Abstract:
Passive thermal stabilization of a wavelength monitor includes shielding a wavelength dependent filter of the wavelength monitor from ambient cavity temperatures with portions extending from a submount supporting detectors for the wavelength monitor. The portions and the submount may constitute a single piece, or may be multiple pieces. The shield covers at least one surface of the wavelength dependent filter. The shield may include electrical interconnections for the detectors. A temperature detector may be provided on the submount or the shield portions. The submount or shield portions may be modeled and/or designed to have a section that tracks the thermal response of the wavelength dependent filter and the temperature detector may be mounted on that section.
Abstract:
In luminance priority multilayer color film, one of the layers substantially matches the luminance sensitivity of the human eye. This luminance layer distinguishes from prior art color films that have a blue, a green, and a red sensitive layer. This luminance layer has the priority front position to sense light before being diffused and attenuated by other layers, giving the luminance record enhanced speed and clarity compared to prior art blue-priority color film. In another embodiment, a layered CCD sensor has a top silicon layer that is sensitive to all colors, followed by a yellow filter, a second silicon layer responsive to green and red light only because of the yellow filter, a cyan filter, and a bottom silicon layer receiving only green light. An image from a luminance-priority color sensor inputs to a color space conversion to recover full color. In the preferred embodiment, a luminance layer on top maps to a luminance “Y” value, and underlying color sensitive layers are used in conjunction with the luminance to derive the “U” and “V” chrominance vectors of YUV color space.
Abstract:
An apparatus for detecting physical abnormalities in milk which comprises a light source for irradiating milk with light of red or green or blue colors or any combination of such colors. The intensity of light reflected or diffused or transmitted, or any combination thereof, by the milk, or from background light of the milk, is measured by light sensors. A computer processes the measurement data and is programmed to select, based on comparisons of the values derived from the measured light intensities with reference values, a diagnostic basis or diagnostic bases for abnormalities in the milk from a plurality of diagnostic bases of possible abnormalities stored in the memory of the computer.
Abstract:
An on-line color sensor supplies light to a spectrophotometer for color measurement of product after cooling. The product is extruded in a main extruder having a bypass section. The on-line color sensor includes an housing having an interior portion. The housing is positioned proximate to the bypass section and is used to direct the product from the bypass section into the interior portion. A receptacle that is connected to the housing is positioned in the interior portion of the housing to hold the product directed into the interior portion. The product is allowed to cool while being held on the receptacle. A light source is connected to the housing and supplies light to the interior portion of the housing. A light receiver is connected to the housing to capture the light from the light source in the interior portion that is affected by the cooled product. The captured light is supplied to the spectrophotometer to measuring the color of the cooled product in the interior portion of the housing.
Abstract:
A method and system is provided for selecting a facial color cosmetic scheme. Apparatus employed for the system includes a computer module with a color monitor screen, a spectrophotometer for measuring a customer's skin color and a device for transferring the measured color information from the spectrophotometer to the computer module for entry into a program allowing visualization of a model face with skin color matched to that of the customer. The method includes measuring via spectrophotometer a customer's facial color, transmitting information on that color to the module for display on the model face appearing in the monitor, allowing the customer to select at least one color for an area of the face to be covered by a cosmetic product, and then displaying the visualized model face with the selected color. The system and method allow a customer to visualize the color combination without the necessity of using the actual color cosmetic on their own face for evaluation purposes.
Abstract:
A structure and method for producing color filters with a protective highly cross-linked and densified polymer layer is described. In one embodiment, each filter is coated with a highly cross-linked and densified polymer layer to prevent bleeding of material between closely spaced filters during the fabrication process. In a second embodiment, the highly cross-linked and densified polymer layer is used to protect an array of filters from physical damage during detaping operations. In a third embodiment, the highly cross-linked and densified polymer layer is used before fabrication later filters in a color filter array to prevent damage to previous filter layers.
Abstract:
The light detection system includes at least two light detection elements. Each element is responsive to a selected light color in a first mode, and each element has a different sensitivity and is responsive to a single color in a second mode for enhanced dynamic range. A preferred embodiment includes four light detectors for responding to four separate colors or for responding with enhanced dynamic range to two colors. Embodiments are disclosed using a mirror/beam splitter arrangement to switch between modes and an embodiment including dichroic filters serving as fractional beam splitters.
Abstract:
A method for measuring characteristic properties of a plasma beam in a thermal spraying process, wherein the spraying materials are fed into the plasma (1) and the luminous radiation emitted by the plasma (1) is reproduced on optical fibers (2). The luminous radiation is reproduced on the one end (2a) of the optical fibers (2) arranged in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array (6). Spectral analysis of the luminous radiation transmitted in the optical fiber (2) is accomplished with a spectrometer (3) arranged at the other end (2b) of an optical fiber (2). The frequency spectrums are analyzed in a processor (5) to determine the contemporaneous condition of the spraying process.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for extracting individual band components from heavily overlapping bands. The method is based on first derivative-second derivative plots of an experimental spectrum and consists of two stases. The first stage is concerned with the geometric approach that estimates a set of values for the parameters of a component band in the overlapping bands, and repeats band decomposition of the remaining bands in the same manner after removing the estimated band from the overlapping bands. The second stage is to minimize the difference between the profiles of the estimated band and its complementary band by a least-squares optimization, and then to determine the optimum values of the band parameters.
Abstract:
An optical sensor is provided for determining a physical and/or chemical parameter of a sample, having at least one optical transmitter and at least one optical receiver, and having a sensitive element which is arranged in a beam path between the transmitter and the receiver and is exposable to the sample, and which changes its absorption and/or its refractive index for electromagnetic radiation of a specific wavelength in response to a change in parameters of the sample, in particular, a gas-sensitive element, and possibly having an evaluation unit arranged downstream of the receiver. The transmitter and the receiver can be coupled to the sensitive element via at least one optical waveguide. Provision is made for the transmitter (12) and for the receiver (14) to be coupled to the sensitive element via at least one optical waveguide (26, 28).