Abstract:
Provided are an imaging apparatus and a radiation detecting apparatus comprising a photoelectric conversion layer for converting an incident light into a charge, an electrode layer formed on the photoelectric conversion layer, first and second protective layers formed on the electrode layer, and a transparent electrode disposed between the electrode layer and the first protective layer, wherein a relation of nc1nullnc2null1.5 is met, where nc1 and nc2 are respectively refractive indices of the first and second protective layers.
Abstract:
An infrared sensor formed as a membrane on a substrate and detecting infrared rays by an infrared detector on that membrane, wherein even if an adhesive used for mounting the infrared sensor on a mounting surface creeps up to the membrane, it is made possible to prevent a drop in the sensor sensitivity by mounting the infrared sensor on a mounting surface by an adhesive having a heat conductivity of not more than seven times the heat conductivity of a fluid present in the inner cavity below the membrane.
Abstract:
A remote emissions sensing system and method for sensing exhaust emissions from motor vehicles is provided where the system determines the opacity of an exhaust plume. The system comprises a radiation source that emits radiation which is passed through the exhaust plume of a motor vehicle to one or more detectors arranged to receive the radiation. Multiple wavelength opacity measuring embodiments and monochromatic wavelength opacity measuring embodiments are disclosed.
Abstract:
An apparatus for investigating a sample comprising a source of a beam of radiation, a detector for detecting a beam of radiation reflected by or transmitted through a sample to be imaged, an optical subsystem for manipulating the beam between the source and detector and means for translating the optical subsystem along a first translation axis relative to the source and detector to scan the beam across the sample, wherein the source and the detector are on opposite sides of the subsystem and the beam from the source and the beam reflected or transmitted each enter and exit the subsystem in a direction parallel to the first direction of translation. The apparatus is also suitable for maintaining the relative phase of two beams of radiation, during translation of an optical subsystem.
Abstract:
This invention is a modular, adjustable, easy to maintain, portable food sanitation hood system, comprising a hooded means for subjecting food to sanitizers including UV light, ozone and hydroxyl radicals, and a method for using the system. The means for subjecting food to the sanitizers includes one or more UV radiation sources and one or more target rods for UV radiation located under a hood. The UV radiation sources are preferably low-vapor mercury UV light sources that emit UV light of approximately 185 to 254 nm. The hood preferably includes an adjustable light curtain to at least partially reduce radiation emitted away from the food. The target rods comprise up to approximately up to 0-30% titanium dioxide, up to 0-30% silver and up to 0-30% copper, by weight. The system may include a mister for adding mist in proximity to the food for efficient sanitization.
Abstract:
In an infrared obstruction detection system, an apparatus is used to detect the presence of ambient light and initiate compensation to minimize the effects of the ambient light on the performance of the system. In one embodiment, the magnitude of the ambient light is measured and an offset proportional to that magnitude is fed to the obstruction detection system such that the data indicative of an obstacle are not obscured. In another embodiment, the apparatus continually monitors the effect of ambient light and adjusts the obstacle detection information during the changing states of the ambient light detected.
Abstract:
Outdoor passive infra-red motion detector circuitry with circuit improvements that greatly reduce incidents of false activation. The motion detector includes one or more infra-red sensors and circuitry for amplifying and filtering the signal from the sensors. The amplification and filtering circuitry has a pass band for signals from the one or more sensors corresponding to a range of speeds of motion of a person moving in the field of view of the motion detector. The ability of the motion detector circuitry to filter out certain environmental sources of false activations is enhanced by providing the pass band with a very steep rolloff at the lower cutoff. In one embodiment the amplification and filtering circuitry is provided with three op amp stages, each stage being configured to contribute a nominal 6 db per octave rolloff to the lower cutoff. The amplification and filtering circuitry is also configured to provide the lower cutoff of the pass band with a fourth-order rolloff, which provides greatly enhanced protection against false activations from signals below the cutoff.
Abstract:
An input device for detecting input with respect to a reference plane. The input device includes one or more light sensors positioned to sense light at an acute angle with respect to the reference plane and for generating a signal indicative of sensed light, and a circuit responsive to said light sensor for determining a position of an object with respect to the reference plane.
Abstract:
A sensitivity adjusting equipment applied to a photoelectric smoke detector is provided. The photoelectric smoke detector includes a luminous component for providing an input light and a detecting component for receiving an even output light. The sensitivity adjusting equipment includes a light-scattering device having a scattering component and an adjustable hole for scattering the input light evenly and adjusting an intensity of the input light so as to output the even output light to the detecting component. The sensitivity adjusting equipment also includes a movable platform having a first brace connected to the photoelectric smoke detector and a supporting base having a second brace connected to the light-scattering device. The movable platform is moved to make the photoelectric smoke detector and the light-scattering device combined to adjust the sensitivity of the photoelectric smoke detector.
Abstract:
An infrared sensor including an absorber for absorbing incident infrared power to produce a signal representing the temperature of a target object, a frame supporting a membrane which carries the absorber, the frame including a plurality of reflecting surfaces disposed about the circumference of an opening over which the membrane spans for reflecting incident infrared power toward the absorber. By concentrating incident infrared power through reflection, the temperature difference between the absorber and the surrounding frame is increased, thereby producing an increased electrical output from the sensor.