Color-Light Generation System for Automated Color Blindness Diagnosis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for diagnosing color blindness are cumbersome, time-consuming, and prone to errors due to manual data retrieval and eye fatigue, lacking automation and digitalization, which affects the accuracy of color perception tests.
Innovation Solution
A color-light generation system comprising a light source, reflective grating, array optical switch, light mixer, and controller, which reduces the number of optical elements and costs by using an array optical switch with two areas and a light mixer with two areas to output specific color lights, improving the reliability of color perception tests.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sets of color generators are used to generate different color lights, then the color perception testing capability is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple color generation functions into a single integrated system. The light source generates multiple light beams that are directed through a reflective grating to different areas of a single optical switch, which then routes them to different areas of a single light mixer. This merging approach eliminates the need for multiple separate color generators while maintaining the ability to produce various color lights for comprehensive color perception testing.
Solution Approach 2:
The single light source serves multiple functions by generating different color lights through the reflective grating and optical switch system. The light mixer also performs multiple functions by combining light beams in different configurations to produce various color outputs. This multi-functionality allows the system to conduct diverse color perception tests without requiring separate dedicated color generation devices for each test type.
2Ease of operation
If manual inspection methods are used for color blindness diagnosis, then the operational simplicity is maintained, but the inspection time and eye fatigue increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual inspection methods with an automated optical testing system. The light source, reflective grating, optical switch, and light mixer work together as an automated system that can rapidly present different color stimuli to the test subject without requiring manual intervention. This automation significantly reduces inspection time while maintaining operational simplicity through electronic control rather than manual manipulation.
3Measurement precision
If prolonged inspection time is used to ensure accurate color perception testing, then the testing completeness is improved, but the eye fatigue and result deviation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The automated system can implement periodic testing cycles where color stimuli are presented in a structured sequence. The optical switch can rapidly cycle through different color combinations, allowing the test subject to respond to multiple stimuli in quick succession without prolonged exposure to single colors. This periodic presentation maintains testing completeness while reducing eye fatigue through varied and brief stimulus exposure.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system simplifies color perception testing, reduces eye fatigue, and enhances the accuracy of color distinction by using a controller to modulate light intensity and spectral combinations, allowing for effective color correction without the need for multiple color generators, thereby improving the reliability of inspection results.
Implementation Method 1
The reflective grating is configured to receive the first area light beam and the second area light beam and then generate a first area reflected light beam and a second area reflected light beam
Data Source
AI summary
A color-light generation system includes a light source emitting first and second area light beams, a reflective grating receiving the first and second area light beams and then generating first and second area reflected light beams, an array optical switch including first and second areas receiving the first and second area reflected light beams respectively, a light mixer including a light mixer first area and a light mixer second area receiving a light beam from the first area and a light beam from the second area respectively, and a controller electrically connected to the array optical switch and controlling the array optical switch, so that the light mixer first area outputs a first color light, and the light mixer second area outputs a second color light. A method of using the system is also provided.