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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1995
Willem Windig, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for analyzing spectral data of a mixture having a plurality of components by determining the pure variables, each of which has a contribution from only one of the mixture components, includes a programmed computer for performing steps of a) providing spectral data of the mixture, b) determining purity values of variables from said data to provide a first purity spectrum, c) finding the maximum of the purity values to determine the first pure variable, d) calculating a determinant-based weight function with respect to said first pure variable, e) multiplying the first purity spectrum by the determinant-based weight function to provide a second purity spectrum, f) finding the maximum in the second purity spectrum to yield the second pure variable, g) repeating steps d),e) and f) for successive determinant-based weight functions with respect to preceding pure variables to provide successive purity spectra from which successive pure variables are found. The pure variables so determined are compared and the results of the comparison used control a process in which the mixture undergoes a reaction.