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Bomgar, a leading provider of secure remote support solutions, announced today that Shaw Industries, Inc. is using the Bomgar remote support solution to provide enhanced and efficient technology support to its global user base. Founded in 1946 as a small business that dyed tufted scatter rugs, Shaw has grown to become the world's largest carpet manufacturer and a full-service flooring provider with more than four billion in annual sales and approximately 24,000 associates. Headquartered in Dalton, Ga., the company manufactures and distributes carpeting, area rugs, hardwood, laminate, resilient and tile and stone for residential and commercial applications worldwide.
Shaw service desk representatives provide IT support to employees throughout the organization, including those working in sales offices located around the globe, regional distribution centers, administrative and manufacturing facilities. Prior to implementing Bomgar, these support reps used several different remote support solutions to troubleshoot issues users had with their manufacturing terminals, computers, smartphones and tablets.
Stacey Nicholson, help desk manager for Shaw, recognized that using multiple support solutions resulted in significant limitations including lack of security, high licensing costs, and difficult interfaces for the support reps to navigate. In 2011, Shaw acquired a company that was using Bomgar, and Nicholson saw an opportunity to overcome the limitations inherent in Shaw's current remote support tools.
"The Bomgar solution addressed the concerns I had with our previous remote support solutions," Nicholson said. "For one, Bomgar offered a concurrent licensing model based on simultaneous rep usage, while other solutions linked individual reps to a unique or 'named seat' license. With concurrent licensing, we only need licenses for the reps that are logged into the Bomgar Representative Console simultaneously, which results in a significant savings on licensing costs."
Bomgar also addressed Nicholson's security concerns. "We evaluated several other products before choosing Bomgar. Unlike cloud-based solutions, Bomgar is an appliance that we deploy within our network, giving us in-house, centralized control over all remote support activity. We didn't have that control with the cloud-based remote access tools that route sensitive remote support logs and screen-sharing recordings through their own servers."
Shaw is also benefitting from Bomgar's pre-built integration with ServiceNow, the IT service management (ITSM) platform used by Shaw. The integration allows reps to launch secure remote support sessions directly from the ServiceNow incident record, so they can immediately begin remotely resolving issues. Once a session is initiated, reps can chat with the end-user and elevate the session to full screen sharing and remote keyboard and mouse control, enabling them to more easily diagnose and fix end-user issues. Upon conclusion of the Bomgar session, key information from the session, including chat scripts and actions taken, are fed back into the ticket, greatly improving tracking and auditing.
"Organizations, such as Shaw, that are responsible for providing technology support around the world can greatly benefit from the Bomgar solution," said Nathan McNeill, co-founder and chief strategy officer, Bomgar. "Being able to quickly resolve issues regardless of place, time, device and operating system brings down the barriers of traditional tech support. You can increase the productivity levels of both IT and end-users, while decreasing costs, creating a win-win scenario for all involved."
In Bomgar, Nicholson found a remote support solution to meet the global organization's needs. "Our work would be much harder without Bomgar. I would highly recommend Bomgar to any company. In one remote support solution, we have everything we need to meet our goals of enhancing our user experience, reducing costs while achieving higher levels of security and efficiency."
For a full case study about Shaw's use of Bomgar, please visit: http://www.bomgar.com/customers/.
About Bomgar
Bomgar provides remote support solutions for easily and securely supporting computing systems and mobile devices. The company's appliance-based products help organizations improve tech support efficiency and performance by enabling them to securely support nearly any device or system, anywhere in the world — including Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, BlackBerry and more. More than 6,500 organizations across 65 countries have deployed Bomgar to rapidly improve customer satisfaction while dramatically reducing costs. Bomgar is privately held with offices in Jackson, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Paris and London. You can find Bomgar on the web at www.bomgar.com, or on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+.
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News about Alaska, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Sep. 29, 2015
Royal Dutch Shell ceases its $7 billion oil exploration project in the Alaskan Arctic, further indication that entire industry is scaling back its ambitions amid collapsing oil prices; environmentalists greet announcement as significant victory. MORE
Sep. 29, 2015
Shell's announcement that it would suspend drilling for oil in the Alaskan Arctic has produced cheers among activists in Washington State and elsewhere, while others--mainly Alaskans--remain concerned about potential loss of jobs and tax revenue. MORE
Sep. 22, 2015
Study in journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports discovery of salmon remains at 11,500-year-old cooking site in Alaska, showing humans have been fishing for salmon since end of last ice age. MORE
Sep. 9, 2015
In Transit blog; Alaskan Dream Cruises announces it is adding a 74-passenger vessel to its 5-ship fleet of small cruise ships in 2016; Pandaw River Expeditions will launch 2016 cruises on Salween River in Myanmar. MORE
Sep. 8, 2015
Formerly vast ambitions for oil and natural gas riches in warming Arctic have been tempered by shifting forces in industry, opposition by environmentalists and big logistical problems, Royal Dutch Shell's drilling off Alaskan coast is being watched by industry; offshore projects worldwide have so far proved disappointing. MORE
Sep. 5, 2015
Defense officials report five Chinese Navy ships entered United States territorial waters in Bering Sea off Alaskan coast, but were in legal transit and complied with international law; says sighting, which occurred while Pres Obama was touring Alaska, was first time military noted such activity by China. MORE
Sep. 3, 2015
Political Memo; Pres Obama visits Kotzebue, Alaska, to warn about ravages of climate change and to promise Arctic communities, which are already suffering due to higher global temperatures, more aid; Obama delivers speech outlining federal efforts to help with issue; trip is first by sitting president to arctic Alaska. MORE
Sep. 2, 2015
Alaskan Gov Bill Walker's order to expand federal Medicaid coverage proceeds after Alaska Supreme Court refuses appeal by State Legislature to halt plan; Republican-controlled Legislature had sought temporary restraining order while filing lawsuit to permanently block expansion. MORE
Sep. 2, 2015
Pres Obama calls for more Coast Guard icebreakers that can work year round in nation's Arctic regions; comments come during tour Alaska, where Obama seeks to spotlight consequences of global warming and climate change. MORE
Sep. 2, 2015
Pres Obama, in Alaska to highlight consequences of global warming and climate change, is relishing opportunity to hike, see glaciers and wildlife, and get out of confines of the office. MORE
Sep. 1, 2015
Pres Obama attends international conference on Arctic during three-day Alaska trip, making an urgent appeal for global action to counter climate change. MORE
Aug. 31, 2015
Pres Obama will press his campaign against climate change by highlighting its starkly visible effects on his Arctic Alaska trip; activists complain Obama's climate change and energy policies are contradictory, supporting drilling in Alaska, while decrying impact of fossil fuels on warming. MORE
Aug. 9, 2015
Jenna Schnuer travel article on summer-season camping and fishing trip to Katmai National Park, wilderness area covering over four million acres in Southern Alaska. MORE
Aug. 4, 2015
Researchers are studying links between health of residents of Alaska's St Lawrence Island and harmful chemicals found at abandoned military radar station; tests have found that local fish are loaded with polychlorinated biphenyls, better known as PCBs, and PCB levels in residents are multiple times higher than in most other places in nation; PCBs are linked to cancer and banned in many countries. MORE
Jul. 17, 2015
Alaska Gov Bill Walker announces plan to unilaterally expand Medicaid by accepting federal funds that will cover roughly 42,000 Alaskans projected to be eligible under expansion; move comes after state Legislature fails to expand coverage, option for every state under Affordable Care Act. MORE
Jul. 13, 2015
Alaska prepares to ship tons of debris, most of which washed ashore as result of 2011 tsunami in Japan, by barge to Washington and Oregon for recycling; cleanup project is estimated to cost $1.3 million. MORE
Jun. 27, 2015
Emergency workers recover remains of nine people killed in small plane accident in Alaska; cause of crash is being investigated. MORE
May. 31, 2015
Restaurant offerings in Juneau, AK, have become more diverse and interesting. MORE
May. 13, 2015
Port of Seattle's board votes to ask Foss Maritime to delay hosting of Shell's arctic drilling rigs, spurred by public pressure over company plans to use Puget Sound as home port for summer drilling operation in Alaska; vote does not rescind lease signed allowing Shell to use space, nor does it compel any delay; reflects debate that in many ways is proxy fight over Shell's drilling and, by extension, climate change. MORE
May. 13, 2015
Environmentalists have reacted with outrage to Obama administration's announcement that it will allow Shell to drill for oil off Alaskan coast, particularly due to what they say is Shell's dismal safety record in Arctic drilling; many experts have cautioned that Arctic drilling is enormously risky, and environmentalists have pushed for ceasing all drilling in the region. MORE
May. 13, 2015
Editorial holds Royal Dutch Shell's plan to drill for oil off the coast of Alaska remains dangerous, but acknowledges prospect of catastrophe has been reduced by government regulation; notes spill in region would be devastating for large fish populations and other wildlife; examines new rules that have forced company to spend heavily on safety protocols. MORE
May. 12, 2015
Obama administration grants Shell oil company conditional approval to begin drilling in Chukchi Sea off Alaskan coast, angering environmentalists and signaling victory for oil industry; both industry and environmentalists agree that area presents numerous dangers to drilling, and environmentalists warn that spill there could have catastrophic consequences. MORE
Jan. 27, 2015
Pres Obama's proposal to ban energy exploration on 12 million acres of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be designated wilderness elicits angry and bitter reaction from Alaska residents and political leaders; Sen Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, chairwoman of Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, calls announcement 'a stunning attack on our sovereignty.' MORE
Jan. 27, 2015
Editorial welcomes proposal from Pres Obama to designate 1.5 million acres of Alaska's coastal plain as a permanent wilderness refuge; observes decision comes amid debate over whether to exploit area's vast oil reserve, argument that has been deflated by plummeting oil prices. MORE
Jan. 26, 2015
Global drop in energy prices has had historic impact on Alaska, which relies on taxes on oil companies to provide 90 percent of its budget; budget shortfall is particularly problematic as state collects no sales or income taxes. MORE
Jan. 26, 2015
Pres Obama will request that Congress bolster environmental protections for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska and to designate 12 million of total 19 million acres as protected wilderness; Republicans are likely to fiercely oppose request. MORE
Dec. 2, 2014
Michael George Patterson, 59-year-old Native Alaskan lifelong smoker who is chronically ill, tells high school students in Juneau about his impending death and encourages them to avoid smoking; is one of more than two dozen people selected by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to speak out against tobacco use. MORE
Nov. 25, 2014
Bill Walker, governor-elect of Alaska, won election in surprising manner; campaigned with no money and almost no chance of victory until Democrat Byron Mallott agreed to forfeit party nomination and join forces with him on independent ballot line as lieutenant governor; last minute 'unity ticket' helped them defeat Republican incumbent Sean Parnell. MORE
Nov. 15, 2014
Independent candidate Bill Walker wins Alaska governor's race after aggressive challenge to Republican incumbent Gov Sean Parnell. MORE
Nov. 13, 2014
Republican challenger Dan Sullivan narrowly defeats Sen Mark Begich of Alaska in his re-election bid after count of absentee ballots; Begich, one-term Democrat, trailed by about 7,900 votes. MORE
Nov. 6, 2014
Two political races in Alaska remain unsolved; in Senate race, Republican Dan Sullivan leads Democratic incumbent Sen Mark Begich by about 8,000 votes; governor's race is even tighter, with Republican incumbent Gov Sean Parnell trailing independent candidate Bill Walker by about 3,000 votes; thousands of absentee ballots remain uncounted. MORE
Nov. 6, 2014
Efforts to legalize recreational marijuana were successful in Oregon, Washington, DC, and Alaska, and voters approve legalizing medical marijuana in Florida; people on both sides of issue see victory of marijuana legalization in Alaska, where Republicans control most of the state government, as particularly vivid signal flare about issue as next wave of state voter referendums are being planned. MORE
Nov. 4, 2014
Workers' advocates have bypassed legislatures and placed minimum-wage increase on ballots in several red states like Alaska and Arkansas; those against an increase concede that the measures are likely to pass. MORE
Oct. 29, 2014
Residents of Oregon, Alaska and Washington, DC, will vote on ballot measures to legalize sales of recreational marijuana to adults. MORE
Oct. 18, 2014
Alaska and Arizona become latest states to allow same-sex marriage, bringing the number of states that let gay and lesbian couples wed to 31. MORE
Oct. 16, 2014
Timothy Egan Op-Ed column contends American Indians, most underrepresented people in the country, could be kingmakers for control of the Senate; points out Native American vote in Alaska and South Dakota could be only thing that stands in way of Republican-controlled Senate. MORE
Oct. 13, 2014
Federal Judge Timothy M Burgess strikes down Alaska's first-in-the-nation ban on same-sex marriages. MORE
Oct. 11, 2014
Alaska's municipal prosecutor's office says that it will not press charges in brawl involving former Gov Sarah Palin and her family that broke out at a party in Anchorage. MORE
Oct. 9, 2014
Economic anxiety amid dwindling oil and gas industry in Alaska is raising difficult questions about the future, and it is also shaping the Senate contest; in a state long dominated by Republicans, Democratic incumbent Mark Begich is widely regarded as an underdog against his Republican challenger Dan Sullivan, former state attorney general and natural resources commissioner (Series: States In Play). MORE
Oct. 6, 2014
Editorial endorses initiatives in Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia to legalize recreational marijuana in November; examines technical differences between the proposals. MORE
Oct. 4, 2014
Gail Collins Op-Ed column lambasts politicians in states most threatened by climate change, such as Louisiana, Alaska and Florida, who nonetheless deny its validity and human role in bringing it about; says political climate discourages any Republican from acknowledging that human beings have anything to do with climate change. MORE
Oct. 2, 2014
Op-Ed article by Alaskan novelist Brendan Jones holds political climate in Alaska leading up to November Senate elections is less Republican and more unpredictable than most think; says while election is bringing unaccustomed attention to Alaska, local residents are working through layered set of locally-influenced opinions about Republican candidate Dan Sullivan and Democrat incumbent Mark Begich. MORE
Sep. 28, 2014
Forest Service is preparing to auction 9.7 square miles of Tongass National Forest in Alaska for logging purposes, drawing protests and lawsuits from environmental groups; incident is latest in nation's longest-running environmental dispute, waged between preservationists focused on saving ancient forests and agency bound by politics and tradition to Alaska's loggers. MORE
Sep. 21, 2014
The Upshot; tossup Senate races in Alaska and Kansas pose unusual challenges for election analysts and forecasters, clouding overall Senate picture. MORE
Sep. 13, 2014
Alaskan police are investigating whether members of Sarah Palin's family participated in a brawl during a birthday party in Anchorage; Palin, in a Facebook post, says that she had been traveling the day the party was held. MORE
Sep. 5, 2014
Alaska Gov Sean Parnell, upon request, receives resignation of adjutant general of Alaska National Guard Thomas Katkus; request by governor came after report into allegations of sexual assault in Guard found that victims do not trust system due to lack of confidence in the command. MORE
Sep. 3, 2014
Byron Mallott, Democratic candidate for governor of Alaska, says he will withdraw and run instead for lieutenant governor alongside independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker; says move is aimed at defeating incumbent Gov Sean Parnell, Republican seeking his second term; decision means that for first time since Alaskan statehood in 1959, no Democrat will be on the ballot for governor. MORE
Sep. 2, 2014
Alaska gubernatorial candidates Byron Mallott, Democratic, and Bill Walker, independent, are discussing whether to merge their campaigns on bipartisan or nonpartisan ticket in effort to unseat incumbent Republican Gov Sean Parnell. MORE
Sep. 1, 2014
Alaskan advocates for local food, boosted by state programs and incentives, are pushing back against commonly held notion that eating food grown or raised in Alaska is impossible or too expensive; Alaska now has its first food co-op, offering 50 percent locally grown produce in the summer to its thousands of owner-members, and is ranked 16th in national 'Locavore Index' created by a Vermont-based advocacy group. MORE
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General Information on Alaska
Official Name: State of Alaska
Nickname: The Last Frontier
Capital: Juneau
Largest City: Anchorage
Admitted to Union: 1959
Land Area and rank: 571,951 (1st)
Postal Abbreviation: AK
Web site: State.ak.us
Highlights From the Archives
As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising
Relieved of billions of tons of glacial weight, land is rising much as a cushion regains its shape after a person gets up from a chair.May 18, 2009 scienceNews
Alaska Is a Frontier for Green Power
Alaska is fast becoming an experiment in oil-state support for renewable energy.February 18, 2009 businessNews
In Alaska's Far North, Two Cultures Collide
The traditions of the Inupiat, natives of Alaska's arid north coast, are coming into conflict with the quest for oil.December 4, 2007 businessNews
Alaska Seeks Federal Money to Move a Village Threatened by Climate Change
The state is hoping to kick-start an exodus from the village of Newtok, about 500 miles west of Anchorage.
October 4, 2015, Sunday
Shell's Exit From Arctic Oil Drilling
A reader says it's too early to celebrate since nothing is stopping Shell from returning to the Arctic once oil prices rise.
October 3, 2015, Saturday
Shell Exits Arctic as Slump in Oil Prices Forces Industry to Retrench
In one sign of the industrywide trend, Royal Dutch Shell has ended its expensive nine-year effort to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic.
September 29, 2015, Tuesday
Exuberance and Disappointment at Shell's About-Face in the Arctic
Environmental activists celebrated Shell's announcement that it would suspend drilling for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, while others lamented the potential lost jobs and tax revenue.
September 29, 2015, Tuesday
New Dinosaur Species That Lived Above Arctic Circle Is Discovered
A duck-billed plant eater that lived 69 million years ago provides further evidence that a much warmer Alaska had its own community of dinosaurs.
September 29, 2015, Tuesday
From Alaska to Iceland, Breaking Barriers to Arctic Travel
A conversation with Sarah Aciego, a professor of glaciology, who started Big Chill Adventures to take small groups on weeklong photo-hiking tours.
September 27, 2015, Sunday
As Fires Grow, a New Landscape Appears in the West
A natural cycle of fire and forest renewal has been broken in the West, some scientists believe. Millions of trees may never return.
September 22, 2015, Tuesday
Oldest Find of Salmon Remains in North America
The 11,500-year-old remains were found in Alaska, a study says, confirming that salmon fishing in North America dates from the end of the last ice age.
September 22, 2015, Tuesday
Alaska: No Life Rafts for Walruses
The United State Fish and Wildlife Service has declined to create floating platforms because they lack summer sea ice.
September 16, 2015, Wednesday
On Alaska's Ferries, Beloved Bars No Longer Make the Trip
The ferries of the Alaska Marine Highway System had been home to some of the most gloriously quirky bars in the 49th state.
September 13, 2015, Sunday
Obama Dances With Alaskan Children
The president's Alaska trip brought him to Dillingham on Wednesday, where he attended an event at a children's school and joined the kids in a dance.
Obama Visits Alaska School
President Obama on Wednesday said that the effects of global warming already seen in Kotzebue, Alaska, where he was speaking, should be the world's wake-up call.
Obama's Alaska Tour Continues
On Tuesday, the president visited a melting glacier in the Kenai Mountains and bought some pastries at an Anchorage cafe.
An Unusual Octopus Gets a Second Look
The larger Pacific striped octopus has an unusual way of mating, and hunts with a "slow bounce" style.
What's That Bubble? A Dying Star's Glowing Remains
A new picture of the Southern Owl Nebula was captured by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
An Extraordinary Humpback Whale Sighting in Alaska
The whale, whom the researchers named Old Timer, was first seen in Lynn Canal in southeast Alaska. It is the longest string of sightings of a humpback.
Science at the End of the Earth
A team of scientists spent five days collecting and dissecting fish on remote St. Lawrence Island in Alaska to study the effects of pollution from old military installations on the habitat.
Searching for Signs of Lingering Pollution in Alaska
A group of researchers traveled to St. Lawrence Island in Alaska and withstood difficult conditions to study pollution caused by military sites from the Cold War days.
Rescue From a Sinking Ship
Four men stranded on a sinking fishing vessel in Alaska were rescued by the Coast Guard just moments before their craft disappeared under the waves.
Sail, Paddle or Row?
Participants in "The Race to Alaska" will race in boats without motors for 750 miles from Port Townsend, Wash., to Ketchikan, Alaska.
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A small number of residents were evacuated immediately from their homes and a cordon was put in place while officers carried out further work at the property.
A full investigation is now under way following the man's arrest and inquiries are being made to establish the exact nature of the chemicals.
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The present invention is directed to an optical measuring device for measuring the shape of particularly rough surfaces of test objects, the optical measuring device having a unit containing at least one light source, one illumination optics, one measuring optics, and at least one detection unit having a detection element, for producing a focus on the surface, for imaging the focus reflected by the surface using the measuring optics onto the detection element, and for determining the intensity distribution of the imaged focus on the detection element, such that the intensity distribution is a function of the focus position of the measuring optics relative to the surface, and from the result of one or a plurality of different intensity distributions, the position or shape of the observed surface area can be determined through a signal evaluation.
In this type of optical measuring device known as a confocal microscope, a test object is illuminated, for example, through a microscope objective by a patch of light. The patch of light is situated in the focal plane of the microscope objective. This plane, the so-called focal plane of the microscope objective, is once again imaged through the microscope objective into an image plane where an aperture (pinhole) is located. Situated behind this detection aperture is a photodiode, or image recorder.
For purposes of 3D-measurement, the object surface is moved (scanned) in the depth axis (z-axis) through the focal plane. If the object surface lies in the focal plane, then the patch of light is imaged sharply onto the detection aperture, and the photodiode measures a high intensity signal. If, on the other hand, the surface lies outside of the focal plane, then an unsharp image of the patch of light is formed on the detection aperture, and the photodiode measures a weak intensity signal. Various methods have been established for moving the test object through the focal plane for purposes of 3D measurement. For example, in a commercial confocal microscope, the test component is placed on a piezo-unit that performs the depth scanning, or specific components, together with the microscope objective, perform the depth scanning. Heretofore, confocal microscopy has been predominantly used for measuring planar objects or in the field of biology, as is shown in S. W. Paddock, "Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy," Bio Techniques, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 992-1004, November 1999.
A further measuring device of this type is configured as an autofocus system. In this context, just as in the aforementioned confocal microscope, the test object in the observed area is illuminated by a patch of light via an illumination optics and a measuring optics. The focal plane is once again supplied via the measuring optics to the detection unit, in which an astigmatic optics is arranged for producing an image on the image recorder. The image, as a function of the position of the observed area relative to the focal plane, has varying local distribution patterns of intensity, from which using a locally resolving image recorder the position of the observed area can be determined. Heretofore, autofocus systems of this type have been used in cameras for automatic sharp focussing or as distance sensors in CD-playing devices. For the design of an autofocus system, reference is made to Naumann/Schr�der: Bauelemente der Optik, Carl Hanser Printing House, Munich, Vienna, 6th Edition, p. 349, and to Isailovic': Videodisc and Optical Memory Systems, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1985.
If the test object is illuminated by a patch of light, it must then still be scanned in the xy-direction. For this, various related-art techniques have also become widely accepted, such as beam folding using oscillating mirrors, moving the object in the xy-direction relative to the measuring system. When a Nipkow disk and a CCD camera are used, areal measurements of the objective surface can likewise be taken.
An alternative measuring device is configured as a Foucault laser. In this context, a parallel light beam is generated by a laser. This beam is focused via an optics (objective optics). In the illumination light path, an aperture (Foucault knife edge) is used, so that the laser beam cannot spread out in passing through the entire opening of the objective optics. The focused light is reflected back by the object and can pass, in the detection light path, through the full opening of the objective optics. Via a beam splitter, which is situated between the objective optics and the Foucault knife edge, the reflected light via a second optics (detection optics) is conveyed onto a locally resolving image recorder. By using the Foucault knife edge in the illumination light path, the image of the focus from the surface of the object has varying distribution patterns of intensity as a function of the position of the observed area of the object surface relative to the focal plane of the objective optics. From this varying local distribution of intensity, which is established and evaluated using the image recorder (e.g., CCD camera, four-quadrant diode, differential diode, etc.), the position of the observed area of the surface can be determined. Because the object is illuminated using only one patch of light, it must still be scanned in the xy-direction. For this, various techniques have established themselves in accordance with the related art (e.g., moving the object relative to the light beam, beam folding using oscillating mirrors, etc.).
If measurements are to be taken, for example, in narrow cavities, then difficulties arise when a confocal microscope is used.
In contrast to interferometric optical measuring devices in narrow cavities, e.g., as in white light interferometry, where it is necessary to assemble a relatively expensive reference arm having properties nearly identical to those of the object arm, a confocal microscope has a simple and cost-effective design.
The underlying object of the present invention is to devise an optical measuring device of the type mentioned at the outset which will enable surface measurements of a test object to be taken even at poorly accessible locations, such as in narrow cavities.
This objective is achieved by the features of claim 1. According to these features, the measuring optics has an optical probe for generating at least one intermediate image (ZW) of an observed surface area.
This design of a confocal microscope having the optical probe which includes the intermediate-imaging device facilitates measuring tasks, enabling them to be performed quantitatively, non-destructively, quickly, at high resolutions, in a contact-free manner, as well as simply and cost-effectively, even, for example, in narrow cavities or channels.
One favorable refinement provides for the intermediate image or at least one of the intermediate images to be generated in the object beam path.
Alternative design possibilities are derived in that the optical probe on the object side of an objective optics is arranged in the reflected object beam, it being possible to configure the objective optics as a microscope objective, in order to achieve, e.g., a high lateral resolution, or in that the optical probe includes an optical system designed as a microscope objective. The first variant is suited, for example, for redesigning an existing confocal microscope, while the second variant is particularly suited for reconstructing a confocal microscope.
A simple design is also promoted by the fact that an illumination aperture is provided, and the optical probe images the illumination aperture in its focal plane.
The intermediate image is generated and scanned in simple manner in that an optical unit, which is rigid in relation to the test object, is located in the measuring beam and is followed on the side distant from the test object by an optical unit which is movable in relation to the test object, in the direction of its optical axis during depth scanning. In this context, one simple embodiment provides for an intermediate image, which is rigid in relation to the test object, to be generated by the rigid optical unit normally to the optical axis, and for the movable optical unit to be positioned in the reflected object beam behind the rigid intermediate image and to be designed to scan the latter.
Uneven or unfavorably oriented surfaces of the test object may be easily converted into an even intermediate image and be scanned, in that the rigid optical unit has wavefront-deforming elements.
A design that is favorable in terms of simplicity of operation and reliability of performance provides for the rigid optical unit to be fully or partially designed as an endoscope.
An additional favorable embodiment is derived in that the rigid optical unit is part of an optical system that generates the intermediate image or an additional intermediate image.
Alternative design possibilities are derived in that the movable optical unit is made fully or partially of optical elements which are movable in the direction of the optical axis and, furthermore, in that the movable optical unit is situated fully outside of, partially inside and outside of, or fully inside of the object's light path.
A precise measurement is reinforced in that the intermediate-imaging device has the same linear magnification for all object points imaged in the rigid intermediate image and, additionally, in that the intermediate-imaging device is designed as a telecentric imaging device in a 4F configuration.
A system of confocal apertures can be provided that includes, for example, pinhole diaphragms, slit diaphragms, slit gratings or a Nipkow disk. It is advantageous, e.g., that the confocal system of apertures have an illumination aperture and a detection aperture, which are positioned at optically conjugate locations of the beam path of an illumination unit having a light source and of a detection unit, that as a function of the focus position relative to the surface, varying local intensity distributions arise on the detection element, and that the position or shape of the observed surface area can be determined from the varying intensity distributions using a signal evaluation unit of the detection unit.
In the confocal system of apertures, an additional measure results from the fact that the optical probe also images the detection probe in the focal plane.
The measuring device can advantageously be designed so as to have an autofocus system such that the detection unit has an astigmatic optics for generating an astigmatic image of the observed object surface on a receiver surface of the detection unit, that the astigmatic optics be configured and arranged such that, as a function of the focus position relative to the object surface, varying local intensity distributions arise on the receiver surface, and that the position or shape of the observed surface area can be determined from the differing local intensity distributions using a signal evaluation unit of the detection unit.
In this context, one design that is favorable for a precise measurement of the object surface is reflected in the fact that the astigmatic optics has a cylinder lens or torus lens, and the receiver surface is a four-quadrant photo diode or an image recorder having an areal arrangement of image recording elements or an image recording arrangement made up of a plurality of rows of image recorders, and that the arrangement of the astigmatic optics and the receiver surface be such that for a focal plane situated in front of the observed surface area, a first orientation of the intensity distribution results, for a focal plane situated behind the observed surface area, a second orientation of the intensity distribution results, and for a focal plane situated in the observed surface area, a balanced intensity distribution results.
The measuring device can advantageously be configured as a Foucault laser such that the illumination light path contains an aperture, which brings it about that, for the illumination of the object, the entire diameter of the objective optics is not exposed to the beam, but that in casting an image of the object onto the image recorder, the entire diameter of the objective optics is exposed to the beam. In this context, the coverage of the diameter is preferably arranged so as to be asymmetrical. Furthermore, the aperture is arranged so that, as a function of the focus position relative to the object surface, varying local intensity distributions arise on the receiver surface, and that the position or shape of the observed surface area can be determined from the varying local intensity distributions using a signal evaluation unit of the detection unit. The aperture is preferably configured as a Foucault knife edge.
In this context, one design that is favorable for a precise measurement of the object surface is reflected in the fact that the receiver surface is an image recorder having an areal arrangement of image recording elements or a four-quadrant photo diode, or a differential diode, and that the arrangement is designed such that for a focal plane situated in front of the observed surface area, a first orientation of the intensity distribution results, for a focal plane situated behind the observed surface area, a second orientation of the intensity distribution results, and for a focal plane situated in the observed surface area, a balanced intensity distribution results.
The accessibility of unfavorably situated measuring locations is improved in that the optical probe has at least two sections which are able to swing out relative to one another about an axis, transversely to the optical axis, or be displaced relative to one another, transversely to the optical axis, and be arrested in a swing or displacement position.
In order to be able to simultaneously measure different surface areas using the same measuring device and to be able to generate a position relationship between the different surface areas, one advantageous embodiment proposes that the measuring optics have a superposition optics, through which surface areas of the test object that are separated spatially are illuminated and are imaged as intermediate images in one image field of a common intermediate image plane or in image fields of different intermediate image planes.
In this context, different embodiments are generated by the fact that the superposition optics is made up of different individual lens systems, and it images the spatially separated surface areas along different optical axes and/or different optical path lengths in the common intermediate image plane, or that the superposition optics has a multifocal optics having a lens that has a plurality of focal distances along one or a plurality of optical axes, and it images the spatially separated surface areas in the common intermediate image plane.
One further beneficial embodiment for measuring different surface areas derives from the fact that a plurality of detection units is provided each having an astigmatic optics and each having an image recorder in tuned, different image planes.
Different surface areas can be distinguished and measured in a simple manner by providing a plurality of illumination light paths with a plurality of illumination apertures and/or with light of differing wavelengths.
If it is provided that the measuring optics has an image-flattening optics for producing a flattened intermediate image of at least one uneven surface area, then it is possible to measure also uneven surface areas easily and precisely. In this context, it is additionally possible to measure, e.g., even circumferential wall areas of a cavity or annular surface areas using simple means by configuring the image-flattening optics as a optics.
Measuring using a depth scan takes place in that for determining the position and shape of the observed surface area, a relative change in the position of the focal plane with respect to the surface area is carried out in the z direction, either through a motion of the test object relative to the measuring device or through a motion of the objective optics having the optical probe relative to the surface or through a motion of the objective optics as a movable optical unit relative to the surface and to the optical probe as a rigid optics unit.
The present invention is elucidated in the following on the basis of exemplary embodiments, reference being made to the drawing, whose figures show:
FIG. 9 through
As is apparent from
The underlying measuring system is a confocal microscope having a microscope optics MO. In the confocal microscope, surface structures of test object O situated outside of the focus in the region of a focal plane FE are suppressed. This is achieved, for example, in that the entire test object O is not simultaneously illuminated and imaged, but rather only one point at a time. For this purpose, confocal apertures are used, in the form of an illumination aperture BP disposed in an illumination light path and of a detection aperture DP disposed in a detection light path, at optically conjugate locations of the optical path. Light beams coming from outside the focus are suppressed by detection aperture DP.
A light source LQ, for example in the form of a coherent laser diode or an incoherent white light source, is focused, for example, using a lens L1 at illumination aperture BP. Test object O is illuminated by a patch of light (image of illumination aperture BP) by way of a beam splitter ST and through microscope objective MO, as well as through endoscope E. The patch of light is situated in focal plane FE of endoscope E. Focal plane FE of endoscope E is again imaged using endoscope E of optical probe OS into an intermediate image plane, as an intermediate image ZW. Intermediate image ZW is imaged by microscope objective MO, via beam splitter ST, into an image plane in which detection aperture DP is located. In this manner, the patch of light in focal plane FE is imaged via intermediate image ZW onto detection aperture DP, behind which is situated a photodiode, i.e., an image recorder BA, e.g., a CCD camera.
For purposes of 3D-measurement, in accordance with
To scan the intermediate images, endoscope E does not have any mechanically rigid connection to the actual microscope objective MO. In accordance with the exemplary embodiment shown in
Endoscope optics E is preferably an optical system in a 4F configuration having the same linear magnification (e.g., β=1) for all object points.
The two sections of folding endoscope KE are implemented by two tubes having tube axes that are directed relatively to one another in accordance with the folding position and are joined to one another by an articulation at axis of rotation DA. The endoscope optics is divided between the two tubes (e.g., objective lens in the one and eyepiece lens in the other tube). The two tubes are mechanically fabricated so as to permit the two tube axes to be oriented to one another both at 0� (folded-in state) as well as at the at least one rigid swing angle α (folded-out state). In the folded-in state, spring F is tensioned, in the folded-out state, it is released. In place of the mirror, prisms or gratings may also be provided as optical deflecting elements in the endoscope. To provide guidance when the endoscope is introduced into the inside of test object O, a bore in test object O itself or a separate guidance may be used. As illustrated in
The optical measuring device described above having the measuring system configured as a confocal microscope can also in its measuring optics be furnished with a probe optics, as depicted in
In the autofocus system, which is part of the equipment of optical measuring device 1 in accordance with the exemplary embodiment depicted in
In this context, for three-dimensional measurement, the object surface in the depth axis (z-axis) is scanned through focal plane FE. If the observed surface area is in focal plane FE, then the light point of the surface is imaged as an unsharp circle on image recorder BA, or the four-quadrant photo diode, the evaluation signal is zero. If, on the other hand, the observed surface area lies outside focal plane FE, then the evaluation signal becomes positive or negative depending on the direction of the defocusing.
In accordance with
If test piece O is illuminated by a patch of light, then it must still be scanned in the xy-direction, for which purposes procedures known from the related art, e.g., beam folding using oscillating mirrors, can be used.
As already described above in connection with the confocal measuring system, the measuring optics in the object beam path has an optical system, which generates an intermediate image. In
In the design having the autofocus system, it is also possible to carry out a scanning of intermediate image ZW in accordance with the description in connection with the confocal measuring system, as is shown, by way of example, in
Alternatively, the superposition optics in accordance with
One further probe optics SO is made up of a optics RO in accordance with FIG. 11. In this context, for scanning uneven surface areas, the surveillance optics is configured as an image-flattening optics, which brings about an even intermediate image ZW. In this manner, it is possible to observe and to measure surface areas in a cavity that are oriented in particular diagonally with respect to the optical axis. Using the configuration as a surveillance optics, it is possible to measure a radially symmetrical surface area that extends in a 360� circumference. The illumination of test object O is carried out through the image-flattening optics, i.e., the surveillance optics. Using the surveillance optics, for example, an annular section (360� in circumference) of the surface is imaged. The object surface can be imaged into one plane using surveillance optics RO, the flattened object then being generated. The flattened intermediate image can be imaged directly into the detection unit or via intermediate images.
In addition, the described autofocus system can be used in connection with folding endoscope KE, described above and depicted in
On the other hand, the confocal measuring system in accordance with
In the measuring device in accordance with the principle of the Foucault laser, which is part of the equipment of optical measuring device 1 in accordance with the exemplary embodiment depicted in
If the observed surface area lies in the focal plane, then the light point of the surface is imaged symmetrically onto the image recorder, or the differential diode. If, on the other hand, the observed surface area lies outside of the focal plane, then the light point is imaged asymmetrically. Spatially, a difference arises in the intensity distribution. From this difference, the position of the surface area can be determined.
For three-dimensional measurement, in this context, the objective surface in the depth axis (z-axis) is scanned through the focal plane. According to
If test object O is illuminated using one patch of light, then it must still be scanned in the xy-direction, for which purpose procedures known from the related art, e.g., beam folding using oscillating mirrors, moving the object relative to the measuring system in the xy, etc., can be used.
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The Korea-United States Journalists Exchange, launched by the East-West Center in 2005, is co-sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Korea Press Foundation to increase public understanding of the two countries and their relationship. The program offers opportunities for six to eight Korean journalists to visit the United States and for six to eight United States journalists to visit Korea.
The Korean participants visit Washington D.C. and two other cities in the U.S. while the American participants visit Seoul and two to three other cities in South Korea. Following these study tours, all Korean and American journalists meet at the East-West Center in Honolulu to report on their experiences and to exchange opinions on how coverage of each country may be improved in the other.
The East-West Center announces the 2015 Korea-United States Journalists Exchange, scheduled for November 8 – 18, 2015. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Exchange. While Koreans generally have positive feelings toward the United States, Korean media are questioning the Korea-US relationship, suggesting it receives the least US attention among the three Northeast Asian powers – South Korea, Japan and China. This Exchange will provide an opportunity for journalists to look more closely at the US-South Korea military alliance, economic ties, and other aspects of this important bilateral relationship.
The program will take six to seven Korean journalists to the United States and six to seven US journalists to South Korea to meet with government and business leaders, academics, non-governmental organizations, media and other members of the community. The journalists will explore political, economic, social, media, technology and other issues. Following these study tours, the Korean and American journalists will meet for a final dialogue at the Korea Press Center in Seoul to report on their travel experiences and to exchange opinions on how media coverage of US-Korea issues can be improved. The journalists will also be invited to events marking the 10th anniversary of the Exchange, co-sponsored by the Korea Press Foundation.
"Bridging the Gaps in Understanding between Korea and the United States"
November 8 – 18, 2015
Korean Destinations:
Seoul, Busan, and Jeju
US Destinations:
Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California
|All participants will meet in Seoul for a one-day concluding program.
Who Can Apply:
Working US and Korean print, broadcast and online journalists with a minimum of five years of experience.
Application Deadline
Funding: The 2015 Korea-US Journalists Exchange is funded by the East-West Center, Korea Press Foundation, and Pacific Century Institute, Sponsors will cover:
- All international and domestic airfare
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- Lodging in each of the study-tour destinations
- Program-related meals
- Cultural activities and networking opportunities
- Interpretation services during the study tour
Application Guidelines for U.S. Journalists
Participants are responsible for paying a program fee of $500.00 plus their health insurance and airline baggage charges. Please email the following application information to the East-West Center (firstname.lastname@example.com) or by fax (1-808-944-7600):
- Current resume or curriculum vitae (no more than 2 pages)
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For Korean journalists, please contact the Korea Press Foundation (www.kpf.or.kr)
For information about the 2012 Korea-US Journalists Exchange, click here.
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Daimler's chief executive said "different types" of cooperation with Apple and Google are possible as carmakers realize next-generation autos cannot be built without greater input from telecoms and software experts. "Many things are conceivable," Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said in an interview with quarterly magazine Deutsche Unternehmerboerse published on Friday.Read More »
B2C Companies Are Adapting, Creating New Products Using Internet of Things
While many manufacturers struggle to automate processes and generate data using the Internet of Things, companies that cater to consumers have made significant progress in using IoT in products that make humans' lives better and more informative.Read More »
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With the summer winding down, companies' budgets are winding up. These diverse organizations are looking for new CEO leadership.Read More »
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Millennials have officially taken over as the largest segment of the U.S workforce, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center analysis. Love them or hate them, the sheer size and influence of the millennial generation has important business implications, not the least of which is what kind of leaders they will make 10 years from now.Read More »
What China's Currency Devaluation Means for the World's Trade Deals
With the sudden depreciation of China's renminbi, it's worth looking at the link between currency values and trade agreements. China's currency last week dropped by a cumulative 4.4% against the U.S. dollar, making Chinese exports cheaper and imports into China more expensive by that amount.Read More »
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley to Form Data Company
The three competitors are coming together to create a company that will clean reams of data used to determine pricing and transaction costs, the Wall Street Journal reported. The initiative is currently dubbed "SPReD", which stands for Securities Product Reference Data, and is likely to be launched in the next six to 12 months.Read More »
One Flat Management Company Goes Two-Dimensional Again
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Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." —Lamentations 3:22-24 read more
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Gaining Self-Respect
The second is this: "Love your neighbor as yourself." There is no commandment greater than these. —Mark 12:31 read more
We Need Mercy
The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!" —Matthew 20:31 read more
How Does God Speak?
And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. —1 John 5:6-8 read more
God's Specific Word to You
When Solomon had finished building the temple of the Lord…the Lord appeared to him a second time.…the Lord said to him… —1 Kings 9:1-3 read more
When the Spirit Leaves: Quenched or Grieved
Do not put out the Spirit's fire. —1 Thessalonians 5:19 read more
The ABCs of Worship at the Lord's Table
The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." —1 Corinthians 11:23-25 read more
Suffering and Sovereignty
But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. For you have been called for this purpose. —1 Peter 2:20-21, NAS read more
The Providence of God
What is impossible with men is possible with God. —Luke 18:27 read more
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It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. —Luke 12:43 read more
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Back when we told you guys about fall fitness and foodie openings to be excited about, one of our favorites, Sweetgreen, had yet to set an opening date for their new Rittenhouse location. But looks like things have changed! Read more »
#RuntoWorkPHL: Sweetgreen Offers Free Salads to Run Commuters on Friday
Well, this is pretty stinkin' awesome. In addition to our pre-work runners' party, which we'll tell you about in a bit (Spoiler: We'll be showering you with free food and drink from Mamma Chia, Bai5, Trader Joe's and more), we just received word that the fine folks at Sweetgreen are offering free salads to anyone who participates in Run to Work Day on Friday. How's that for incentive? Read more »
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Your make-your-own salad at Sweetgreen just got a serious upgrade: Today, the company launched a new menu at all 29 of their locations with three new seasonal salads, plus the option to add a filet of sustainably sourced roasted salmon to any one of 'em Drooling? Same.
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YES! Sweetgreen Is Opening a New Location in Rittenhouse
Heavens be praised. We've been hearing rumors about a Sweetgreen location opening near Rittenhouse for awhile now, but the folks over at the Philadelphia Business Journal were just able to confirm that it's coming, for real for real (!!), to 1821 Chestnut Street.
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Farm-focused, DC-based salad bar and fro-yo chain Sweetgreen has opened the doors of their newest Philly outpost at 924 Walnut Street, and they're introducing themselves to Center City by throwing a little party.
Tomorrow, Sweetgreen is offering pay-what-you-like pricing on their line of sandwiches, salads, and juices and all proceeds will benefit Fair Food, a non-profit focused on connecting Philadelphians to local foods.
Have some for lunch tomorrow from from 11:00 until 4:00.
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Sweetgreen Lands Center City Location
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Drawing for Food wasn't the biggest fan of Guapos Tacos but they found a taco truck they do like. La Marqueza Taco Truck weekends at 22nd and the Parkway and has been spotted on the 1400 block of Spring Garden on weekdays. [Drawing for Food]
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Foodzings over orders at Dim Sum Garden but enjoys it all anyway. [Foodzings]
The Feast gets rather excited for the sandwiches coming out of Jay's Deli at 13th and Spruce. [The Feast]
Quick Bites: Sweetgreen to Penn, New Thai to South
Sweetgreen's second area location opens today in the Radian building on Penn's campus.
Pico de Gallo is going to become Sawatdee, a Thai restaurant by Samarn "Tony" Inchote who has been a chef at Dmitri's. Look for the BYOB to open in June. [The Insider]
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Platinum Strike Talks Delayed Until Monday
Reuters reported Lonmin Plc (LSE:LMI), unions and government have suspended talks until Monday for funerals of those killed in a labour fight.
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Gideon du Plessis, deputy secretary general of trade union Solidarity, also said talks that stated this week seeking a plan to have 3,000 striking workers return to their post at Lonmin's South Africa operations were suspended on Friday.
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