Spectrometry Apparatus Visual Teaching Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing spectrometry apparatuses face challenges in accurately teaching the relationship between optical spectra and chromaticity values, leading to a cumbersome and error-prone process, especially under varying environmental conditions.
Innovation Solution
A spectrometry method and apparatus that includes a spectrometer, imaging device, spectroscopic controller, and display section, which generates teaching-purpose spectroscopic images, visualized images, and conversion rules to accurately calculate chromaticity from measurement-purpose spectra, reducing the risk of incorrect data input through visualized icons and teaching areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the spectrometry apparatus teaches the relationship between optical spectra and chromaticity values manually, then the chromaticity measurement can be performed, but the process becomes cumbersome and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visualized image that is a copy or representation of the imaging target, where specific regions are highlighted with icons representing teaching areas. This visualized image serves as an intermediary that simplifies the teaching process by providing a standardized interface for inputting chromaticity values, thereby reducing operational complexity while maintaining measurement accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the imaging target into multiple teaching areas, each represented by an icon in the visualized image. Each teaching area can be independently selected and assigned chromaticity values. This segmentation allows the complex task of teaching the relationship between optical spectra and chromaticity to be broken down into manageable units, reducing the overall complexity of the teaching process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the spectrometry apparatus processes a large number of optical spectra and chromaticity values, then comprehensive colorimetry can be achieved, but the risk of wrong procedures increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the visualized image displays icons representing teaching areas, and the system provides guidance on which areas need chromaticity value input. This feedback loop helps ensure that chromaticity values are input correctly for all necessary teaching areas, reducing the risk of errors while maintaining comprehensive colorimetry capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The visualized image with its icon-based representation serves as an intermediary between the operator and the complex data processing task. It translates the abstract task of teaching chromaticity relationships into a more intuitive visual interface, thereby improving reliability by making the process more transparent and easier to verify.
3Reliability
If the spectrometry apparatus uses visualized icons and conversion rules, then data input errors are minimized, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color changes in the visualized image to represent different teaching areas and their corresponding chromaticity characteristics. By encoding information about the imaging target and teaching areas through color variations in the visualized image, the system provides intuitive visual cues that guide data input without requiring complex user instructions, thereby improving reliability while managing system complexity.
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 method enables accurate and efficient teaching of chromaticity values, minimizing errors in data input and ensuring precise chromaticity measurement by using visualized icons and conversion rules, thus improving the reliability of spectrometry results.
Implementation Method 1
a spectrometer that spectrally separates reflected light reflected off an imaging target to select light having a predetermined wavelength
Implementation Method 2
an imaging device that captures a spectroscopic image based on light fluxes having a plurality of wavelengths selected by the spectrometer
Implementation Method 3
a wavelength variable interference filter that extracts light having a predetermined wavelength from the light having passed through the telecentric optical system
Implementation Method 4
The wavelength variable interference filter includes an electrostatic actuator that changes the size of a gap in the wavelength variable interference filter to extract light having a desired wavelength
Data Source
AI summary
A spectrometry method used with an apparatus including a spectrometry section, a spectroscopic controller, a spectroscopic image generator, and a display section, the method including generating a teaching-purpose spectroscopic image, generating and displaying a teaching-purpose visualized image, identifying a first teaching area in the teaching-purpose visualized image and generating a first teaching-purpose spectrum, displaying a first icon based on the display color of the first teaching area, accepting teacher data that teaches chromaticity in correspondence with the first icon, generating a conversion rule based on the relationship between the spectrum and the teacher data, generating a measurement-purpose spectrum, and calculating chromaticity based on the conversion rule.