Abstract:
A computer implemented method and a gas sensor device comprising a spectroscopic sensing unit (2), a memory (3) and a control unit (4), is described. The control unit (4) is configured to output calibrated values, which are measures of a concentration of a gas component measured by the spectroscopic sensing unit (2), wherein the calibrated values are determined from measurement values obtained from the spectroscopic sensing unit (2) and a baseline calibration parameter retrieved from the memory (3). The control unit is configured to update the baseline calibration parameter (zero) by identifying the minimum measurement value obtained during a predetermined first time period (14), obtaining a time for the first time period (14), obtaining a model value corresponding to the obtained time, determining an updated baseline calibration parameter based on the minimum measurement value and the model value, and updating the baseline calibration parameter stored in the memory (3).
Abstract:
A method of using a spectrometer to produce corrected diamond Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) spectral data includes acquiring, using the spectrometer, an initial set of ATR spectral data for a sample pressed into contact with a diamond ATR crystals; numerically matching, using the spectrometer, a pressure dependent diamond artefact reference spectrum to a corresponding pressure dependent diamond artefact in the initial set of ATR spectral data; and numerically subtracting out the numerically matched pressure dependent diamond artefact reference spectrum from the initial set of ATR spectral data to yield a corrected set of ATR spectral data for the sample for output by the spectrometer.
Abstract:
An apparatus for reading a microfilmed image to obtain digital image signal, in which the level of quantizing is determined by measuring the density of image and of background.
Abstract:
Some cyclic variables include within each cycle a value that can be determined extrinsically. In such case, the sensed value may differ from the known value by an amount that is a combination of long-term drift of the sensor and random measuring error. The drift component can be evaluated and eliminated by the following method. Once each cycle, for a number of cycles, the sensor measures the variable at a time when its value should equal the extrinsically-known value. The differences are plotted versus time, and a best-fitting straight line is determined (38), which indicates the drift. Throughout the next cycle as the variable is continuously sensed, the drift determined (40) from the best-fitting straight line is continuously applied (42) to correct the sensed value.
Abstract:
Automatic background signal removal for input data, such as for spectrometry data, is provided. Input data includes input pixel points, such as those read by a CCD spectrometer or chromatography device, and intensity values corresponding to the data points. A distribution of changes in the intensity values between the data points is determined, and a noise level is judged by setting a threshold for the distribution. A noise region is identified as a predetermined number of consecutive input points for which the changes in the intensity values are within the noise level. Adjacent noise regions may be connected and the background signal is thus determined and subtracted. A spike noise region may also be identified and filtered, such that a peak obtained from fewer than a second predetermined number of the pixel points is determined as a spike, not a true peak. Non-spike large amplitude noises are optionally filtered.
Abstract:
A method of using a spectrometer (1) to produce corrected diamond Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) spectral data. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring, using the spectrometer (1), an initial set of ATR spectral data for a sample (8) pressed into contact with a diamond ATR crystals; numerically matching, using the spectrometer (1), a pressure dependent diamond artefact reference spectrum to a corresponding pressure dependent diamond artefact in the initial set of ATR spectral data; and numerically subtracting out the numerically matched pressure dependent diamond artefact reference spectrum from the initial set of ATR spectral data to yield a corrected set of ATR spectral data for the sample for output by the spectrometer.
Abstract:
A method of using a spectrometer to produce corrected diamond Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) spectral data includes acquiring, using the spectrometer, an initial set of ATR spectral data for a sample pressed into contact with a diamond ATR crystals; numerically matching, using the spectrometer, a pressure dependent diamond artefact reference spectrum to a corresponding pressure dependent diamond artefact in the initial set of ATR spectral data; and numerically subtracting out the numerically matched pressure dependent diamond artefact reference spectrum from the initial set of ATR spectral data to yield a corrected set of ATR spectral data for the sample for output by the spectrometer.
Abstract:
Automatic background signal removal for input data, such as for spectrometry data, is provided. Input data includes input pixel points, such as those read by a CCD spectrometer or chromatography device, and intensity values corresponding to the data points. A distribution of changes in the intensity values between the data points is determined, and a noise level is judged by setting a threshold for the distribution. A noise region is identified as a predetermined number of consecutive input points for which the changes in the intensity values are within the noise level. Adjacent noise regions may be connected and the background signal is thus determined and subtracted. A spike noise region may also be identified and filtered, such that a peak obtained from fewer than a second predetermined number of the pixel points is determined as a spike, not a true peak. Non-spike large amplitude noises are optionally filtered.