Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring the retroreflectivity of a surface. The apparatus comprises a light source for illuminating an area of said surface at an incident angle relative to the surface; a detector for detecting light reflected back from the surface at an observation angle relative to the surface; a signal processing unit adapted to receive a detector signal from the detector and to determine, from at least the received detector signal, a measure of retro reflectivity of the surface; a range finder for measuring a distance between the apparatus and the illuminated area. The signal processing unit is further adapted to adjust the measure of retroreflectivity responsive to the measured distance.
Abstract:
An apparatus and devices for measuring fluorescence lifetimes of fluorescence sensors for one or more analytes, the apparatus comprising (c) one or more reference systems (3,6,7), said reference systems each comprising one or more reference light sources (3) and being adapted to receive one or more excitation signals (1a), to produce reference optical signals (6b) in response thereto, and to produce one or more electrical reference output signals (7b) in response to one or more excitation signals (1a); and (d) one or more phase detectors (10), said phase detectors being adapted to detect one or more delays of said one or more electrical output signals of said one or more fluorescence sensor systems and said one or more reference systems, and to produce one or more phase output signals; and a method of measuring concentration of one or more analytes using such apparatus and/or devices.
Abstract:
A combination of a response adapting filter (11, 12, 13) and a detector (14), the detector having a predetermined spectral response function to electromagnetic radiation, a method of its preparation, a camera (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) comprising such a response filter and detector combination, and use thereof in e.g. colour measurements in combination with an integrating cavity and a vision inspection system of natural and/or a synthetic material surfaces; also a display and detector combination, a method of displaying optical information, a colour display and monitor system, and a method of controlling colour display, said combination, systems and methods comprising such combination of a response adapting filter and a detector.