Abstract:
A system for disabling an oximetric device when radiation-carrying channels are exposed to excess ambient radiation is disclosed. It includes a transmitter channel adjacent the sample to be measured, means for isolating the channel from the sample so that it does not carry radiation reflected from or transmitted through the sample, a detector for receiving the transmitted signal, if any, and means for disabling the output in response to the transmitted signal. Preferably, the transmitter channel runs parallel to other transmitter channels in the device, and is isolated from undue ambient light. The system preferably includes means for determining when the second transmitted signal exceeds background noise and the output is disabled when the second transmitted signal exceeds background noise. In general, the sample is a fluid, usually blood, passing through a cuvette adjacent the fiber-optic channels, the cuvette defining an area of radiation absorption adjacent the transmitter channel so that the transmitter does not carry reflected or transmitted radiation from the sample. Also disclosed is a fiber-optic sensor for measuring components of a composition by detecting transmitted or reflected, usually reflected, radiation including such a system, and the cuvette therefore. Finally, a method of disabling the output of an oximetric device when the fiber-optic channels are exposed to undue ambient radiation is disclosed.
Abstract:
An improved pulse oximeter for the measurement of oxygen saturation in the blood, which is faster and more accurate than conventional pulse oximeter. Improved speed and accuracy is attained by elimination of normalization and feedback circuitry and the use of analog to digital converting devices having a wide dynamic range along with a sophisticated computer analysis. The instant invention eliminates inaccurcies resulting from channel matching errors, and detects and eliminates aberrant input data.
Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods for attenuating the effect of ambient light on optical sensors and for measuring and compensating quantitatively for the ambient light.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a point-of-purchase (POP) spectrophotometer for open-viewing of a color sample. The POP spectrophotometer includes a housing assembly containing an illumination optical system and an imaging optical system in desired orientation. Also provided is at least one of a second illumination optical system, a sheen detection system, and a camera system. The housing assembly includes a chassis in secure arrangement with a plurality of supports that define a target plane having a target location and that space the chassis therefrom. The chassis is configured to position the illumination, imaging, sheen detection, and/or camera systems in desired orientations relative to the target location and each other. The POP spectrophotometer can include an alignment device and/or targeting optics for facilitating user-identification of the target location, and means can be provided to enhance insensitivity to ambient light and/or depth variation of the color sample.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a point-of-purchase (POP) spectrophotometer for open-viewing of a color sample. The POP spectrophotometer includes a housing assembly containing an illumination optical system and an imaging optical system in desired orientation. Also provided is at least one of a second illumination optical system, a sheen detection system, and a camera system. The housing assembly includes a chassis in secure arrangement with a plurality of supports that define a target plane having a target location and that space the chassis therefrom. The chassis is configured to position the illumination, imaging, sheen detection, and/or camera systems in desired orientations relative to the target location and each other. The POP spectrophotometer can include an alignment device and/or targeting optics for facilitating user-identification of the target location, and means can be provided to enhance insensitivity to ambient light and/or depth variation of the color sample.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein System zum Erfassen elektromagnetischer Strahlung mit einem Sensor, mit einer Auswerteeinheit, die mit dem Sensor verbunden ist, wobei der Sensor die elektromagnetische Strahlung erfasst und an die Auswerteeinheit weiter leitet, die mit einem Erkennungsmittel verbunden ist, wobei das Erkennungsmittel einen Signalanteil der elektromagnetischen Strahlung, der eine festgelegte Wiederholfrequenz aufweist, aus der vom Sensor erfassten elektromagnetischen Strahlung als Störsignal erkennt und gegebenenfalls aus der erfassten Strahlung entfernt.
Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods for attenuating the effect of ambient light on optical sensors and for measuring and compensating quantitatively for the ambient light.
Abstract:
A device (20) determines an optical intensity of light emanating from a sample (22) situated under periodically varying ambient light (34). The device (20) includes a selectively illuminating light source (26a, 26b) that can be switched between on and off states that illuminates the sample (22). A detector (36) detects the optical intensities of the sample (22) a first plurality of times with the effects of the illuminating light source (26a, 26b) to produce a plurality of collective light intensity measurements, and a second plurality of times without the effects of the light source (26a, 26b) to produce a plurality of ambient light intensity measurements. A processor quantitatively determines, based upon the multiple collective intensity measurements and the multiple ambient light intensity measurements, the intensity amount of each of the collective light intensity measurements that results from the illuminating source (26a, 26b).
Abstract:
The present invention provides systems and methods for attenuating the effect of ambient light on optical sensors and for measuring and compensating quantitatively for the ambient light.