Integrated synchronized optical sampling and control element
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1. An optical sampling and control element for use with a luminaire exhibiting a cycle and a frame, the optical sampling and control element comprising:
- a color sensor in optical communication with the luminaire;
a synchronizer; and
a sampler connected to the outputs of said color sensor, said sampler comprising;
an integrator; and
an analog to digital converter in communication with said color sensor,said analog to digital converter arranged to sample said color sensor, responsive to said synchronizer, at a plurality of adjacent cycles of said luminaire during a single frame, each of said plurality of adjacent cycles sampled at an offset from the previous cycle, andsaid integrator arranged to sum the converted outputs of said analog to digital converter over a predetermined period less than the frame and normalize said sum.
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Abstract
An optical sampling and control element for use with a luminaire exhibiting a cycle and a frame, the optical sampling and control element being constituted of a color sensor in optical communication with the luminaire; and a sampler connected to the outputs of the color sensor, the sampler comprising an integrator arranged to integrate the outputs of the color sensor over a predetermined period less than the frame.
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1. An optical sampling and control element for use with a luminaire exhibiting a cycle and a frame, the optical sampling and control element comprising:
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a color sensor in optical communication with the luminaire; a synchronizer; and a sampler connected to the outputs of said color sensor, said sampler comprising; an integrator; and an analog to digital converter in communication with said color sensor, said analog to digital converter arranged to sample said color sensor, responsive to said synchronizer, at a plurality of adjacent cycles of said luminaire during a single frame, each of said plurality of adjacent cycles sampled at an offset from the previous cycle, and said integrator arranged to sum the converted outputs of said analog to digital converter over a predetermined period less than the frame and normalize said sum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of optical sampling and control for use with a luminaire exhibiting a cycle and a frame, the method comprising:
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receiving a tristimulus output representative of the luminaire; periodically sampling said received tristimulus output at a predetermined period so as to sample said received tristimulus output at a plurality of adjacent cycles of said luminaire during a single frame, wherein said periodically sampling of each of said plurality of adjacent cycles is at an offset from the previous cycle; digitizing each of said periodic samples to a digital representation; and integrating said received tristimulus output over a predetermined period comprising at least one cycle and less than one frame by summing said digitized periodic samples over the predetermined period and normalizing said sum. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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