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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Rachel Nicole Ulanch, Tucson, AZ (US);

Richard John Koshel, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/27 (2006.01); G01J 3/51 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/50 (2006.01); G01J 3/52 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/274 (2013.01); G01J 3/0264 (2013.01); G01J 3/0272 (2013.01); G01J 3/28 (2013.01); G01J 3/2803 (2013.01); G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01J 3/502 (2013.01); G01J 3/51 (2013.01); G01J 3/524 (2013.01); G01N 21/251 (2013.01); G01J 2003/2806 (2013.01); G01J 2003/2866 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3181 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0616 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods spectrally and radiometrically calibrate an optical spectrum detected with a color-image sensor of an optical spectrometer. When the color-image sensor includes a Bayer filter, the red-peaked, green-peaked, and blue-peaked spectral responses of the color filters forming the Bayer filter may be used to identify unique spectral signatures in the red, green, and blue color channels. These spectral signatures may be used to associate calibration wavelengths to the pixel locations of the color-image sensor where the spectral signatures are observed. A fitted model may then be used to associate a wavelength to each pixel location of the color-image sensor. These systems and methods account for translational shifts of the optical spectrum on the color-image sensor induced by optical image stabilization, and thus may aid optical spectrometry utilizing a digital camera in a smartphone or tablet computer.


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