Patent ID: 9546904
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G01J,H04N

Claim:
1. A spectrometer system comprising: a single or composite light source in optical communication with, and in optical sequence with, a source light collector, an illumination light structuring component comprising optical parts, selected from: lenses; diffusers; beam splitters; polarizers; filters; light guides; or combinations thereof, a sample holder, a sample light collector, a spectrometer light structuring component comprising optical devices selected from: cylindrical lenses; non-spherical mirrors; spherical mirrors; attenuator; lenses; fiber optics; or combinations thereof, a light dispersing engine comprising optical components selected from: an optical entrance component; a light dispersing element; an optical output component; or combination thereof, one or more than one sample illumination measurement monitoring and calibration channel for guiding light onto the spectrometer light structuring component at an entrance to the light dispersing engine, the one or more measurement monitoring and calibration channel collecting a portion of light from: i) the external light source and passing the portion of light to the one or more than one sample illumination, measurement, monitoring and calibration channel; ii) the illumination light structuring component and passing the external light to the one or more than one sample illumination, measurement, monitoring and calibration channel; iii) the sample light collector and passing the external light to the one or more than one sample illumination, measurement, monitoring and calibration channel; iv) a combined light produced using a plurality of narrow spectral bands with defined spectral characteristics, a plurality of broadband bands with defined spectral characteristics, or a combination thereof, and passing the combined light onto the one or more than one sample illumination, measurement, monitoring and calibration channel; v) a reference sample to produce a reference light, and passing the reference light to the one or more than one sample illumination, measurement, monitoring and calibration channel; vi) a broadband light source to produce a broad band light, and passing the broad band light to the one or more or more than one sample illumination, measurement, monitoring and calibration channel; or vii) a combination thereof, one or more than one photo detector, and an electrical signal converter, the electrical signal convertor for converting the signal obtained from the one or more than one photo detector into an electric signal, the electric signal converter in communication with a data preprocessing unit comprising a computer capable of preparing electrical digital signal for analysis, and a data analyzer, the spectrometer system further comprising one or more of a corrected photo detector algorithm in communication with the one or more than one photo detectors, a sample illumination correction algorithm in communication with the one or more or more than one sample illumination, measurement, monitoring and calibration channel, an LDE-PD (light dispersing engine-photo detector) alignment procedure in communication with the light dispersing engine and the photo detector, an SLSC-LDE (spectrophotometer light structuring component—light dispersing engine) alignment procedure in communication with the spectrophotometer light structuring component and the light dispersing engine, a distortion correction matrix in communication with the data preprocessing unit, an algorithm for optimizing of spectral data in communication with the data preprocessing unit, or a combination thereof.