Abstract:
A spectroscopic unit and spectroscopic device according to the present invention are provided with a filter that is provided with a plurality of optical filter elements disposed in order from the entrance side to the exit side of light under measurement and has different transmission wavelengths corresponding to entrance positions along a first direction. A first optical filter element from among the plurality of optical filter elements is tilted with respect to a second optical filter element disposed adjacently to the first optical filter element as a result of the first optical filter element being rotated by a prescribed angle with a third direction that is perpendicular to both the first direction and s second direction from the entrance side to the exit side as the axis of rotation thereof or being rotated by a prescribed angle with the first direction as the axis of rotation thereof.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a sensor shield (6, 6a,6b) for use in a multi-shelf merchandise display unit (1) including a plurality of sensors (5,5a,5b) mounted on a wall (4) of the unit (1) and opposite a source of illumination (2), in which each sensor (5,5a,5b) corresponds to a single shelf (3,3a,3b) and in which the shelves (3,3a,3b) are at least semi-porous to the illumination. The shield (6, 6a,6b) comprises i) a plate having a length that is sufficient substantially to reduce or prevent incident illumination from the shelf (3,3a,3b) above reaching the sensor (5,5a,5b); and ii) means (26) n to attach the plate to casing of or around the sensor (5,5a,5b) or the wall (4) of the unit (1). The plate is opaque to the illumination detected by the sensor (5,5a,5b). Also disclosed is a method to reduce the interference of light in a multi-shelf merchandise display unit (1) from shelves (3,3a,3b) above a shelf (3,3a,3b) on which stock levels are being measured and a method for monitoring stock levels in a retail display cabinet by measuring light entering the retail display cabinet.
Abstract:
A spectroscopic measurement apparatus 1A comprises an integrating sphere 20 in which a sample S is located, a spectroscopic analyzer 30 dispersing the light to be measured from the sample S and obtaining a wavelength spectrum, and a data analyzer 50. The analyzer 50 includes an object range setting section which sets a first object range corresponding to excitation light and a second object range corresponding to light emission from the sample S in a wavelength spectrum, and a sample information analyzing section which determines a luminescence quantum yield of the sample S, determines a measurement value ¦ 0 of the luminescence quantum yield from results of a reference measurement and a sample measurement, and determines, by using factors ², ³ regarding stray light in the reference measurement, an analysis value ¦ of the luminescence quantum yield with the effect of stray light reduced by ¦ = ²¦ 0 +³. This realizes a spectroscopic measurement apparatus, a measurement method, and a measurement program which can reduce the effect of stray light generated in a spectrometer.
Abstract:
An optical assembly is disclosed including two laterally variable bandpass optical filters stacked at a fixed distance from each other, so that the upstream filter functions as a spatial filter for the downstream filter. The lateral displacement may cause a suppression of the oblique beam when transmission passbands at impinging locations of the oblique beam onto the upstream and downstream filters do not overlap. A photodetector array may be disposed downstream of the downstream filter. The optical assembly may be coupled via a variety of optical conduits or optical fibers for spectroscopic measurements of a flowing sample.
Abstract:
In this electric field vector detection method, an electro-optic crystal (3), where a (111) surface (3a)of an optical isotropic medium is cut out, is used as a terahertz wave detection element (3). The method includes: causing polarization of probe light (La) of ultrashort pulsed light to be circular polarization (2); allowing the probe light (La) having circular polarization to enter the terahertz wave detection element (3) and probing the terahertz wave (T); modulating the probe light, having probed the terahertz wave, by a rotating analyzer (9) and detecting the modulated probe light by a photodetector (4, 4A); performing lock-in detection of a detection signal from the photodetector by a lock-in detector using a frequency based on a rotational frequency of the rotating analyzer (9) as a reference signal; and detecting an electric field vector of the terahertz wave (T) based on a detection signal from the lock-in detector.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a sensor shield (6, 6a,6b) for use in a multi-shelf merchandise display unit (1) including a plurality of sensors (5,5a,5b) mounted on a wall (4) of the unit (1) and opposite a source of illumination (2), in which each sensor (5,5a,5b) corresponds to a single shelf (3,3a,3b) and in which the shelves (3,3a,3b) are at least semi-porous to the illumination. The shield (6, 6a,6b) comprises i) a plate having a length that is sufficient substantially to reduce or prevent incident illumination from the shelf (3,3a,3b) above reaching the sensor (5,5a,5b); and ii) means (26) n to attach the plate to casing of or around the sensor (5,5a,5b) or the wall (4) of the unit (1). The plate is opaque to the illumination detected by the sensor (5,5a,5b). Also disclosed is a method to reduce the interference of light in a multi-shelf merchandise display unit (1) from shelves (3,3a,3b) above a shelf (3,3a,3b) on which stock levels are being measured and a method for monitoring stock levels in a retail display cabinet by measuring light entering the retail display cabinet.
Abstract:
A modular device includes base and color sensing portions. The color sensing portion has a face, a controlled light source offset from the face to define an interior, the face configured to engage a target surface about a perimeter of the device housing wherein ambient light is restricted from entering the interior. A color sensor receives light reflected from the target surface and generates output signals representative of a surface color. The base portion communicates with the color sensor and a user device having a hosted program which generates a user interface enabling users to provide control input for the color sensor. The program further receives the output signals from the color sensing device and displays a first image of the detected color, and displays a second image of a user-selected color beside the first image. Color data values are further displayed corresponding to the difference between displayed colors.