MULTICHANNEL PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A multichannel photometric measurement apparatus, comprising:
- a single signal generator for generating an initial signal, the initial signal containing a harmonic component for collectively generating a plurality of modulation signals;
a light emitting device including a plurality of light sources that are respectively drivable by each of the plurality of modulation signals having different frequencies;
a light detector for detecting a plurality of kinds of light emitted from the light emitting device; and
discriminating means for discriminating a detected signal output from the light detector per frequency domain of each of the different frequencies for each of the modulation signals.
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Abstract
A multichannel photometric measurement apparatus according to one embodiment includes: a single signal generator for generating an initial signal, the initial signal containing a harmonic component for collectively generating a plurality of modulation signals; a light emitting device including a plurality of light sources that are respectively drivable by each of the plurality of modulation signals having different frequencies; a light detector for detecting a plurality of kinds of light emitted from the light emitting device; and discriminating means for discriminating a detected signal output from the light detector per frequency domain of each of the different frequencies for each of the modulation signals.
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8 Claims
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1. A multichannel photometric measurement apparatus, comprising:
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a single signal generator for generating an initial signal, the initial signal containing a harmonic component for collectively generating a plurality of modulation signals; a light emitting device including a plurality of light sources that are respectively drivable by each of the plurality of modulation signals having different frequencies; a light detector for detecting a plurality of kinds of light emitted from the light emitting device; and discriminating means for discriminating a detected signal output from the light detector per frequency domain of each of the different frequencies for each of the modulation signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A multichannel photometric measurement apparatus, comprising:
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a single signal generator for generating an initial signal, the initial signal containing a harmonic component for collectively generating modulation signals; a light emitting device including bandpass filters extracting a plurality of predetermined different frequency components from the initial signal generated by the signal generator, and light sources that are respectively drivable by one of the modulation signals having one of the predetermined different frequency components extracted by the bandpass filters; a light detector that detects a plurality of kinds of light emitted from the light emitting device and outputs detected signals; and lock-in amplifiers that receive references signals from the bandpass filters, each of the reference signals having an orthogonal relationship with each other, the lock-in amplifiers discriminating the detected signals for each frequency domain corresponding to each of the predetermined different frequencies components extracted by the bandpass filters. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A multichannel photometric measurement apparatus, comprising:
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a single signal generator for generating an initial signal, the initial signal containing a harmonic component for collectively generating a plurality of modulation signals; a light emitting device including a plurality of light sources that are respectively drivable by each of the plurality of modulation signals having a different frequency; a light detector for detecting a plurality of kinds of light emitted from the light emitting device; and a discrete Fourier transform that filters a detected signal output from the light detector per frequency domain of each of the modulation signals.
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