Spectrometers miniaturized for working with cellular phones and other portable electronic devices
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
- a wireless communications unit that transmits and receives information;
a display unit;
an input unit that allows a user to input information or commands;
a processor (CPU); and
a spectrometer that forms a spectrum of light distribution on a detection plane from an input light beam, whereinthe spectrometer includes;
(i) first collimating optics that collimates the input light beam in a vertical plane without collimating the input light beam in a horizontal plane that is substantially orthogonal to the vertical plane so as to produce a partially collimated light beam;
(ii) light beam collimating-dispersing-focusing optics that produces a partially focused dispersed light beam from the partially collimated light beam, the partially focused dispersed light beam being focused in the horizontal plane without being focused in the vertical plane; and
(iii) second focusing optics that focuses the partially focused dispersed light beam in the vertical plane to form the light distribution on the detection plane.
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Abstract
Based on the present invention, superior compact spectrometers may be constructed and integrated into a cellular phone, or attached to a cellular phone. Such a cellular phone may be a PDA phone, which supplies electrical power to the said spectrometer, provided with data storage, signal processing capability, and real-time display. As a combined standalone system, it allows spectroscopic measurements to be fulfilled in real-time applications in field, and results can be sent out in wireless communication to a remote station or to another cellular phone user in order to share the measurement results right away. When the system is used with a laser to function as a Raman spectrometer system, it can fulfill many daily routine tasks encountered by ordinary civilians, for example, the blood glucose monitoring for diabetes patients at home in a non-invasive manner.
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1. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a wireless communications unit that transmits and receives information; a display unit; an input unit that allows a user to input information or commands; a processor (CPU); and a spectrometer that forms a spectrum of light distribution on a detection plane from an input light beam, wherein the spectrometer includes; (i) first collimating optics that collimates the input light beam in a vertical plane without collimating the input light beam in a horizontal plane that is substantially orthogonal to the vertical plane so as to produce a partially collimated light beam; (ii) light beam collimating-dispersing-focusing optics that produces a partially focused dispersed light beam from the partially collimated light beam, the partially focused dispersed light beam being focused in the horizontal plane without being focused in the vertical plane; and (iii) second focusing optics that focuses the partially focused dispersed light beam in the vertical plane to form the light distribution on the detection plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 75, 78)
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25. A system comprising:
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(A) a portable electronic device that includes; a wireless communications unit that transmits and receives information, a display unit, an input unit that allows a user to input information or commands, and a processor (CPU); and (B) a spectrometer that forms a spectrum of light distribution on a detection plane from an input light beam, wherein the spectrometer includes; (i) first collimating optics that collimates the input light beam in a vertical plane without collimating the input light beam in a horizontal plane that is substantially orthogonal to the vertical plane so as to produce a partially collimated light beam; (ii) light beam collimating-dispersing-focusing optics that produces a partially focused dispersed light beam from the partially collimated light beam, the partially focused dispersed light beam being focused in the horizontal plane without being focused in the vertical plane; and (iii) second focusing optics that focuses the partially focused dispersed light beam in the vertical plane to form the light distribution on the detection plane. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 76, 79)
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51. A method of measuring spectral characteristics of an input light beam using a portable electronic device that is at least one of a spectrometer-phone device and a spectrometer-phone system, the method comprising:
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inputting an input light beam into a spectrometer of the portable electronic device; forming a spectrum of light distribution from the input light beam with the spectrometer of the portable electronic device; collecting information relating to the spectrum of light distribution with a processor disposed in the portable electronic device; collimating the input light beam with a first optical element disposed in the dispersion spectrometer, the first optical element collimating the light beam in a vertical plane without collimating the light beam in a horizontal plane that is substantially orthogonal to the vertical plane, to produce a partially collimated light beam; producing a partially focused dispersed light beam from the partially collimated light beam, the partially focused dispersed light beam being focused in the horizontal plane without being focused in the vertical plane; and focusing the partially focused dispersed light beam in the vertical plane with an optical clement disposed in the dispersion spectrometer, the optical element being different from au optical element that form the partially focused dispersed light beam, to form the light distribution. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 80)
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