhance detection and identification of analytes in fluids.

We present a method and apparatus for local and superficial measurement of the optical properties of turbid media. The depth probed is on the order of 1 transport mean free path of the photon. The absorption coefficient, reduced scattering coefficient and the phase function parameter γ=(1−g2) / (1−g1) are optical parameters computed from a single measurement of the spatially resolved reflectance close to the source. Images of superficial structures of the medium can be obtained by performing multi-site measurements. An important application of this technique is the characterization of biological tissues, for example for medical diagnostic purposes. Measurements on biological tissues can be achieved using a probe of diameter less than 2 mm, and the average volume probed is on the order of 1 mm3. Separate images of absorption and tissue structure can be achieved with a resolution of approximately one transport mean free path of the considered tissue.

A device (10) and methods for simultaneously measuring the thickness of individual wafer layers, the depth of etched features on a wafer, and the three-dimensional profile of a wafer. The structure of the device (10) is comprised of a source / receiver section (12) having a broadband source (14), a receiver (16) and a signal processing section (20). An interferometer (28) separates or combines measurement and reference light and has a measurement leg (30) and a reference leg (34), and a reference mirror (36). The device (10) analyzes a received spectrum which is comprised of a measurement of intensity versus wavelength. There are two measurement methods disclosed: the first method is utilized for taking a single measurement and the second method is utilized for multiple measurements.

A method and system for determining free spaces in the vicinity of a motor vehicle, in particular a vicinity relevant to the vehicle operation, is provided. A method and system for determining an evasion trajectory for a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle is provided in which information from at least one object detection sensor of the motor vehicle about at least one detected object is used while taking the characteristics of the physical measuring principle of the at least one object detection sensor into account. A method and system is provided in which it is taken into account that the at least one object detection sensor has the capability of directly detecting a plurality of objects by a single measurement.

Measurement of the series resistance of a working and counter electrode pair in an electrochemical test strip provide error detection for multiple variations in the quality of the test strip, as well as the operation of strip in the test meter. In particular, a single measurement of series resistance can be used to detect and generate an error message when an incorrect reading is likely to result due to (1) damaged electrode tracks, (2) fouled electrode surfaces, (3) dirty strip contacts, or (4) short circuit between the electrodes.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional shape dynamic measurement method based on an active spot projector. The method comprises the steps of S100, fabricating an active spot projector, S200, carrying out global calibration on multiple measuring heads, S300, acquiring speckle images projected by a speckle projector to the surface of a moving object by using the multiple measuring heads, S400, carrying out three-dimensional reconstruction for the surface of the moving object, and S500, carrying out point cloud global alignment. The method disclosed by the invention is high in measurement speed, can complete acquisition of image data within two milliseconds, realizes a single time of measurement for general moving objects, and can also realize multiple times of dynamic measurement for a rotating object at the measuring heads. The method does not need to carry out spraying treatment on the object surface and is high in anti-interference for the ambient light, and measurement is not affected by the external light intensity.

Measurement of the series resistance of a working and counter electrode pair in an electrochemical test strip provide error detection for multiple variations in the quality of the test strip, as well as the operation of strip in the test meter. In particular, a single measurement of series resistance can be used to detect and generate an error message when an incorrect reading is likely to result due to (1) damaged electrode tracks, (2) fouled electrode surfaces, (3) dirty strip contacts, or (4) short circuit between the electrodes.

A method and computer-program product are provided for measuring the Round-Trip Time (RTT) of data flowing thorough a communications network using a single measurement point. The method includes timestamping a first packet traveling past the measurement point and timestamping a second packet traveling past said measurement point. These difference of these two values is the RTT. This RTT can be continuously updated during the life of the connection to provide an evermore accurate RTT measurement. Alternatively, two sub RTTs can be computed and then summed to arrive at the connection's RTT.

The invention discloses a method for dynamically measuring attitude of a star sensor based on top accurate angle relevance and belongs to the field of navigation and positioning. Based on the prior art that dynamic compensation is performed on each measurement exposure frame of the star sensor and a vector matrix matched with a fixed star containing dynamic error and noise effect is obtained, transformation matrixes between every two adjacent measurement frames of the star sensor are accurately measured through an assembly of three tops fixedly linked with the star sensor, the vector matrixes matched with adjacent measurement frames of the star sensor are correlated via the transformation matrixes, and finally, a correlated measurement equation is established by using a series of correlated measurement frames, that is a series of measurement frames are processed as a single measurement frame, and an attitude matrix is solved by using the least square method. With the adoption of the method, dynamic error and noise effect can be effectively restrained, high-accuracy dynamic attitude and change information of a carrier in motion can be obtained.

A vehicle climate control system with a seat position sensor and an occupant weight sensor. The seat position sensor and the occupant weight sensor communicate a seat position and a weight of a vehicle occupant to a controller. By determining the seat position, an occupant's relative size can be estimated. Thus, when the controller receives the occupant weight data and the seat position data, a fitness factor is determined. The fitness factor is a metric that combines the occupant weight and size into a single measurement to judge the occupant's fitness level. The fitness factor, either directly or indirectly is used to determine a temperature at outlet (TAO), which is then used to adjust an HVAC system so that comfortable cabin air conditions can be provided to occupants who have different fitness factors and thus different fitness levels without the occupants making manual changes to the HVAC system.

Methods and pulse sequences for facilitating nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in grossly inhomogeneous fields. Methods and pulse sequences according to the invention may be used to accurately measure variables such as transverse relaxation time, longitudinal relaxation time, and diffusion, without the need for data at long recovery time, thereby allowing for faster measurements. In addition, methods and pulse sequences according to embodiment of the invention may allow simultaneous encoding of information in both the amplitude and the shape of echoes, so as to allow a single-shot measurement of multiple variables, e.g., both transverse relaxation time (from the decay of echo amplitudes) and longitudinal relaxation time (from the echo shape). CPMG detection may be used to overcome the often limited signal-to-noise ratio in grossly inhomogeneous fields.

A method and system for determining free spaces in the vicinity of a motor vehicle, in particular a vicinity relevant to the vehicle operation, is provided. A method and system for determining an evasion trajectory for a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle is provided in which information from at least one object detection sensor of the motor vehicle about at least one detected object is used while taking the characteristics of the physical measuring principle of the at least one object detection sensor into account. A method and system is provided in which it is taken into account that the at least one object detection sensor has the capability of directly detecting a plurality of objects by a single measurement.

The invention relates to a piezoelectric sensor for the improved measurement of mechanical variables such as force, pressure or measurement variables which are derived there from, particularly a PVDF film sensor having an improved sensitivity and temperature stability of the measurement signal for pressure measurements that vary in time and / or space, and for the one- and two-dimensional determination of the position and propagation velocity of pressure fluctuations and pressure waves with a single measurement sensor at a measurement location. A preferred field of application of the invention is the non-invasive, low strain and continuous measurement of the pulse rate and the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of humans and animals by determining the velocity and the signal form of the pulse waves. The object of the invention is to allow the measurements of the blood pressure and the pulse rate, for example even in the case of emergency patients having only a very low blood pressure and patients having circulatory disorders in the extremities, for example patients which have developed diabetes or the “smoker's leg”, by using only one sensor at a measurement location due to the improved measurement sensitivity of the piezoelectric sensor, with the result that the continuous application of a pressurized jacket for continuously measuring and monitoring the blood pressure is not necessary. The present invention solves this problem in that a plurality of parallel strips of a piezoelectric material (1) are associated as a measurement membrane in the pressure sensor according to the invention with a sensor base body (4) in such a manner that the parallel strips are tension preloaded in a one-dimensional and elastic manner in the direction of the piezo dipole orientation and that an empty cavity (5) is provided between the tension preloaded piezoelectric sensor material (1) in the measurement portion and the sensor base body (4), formed by a recess / cutout.

The invention discloses a large-component three-dimensional measurement method based on line structured light and an industrial robot, and the method consists of two parts: three-dimensional data acquisition of single measurement and three-dimensional data splicing between multiple measurements. According to the invention, the line structured light three-dimensional measurement technology and therobot hand-eye calibration technology are combined, the line structured light three-dimensional measurement system is used for obtaining three-dimensional data of single measurement, and robot hand-eye calibration realizes three-dimensional data splicing among multiple measurements. According to the method for calibrating the monocular line structured light plane under the assistance of the binocular camera, the line calibration process is simplified, and the line reconstruction precision is improved; a spatial circle fitting method is adopted to fit the sphere center coordinates of the standard sphere, so that the light plane can be any plane equation, the application range of the standard sphere hand-eye calibration method is expanded, and the measurement method can accurately reconstruct a target three-dimensional point cloud model.

Metrology methods and apparatus for semiconductor wafer fabrication in which data for metrology is obtained by detecting a measurable property of a monitored entity, which is either (i) a wafer transporter (e.g. a FOUP) loaded with one or more wafers to be monitored, or (ii) a plurality of wafers. Performing metrology measurements on a loaded wafer transporter enables the step of extracting wafer (s) from the transporter for metrology measurements to be omitted. Moreover, metrology measurement may be obtained while transporting the wafer (s) between treatment locations. By considering a plurality of wafers as a unit, a single measurement representing a combination of individual wafer responses is obtained. All wafers contribute to the metrology measurement without the need to perform individual wafer measurements.

The invention relates to the field of noise, in particular to a sound field separation and reconstruction method applicable to sound field separation and reconstruction of large sound sources. The sound field separation and reconstruction method comprises the following steps of: acquiring sound pressure and normal particle vibration velocity on a measuring surface; performing zero filling extension on the measuring surface positioned between two sound sources; acquiring transfer matrixes between the extended measuring surface and surfaces of the two sound sources, namely sound source faces; building a transitive relation between the sound pressure and the normal particle vibration velocity on the measuring surface; and acquiring the sound pressure and the normal particle vibration velocity of the first sound source face and the sound pressure and the normal particle vibration velocity of the second sound source face. A sound field is separated and reconstructed by using the single-measurement-surface and local near-field acoustical holography method. The sound field separation and reconstruction method has the characteristics of simplicity, short calculation time and high calculation efficiency, and can be widely applied to the measurement of near-field acoustical holography, the measurement of material reflecting coefficients, the separation of scattering sound fields and the like of large-size sound-source sound fields.

Continuous time filters and Δ-Σ analog to digital converters and methods for process variation trim / tuning. In feed forward filters, the resistance of feed forward transconductance elements are adjusted to compensate for process variation in the GM / SC values in the filters. Since all. GM / SC values are subject to the same RC process variation, and the resistance in all feed forward transconductance elements is also subject to the same R process variation, the resistance in the feed forward transconductance elements may be adjusted in accordance with analytically predetermined factors based on a single measurement of the RC process variation for each filter to compensate for the overall RC process variation. Various embodiments are disclosed, both as feed forward filters and as Δ-Σ analog to digital converter systems using such filters.

The invention discloses a soil profile moisture measuring device and a measuring method thereof. The device includes a host computer (1), a sensor node (2), an insulating sleeve (6), a sealed top cover (5) and a waterproof plug (7); the host computer (1) passes through a data acquisition and processing module (3 ) is connected to the sensor node (2); the insulating sleeve (6) is installed outside the sensor node (2), and the lower end of the insulating sleeve (6) is connected to the waterproof plug (7), the The upper end of the insulating sleeve (6) is connected to the sealing top cover (5) through the connecting body (8); the sensor node (2) includes two metal sheets (15), and the two metal sheets (15) are radially connected to each other The intervals are fixed on the surface of the insulating cylinder (12), and the two metal sheets (15) are respectively connected with the sensor circuit board (16). The method can adjust the number and spacing of the sensor nodes (2), set the address codes of each sensor node (2) of the device through the host computer (1), measure and store and display the results. The device has simple structure, easy layout, convenient use, and can be disassembled and assembled freely to realize the measurement of single-point or multi-point dynamic water content of the soil profile; the method is flexible and convenient, and realizes the dynamic measurement of soil at different depths.

What is new in this invention, it is the complete automation of coordinate data collection of remote target objects. It is also a new procedure a single measurement instead of multiple triangulation measurements for coordinate data collection.

The invention belongs to the field of nondestructive detection and relates to a method for nondestructive evaluation of residual stress levels in an aluminum alloy forged piece through ultrasonic waves. According to the method, the phenomenon that the propagation speed of the ultrasonic waves in materials can be affected by stress in the materials to a certain extent is used, and the difference of residual stress levels among different positions in the large size aluminum alloy forged piece is reflected through changes of sound speeds. The method has the advantages of being high in detection speed, large in measuring depth, good in economy and the like. The residual stress in the large size aluminum alloy forged piece is measured through the sound elastic effect of the ultrasonic waves in the method, and the method has the advantages of being high in measuring speed, convenient to use, flexible in measuring range, good in economy and the like. The single-time measuring time of the method is about five minutes and is shorter that the single-time measuring time of a neutron diffraction residual stress measuring method, the detection speed is high, the maximum measuring depth of the method can reach 400 mm, is larger that the measuring depth of the neutron diffraction method, and is much larger that the measuring depth of an X-ray method or a Barkhausen noise method.