FRUIT MATURITY AND QUALITY SCANNING
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240302272A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18178671

    申请日:2023-03-06

    发明人: Ioannis Minas

    IPC分类号: G01N21/3563 G01N21/3581

    摘要: The true impact of preharvest factors such as crop load, canopy position, cultivar and rootstock on peach internal quality can be determined using multivariate visible light radiation (Vis) and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) prediction models to non-destructively assess peach internal quality (dry matter content, DMC; soluble solids concentration, SSC) and maturity (index of absorbance difference, IAD). A novel crop load×fruit developmental stage protocol allowed accurate multivariate Vis-NIRS-based prediction models development for three major yellow fleshed peach typologies (fully red over-colored, early-ripening bi-colored and late-ripening bi-colored) to non-destructively assess peach internal quality (DMC and SSC) and maturity (IAD) with a single scan during fruit growth and development in the field. The impact of preharvest factors such as crop load and canopy position on peach quality and maturity can be evaluated across a variety of peach cultivars using this novel technology.

    MEASURING APPARATUS AND TESTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240183777A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18334789

    申请日:2023-06-14

    IPC分类号: G01N21/3581

    摘要: A measuring apparatus includes a first beam splitter, a diffraction grating, an optical illumination system, an optical condensing system configured to condense an electromagnetic wave EH radiated from the specimen, a time domain detector configured to detect the electromagnetic wave EH, for each time when the trigger beam, light path length of which has been changed in a delay mechanism, is incident, and a controller configured to lock-in detect the electromagnetic wave EH with a driving frequency of an amplitude modulation element, wherein the controller obtains a magnitude and a direction of an electric field of the measurement portion by Fourier transforming a time domain waveform of the detected electromagnetic wave EH to obtain a frequency domain waveform, and filtering a frequency band from the obtained frequency domain waveform.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING COATING THICKNESS

    公开(公告)号:US20240167810A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18536561

    申请日:2023-12-12

    申请人: TeraView Limited

    摘要: A method for determining the thickness of a plurality of coating layers. The method comprises the steps of performing a calibration analysis on calibration data to determine initial values and search limits of optical parameters of the plurality of coating layers, irradiating the plurality of layers with a pulse of THz radiation in the range from 0.01 THz to 10 THz, detecting the reflected radiation to produce a sample response derived from the reflected radiation, producing a synthesized waveform using the optical parameters and predetermined initial thicknesses of the layers, varying the thicknesses and the optical parameters within the search limits to minimize the error measured between the sample response and the synthesized waveform, and outputting the thicknesses of the layers.

    Blood analysis method
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11841321B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US18317281

    申请日:2023-05-15

    IPC分类号: G01N21/3581

    CPC分类号: G01N21/3581

    摘要: A system for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing, an asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor, and a method for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing are presented. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor includes three gap areas which highly confine an electric field. The biosensor includes an E-shaped structure facing an inverted E-shaped structure with gaps between the respective legs. Each leg has a specially designed extension on either side which increases the electric field. A terahertz laser interrogates an analyte upon the metamaterial structure with a plurality of frequencies. The amplitude difference is estimated by an amplitude difference referencing technique. The amplitude difference is matched to a database record to identify the biomolecule analyte. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor in combination with the amplitude difference referencing technique detects the type of biomolecule with a high degree of accuracy and requires only small analyte samples with sub-micron thicknesses.