LED measuring device
View Patent ↗A device for measuring the output of an LED with a detector under different distance conditions without requiring the movement of either the LED or the detector. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention implements the testing conditions specified in CIE 127 allowing the determination of Averaged LED Intensity at the specified distances of 100 mm and 316 mm while keeping the physical distance between the LED and the detector fixed at the shorter distance of 100 mm. The exemplary embodiment comprises an optical element that can be selectively inserted into the optical path between the LED and the detector to make the separation appear to be the longer of the two distances. The optical element comprises a lens assembly and a detector aperture that creates a virtual image of the detector aperture at the longer of the two distances. The detector aperture is dimensioned so that the virtual image of the detector aperture has the area required by the standard.
1. A device for selectively providing a plurality of optical measurement conditions between a light emitting device and a light detecting device, comprising:
a movable optical element, the movable optical element including:
a first aperture;
a second aperture; and
a lens, the lens having a lens optical axis and being arranged so that the first aperture lies along the lens optical axis,
wherein the movable optical element is selectively movable between a first and a second position so that when the movable optical element is in the first position, the lens optical axis is collinear with a further optical axis between the light emitting device and the light detecting device and when the movable optical element is in the second position, the second aperture lies along the further optical axis.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the lens creates a virtual image of the first aperture at a first distance from the light emitting device, the first distance being greater than a second distance between the light emitting device and the light detecting device.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the virtual image of the first aperture has a virtual aperture area, the virtual aperture area being greater than an area of the first aperture.
4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the first distance is approximately 316 mm and the second distance is approximately 100 mm.
5. The device of claim 3 , wherein the virtual aperture area is approximately 100 mm 2 .
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second aperture has an area of approximately 100 mm 2 .
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first aperture has an area of approximately 3.4 mm 2 .
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the movable optical element is movable in a direction transverse to an optical axis between the light emitting device and the light detecting device.
9. The device of claim 1 , comprising a first light diffuser arranged proximate to the first aperture and a second light diffuser arranged proximate to the second aperture.
10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the lens has a focal length of approximately 60 mm.
11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the lens is approximately 49 mm from the first aperture.
12. The device of claim 1 , wherein a solid angle of view between the light emitting device and the first aperture is approximately 0.001 steradian.
13. The device of claim 1 , wherein a solid angle of view between the light emitting device and the second aperture is approximately 0.01 steradian.
14. The device of claim 1 , wherein the light detecting device measures illuminance.
15. The device of claim 1 , comprising a light tight enclosure, wherein the light emitting device, the light detecting device and the movable optical element are contained in the light tight enclosure.