Miniaturized system and method for measuring optical characteristics
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1. A method of determining optical characteristics of a dental object, the method comprising:
- applying a barrier to a tip of a probe;
providing a reference object with known optical properties;
measuring the optical properties of the reference object with the probe;
storing the measured optical properties of the reference object;
measuring first optical properties of a calibration block with the probe;
generating a first set of calibration data corresponding to the known and measured optical properties of the reference object, and the measured first optical properties of the calibration block;
measuring second optical properties of the calibration block with the probe;
comparing the measured second optical properties of the calibration block with the first set of calibration data to generate a second set of calibration data;
measuring the optical properties of the dental object with the calibrated probe; and
calibrating the measured optical properties of the dental object according to the second set of calibration data.
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Abstract
A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems.
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1. A method of determining optical characteristics of a dental object, the method comprising:
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applying a barrier to a tip of a probe; providing a reference object with known optical properties; measuring the optical properties of the reference object with the probe; storing the measured optical properties of the reference object; measuring first optical properties of a calibration block with the probe; generating a first set of calibration data corresponding to the known and measured optical properties of the reference object, and the measured first optical properties of the calibration block; measuring second optical properties of the calibration block with the probe; comparing the measured second optical properties of the calibration block with the first set of calibration data to generate a second set of calibration data; measuring the optical properties of the dental object with the calibrated probe; and calibrating the measured optical properties of the dental object according to the second set of calibration data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of determining optical characteristics of a dental object, the method comprising:
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applying a barrier to a tip of a probe; providing known calibration data; capturing the known calibration data by the probe with the barrier; generating normalization data corresponding to the captured known calibration data and provided known calibration data; positioning the probe with the barrier in proximity to the dental object to capture the optical characteristics of the dental object; and calibrating the captured optical characteristics of the dental object, corresponding to the normalization data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for determining optical characteristics of a dental object comprising:
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a calibration block of known optical characteristics; a probe having a tip to capture the optical characteristics of the dental object and the calibration block; a barrier applied to the tip of the probe; and a first computer to generate normalization data corresponding to known calibration data captured by the probe with the barrier and the known calibration data, and to calibrate the captured optical characteristics of the dental object corresponding to the normalization data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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