Fluorescent substance detection system
First Claim
1. A detection system adapted to detect tagging materials added in a tagged fluid in order to identify the tagged fluid, wherein the tagging materials are fluorescent substances having known discrete emission spectrums, existing as a mixture in the tagged fluid, wherein each of the fluorescent substances is used for coding information by employing different emission wavelengths and intensity levels to identify the tagged fluid which is highly absorbent and highly fluorescent, the detection system comprising:
- at least one illumination unit which emits light to the tagged fluid in order to excite the fluorescent substances to generate discrete emission spectrums used for generating coding information, the light emitted from the at least one illumination unit also generating fluorescence emissions in the tagged fluid along with the discrete emission spectrums from the fluorescent substances;
detection units, at least at a number equal to the number of types of the fluorescent substances, for detecting emissions coming from the fluorescent substances;
bandpass filters paired with the detection units, wherein the bandpass filter of each detection unit matches a center emission wavelength of the discrete emission spectrum of one of the fluorescent substances;
at least one signal processing unit, connected to the detection units, to receive signals including the discrete emission spectrums of the fluorescent substances from the detection units and process the signals to decode the coding information in order to identify the tagged fluid; and
at least one background detector for detecting the fluorescent emissions of the tagged fluid, the at least one background detector being in connection with the at least one signal processing unit to apply dynamic background subtraction method to extract the fluorescent emissions only from the fluorescent substances and employ them to identify the tagged fluid.
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Abstract
In the present invention, a fluorescent substance detection system (S) for detecting fluorescent substances in any environment is provided. Said detection system (S) comprises at least one illumination unit (1) which emits light to said environment in order to excite said substances; detection units (2), at least at a number equal to the number of types of fluorescent substances, for detecting emissions coming from said excited fluorescent substances and bandpass filters (3), each connected to detection units (2) one by one, wherein bandpass filters (3) have a center wavelength matched to the center emission wavelength of corresponding fluorescent substance.
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1. A detection system adapted to detect tagging materials added in a tagged fluid in order to identify the tagged fluid, wherein the tagging materials are fluorescent substances having known discrete emission spectrums, existing as a mixture in the tagged fluid, wherein each of the fluorescent substances is used for coding information by employing different emission wavelengths and intensity levels to identify the tagged fluid which is highly absorbent and highly fluorescent, the detection system comprising:
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at least one illumination unit which emits light to the tagged fluid in order to excite the fluorescent substances to generate discrete emission spectrums used for generating coding information, the light emitted from the at least one illumination unit also generating fluorescence emissions in the tagged fluid along with the discrete emission spectrums from the fluorescent substances; detection units, at least at a number equal to the number of types of the fluorescent substances, for detecting emissions coming from the fluorescent substances; bandpass filters paired with the detection units, wherein the bandpass filter of each detection unit matches a center emission wavelength of the discrete emission spectrum of one of the fluorescent substances; at least one signal processing unit, connected to the detection units, to receive signals including the discrete emission spectrums of the fluorescent substances from the detection units and process the signals to decode the coding information in order to identify the tagged fluid; and at least one background detector for detecting the fluorescent emissions of the tagged fluid, the at least one background detector being in connection with the at least one signal processing unit to apply dynamic background subtraction method to extract the fluorescent emissions only from the fluorescent substances and employ them to identify the tagged fluid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for real time and online identification of a tagged fluid which is highly absorbent and highly fluorescent, the tagged fluid including tagging materials added in order to identify the tagged fluid, wherein the tagging materials are fluorescent substances mixed in the tagged fluid in order to identify the tagged fluid, and wherein the fluorescent substances are used for coding information by employing different emission wavelengths and intensity levels to identify the tagged fluid, the method comprising:
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illuminating the tagged fluid containing the fluorescent substances with at least one illumination unit to generate fluorescence emissions, from the fluorescent substances and the tagged fluid, including discrete emission wavelengths from the fluorescent substances; collecting the fluorescence emissions from the tagged fluid and the fluorescent substances; detecting the discrete emission wavelengths using at least one detection unit by filtering the fluorescence emissions from the fluorescent substances using a bandpass filter; transferring the readings of the at least one detection unit, including the fluorescence emissions from the fluorescent substances, to a signal processing unit; collecting the fluorescence emissions of the tagged fluid through a background transmitter; detecting the fluorescence emissions of the tagged fluid by filtering specific emission wavelengths and using a background detector; and transferring the readings to the signal processing unit to apply dynamic background subtraction method for extracting the fluorescence emissions emitted from the fluorescent substances only to decode the coding information in order to identify the tagged fluid. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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