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Color measuring apparatus

US6707553B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2000
Grant dateMar 16, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J3/0272
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A measurement controller is electrically connected with light emitting circuits and controls the light emission of light sources. A calculator calculates reflection characteristic measurement values of a measurement object corresponding to the respective illuminators. Undetermined coefficients of a Gaussian function stored in a memory are determined using the calculated reflection characteristic measurement values, and errors created by an angle of inclination of a normal to a surface of the measurement object with respect to a center axis of a main body are corrected using the Gaussian function whose undetermined coefficients are determined to obtain corrected reflection characteristic values. Since a measurement result is corrected according to the angle of inclination of the main body with respect to the object surface, this enables a high-precision colormetry.

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