Abstract:
A soda-lime-silica glass container and related methods of manufacturing. A black-strikable glass composition having a base glass portion and a latent colorant portion is prepared. The base glass portion includes soda-lime-silica glass materials and one or more blue colorant materials, and the latent colorant portion includes cuprous oxide (Cu2O), stannous oxide (SnO), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), and carbon (C). Glass containers may be formed from the black-strikable glass composition, and these glass containers may be heated to a temperature greater than 600 degrees Celsius to strike black therein. The glass containers formed from the black-strikable glass composition may be inspected—before or after striking—by infrared inspection equipment.
Abstract:
A method of estimating heat distribution of an image display unit includes: calculating, based on image data, an average current value of a pixel area in a display surface, the pixel area including at least one pixel in an image display unit, the image display unit including pixels arranged therein; calculating heat generation amount data by multiplying the calculated average current value by a predetermined current-heat conversion coefficient to convert the calculated average current value into a value corresponding to an amount of heat generation; and adding the heat generation amount data to a value of a first heat distribution table to update the first heat distribution table, and creating a new first heat distribution table by performing a two-dimensional low pass filter process on the updated table before multiplying a value of the processed table by a predetermined heat dissipation coefficient, at every predetermined period.
Abstract:
A system and associated method for analyzing a smoking article filter is provided. An emitter emits an initial signal toward a smoking article filter. The initial signal may have a frequency between about 0.1 teraHertz and about 10 teraHertz. A sensor may detect a resultant signal resulting from interaction of the initial signal with the smoking article filter. An analysis unit may receive the resultant signal from the sensor, determine a filter status based on the resultant signal, and output an indicium indicative of the filter status. The filter status may include a capsule presence within the smoking article filter, a capsule absence from the smoking article filter, a proper insertion of a capsule into the smoking article filter, a defective insertion of a capsule into the smoking article filter, a proper capsule within the smoking article filter, and a defective capsule within the smoking article filter.
Abstract:
An infrared sensor capable of more highly accurately correcting an electrical signal converted by a light receiving unit is provided. An infrared sensor (100) converts energy of infrared rays radiated from an object (for example, human body) to an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal, the infrared sensor comprising: a light receiving unit (10) that includes a quantum type infrared detection element (11) and that converts the energy of the infrared rays to an electrical signal; and a correction unit (20) that corrects the output signal from the light receiving unit (10), wherein the light receiving unit (10) and the correction unit (20) are formed of the identical material on the identical substrate (1) and have the identical configuration so that the infrared rays enters in an identical manner.
Abstract:
An infrared sensor capable of more highly accurately correcting an electrical signal converted by a light receiving unit is provided. An infrared sensor (100) converts energy of infrared rays radiated from an object (for example, human body) to an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal, the infrared sensor comprising: a light receiving unit (10) that includes a quantum type infrared detection element (11) and that converts the energy of the infrared rays to an electrical signal; and a correction unit (20) that corrects the output signal from the light receiving unit (10), wherein the light receiving unit (10) and the correction unit (20) are formed of the identical material on the identical substrate (1) and have the identical configuration so that the infrared rays enters in an identical manner.
Abstract:
A quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP) that provides two-color image sensing. Two different quantum wells are configured to absorb two different wavelengths. The QWIPs are arrayed in a focal plane array (FPA). The two-color QWIPs are selected for readout by selective electrical contact with the two different QWIPs or by the use of two different wavelength sensitive gratings.
Abstract:
A photoconductive detector (3) comprises a single continuous photoconductive strip consisting of two interleaved photoconductive spiral paths (1, 2) separated by much thinner gaps (5, 6). The two spiral paths (1, 2) have the same central point (19). The detector (3) is substantially planar and has the overall shape of roughly a circle (10). A circular band (4) of incident radiation (16) crosses the gaps (5, 6) in a nearly parallel fashion, rather than nearly perpendicularly as in the prior art, lessening unwanted modulations of the detected signal. The terminal (11) to terminal (12) resistance of the detector (3) is increased to the point where, when the photodetector (3) is made of the preferred HgCdTe, simple thermo-electric coolers are sufficient to enable use of the detector (3) as an infrared detector (3) in a heat-seeking missile (17).
Abstract:
A radiation detector includes a plurality of detector elements arranged on a detector substrate in an interdigitated linear array. A thermoelectric or other cooler is attached to the lower surface of the detector substrate. A pair of interconnect boards is positioned on opposite sides of the detector substrate. The detector elements, substrate, cooler and pair of boards are received in a sealed housing and a radiation transmitting window in the housing permits radiation to pass into the housing and strike the detector elements. A plurality of conductive pins extends through the housing and terminates at electrical traces on the interconnect boards. A thermistor or other temperature sensor is attached to the detector substrate and, through control of the thermoelectric cooler, maintains the detector substrate at a desired operating temperature.
Abstract:
Photoelectric detector fitted with an optical unit having lenses focused along optical axes of transmitting and receiving components 15, 16 and with an electronic circuit 14 on one edge of which are fixed the components. A reflection head 30 is fixed in sealed manner to body 10 of the detector, said head comprising a prism preferably with total reflection 32 inserted into hood 31 with an air space maintained between reflection surface 32a of the prism and front surface 31a of the hood.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a vacuum processing method and apparatus. When a sample is plasma processed under a reduced pressure, a sample bed is cooled by a cooling medium kept at a predetermined temperature lower than an etching temperature, the sample is held on the sample bed, a heat transfer gas is supplied between the back of the sample and the sample installation surface of the sample bed, and the pressure of the heat transfer gas is controlled so as to bring the sample to a predetermined processing temperature. In this way, a sample temperature can be regulated rapidly without increasing the scale of the apparatus. The temperature of the sample can be detected by a detector including a movable optical fiber having one end at which a phosphor is mounted and another end for transferring the fluorescence from the phosphor, a fixed optical transfer member provided apart from the another end of the movable optical fiber for receiving the fluorescence, a detector for detecting the temperature based on the fluorescence received by the fixed optical transfer member, and an actuating member for moving the movable optical fiber to provide thermal contact between the sample and the phosphor.