# US 10,479,104 B2 · Optical module and electronic apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,104 B2 - Document ID: US10479104B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/037,875 - Filed: 2018-07-17 - Published: 2019-01-24 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-18 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Satoshi Oguchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479104B2 ## CPC - B41J 2/2135: {Alignment of dots} - B41J 29/393: Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine {; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns} - G01J 3/0205: {Optical elements not provided otherwise, e.g. optical manifolds, diffusers, windows} - G01J 3/0216: {using light concentrators or collectors or condensers} - G01J 3/0232: {using shutters} - G01J 3/42: Absorption spectrometry; Double beam spectrometry; Flicker spectrometry; Reflection spectrometry (beam switching arrangements G01J3/08) - G01J 3/524: {Calibration of colorimeters} - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N) ## Abstract An optical module includes: a measuring device including a measuring portion that measures light reflected at a measurement position of a measurement target, a light source that radiates light onto the measurement position in a direction crossing a measurement optical axis oriented from the measurement position to the measuring portion, and a window through which light incident on the measuring portion passes; and a shutter that opens and closes the window of the measuring device. The shutter is provided with a reference object disposed closer to the measuring portion side than the measurement position on the measurement optical axis, on a face of the shutter facing the measuring portion when closing the window, and the optical module includes a light guide that guides the light from the light source to the reference object when the window is closed by the shutter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optical module for a colorimeter comprising: a base having a first window and a second window; a light source that is disposed in the base and radiates initial light through the second window onto a measurement position of a measurement target in a direction crossing a measurement optical axis; an incident optical system that is disposed in the base and receives reflected light, the reflected light being obtained by reflecting the initial light at the measurement position of the measurement target, the reflected light traveling along the measurement optical axis through the first window; a shutter having a shutter face facing the first window and the second window of the base; a shutter holder supporting the shutter, the shutter holder being configured to open or close the first window with the shutter; a reference object disposed on at least a part of the shutter face; and a light guide disposed between the base and the shutter face; wherein the first window and the second window face the shutter face of the shutter when the first window is closed with the shutter so that the light guide diffusively guides the initial light from the second window to the reference object. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical module for a colorimeter according to claim 1, wherein the light guide is a prism that refracts the initial light from the light source toward the reference object. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The optical module for a colorimeter according to claim 2, wherein the prism covers the second window when the first window is closed by the shutter. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) An electronic apparatus comprising: the optical module according to claim 2; and a controller that controls a measuring process performed by the colorimeter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) An electronic apparatus comprising: the optical module according to claim 3; and a controller that controls a measuring process performed by the colorimeter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The optical module for a colorimeter according to claim 1, wherein the light guide includes an irregular reflector that irregularly reflects the initial light from the light source. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The optical module for a colorimeter according to claim 6, further comprising a light transmissive member disposed closer to the base than the shutter when the first window is closed by the shutter, wherein the irregular reflector is provided at a position that is spaced apart from the measurement optical axis when the first window is closed by the shutter, the irregular reflector is provided on at least one of a first face of the light transmissive member that faces the base and a second face of the light transmissive member, and the second face is opposite to the first face. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The optical module for a colorimeter according to claim 6, wherein the shutter closed the first window while the shutter is located at a position spaced apart from the base by a predetermined dimension, and the irregular reflector is provided at a position that is spaced apart from the measurement optical axis when the first window is closed by the shutter, and the irregular reflector is provided on at least one of a face of the base that faces the shutter and a face of the shutter that faces the base. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) An electronic apparatus comprising: the optical module according to claim 8; and a controller that controls a measuring process performed by the colorimeter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) An electronic apparatus comprising: the optical module according to claim 6; and a controller that controls a measuring process performed by the colorimeter. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) An electronic apparatus comprising: the optical module according to claim 7; and a controller that controls a measuring process performed by the colorimeter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) An electronic apparatus comprising: the optical module according to claim 1; and a controller that controls a measuring process performed by the colorimeter.