OPTISCHER SENSOR

An optical sensor comprises a polychromatic light source (3), a detector (4), and first and second polarisers (7) (8) disposed in the light path between the source and the detector. The polarisation axis of the first polariser (7) is substantially orthogonal to that of the second (8), and there is a...

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1. Verfasser:	JONES, GORDON REES
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; ger
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING FREQUENCY-CHANGING INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT MEASURING TEMPERATURE NON-LINEAR OPTICS OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS OPTICS PHYSICS TARIFF METERING APPARATUS TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF TESTING THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	An optical sensor comprises a polychromatic light source (3), a detector (4), and first and second polarisers (7) (8) disposed in the light path between the source and the detector. The polarisation axis of the first polariser (7) is substantially orthogonal to that of the second (8), and there is a modulating element (6) of birefringent material disposed therebetween. The modulating element is disposed such that a change in the parameter to be measured alters the optical path length of the polychromatic light through the modulating element, thereby changing the colour of the light incident on the detector (4). The detector comprises first and second photo-responsive elements (9) (10), the responsivity with respect to wavelength of the first element (9) being different from that of the second (10). Signals from the photo-responsive elements are fed to a microprocessor (13) which calculates the colour of the light incident on the detector as represented by two or more parameters on the Chromaticity (CIE) Diagram, and interprets this colour in terms of the parameter to be measured.