A spectral
measurement device (110) for measuring
optical radiation (112) provided by at least one measurement object (118) with a spectral measurement based on at least one classification, said spectral
measurement device (110) comprising: - at least one
radiation source (116) configured to emit
optical radiation (112) at least partially towards said measurement object (118), said
optical radiation (112) being at least partially within a spectral range that is subject to a classification-based spectral measurement; - at least two photodetectors (120), each
photodetector (120) comprising at least one pixel (121), each pixel (121) being an active pixel (123) or a dark pixel (124), the spectral
measurement device (110) comprising at least two active pixels (123), the spectral measurement device (110) comprising at least one dark pixel (124), each active pixel (123) configured to generate at least one
photodetector signal dependent on illumination of the active pixel (123), at least two of the active pixels (123) configured to detect optical
radiation in at least partially different spectral ranges, each dark pixel (124) configured to generate at least one
photodetector signal independent of illumination of the dark pixel (124); - at least one readout device (139) configured to measure said photodetector
signal and to generate at least one item of
spectral data; at least one evaluation device (140) comprising at least one processor (142) and at least one memory storage (144), said memory storage (144) comprising: at least one classification model including a set of distinct classes, each class referring to at least one spectral characteristic, said classification model configured to classify at least one item of input data into said class; at least one
transfer function configured to transfer the items of
spectral data to items of input data applicable to the classification model; and at least one evaluation device (140) configured to store the Equipped with. The evaluation unit (140) is configured to generate at least one item of measurement information by applying the classification model and the
transfer function to an item of the
spectral data.