Method and apparatus for spectral analysis of images
US5835214A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2021/6441
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for analyzing an optical image of a scene to determine the spectral intensity of each pixel thereof, by: collecting incident light from the scene; scanning the incident light; passing the scanned light through an interferometer which outputs modulated light corresponding to a predetermined set of linear combinations of the spectral intensity of the light emitted from each pixel; focusing the light outputted from the interferometer on a detector array; and processing the output of the detector array to determine the spectral intensity of each pixel thereof.
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