Patent Publication Number: US-9429472-B2

Title: Illumination device and reflection characteristic measuring device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a national stage of international application no. PCT/JP2014/062962, filed May 15, 2014, which claims the benefit of Japanese application number 2013-112846, filed May 29, 2013, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to an illumination device and a reflection characteristic measuring device. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Measurement results of measuring devices that illuminate samples, and measure reflection light, transmitted light, and the like from the samples are affected by intensity of illumination light. Therefore, it is required to monitor the intensity of the illumination light in the measuring devices. 
     For example, in the technology of Patent Literature 1, a light beam emitted from a light source (LED) in a normal line direction is guided to the sample, and becomes the illumination light, and a light beam emitted from the light source in a non-normal line is guided to a photodetector (light-receiving sensor). The intensity of the light beam guided to the photodetector is detected by the photodetector. A detection result of the photodetector is used for correction of a measurement result. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     Patent Literature 1: JP 2002-214126 A 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     However, in the technology of Patent Literature 1, the intensity of the light beam guided to the photodetector may not be temporally changed similarly to the intensity of the light beam guided to the sample, and the detection result of the photodetector may not serve as an index that appropriately reflects the intensity of the light beam guided to the sample. In such a case, the measurement result is not appropriately corrected. 
     The present invention is made to solve the problem. An object of the present invention is to provide an illumination device form which an index that appropriately reflect the intensity of a light beam guided to an object to be illuminated can be obtained. Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a reflection characteristic measuring device that correctly performs spectrometry. 
     Solution to Problem 
     According to a desirable form, an illumination device includes a light source, a photodetector, and a support structure. The light source emits light. The light source has light distribution in which a reference axis serves as an axis of symmetry or light distribution in which a plane including a reference axis serves as a plane of symmetry. A first light beam included in the light is guided to an object to be illuminated. A second light beam included in the light is guided to the photodetector. The photodetector detects intensity of the second light beam. The light source and the photodetector are supported by the support structure in positions and postures that allow the first light beam and the second light beam to be guided in an aforementioned manner. A traveling direction of the first light beam makes a first angle with the reference axis. A traveling direction of the second light beam makes a second angle with the reference axis. The second angle is the same as the first angle. 
     According to a desirable form, a reflection characteristic measuring device includes the above-described illumination device, a spectrometry mechanism, and a correction unit. The spectrometry device performs spectrometry of reflection light from an object to be illuminated. A correction unit corrects a measurement result of the spectrometry mechanism, using a detection result of the photodetector. In this correction, correction to resolve temporal change of the intensity of the first light beam is performed. 
     The objects, characteristics, aspects, and advantages of the invention, and objects, characteristics, aspects, and advantages other than the aforementioned points of the present invention will become apparent by detailed description of the present invention below when considered together with the appended drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a sectional view of an illumination device of a first embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a top view of an arrangement of a light-emitting diode and the like in the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 3  is a graph illustrating temporal change of intensity of light beams. 
         FIG. 4  is a sectional view illustrating light distribution of a light-emitting diode. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view of an illumination device of a second embodiment. 
         FIG. 6  is a top view of the illumination device of the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 7  is a sectional view of the illumination device of the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 8  is a perspective view illustrating an arrangement of a light-emitting diode and the like in the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 9  is a top view of a polyhedral mirror. 
         FIG. 10  is a perspective view of another arrangement of the light-emitting diode and the like in the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 11  is a block diagram of a multiangle colorimeter. 
         FIG. 12  is a block diagram of a control operation unit. 
         FIG. 13  is a sectional view of a light-emitting diode unit of a fourth embodiment. 
         FIG. 14  is a sectional view of the light-emitting diode unit and the like of the fourth embodiment. 
         FIG. 15  is a sectional view of the light-emitting diode and the like of the fourth embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     First Embodiment 
     A first embodiment relates to an illumination device. 
     The sectional view of  FIG. 1  schematically illustrates an illumination device  1000  of the first embodiment. The top view of  FIG. 2  schematically illustrates an arrangement of a light-emitting diode  1020 , a photodiode  1021 , and an object to be illuminated  1080 . 
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the illumination device  1000  includes the light-emitting diode  1020 , the photodiode  1021  and a support structure  1022 . 
     The light-emitting diode  1020  emits light  1040 . 
     The light  1040  is formed of a first light beam  1060 , a second light beam  1061 , and a residual light beam  1062 . The first light beam  1060  is directly guided to the object to be illuminated  1080 , and becomes illumination light. The second light beam  1061  is directly guided to the photodiode  1021 . 
     A zenith angle θ 2  in a traveling direction of the second light beam  1061  is the same as a zenith angle θ 1  of a traveling direction of the first light beam  1060 . An azimuth angle φ 2  of the traveling direction of the second light beam  1061  is different from an azimuth angle φ 1  of the traveling direction of the first light beam  1060 . The zenith angles θ 1  and θ 2  indicate angles made with a reference axis  1100 . The azimuth angles φ 1  and φ 2  indicate rotation angles around the reference axis  1100 . 
     A spread angle of the first light beam  1060  is set to be small both in a zenith angle direction and an azimuth angle direction, and is desirably set to 2° or less. When the spread angle of the first light beam  1060  is set to be small, variation of an incident angle of a plane to be illuminated of the object to be illuminated  1080  becomes small. Note that the spread angle of the first light beam  1060  may be set larger both or one of in the zenith angle direction and the azimuth angle direction. A spread angle of the second light beam  1061  is set to the same as the spread angle of the first light beam  1060  in the zenith angle direction. The spread angle of the second light beam  1061  may be set to be larger or smaller than the spread angle of the first light beam  1060  in the azimuth angle direction, or may be set to the same as the spread angle of the first light beam  1060 . 
     The light-emitting diode  1020  may be replaced with another type of light source. For example, the light-emitting diode  1020  may be replaced with a halogen lamp, Xenon lamp, or the like. 
     The photodiode  1021  detects intensity of the second light beam  1061 , and output an electrical signal according to the intensity of the second light beam  1061 . 
     The zenith angle θ 2  is the same as the zenith angle θ 1 . Therefore, the intensity of the second light beam  1061  is temporally changed similarly to intensity of the first light beam  1060 . From the photodiode  1021 , an index that appropriately reflects the intensity of the first light beam  1060  guided to the object to be illuminated  1080  can be obtained. 
     In contrast, when the zenith angle θ 2  is different from the zenith angle θ 1 , the intensity of the second light beam  1061  is not temporally changed similarly to the intensity of the first light beam  1060 . For example, the zenith angle θ 1  is 0° and the zenith angle θ 2  is 65°, while the intensity of the first light beam  1060  is monotonously decreased, the intensity of the second light beam  1061  is increased once then sharply decreased to become lower than the intensity of the first light beam  1060 , as illustrated in the graph of  FIG. 3  that illustrates the temporal change o the intensity of the light beams.  FIG. 3  illustrates the temporal change of the intensity of the light beams from when the light-emitting diode  1020  is lighted to when a time of about 0.1 seconds elapses. 
     The photodiode  1021  may be replaced with another type of photodetector. For example, the photodiode  1021  may be replaced with a photoresistor, a photomultiplier, or the like. 
     The first light beam  1060  is guided to the object to be illuminated  1080 , and becomes the illumination light. The second light beam  1061  is guided to the photodiode  1021 . The support structure  1022  supports the light-emitting diode  1020  and the photodiode  1021  in positions and postures that allow the first light beam  1060  and the second light beam  1061  to be guided in an aforementioned manner. 
     The illumination device  1000  may include a structure other than the aforementioned structures. For example, an optical system that converges, radiates, reflects, or refracts both or one of the first light beam  1060  and the second light beam  1061  may be provided. The optical system includes a lens, a prism, a mirror, an optical fiber, and the like. When the residual light beam  1062  becomes stray light and affects illumination to the object to be illuminated  1080  or detection of the intensity of the second light beam  1061  with the photodiode  1021 , a shield that shields the residual light beam  1062  is desirably provided. 
     The sectional view of  FIG. 4  schematically illustrates light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020 . 
     The light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  is axially symmetrical light distribution (rotationally symmetrical light distribution). The light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  may be symmetrical light distribution other than the axially symmetrical light distribution. For example, the light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  may be light distribution symmetrical about two planes, light distribution symmetrical about one plane, or the like. 
     The axially symmetrical light distribution is light distribution that can be expressed by rotation of a polar coordinate light distribution curve in a plane that includes an axis of rotation around the axis of rotation, as described in the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) 28113. When the light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  is the axially symmetrical light distribution, the reference axis  1100  serves as the axis of rotation. When the light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  is the axially symmetrical light distribution, the azimuth angles φ 1  and φ 2  may be set in any manner possible. 
     The symmetrical light distribution is light distribution having one axis of symmetry or at least one plane of symmetry, as described in JIS 28113. When the light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  is the symmetrical light distribution, the reference axis  1100  serves as the axis of symmetry, or a plane including the reference axis  1100  serves as the plane of symmetry. When the light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  is the symmetrical light distribution, the azimuth angles φ 1  and φ 2  are desirably set such that the traveling direction of the first light beam  1060  and the traveling direction of the second light beam  1061  become symmetrical about the axis of symmetry or the plane of symmetry. 
     The light distribution symmetrical about two planes is light distribution that includes the reference axis, and is considered symmetrical about mutually perpendicular two planes and are not rotationally symmetrical, as described in JIS 28113. When the light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  is the light distribution symmetrical about two planes, the azimuth angles φ 1  and φ 2  are desirably set such that the traveling direction of the first light beam  1060  and the traveling direction of the second light beam  1061  become symmetrical about the two planes. 
     The light distribution symmetrical about one plane is light distribution that is considered symmetrical about one plane including the reference axis, and is not rotationally symmetrical and not symmetrical about two planes, as described in JIS 28113. When the light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  is the light distribution symmetrical about one plane, the azimuth angles φ 1  and φ 2  are desirably set such that the traveling direction of the first light beam  1060  and the traveling direction of the second light beam  1061  become symmetrical about the one plane. 
     More typically, the light-emitting diode  1020  has light distribution in which the reference axis  1100  serves as the axis of symmetry or light distribution in which a plane including the reference axis  1100  serves as the plane of symmetry. 
     Second Embodiment 
     A second embodiment relates to an illumination device. 
     The perspective view of  FIG. 5 , the top view of  FIG. 6 , and the sectional view of  FIG. 7  schematically illustrate an illumination device  2000  of the second embodiment. The perspective view of  FIG. 8  schematically illustrates an arrangement of a light-emitting diode  2020 , photodiodes  2021 , a shielding plate  2022 , cylindrical mirrors  2023 , and an object to be illuminated  2120 . 
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 5 to 8 , the illumination device  2000  includes the light-emitting diode  2020 , the photodiodes  2021 , the shielding plate  2022 , the cylindrical mirrors  2023 , and a housing  2024 . The shielding plate  2022  includes an inner circumferential-side plate  2040 , an outer circumferential-side plate  2041 , and communication pieces  2042 . The housing  2024  includes a cylindrical object  2060  and a lid object  2061 . The illumination device  2000  may include a structure other than these structures. The illumination device  2000  can be employed as a reflection characteristic measuring device that meets a standard of so-called 45°:0° geometry, in which illumination light illuminates a sample surface, the illumination light being incident on the sample surface from a direction making 45° with a reference axis (normal line) that passes through a center of the sample surface, and reflection light emitted from the sample surface to a direction making 0° with the reference axis is received. 
     The light-emitting diode  2020  emits light  2080 . Light distribution of the light-emitting diode  2020  is the same as the light distribution of the light-emitting diode  1020  of the first embodiment. 
     The light  2080  is formed of a first light beam  2100 , a second light beam  2101 , and a residual light beam  2102 . The first light beam  2100  is guided to an object to be illuminated  2120 , and becomes the illumination light. The second light beam  2101  is guided to the photodiodes  2021 . The residual light beam  2102  is shielded by the shielding plate  2022  and the like. A zenith angle θ 2  of a traveling direction of the second light beam  2101  is the same as a zenith angle θ 1  of a traveling direction of the first light beam  2100 . An azimuth angle φ 2  of the traveling direction of the second light beam  2101  is different from an azimuth angle φ 1  of the traveling direction of the first light beam  2100 . 
     The illumination device  2000  is a ring illumination device. Therefore, a spread angle of the first light beam  2100  is set to be small in a zenith angle direction, and is desirably set to 2° or less. When the spread angle of the first light beam  2100  is set to be small in the zenith angle direction, variation of an incident angle at which a light beam is actually incident becomes small with respect to an incident angle determined in a standard. The spread angle of the first light beam  2100  is set to be large in an azimuth angle direction. A spread angle of the second light beam  2101  is set to be the same as the spread angle of the first light beam  2100  in the zenith angle direction. The spread angle of the second light beam  2101  may be set to be larger than or the same as the spread angle of the first light beam  2100  in the azimuth angle direction. However, the spread angle of the second light beam  2101  is desirably set to be smaller than the spread angle of the first light beam  2100  in the azimuth angle direction. When the spread angle of the second light beam  2101  is set to be small in the azimuth angle direction and the spread angle of the first light beam  2100  is set to be large in the azimuth angle direction, a lot of light is incident on a plane to be illuminated. 
     The light-emitting diode  2020  may be replaced with another type of light source. For example, the light-emitting diode  2020  may be replaced with a halogen lamp, a Xenon lamp, or the like. 
     Each of the photodiodes  2021  detects intensity of the second light beam  2101 , and outputs an electrical signal according to the intensity of the second light beam  2101 . 
     The zenith angle θ 2  is the same as the zenith angle θ 1 . Therefore, the intensity of the second light beam  2101  is temporally changed, similarly to intensity of the first light beam  2100 . From the photodiodes  2021 , an index that appropriately reflects the intensity of the first light beam  2100  guided to the object to be illuminated  2120  can be obtained. 
     The photodiodes  2021  may be replaced with another type of photodetector. For example, the photodiodes  2021  may be replaced with photoresistors, photomultipliers, or the like. The number of the photodiodes  2021  may be increased or decreased. 
     Annular slits  2140  are formed in the shielding plate  2022 . Each of the annular slits  2140  is a hole extending along a circumference of a circle having a center on the reference axis  2130 , and the hole having a longer length than a width. The width is a size in a radial direction of the circle. The length is a size in a circumferential direction of the circle. The annular slits  2140  may be replaced with holes having a shape that is difficult to be called “annular slit”. For example, the annular slits  2140  may be replaced with a group of a large number of circular holes arrayed in the circumferential direction of the circle. 
     The inner circumferential-side plate  2040  exists at an inner circumferential side of the annular slits  2140 . The outer circumferential-side plate  2041  exists at an outer circumferential side of the annular slits  2140 . The communication pieces  2042  communicate the inner circumferential-side plate  2040  and the outer circumferential-side plate  2041 . The inner circumferential-side plate  2040  and the outer circumferential-side plate  2041  become an integrated object by the communication pieces  2042 , and the shielding plate  2022  can be easily supported. The shielding plate  2022  may be replaced with a shield having a shape that is difficult to be called “shielding plate”. 
     The annular slits  2140  and the communication pieces  2042  are alternately arrayed in the circumferential direction of the circle. The number of the annular slits  2140  may be increased/decreased. When the number of the annular slits  2140  is increased/decreased, the number of the communication pieces  2042  is increased/decreased in accordance with the number of the annular slits  2140 . 
     Stray light is less likely to be guided to the object to be illuminated  2120  by the shielding plate  2022 . An index that appropriately reflects the intensity of the light beam guided to the object to be illuminated  2120  can be obtained from the photodiodes  2021 . 
     Each of the cylindrical mirrors  2023  includes an inner circumferential reflection surface  2160 . Each of the inner circumferential reflection surfaces  2160  extends along a cylindrical surface of a cylinder including a cylindrical axis on the reference axis  2130 . 
     All or a part of the cylindrical mirrors  2023  may be replaced with another type of optical system. For example, all or a part of the cylindrical mirrors  2023  may be replaced with a prism. The cylindrical mirrors  2023  may be replaced with a reflection mechanism including a plurality of plane reflection surfaces. The reflection mechanism may be a plurality of plane reflection mirrors, each reflection mirror including one plane reflection surface, or may be a polyhedral mirror including a plurality of continuing plane reflection surface. 
     The top view of  FIG. 9  schematically illustrates a polyhedral mirror. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 9 , the polyhedral mirror  2300  includes sixteen plane reflection surfaces  2310 . The number of the plane reflection surfaces  2310  may be increased/decreased. When a direction ground around the reference axis  2130  is a circumferential direction  2320 , and a direction approaching the reference axis  2130  is an inward direction  2322  in a radial direction, the sixteen plane reflection surfaces  2310  are dispersed and arrayed in the circumferential direction  2320  around the reference axis  2130 , and faces the inward direction  2322  in the radial direction. 
     The first light beam  2100  is guided to the object to be illuminated  2120  through the annular slits  2140  and the inner circumferential reflection surfaces  2160  from the light-emitting diode  2020 , and becomes illumination light. The first light beam  2100  is reflected by the inner circumferential reflection surfaces  2160 . The second light beam  2101  is directly guided to the photodiodes  2021 . 
     The first light beam  2100  is away from the reference axis  2130  while proceeding in the direction into which the reference axis  2130  extends, in a section from the photodiodes  2021  to the inner circumferential reflection surfaces  2160 . The first light beam  2100  approaches the reference axis  2130  while proceeding in the direction into which the reference axis  2130  extends, in a section from the inner circumferential reflection surface  2160  to the object to be illuminated  2120 , and converges on the object to be illuminated  2120 . Accordingly, the object to be illuminated  2120  is illuminated from various azimuth angles. The object to be illuminated  2120  is uniformly illuminated, and an influence of the distance from the illumination device  2000  to the object to be illuminated  2120  becomes small. 
     The light-emitting diode  2020 , the photodiodes  2021 , the shielding plate  2022 , and the cylindrical mirrors  2023  are supported by the housing  2024  in positions and postures that allow the first light beam  2100  and the second light beam  2101  to be guided in an aforementioned manner. The light-emitting diode  2020  is fixed to an inner surface  2180  of the lid object  2061 . The photodiodes  2021  are fixed to an inner circumferential surface  2190  of the cylindrical object  2060  through the shielding plate  2022 . The shielding plate  2022  and the cylindrical mirrors  2023  are fixed to the inner circumferential surface  2190  of the cylindrical object  2060 . One end  2200  of the cylindrical object  2060  is blocked with the lid object  2061 . The other end  2201  of the cylindrical object  2060  is released, and serves as an emission port of the illumination light. The light-emitting diode  2020 , the photodiodes  2021 , the shielding plate  2022 , and the cylindrical mirrors  2023  are housed inside the housing  2024 . The housing  2024  may be replaced with a support structure having another structure. 
     The light-emitting diode  2020  and the photodiodes  2021  are arranged above the shielding plate  2022 . The cylindrical mirrors  2023  and the object to be illuminated  2120  are arranged below the shielding plate  2022 . The “above” may be “above” in a vertical direction, or may not be “above” in the vertical direction. All or a part of the photodiodes  2021  may be moved below the shielding plate  2022 . For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 10 , one photodiode  2021  may be moved to a gap between the adjacent cylindrical mirrors  2023 . In this case, a part of the communication pieces  2042  is omitted so that the second light beam  2101  is not shielded by the communication piece  2042 , that is, the second light beam  2101  can be guided to the photodiode  2021  through the annular slit  2140  from the light-emitting diode  2020 . 
     Upper surfaces  2220  of the communication pieces  2042  exist at the side of the light-emitting diode  2020 . The photodiodes  2021  are connected to the upper surfaces  2220  of the communication pieces  2042 . Accordingly, the intensity of the light beam that proceeds toward the communication pieces  2042  necessary for integrating the inner circumferential-side plate  2040  and the outer circumferential-side plate  2041 , that is, the intensity of the light beam that cannot be used as the illumination light is detected by the photodiodes  2021 . The light  2080  emitted by the light-emitting diode  2020  can be efficiently used. 
     Although the structure of the illumination device  2000  becomes complicated, the photodiodes  2021  may not be connected to the upper surfaces  2220  of the communication pieces  2042 . For example, it is allowed that the photodiodes  2021  are connected to an inner surface  2180  of the lid object  2061 , the mirrors are connected to the upper surfaces  2220  of the communication pieces  2042 , and the second light beam  2101  is guided to the photodiodes  2021  form the light-emitting diode  2020  through the mirrors. 
     Third Embodiment 
     A third embodiment relates to a multiangle colorimeter. 
     The block diagram of  FIG. 11  schematically illustrates a multiangle colorimeter  3000  of the third embodiment. The block diagram of  FIG. 12  schematically illustrates a control operation unit  3023 . 
     The multiangle colorimeter  3000  is a unidirectional illumination/multidirectional light-receiving type colorimeter. In the unidirectional illumination/multidirectional light-receiving type colorimeter, illumination is performed from one direction, reflection light from the object to be illuminated into multi directions is received, and the received reflection light is subjected to spectrometry. 
     The multiangle colorimeter  3000  may be replaced with another type of reflection characteristic measuring device. For example, the multiangle colorimeter  3000  may be replaced with a multidirectional illumination/unidirectional light-receiving type colorimeter, a normal colorimeter, or the like. In the multidirectional illumination/unidirectional light-receiving type colorimeter, the illumination is performed from multi directions, the reflection light from the object to be illuminated into one directional is received, and the received reflection light is subjected to spectrometry. In the normal colorimeter, illumination is performed from one direction, the reflection light from the object to be illuminated into one directional is received, and the received reflection light is subjected to spectrometry. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 11 , the multiangle colorimeter  3000  includes an illumination mechanism  3020 , a light-receiving mechanism  3021 , a spectrometry mechanism  3022 , and a control operation unit  3023 . The light-receiving mechanism  3021  includes a bundled fiber  3040  and a shutter  3041 . As illustrated in  FIG. 12 , the control operation unit  3023  includes a spectrometry control unit  3060  and a correction unit  3061 . 
     The illumination mechanism  3020  includes the illumination device  1000  of the first embodiment. The illumination device  1000  of the first embodiment may be replaced with the illumination device  2000  of the second embodiment. 
     The light-receiving mechanism  3021  receives reflection light  3100  from an object to be illuminated  3080  with a plurality of light-receiving angles (against normal angles), and guides the reflection light  3100  to the spectrometry mechanism  3022 . The light-receiving mechanism  3021  may be omitted, and the reflection light  3100  from the object to be illuminated  3080  may be directly guided to the spectrometry mechanism  3022 . The number of light-receiving angles may be increased/decreased. 
     The spectrometry mechanism  3022  performs spectrometry for the guided reflection light  3100 . When the spectrometry is performed, the reflection light  3100  is dispersed by a wavelength dispersion element such as diffraction grating or a prism, change of the intensity of the light with a wavelength is detected by a sensor array or the like, and an optical spectrum is obtained. The system of the spectrometry may be changed. 
     The control operation unit  3023  controls the illumination mechanism  3020 , the light-receiving mechanism  3021 , and the spectrometry mechanism  3022 , and performs an operation for a measurement result. The function of the control operation unit  3023  is realized by causing a built-in computer to execute a control program. Whole or apart of the function of the control operation unit  3023  may be realized by hardware that does not execute a program. The hardware is, for example, an electronic circuit that includes an operation amplifier, a comparator, a logic circuit, and the like. 
     The spectrometry control unit  3060  controls the illumination mechanism  3020 , the light-receiving mechanism  3021 , and the spectrometry mechanism  3022 . The spectrometry control unit  3060  controls the illumination mechanism  3020  to illuminate the object to be illuminated  3080 . Further, the spectrometry control unit  3060  controls the shutter  3041  to open an incident port  3120  of the light-receiving angle where measurement is performed, of a plurality of incident ports  3120  of the bundled fiber  3040 , and close the residual incident ports  3120 . Further, the spectrometry control unit  3060  controls the spectrometry mechanism  3022  to cause the spectrometry mechanism  3022  to perform spectrometry, and acquires a measurement result from the spectrometry mechanism  3022 . Further, the spectrometry control unit  3060  acquires detection results of the photodiodes  1021  when the spectrometry is performed. The spectrometry control unit  3060  performs these measurement control processes for all of the light-receiving angles. 
     The correction unit  3061  corrects the measurement result of the spectrometry mechanism  3022 , using the detection results of the photodiode  1021 . In this correction, an influence of temporal change of the intensity of the illumination light (first light beam) is resolved. For example, the intensity of the detected second light beam is I, and a reference value of the intensity of the second light beam is I0, the intensity of the light in a result of the spectrometry is multiplied by I0/I. Accordingly, the intensity of the light in the result of the spectrometry is standardized, and the spectrometry is correctly performed. 
     Further, according to this correction, the spectrometry can be performed without waiting until the intensity of the illumination light is stabilized. Therefore, a time required for spectrometry can be reduced. This advantage becomes especially remarkable in a unidirectional illumination/multidirectional light-receiving type multiangle colorimeter  3000  in which the spectrometry needs to be repeated for a large number of light-receiving angles. In other words, the unidirectional illumination/multidirectional light-receiving type multiangle colorimeter  3000  that needs to repeat the spectrometry for the large number of light-receiving angles is easily subject to variation of the intensity of the illumination light. Therefore, the advantage of this correction, which reduces the influence of the intensity of the illumination light, becomes especially remarkable. 
     Fourth Embodiment 
     A fourth embodiment relates to a light-emitting diode unit in which the light-emitting diode that configures the illumination mechanism of the third embodiment is replaced. 
     The sectional view of  FIG. 13  schematically illustrates a light-emitting diode unit  4000  of the fourth embodiment. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 13 , the light-emitting diode unit  4000  includes a light-emitting diode  4010 , an exterior  4011 , a substrate  4012 , a lens  4013 , and an electrode  4014 . 
     The light-emitting diode  4010  is mounted on an inclined region  4030  of one principal plane  4020  of the substrate  4012 . The inclined region  4030  is inclined by an angle θ with respect to a flat region  4031  of the one principal plane  4020  of the substrate  4012 . Therefore, a reference axis  4040  of the light-emitting diode  4010  extends in a direction making the angle θ with a direction into which a normal line of the flat region  4031  extends. A power feed electrode of the light-emitting diode  4010  is electrically connected with a wiring pattern exposed on the inclined region  4030 . Light distribution of the light-emitting diode  4010  is axially symmetrical light distribution where the reference axis  4040  serves as an axis of symmetry. The light-emitting diode  4010  desirably has vertical light distribution characteristics in accordance with the Lambert&#39;s cosine law. 
     The exterior  4011  is mounted on one principal plane  4020  of the substrate  4012 . In the exterior  4011 , a space  4050  is formed. The space  4050  is defined by an inner surface  4060  of the exterior  4011 , and is exposed to an outside of the exterior  4011  in an opening  4070  of the exterior  4011 . An end surface  4080  of the exterior  4011  along an outer circumference of the opening  4070  is fixed to a region to be fixed  4090  of the one principal plane  4020  of the substrate  4012  that surrounds the light-emitting diode  4010 . Accordingly, the opening  4070  is blocked with the one principal plane  4020  of the substrate  4012 , and the light-emitting diode  4010  is arranged in the space  4050  surrounded by the inner surface  4060  and the one principal plane  4020  of the substrate  4012 . 
     A hole  4100  and a hole  4101  are formed in the exterior  4011 . Each of the hole  4100  and the hole  4101  communicates the space  4050  and the outside of the exterior  4011 . The hole  4100  exists in a direction making the angle θ with the reference axis  4040  as viewed from the light-emitting diode  4010 . The hole  4101  exists in a direction making the angle θ with respect to the reference axis  4040  as viewed from the light-emitting diode  4010 . The hole  4101  exists at an opposite side to the hole  4100  with respect to the reference axis  4040 . 
     The exterior  4011  has a light shielding property. The exterior  4011  is desirably a resin molded body, and is more desirably integrally molded. Processing of decreasing reflectance is desirably applied to the inner surface  4060 . When the processing of decreasing the reflectance is applied to the inner surface  4060 , the stray light is suppressed. 
     The hole  4100  is blocked with the lens  4013 . 
     The electrode  4014  is provided on the other principal plane  4021  of the substrate  4012 . The electrode  4014  is electrically connected to the power feed electrode of the light-emitting diode  4010  through a wiring pattern. Accordingly, the power supplied to the electrode  4014  is fed to the power feed electrode of the light-emitting diode  4010  through the wiring pattern. When the power is fed to the power feed electrode of the light-emitting diode  4010 , the light-emitting diode  4010  emits light  4110 . 
     The light  4110  is formed of a first light beam  4120 , a second light beam  4121 , and a residual light beam  4122 . The first light beam  4120  is guided to the object to be illuminated through the hole  4100  and the lens  4013 , and becomes illumination light. The first light beam  4120  is condensed by the lens  4013 . The second light beam  4121  is guided to a photodiode  1021  through the hole  4101 . The residual light beam  4122  is shielded by the exterior  4011 . The first light beam  4120  proceeds to a direction making the angle θ with the reference axis  4040 . The second light beam  4121  proceeds in a direction making the angle θ with the reference axis  4040 . A traveling direction of the first light beam  4120  exists at an opposite side to the second light beam  4121  with respect to the reference axis  4040 . 
     When the light-emitting diode unit  4000  illustrated in  FIG. 13  is employed, the second light beam  4121  may be guided through the hole  4101  to the photodiode  1021  with the optical fiber  4130 , as illustrated in  FIG. 14 . In this case, an incident end  4140  of the optical fiber  4130  is connected to the hole  4101 , and the photodiode  1021  is arranged to an emission end  4141  of the optical fiber  4130 . As illustrated in  FIG. 15 , a photodiode  4150  in place of the photodiode  1021  may be arranged in the hole  4101 . 
     Although the present invention has been illustrated and described in detail, the above description is exemplarily described and is not restrictive in all aspects. Therefore, it is understood that numerous revisions and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. 
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               1000  Illumination device 
               1020  Light-emitting diode 
               1021  Photodiode 
               1022  Support structure 
               2000  Illumination device 
               2020  Light-emitting diode 
               2021  Photodiode 
               2022  Shielding plate 
               2023  Cylindrical mirror 
               2024  Housing 
               2040  Inner circumferential-side plate 
               2041  Outer circumferential-side plate 
               2042  Communication piece 
               2300  Polyhedral mirror 
               4010  Light-emitting diode 
               4011  Exterior 
               4150  Photodiode