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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1993
Lawrence J Ryczek, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A system for photoelectrically sensing the color of an object includes two or more light sources having different characteristic ranges of chromaticity and one primary photosensitive element which receives light from the light sources after it has reflected off of the target object and a secondary photosensitive element which receives light from the light sources prior to reflection off of the target. A divider element divides the output of the primary photosensitive element by the output of the secondary photosensitive element to automatically align the signal representative of the color of the object for variation in the light power output of the light sources. In an alternate embodiment, the output of the secondary photosensitive receiver is used as a closed loop feedback signal to regulate the light power output of the light sources.