Uster Technologies Ag

David Dickson McAlister, Iii

Peyman Dehkordi

Kent A Rinehart

Peyman H Dehkordi

An apparatus () for optically characterizing a textile sample () comprises a presentation subsystem () comprising a viewing window (). A radiation subsystem () comprises a radiation source () for directing a first, ultraviolet radiation () and a second, visible radiation () toward the sample (), and causing the sample () to produce a fluorescent radiation () and a reflected radiation (). A sensing subsystem () comprises an imager () for capturing the fluorescent radiation () and the reflected radiation () in an array of pixels (). A control subsystem () comprises a processor () for controlling the presentation subsystem (), the radiation subsystem (), and the sensing subsystem (), and for creating a fluorescent and reflected radiation image () containing both spectral information and spatial information in regard to the fluorescent radiation () and the reflected radiation ().

Apparatus and method for optically characterizing a textile sample

An apparatus for measuring not only the reflected radiation but also the fluorescence emission of a textile sample, which includes a presentation subsystem having a viewing window. A radiation subsystem has a tunable radiation source for directing a desired radiation having a wavelength range and an intensity through the viewing window toward the sample, and thereby causing the sample to produce a fluorescence. A sensing subsystem has an imager for capturing the reflected radiation and fluorescence in an array of pixels. A control subsystem has a processor, for controlling the presentation subsystem, the radiation subsystem, and the sensing subsystem, and creates a reflected radiation and fluorescence image containing both spectral information and spatial information in regard to the reflected radiation and fluorescence #843 of the sample.

Textile brightness measurement system

An apparatus () for measuring not only the reflected radiation but also the fluorescence emission of a textile sample (), which includes a presentation subsystem () having a viewing window (). A radiation subsystem () has a tunable radiation source () for directing a desired radiation () having a wavelength range and an intensity through the viewing window () toward the sample (), and thereby causing the sample () to produce a fluorescence (). A sensing subsystem () has an imager () for capturing the reflected radiation and fluorescence () in an array of pixels. A control subsystem () has a processor () for controlling the presentation subsystem (), the radiation subsystem (), and the sensing subsystem (), and creates a reflected radiation and fluorescence image containing both spectral information and spatial information in regard to the reflected radiation and fluorescence () of the sample ().

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David Dickson McAlister, Iii