SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REDUCING A THERMAL LOAD ON AN ULTRAVIOLET FLASH LAMP
A system including a power supply configured to supply electrical power to a light source, and a circuit configured to activate the light source at a driving pulse to produce a light from the light source at a desired output spectral range so that a thermal load on the light source is reduced is disclosed. A method and a non-transitory processor readable storage medium, providing an executable computer program product, the executable computer program product comprising a computer software code that, when executed on a processor are also disclosed.
1 . A system comprising:
a power supply configured to supply electrical power to a light source; and
a circuit configured. to activate the light source at a driving pulse to produce a light from the light source at a desired output spectral range so that a thermal load on the light source is reduced.
2 . The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to control the circuit.
3 . The system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller provides for manual input of at least one variable to determine the driving pulse, power supplied to the light source, or a desired output spectral range.
4 . The system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller comprises at least one processor.
5 . The system according to claim 1 ., wherein the circuit is configured to repeat determined driving pulse at a rate at least equal to a frame rate of an imaging system.
6 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the driving pulse is determined based. on the desired output spectral range being in an ultraviolet spectral range.
7 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein determining the driving pulse further comprises determining the driving pulse to extract the desired output spectral range closest to a start of illumination of the light source.
8 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the light at a non-desired output spectral range is reduced as the light at the desired output spectral range is increased.
9 . The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat sink configured to reduce the thermal load.
10 . A method comprising:
identifying a desired output spectral range of a light to be produced from an illumination source;
determining a driving pulse for the illumination source to extract the light at the desired output spectral range at a duration so that a thermal load on the illumination source is reduced, the duration of the driving pulse is of a width which reduces output from a non-desired output spectral range of the light; and
illuminating the illumination source at the determined driving pulse to produce the light at the desired output spectral range while reducing the non-desired output spectral range of the light.
11 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising repeating the determined driving pulse.
12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the driving pulse is determined based on the desired output spectral range being in an ultraviolet spectral range.
13 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein determining the driving pulse further comprises determining the driving pulse to extract the desired output spectral range closest to a start of illumination of the illumination source.
14 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determined drive pulse is a shorter duration than a second drive pulse used to produce the non-desired output spectral range.
15 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising applying a heat sink to the illumination source to reduce the thermal load.
16 . A non-transitory processor readable storage medium, providing an executable computer program product, the executable computer program product comprising a computer software code that, when executed on a processor, causes the processor to:
determine a driving pulse for the illumination source to extract a light at a desired output spectral range at a duration so that a thermal load on the illumination source is reduced, the duration of the driving pulse is of a width which reduces output from a non-desired output spectral range of the light; and
command the illumination source to illuminate at the driving pulse to produce the desired output spectral range.
17 . The processor readable storage medium according to claim 16 , further causes the processor to repeat the determined driving pulse.
18 . The processor readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the driving pulse is determined based on the desired output spectral range being in an ultraviolet spectral range.
19 . The processor readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein causing the process to determine the driving pulse further comprises the processor to determine the driving pulse to extract the desired output spectral range closest to a start of illumination of the illumination source.
20 . The processor readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the determined drive pulse is a shorter duration than a second drive pulse used to produce the non-desired output spectral range.