Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention provide novel methods and devices for sampling gas, exciting the sampled gas to emit radiation and detecting in real time from the emitted radiation a plurality of wave bands of an emission spectrum. Energy used to excite the sampled gas may be adjusted based on the detected wave bands. A process may be controlled in real time based on the detected wave bands. Novel interfaces may be used to display portions of the detected wave bands. A known flow of a reference gas may be included in the flow of sampled gases and an unknown flow of an unknown flow gas determined.
Abstract:
An automated method for modeling spectral data includes accessing a set of spectral data, corresponding to each of a plurality of samples, each set having associated therewith at least one independently measured constituent value (201).Data transforms are applied to the set of spectral data to generate, for each sample, a set of transformed and untransformed spectral data, which with its associated constituent values, is divided into a calibration sub-set (231) and a validation sub-set (232). One or more of a partial least squares, principal component regression, neural net, or a multiple linear regression analysis is applied to the calibration data sub-sets to obtain corresponding modeling equations for predicting the target substance amount in a sample. The modeling equation with the best correlation between the spectral data in the validation sub-set and the corresponding constituent values in the validation sub-set is identified, preferably as a function of the SEE and SEP.
Abstract:
An instrument and related process for measuring color, shade, gloss, shape and/or translucence of a tooth. First, the instrument uses searchlight illumination to illuminate a tooth with constant irradiance. Second, the instrument uses colorimetric imaging to collect time-separated frames of different wavelengths of light reflected from a tooth and to combine those frames into a color image. Third, the instrument includes a sanitary shield to establish a reference color and a predetermined distance to a target tooth. Fourth, the instrument provides line-of-sight viewing so an operator may simultaneously view a display of the image on the instrument and the object being measured. Fifth, the instrument is impervious to pollutants because it incorporates a sealed measurement window. Sixth, optical measurements of a tooth taken by a dentist are compared to optical measurements of a prosthetic restoration for that tooth to confirm satisfactory matching of optical characteristics of the tooth and restoration.
Abstract:
An instrument and related process for measuring color, shade, gloss, shape and/or translucence of a tooth. First, the instrument uses searchlight illumination to illuminate a tooth with constant irradiance. Second, the instrument uses colorimetric imaging to collect time-separated frames of different wavelengths of light reflected from a tooth and to combine those frames into a color image. Third, the instrument includes a sanitary shield to establish a reference color and a predetermined distance to a target tooth. Fourth, the instrument provides line-of-sight viewing so an operator may simultaneously view a display of the image on the instrument and the object being measured. Fifth, the instrument is impervious to pollutants because it incorporates a sealed measurement window. Sixth, optical measurements of a tooth taken by a dentist are compared to optical measurements of a prosthetic restoration for that tooth to confirm satisfactory matching of optical characteristics of the tooth and restoration.
Abstract:
The invention comprises a system and method of calibrating a reflected spectral imaging apparatus used for analysis of living tissue. In addition to the reflected spectral imaging apparatus itself, the calibration apparatus comprises an optical filter that is placed between the light source used in the imaging apparatus and the object under analysis, and a calibration module. The filter is fabricated such that when the light is passed through the filter, an image is projected onto the focal plane where imaging is to take place within the object. The image projected by the filter comprises a plurality of areas, each having a different known optical density. For each area, the calibration module measures the intensity of the light reflected from the area and maps the light intensity measurement to the optical density known to be present at the area. This correspondence of light intensity measurements and known optical densities is then used to calibrate the reflected spectral imaging apparatus.
Abstract:
A monolithic spectrometer system providing vibration immunity and thermal stability, designed for infrared gas detection and chemical identification in the field or on the loading dock. One embodiment of the invention includes a spectrometer system (10) with the following elements: a silicon block waveguide (12); a cylindrical mirror (14); a diffraction grating (16); and a linear detector array (18). Electronics (20) can couple to the array (18) so as to collect electronic data representative of the spectral characteristics of the light (22) entering the system (10). Control of the system (10) is obtained through user interface (24). A battery (26) can be used to power the system (10).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for detecting the concentration of a gaseous substance in a nitrogen-containing ambient gas, especially in the air, comprising a central detection station and a measuring station, in which a light source, a measuring cell and a light detector are provided for measuring concentrations, said detector converting the light intensity that is emitted by the light source and subjected to Raman scattering by the gaseous substance in the measuring cell into a measuring signal. The light source is a diode laser emitting a green or blue light or an optically pumped microchip laser. If the light detector or a second light detector are configured in such a way as to also convert the nitrogen Raman-scattered light intensity contained in the measuring cell into a second measuring signal, a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor are then provided in the measuring station and the measuring signals can be transmitted by telephone to the central detection station.
Abstract:
A small satellite imaging system comprises a very high resolution (VHR) camera (20) fastened to a mounting plate such that its central line of sight is approximately perpendicular to the plane of the mounting plate, and comprising a beryllium telescope coupled to a silicon charge coupled device (CCD) responsive to the visible and ultraviolet spectrums. A wedge-filter camera (18) is fastened to the mounting plate such that its central line of sight is also approximately perpendicular to the plane of the mounting plate, and comprising a beryllium telescope coupled to a silicon charge coupled device responsive to the far and near infrared spectrums with an interposed linear variable filter that passes light wavelengths to the CCD depending on the spatial orientation of the source to the central line of sight.