Optics: measuring and testing – Lamp beam direction or pattern
Patent
1997-04-14
1998-10-06
Font, Frank G.
Optics: measuring and testing
Lamp beam direction or pattern
G01J 100
Patent
active
058185712
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for determining the luminous intensity distribution of an automotive head light employs a curved mirror and a curved screen. A solid state camera is used to obtain a pattern of the head light output from the screen. The system requires a relatively small black box into which the head light output is directed. A beam splitter may be employed to relax the constraints on the positioning of the various components within the box. The setting of the test lamp to first and to second preset lateral angular positions at each of which a pattern is captured and the combining of the two patterns permits the use of components which are practical. The use of a linear CCD array permits economies to be obtained by rotating the test lamp or by scanning the linear array over a sequence of angular positions and by constructing a composite pattern from the patterns so generated. In an alternative embodiment, no beam splitter is used. Instead, the arrangement is an off axis arrangement which employs an aspheric lens at the input to the apparatus to reduce spot size at the screen and to improve the angular resolution measurement capability.
Marcus Stephen L.
Prettyjohns Keith N.
Sagan Stephen F.
Font Frank G.
Merlino Amanda
Photometrics Ltd.
Shapiro Herbert M.
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