IP Library Granted Patent US 9,909,920
Granted Patent B2
US 9,909,920 · App. 15/598,493 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Photometric device

Inventor: Yuzo Izaki (Itabashi-ku, JP)
Assignee: Topcon Technohouse Corporation
G01J1/0437G01J1/44G01J3/0229G01J3/2803G01J2001/4247
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,909,920
App. No.
15/598,493
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photometric device ( 1 ) measuring light emitted from a measuring object such as a display ( 2 ) includes interference filters ( 20 X, 20 Y, and 20 Z) selectively transmitting a particular wavelength corresponding to a respective one of tristimulus values, an LVF ( 21 ) separating and transmitting incident light, a disk ( 22 ) supporting the interference filters and the LVF, a motor ( 23 ) rotatably drive the disk to cause the light emitted from the measuring object to scan the interference filters and the LVF sequentially, a photoreceptor ( 13 ) converting light passed through the interference filters and light passed through the LVF to an electrical signal, and a photometric controller ( 14 ) outputting photometric information based on the electrical signal of the light passed through the interference filters and converted by the photoreceptor and the electrical signal of the light passed through the LVF and converted by the photoreceptor.

Claims (19)

1. A photometric device measuring light emitted from a measuring object, the photometric device comprising:

an interference filter selectively transmitting a particular wavelength corresponding to a respective one of tristimulus values;

a spectral portion separating and transmitting incident light;

a supporter supporting the interference filter and the spectral portion;

an actuator driving the supporter to cause the light emitted from the measuring object to scan the interference filter and the spectral portion sequentially;

a photoreceptor converting light passed through the interference filter and light passed through the spectral portion to an electrical signal; and

a photometric controller implementing self-calibration processing to complement, by the light passed through the interference filter, the amount of light which the spectral portion lacks and outputting photometric information based on the electrical signal of the light passed through the interference filter and converted by the photoreceptor and the electrical signal of the light passed through the spectral portion and converted by the photoreceptor.

2. The photometric device of claim 1 , wherein

the supporter is a plate member provided with the interference filter and the spectral portion on a plane of the plate member, and

the actuator is a motor moving the plate member along a direction in which the interference filter and the spectral portion are provided.

3. The photometric device of claim 1 , wherein

the spectral portion is a linear variable filter having transmitting portions of light each corresponding to a different transmissive wavelength.

4. The photometric device of claim 1 , wherein

the interference filter includes three interference filters of a Red range, a Green range, and a Blue range.

5. The photometric device of claim 1 , wherein

the interference filter includes a pair of filter elements paired along a light path, and

the pair of filter elements are tilted and face each other so that

one side of one of the pair of filter elements is close to one side of the other one of the pair of filter elements, and

the other side of one of the pair of filter elements is away from the other side of the other one of the pair of filter elements.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 9, 2025
From: TOPCON TECHNOHOUSE CORPORATION
To: TECHNOOPTIS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071248/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2017
From: IZAKI, YUZO
To: TOPCON TECHNOHOUSE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042422/0669 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-100886 · May 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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