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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Decai Sun, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eric Peeters, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher L. Chua, San Jose, CA (US);
Francesco Lemmi, Roha, IT;
Patrick Y. Maeda, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Solberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Decai Sun, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eric Peeters, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher L. Chua, San Jose, CA (US);
Francesco Lemmi, Roha, IT;
Patrick Y. Maeda, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Solberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A light-producing device integrated with a power monitoring system include a light-producing device from which light is emitted in wavelengths that can range from approximately 700 nm to approximately 3 microns. A semi-transparent sensor is located such that at least a portion of the light emitted passes through the semi-transparent sensor and at least a portion of light is absorbed by the semi-transparent sensor. The semi-transparent sensor is configured to be semi-transparent at wavelengths that can range from 700 nm to 3 microns. The semi-transparent sensor may also be used with an external light source, for example with fiber-optic cables.