Optics: measuring and testing – By shade or color
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-17
2009-08-11
Punnoose, Roy (Department: 2886)
Optics: measuring and testing
By shade or color
Reexamination Certificate
active
07573575
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for color measurements or other spectral measurements of a material are provided. An illuminating device generates light for illuminating a sample of material. A detector detects light that has interacted with the sample and provides a measurement of the light that has interacted with the sample. A controller adjusts a duty cycle of the illuminating device to control the illumination of the sample. The measurement could be used by an analyzer to determine a spectral characteristic of the sample (such as a color of the sample). The determination of the spectral characteristic could be done without using any measurement of light that has not interacted with the sample. One or multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) could be used to illuminate the sample, and the duty cycle of individual LEDs or groups of LEDs could be adjusted.
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Shakespeare John F.
Shakespeare Tarja T.
Honeywell International , Inc.
Munck Carter, LLP
Punnoose Roy
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