| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7345756 |
Image-based fiber length measurements from tapered beards |
March 18, 2008 |
| An image-based method and corresponding apparatus for measuring, in scientifically basic terms, the complete fiber length distribution from a tapered beard. The method may be referred to as length by image analysis (L.sub.i). |
| 7257543 |
System and method for marketing cotton |
August 14, 2007 |
| Computer-implemented systems and methods for building a database of bales of cotton available for sale, and for electronic commerce of bales of cotton. A fiber quality measurement instrument located in a cotton gin provides fiber quality data substantially concurrently with the making up |
| 7142693 |
Method of grading sample |
November 28, 2006 |
| Method of grading a sample. An input color image of the sample, such as a sample of raw cotton, is obtained by a scanning technique. This image is first analyzed by an image segmentation module and a binary image where pixels of a first characteristic are marked as 0 (e.g. cotton lint) a |
| 6854460 |
Controlled deliveries and depositions of pharmaceutical and other aerosolized masses |
February 15, 2005 |
| A system (1) for the precisely and accurately controlled delivery and collection of aerosolized masses. The system (1) includes an aerosol generator (100), an upstream electro-optional aerosol mass concentration sensor (200) past which aerosols are transported at a known upstream vol |
| 6735327 |
Color and trash measurements by image analysis |
May 11, 2004 |
| An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is provided which aid in the diagnosis of patient conditions by providing access from the ultrasound system to a library of reference ultrasonic images. The image library is cataloged in accordance with an image characteristic such as the type of |
| 6698274 |
Micronaire, maturity and fineness measurements via continuous compression air flow permeability |
March 2, 2004 |
| Instruments for measuring the gas flow permeability of a fiber sample, particularly a cotton fiber sample; and apparatus and methods employing multiple volumetric compressions to acquire data products for determining "micronaire," "maturity" and "fineness" of the fiber sample. A gas flow |
| 6604259 |
Ultra rapid conditioning of cotton fiber for testing and processing |
August 12, 2003 |
| Machine for ultra-rapidly condition cotton fiber. In a processing embodiment for conditioning fiber being pneumatically transported by a gas flow, fibers are collected to form a thin mat. Aerosolized liquid is delivered to the thin mat, and then conditioned fiber form the thin mat is |
| 6532798 |
Micronaire, maturity and fineness measurements via continuous compression air flow permeability |
March 18, 2003 |
| Instruments for measuring the gas flow permeability of a fiber sample, particularly a cotton fiber sample; and apparatus and methods employing multiple volumetric compressions to acquire data products for determining "micronaire," "maturity" and "fineness" of the fiber sample. A gas flow |
| 6397437 |
Ultra rapid conditioning of cotton fiber for testing and processing |
June 4, 2002 |
| Machines for ultra-rapidly conditioning cotton fiber. In one embodiment, a machine includes a conditioning chamber for receiving cotton fiber formed into a sheet-like body. The conditioning chamber is defined on one side by an impervious plate and on an opposite side by a perforated plat |
| 5910598 |
Modular process zone and personnel zone environmental control with dedicated air jet cleaning |
June 8, 1999 |
| Gas flows, whose plurality of conditions are controlled by modular environmental control apparatus, are sourced to or captured from various critical zones in materials processing machines, or in related personnel zones. A plurality of processing performance parameters, part of which may |
| 5676177 |
Method for optimally processing materials in a machine |
October 14, 1997 |
| Methods for optimally processing materials in a machine, such as a weaving machine, employing modular environmental control apparatus to control the conditions of gas flows sourced to or captured from various critical zones in materials processing machines. A plurality of processing perf |
| 4885473 |
Method and apparatus for detecting particles in a fluid using a scanning beam |
December 5, 1989 |
| An apparatus and method for detecting particles in a clean environment provides for forming a beam of electromagnetic radiation into an instantaneous scattering volume and scanning the scattering volume in space defined by a flow cell. Particles are transported by fluid means into th |
