Correlated color temperature detector
First Claim
1. A color temperature measuring device for measuring the color temperature of viewing light, said device comprising:
- a sensor for individually sensing plural light components of viewing light incident thereon and for providing plural corresponding color component signals representative thereof, said viewing light including ambient light and light output from an artificial light source;
an A/D converting means for converting plural color component signals from said sensor to plural digital color component signals;
a programmable memory for storing correction data for correcting sensor errors in sensing the plural light components;
a processor for receiving the plural digital color component signals from said A/D converting means, for accessing the correction data in said memory, for correcting the plural digital color component signals based on the correction data, and for deriving a digital signal representative of the color temperature of the viewing light;
a digital I/O interface for interfacing with said processor; and
a digital display for displaying the digital signal derived by said processor,wherein said processor is responsive to a command on the digital I/O interface for changing to a calibration mode, and when in said calibration mode, said processor is responsive to a command for receiving correction data and, in response to the command, stores the correction data into the programmable memory.
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Abstract
A correlated color temperature measuring device for measuring the color temperature of light includes a sensor which individually senses plural light components of light incident thereon and for providing plural corresponding digital color component signals representative thereof, a memory which stores correction data for correcting the plural digital color temperature component signals, and a processor which receives the plural digital color component signals from the sensor. The processor accesses the correction data in the memory, corrects the plural color component signals from the sensor based on the correction data and derives a digital signal representative of the color temperature of the incident light. The derived digital signal may be displayed on a digital display or may be outputted on a digital I/O interface in response to a request for digital color temperature information.
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59 Claims
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1. A color temperature measuring device for measuring the color temperature of viewing light, said device comprising:
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a sensor for individually sensing plural light components of viewing light incident thereon and for providing plural corresponding color component signals representative thereof, said viewing light including ambient light and light output from an artificial light source; an A/D converting means for converting plural color component signals from said sensor to plural digital color component signals; a programmable memory for storing correction data for correcting sensor errors in sensing the plural light components; a processor for receiving the plural digital color component signals from said A/D converting means, for accessing the correction data in said memory, for correcting the plural digital color component signals based on the correction data, and for deriving a digital signal representative of the color temperature of the viewing light; a digital I/O interface for interfacing with said processor; and a digital display for displaying the digital signal derived by said processor, wherein said processor is responsive to a command on the digital I/O interface for changing to a calibration mode, and when in said calibration mode, said processor is responsive to a command for receiving correction data and, in response to the command, stores the correction data into the programmable memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A color temperature measuring device for measuring the color temperature of viewing light, said device comprising:
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a sensor for individually sensing plural color components of viewing light incident thereon and for providing corresponding plural color signals representative of the light, said viewing light including ambient light and light output from an artificial light source; an A/D converting means for converting plural color signals from said sensor to plural digital color component signals; a programmable memory for storing correction data for correcting sensor errors in sensing the plural color components of light; a digital I/O interface; and a processor for receiving the plural digital color component signals from said A/D converting means, for accessing the correction data in said memory and for correcting the plural digital color component signals, for deriving a digital color temperature signal from said corrected plural digital color component signals, and for outputting the digital color temperature signal on said interface, wherein said processor is responsive to a command on the digital I/O interface for changing to a calibration mode, and when in said calibration mode, said processor is responsive to a command for receiving correction data and, in response to the command, stores the correction data into the programmable memory. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 45)
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36. A color temperature measuring device for measuring the color temperature of viewing light, said device comprising:
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a substrate; a sensor embedded to said substrate, said sensor for individually sensing plural color components of viewing light incident on said sensor and for providing plural corresponding digital color component signals representative of the color content of the viewing light, said viewing light including ambient light and light output from an artificial light source; a memory fixed to said substrate, said memory for storing correction data for correcting the plural digital color component signals; a processor fixed to said substrate and including a digital interface, said processor for executing process steps to receive the plural digital color component signals from said sensor, to access the correction data in said memory, to correct the plural digital color component signals based on the correction data, to derive a color temperature signal from the corrected digital color component signals, to receive a request for providing a color temperature signal, and to output the digital color temperature signal on the digital interface in response to the request; and a digital I/O interface for interfacing with said processor, wherein said processor is responsive to a command on the digital I/O interface for changing to a calibration mode, and when in said calibration mode, said processor is responsive to a command for receiving correction data and, in response to the command, stores the correction data into the programmable memory. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A calibration device for calibrating a color temperature sensor comprising:
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an illuminator, having a predetermined correlated color temperature, for illuminating the color temperature sensor to the predetermined correlated color temperature; and a controller for automatically controlling the illumination of the illuminator and for receiving color output values from a plurality of color sensors and calculating color sensor calibrations based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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