Patent ID: 7408644
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A color measuring device for irradiating measurement light onto each colored line formed in a color region of a test strip and for receiving reflected light of the measurement light to measure a color intensity of each colored line, the device comprising: a single mount plate for mounting of a specific test strip in which at least two independent color regions are arranged in parallel to each other; a plurality of irradiation optical systems for irradiating respective beams of measurement light onto the associated color regions of the specific test strip; a plurality of reception optical systems for receiving respective beams of reflected light from the associated color regions; an optical head carrying the plurality of irradiation optical systems and reception optical systems; and a scanning mechanism for effecting relative movement between the mount plate and the optical head in a scan direction traversing each colored line, wherein the plurality of irradiation optical systems and the plurality of reception optical systems are optically isolated from each other wherein the scanning mechanism is arranged to move the optical head relative to the mount plate in the scan direction.