Lucid Technologies, Inc.

Colorvision Administrative Ag

Robert J Hutchinson

Jay M Eastman

Roger J Greenwald

William J Fox

Cormic K Merle

John A Boles

David Slocum

Justin R Louise

A colorimeter capable of calibrating color monitors, whether having cathode ray tube or liquid crystal (LCD) displays, is provided by a photometric array of photodetector and optical filter pairs. The filters include long-pass, edge filters which cover overlapping regions at the upper end of the visible spectrum and a filter which covers the entire visible spectrum. The outputs of the photodetectors are digitally synthesized to provide a response which mimics the response established by the Commission Internationale de 1&prime;Eclairage (CIE) xyz (bar) functions almost perfectly. The response which is mimicked may be represented by the CIE color matching functions. The pairs and the associated components are mounted on a printed circuit board captured in a clamshell housing and having an array of apertures which define angularly constrained fields of view of a surface from which the light, to be colormetrically analyzed, emanates. The printed circuit board includes a field programmable gate array programmed to read data from the plurality of filter/detector pairs in parallel. The colorimeter is capable generally of measuring the color characteristics, especially the color temperatures of radiation radiating and reflecting bodies (sources), including so-called black bodies.

Colorimeter having field programmable gate array

In order to preclude unreliable or inaccurate spectrophotometric measurements which can be caused by thermal effects (expansion/contraction) of components of the spectrophotometer, such as the dispersive element, the arm or mounting for changing the orientation of the element to scan the spectrum and produce spectral measurements, the element, and also displacement of the photodetector, lenses and other optical elements which can caused thermal effects, and also to reduce temperature-related errors in the photodetector or other electronics of the spectrophotometer, a temperature sensor is disposed in thermally coupled relationship within the spectrophotometer housing. A motor, which is coupled to the arm to change the orientation of the element and to the motor controller, is programmed to utilize the motor as a heat source in response to the temperature of the spectrophotometer detected by the sensor when the motor is not actuating the element grating to provide spectral measurements.

Spectrophotometer with electronic temperature stabilization

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Pittsford, NY, United States of America

Robert J Hutchinson