Processing system for remote chemical identification
First Claim
1. A method of generating a background spectrum for use in spectral analysis, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a sample spectrum and an estimated temperature of a background object;
b. from a set of known temperature spectra related to a known background temperature, selecting at least two known temperature spectra representing a background temperature above and below said estimated temperature;
c. comparing said sample spectrum to said known temperature spectra in order to determine a sample background spectra.
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Abstract
A fourth embodiment of the present invention is a method of generating a temperature compensated absorbance spectrum. The method includes the steps of: a. providing a sample spectrum and an estimated temperature of a backdrop object; b. from a set of known temperature spectra related to a known background temperature, selecting at least two known temperature spectra representing a background temperature above and below the estimated temperature; c. comparing the sample spectrum to the known temperature spectra in order to determine a sample background spectrum; and d. calculating an absorbance spectrum from the sample spectrum and the background spectrum.
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1. A method of generating a background spectrum for use in spectral analysis, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a sample spectrum and an estimated temperature of a background object;
b. from a set of known temperature spectra related to a known background temperature, selecting at least two known temperature spectra representing a background temperature above and below said estimated temperature;
c. comparing said sample spectrum to said known temperature spectra in order to determine a sample background spectra. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of generating a temperature compensated absorbance spectrum, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a sample spectrum and an estimated temperature of a backdrop object;
b. from a set of known temperature spectra related to a known background temperature, selecting at least two known temperature spectra representing a background temperature above and below said estimated temperature;
c. comparing said sample spectrum to said known temperature spectra in order to determine a sample background spectrum;
d. calculating an absorbance spectrum from said sample spectrum and said background spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method of identifying a chemical represented in an absorbance spectrum, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a sample absorbance spectrum;
b. comparing said absorbance spectrum to the analytical frequency range for CO2 and H2O and a plurality of chemical reference spectra in order to identify a chemical represented in said absorbance spectrum; and
c. wherein said plurality of chemical reference spectra comprise a primary set of chemical reference spectra and said primary set of chemical reference spectra is formed from a plurality of chemical spectra identification methods. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of identifying a chemical represented in an absorbance spectrum, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a sample absorbance spectrum;
b. comparing said absorbance spectrum to the analytical frequency range for CO2 and H2O and a plurality of chemical reference spectra in order to identify a chemical represented in said absorbance spectrum; and
c. wherein said plurality of chemical reference spectra comprise a primary set of chemical reference spectra and said comparison of said primary set of chemical reference spectra to said absorbance spectrum includes the steps of;
i. making a comparison of said primary set of chemical reference spectra to said absorbance spectrum;
ii. determining whether there are undetermined results for any of said reference spectra in said comparison;
iii. if undetermined results do exist in said comparison, then removing said reference spectra having undetermined results in said primary set;
iv. making another comparison of said primary set of chemical reference spectra to said absorbance spectrum;
v. repeating steps b-d until no undetermined results exist. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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