Hyperspectral sensor, hyperspectral imaging system including the sensor, and hyperspectral imaging method using the system

    公开(公告)号:US12177548B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17699026

    申请日:2022-03-18

    Inventor: Jung-Ho Song

    Abstract: Provided are a hyperspectral sensor including a window, a first focusing part provided on a rear surface of the window and including a plurality of lenses, a first image sensor provided on a rear surface of the first focusing part and having a front surface parallel to the rear surface of the window, a first mirror spaced apart from the first focusing part and the first image sensor and having a front surface inclined with respect to the rear surface of the window, a first optical element spaced apart from the first mirror, a second optical element spaced apart from the first optical element and having a periodic refractive index distribution therein, a second focusing part spaced apart from the second optical element and including a plurality of lenses, and a second image sensor provided on a rear surface of the second focusing part, a hyperspectral imaging system including the hyperspectral sensor, and a hyperspectral imaging method using the hyperspectral imaging system.

    Adapter for use with a colour measuring device, and a method and system thereof

    公开(公告)号:US12174065B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17617178

    申请日:2020-06-01

    Inventor: Matthew Sheridan

    Abstract: An adaptor for use with a colour measuring device is provided where the colour measuring device has a cavity, a sensor positioned at a closed end of the cavity for measuring colour of a surface, and a rim surrounding an open end of the cavity. The adaptor includes a plate for contacting the surface and covering the rim of the colour measuring device, the plate having a portion for occluding the cavity that is transparent, referred to as the transparent portion, and a releasable coupling mechanism fixed to the plate for coupling the plate to the colour measuring device such that the transparent portion of the plate covers the sensor of the colour measuring device.

    Light detection device
    44.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12169143B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-17

    申请号:US18223209

    申请日:2023-07-18

    Abstract: A light detection device of the present invention includes: a wiring board; a first support part disposed on a mounting surface of the wiring board; a Fabry-Perot interference filter having a first mirror part and a second mirror part between which a distance is variable and having an outer edge portion disposed in a first support region of the first support part; a light detector disposed on the mounting surface to face the first mirror part and the second mirror part on one side of the first support part; and a temperature detector disposed on the mounting surface, wherein the temperature detector is disposed on the mounting surface such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the Fabry-Perot interference filter when seen in a first direction perpendicular to the mounting surface and such that at least a part of the temperature detector overlaps a part of the first support part when seen in a second direction in which the first support part and the light detector are aligned with each other, and wherein a first distance between the temperature detector and the first support part in the second direction is smaller than a first width of the first support region in the second direction.

    LENS UNIT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240411116A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18291822

    申请日:2022-08-01

    Inventor: Mitsuru TOMITA

    Abstract: Provided is a lens unit that has good resolution while sufficiently suppressing chromatic aberration, an optical system that includes the lens unit, and a spectral characteristic measurement device that includes the lens unit. A lens unit (1) includes a first lens (L1), a second lens (L2), and a third lens (L3) that are disposed in order, and is used for an infrared region that includes at least any one of wavelengths in a range of 7 μm to 14 μm. The effective diameter of the first lens (L1) is larger than the effective diameter of the third lens (L3), and the optical axis thickness of the third lens (L3) is greater than the optical axis thickness of any one of the first lens (L1) and the second lens (L2).

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING A SPECTRAL IMAGING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240410752A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18700225

    申请日:2022-10-11

    Abstract: Method for calibrating a spectral imaging device comprises forming first calibration light by illuminating a first calibration region of a calibration sample with illuminating light, forming second calibration light by illuminating a second calibration region of the calibration sample with the illuminating light, measuring a first spectrum of the first calibration light by using the spectral imaging device, measuring a second spectrum of the second calibration light by using the spectral imaging device, and determining or verifying a spectral calibration function of the spectral imaging device by comparing the measured spectra with reference spectra. The spectral calibration function specifies a relation, which associates values of a control parameter with actual spectral positions. The first calibration light has a first spectral peak at a first peak wavelength, and the second calibration light has a second spectral peak at a second peak wavelength.

    Self-Homing Optical Device
    47.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240410750A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18406823

    申请日:2024-01-08

    Abstract: Optical systems have uses, such as in spectrometers, for directing a beam. A spectrometer, for example, utilizes an optical system for directing an incident beam toward a sample and receiving a spectroscopy signal from the sample. In various implementations, for example, an optical system may be further configured to move a beam with respect to a target, such as a sample, and still provide a home position where the beam is directed in a stationary configuration. A self-homing (e.g., self-centering) optical system may provide a “home” position in which the beam is directed in a first stationary mode while still allowing a focused beam to be moved with respect to a target in a second dynamic mode.

    Modular housing for a spectrometer
    48.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12163836B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US17946796

    申请日:2022-09-16

    Abstract: A modular housing for a spectrometer, the housing comprising at least two modules, the housing further comprising: a sensor recess configured to receive a sensor, the sensor being configured for determining at least one light spectrum characteristic of light received after optical interaction of the light with a sample; an aperture configured for receiving and guiding the light received after the optical interaction along a reception path extending from an entrance of the aperture to the sensor recess; and at least two channels configured for guiding and emitting light out of the modular housing, such that the light, after the optical interaction with the sample, is received at the entrance of the aperture; wherein the at least two channels are arranged along intersecting or skew axes; and wherein at least two of the at least two modules comprise respective ones of the at least two channels.

    Micro wideband spectroscopic analysis device

    公开(公告)号:US12163834B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US16964001

    申请日:2019-01-25

    Applicant: Jed Khoury

    Inventor: Jed Khoury

    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a Micro Wideband Spectroscopic Analysis Device (MWSAD) is designed to operate from the visible to the far infrared. The MWSAD is the first unified platform to implement nearly all kind of molecular spectroscopy. This design is based on combining/integrating Diffractive Focusing Element (DFE) such as Fresnel lens/Zone plate with wide and finite range tuning devices. The wide range tuning devices are tunable lenses and/or a long stroke linear motor. The finite tuning devices are micro pinhole controlled by MEMS/PZT actuator. The MEMS/PZT actuator is used for finite tuning the micro pinhole location across the chromatic focuses of the Fresnel lens/DFE. The long stroke linear motor is used for wide range tuning the pinhole location across the chromatics focuses. The tunable lens is used for wideband tuning the chromatics focuses locations within the micro pinhole.

    MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240402012A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18577539

    申请日:2022-09-30

    Abstract: A micro light-emitting diode detection system includes: a first light generating module configured to send a first light signal to a plurality of micro light-emitting diodes to be detected, such that the plurality of micro light-emitting diodes to be detected generate second light signals, the first light signal including a laser signal; a hyperspectral camera configured to acquire the second light signals, to obtain a spectral imaging frame including spectral data of each of the plurality of micro light-emitting diodes to be detected; and a control module connected to the hyperspectral camera, and configured to determine, based on the spectral imaging frame, a defective micro light-emitting diode from the plurality of micro light-emitting diodes to be detected.

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