Color sensor system for the recognition of objects with colored surfaces
First Claim
1. A color sensor system for the recognition of objects having at least a partially colored surface, comprising:
- at least three electronic light transmitters, each emitting light pulses in a predetermined narrow-band range of wavelengths;
a transmitter control device coupled to said electronic light transmitters for establishing at least one control cycle during which said light pulses successively illuminate said colored surface of an object;
an electronic light receiver for receiving light reflected from said colored surface in response to the arrival of each of said light pulses and converting them into individual electrical signals having an intensity corresponding to that of said reflected light;
an evaluation device coupled to said electronic light receiver for making a color recognition determination based on the intensity of said received individual electrical signals in the course of said control cycle;
at least one temperature sensor for supplying temperature data with regard to an ambient temperature to said transmitting control device and said evaluation device, wherein said transmitting control device supplies in the course of said control cycle to said electronic light transmitters current pulses which are individually determined in accordance with said temperature data and stored data relating to temperature-dependent emission curves of said light transmitters for successively illuminating said colored surface with light pulses of predetermined intensity, and wherein said evaluation device makes a compensation for said received individual signals based upon said temperature data and stored data relating to temperature-dependent conversion curves of said light receiver; and
means for comparing said received individual electrical signals with stored values for said color recognition determination.
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Abstract
The color sensor system has at least three electronic light transmitters each emitting light of a determined narrow-band range of wavelengths, which under the control of a transmission control device in the course of a control cycle, illuminate successively the colored surface of the object in question for a brief period of time with light pulses of a predetermined intensity. The light reflected in each case from the colored surface upon the arrival of the light pulses is received by an electronic light receiver and converted into electrical signals. The electrical signals that are emitted successively by the light receiver in the course of a control cycle are conducted to an evaluation device for a color determination.
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1. A color sensor system for the recognition of objects having at least a partially colored surface, comprising:
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at least three electronic light transmitters, each emitting light pulses in a predetermined narrow-band range of wavelengths; a transmitter control device coupled to said electronic light transmitters for establishing at least one control cycle during which said light pulses successively illuminate said colored surface of an object; an electronic light receiver for receiving light reflected from said colored surface in response to the arrival of each of said light pulses and converting them into individual electrical signals having an intensity corresponding to that of said reflected light; an evaluation device coupled to said electronic light receiver for making a color recognition determination based on the intensity of said received individual electrical signals in the course of said control cycle; at least one temperature sensor for supplying temperature data with regard to an ambient temperature to said transmitting control device and said evaluation device, wherein said transmitting control device supplies in the course of said control cycle to said electronic light transmitters current pulses which are individually determined in accordance with said temperature data and stored data relating to temperature-dependent emission curves of said light transmitters for successively illuminating said colored surface with light pulses of predetermined intensity, and wherein said evaluation device makes a compensation for said received individual signals based upon said temperature data and stored data relating to temperature-dependent conversion curves of said light receiver; and means for comparing said received individual electrical signals with stored values for said color recognition determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A color sensor system for the recognition of objects having at least a partially colored surface, comprising:
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at least three electronic light transmitters each emitting light pulses in a predetermined narrow-band range of wavelengths; an electronic light receiver for receiving light reflected from said colored surface in response to the arrival of each of said light pulses and converting them into individual electrical signals having an intensity corresponding to that of said reflected light; a micro-controller system coupled to said electronic light transmitters for establishing at least one control cycle during which said light pulses successively illuminate said colored surface of an object and coupled to said electronic light receiver for making a color recognition determination based on the intensity of said received individual electrical signals in the course of said control cycle; at least one temperature sensor for supplying temperature data with regard to an ambient temperature to said micro-controller system which supplies in the course of said control cycle to said electronic light transmitters current pulses which are individually determined in accordance with said temperature data and stored data relating to temperature-dependent emission curves of said light transmitters for successively illuminating said colored surface with light pulses of predetermined intensity, and wherein said micro-controller system makes a compensation for said received individual signals based upon said temperature data and stored data relating to temperature-dependent conversion curves of said light receiver and, compares said received individual electrical signals with stored values for said color recognition determination. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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