Abstract:
A computer may include a database and a power reducing routine. The database may be configured to store an input power level of an input laser beam transmitted onto and storing power within a gain module. The database may be further configured to store a discharge power level of at least partially discharged stored power discharged from the gain module through an output laser beam. The database may also be configured to store a power safety differential limit. The power reducing routine may include an algorithm. The algorithm may be configured to calculate a power differential by subtracting the discharge power level from the input power level, and to at least one of reduce power to and shut down the input laser beam if the calculated power differential exceeds the power safety differential limit.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for processing light from a light source. The method includes the steps of measuring a predetermined set of characteristics of the light source and detecting flicker when the predetermined set of characteristics exceed a corresponding flicker fusion threshold value.
Abstract:
An infrared detector includes a circuit block carrying an infrared sensor element and electronic components. The circuit block is composed of a dielectric resin layer and a first substrate formed with a circuit pattern and mounting the electronic components. The dielectric resin layer is formed in its top with a recess which defines around its periphery with a shoulder for supporting opposite ends of the infrared sensor. The first substrate is integrated to the lower end of the dielectric resin layer with at least one of the electronic components being molded into the dielectric resin layer to make the circuit block of a unified mold structure. Thus, a part or all of the electronic components are molded into the dielectric layer to realize the circuit block of a simple and low profile structure, while retaining an advantage of keeping the infrared sensor element sufficiently away from the electronic components and an associated electronic circuit, thereby assuring to give the infrared detector which is simple in construction, economical in cost, and reliable in the infrared detection.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zur mehrstufigen Dämpfung einfallender Strahlungsenergie, insbesondere zur Kalibrierung von bildgestützten Instrumenten zur Fernerkundung der Erde. Die Aufgabe, eine neue Möglichkeit zur definierten mehrstufigen Dämpfung einer Konstantlichtquelle zu finden, die mit einfachen Mitteln eine zuverlässige und langzeitstabile reproduzierbare Einstellung von definierten Strahlungszuständen, insbesondere für die Mehrpunktkalibrierung von Sensoren, gestattet, wird erfindungsgemäß gelöst, indem Filter mit unterschiedlicher Transmission als begrenzte Anzahl von Filterplatten (3; 31, 32) mit beliebig hergestellter Transmissionsstruktur in einem Lichtschacht (2), der einen Kalibrierstrahlengang darstellt, hintereinander aperturfüllend einsetzbar sind, so dass sie jeweils einzeln und in Kombinationen miteinander eine Anzahl von definierten, reproduzierbar abgestuften Dämpfungszuständen des Lichts einer Referenzstrahlungsquelle (1), die die Anzahl der Filterplatten (3; 31, 32) übersteigt, erzeugen.
Abstract:
An ultraviolet sensor includes a substrate; a diamond layer, placed on the substrate, functioning as a detector; and at least one pair of surface electrodes arranged on the diamond layer. The diamond layer has a detecting region present at the surface thereof, the detecting region has at least one sub-region exposed from the surface electrodes, and the sub-region has a covering layer, made of oxide or fluoride, lying thereon. A method for manufacturing the ultraviolet sensor includes a step of forming a diamond layer, functioning as a detector, on a substrate; a step of forming at least one pair of surface electrodes on the diamond layer; and a step of forming a covering layer, made of oxide or fluoride, on at least one sub-region of a detecting region present at the surface of the diamond layer, the sub-region being exposed from the surface electrodes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a light sensor for detecting the position of a light source (1). Said sensor comprises a photo-detector (2) and a light modulator (3) for modulating the quantity of light that is incident on the photo-detector (2), based on the angle of incidence (α) of the light from the light source (1) on the sensor. According to the invention, the external light that is irradiated onto the sensor falls on the photo-detector (2) without scattering. The advantage of the light sensor is that it requires no diffuser element.
Abstract:
A control system to control the brightness of the headlamps of a vehicle comprising an image sensor including a matrix of pixels; and an imaging system configured to image the scene forward of the controlled vehicle onto the image array sensor, wherein the image array sensor is divided into subwindows and wherein a space between a boundary of a subwindow and an edge of the image array sensor or a space between the boundaries of subwindows allows for vertical or horizontal adjustment.