Devices, Systems, and Methods for Analyzing Measurement Objects

A method for analyzing a sample comprising:

• deploying a first spectral sensor and a second spectral sensor such that each of the first and second spectral sensors is oriented toward a measurement area at which the sample is located so as to collect illumination arriving from the measurement area;
• illuminating the measurement area with illumination such that the illumination is incident on the sample;
• by the first spectral sensor, performing a spectral measurement of the sample in response to the incident illumination so as to produce spectral measurement data;
• and
• by the second spectral sensor, measuring background noise so as to produce background measurement data that provides at least a partial correction for noise in the spectral measurement data.

A device for analyzing a sample comprising:

• a measurement area at which the sample is to be located;
• an illumination arrangement including at least one illumination source for illuminating the measurement area with illumination such that the illumination is incident on the sample;
• and
• a spectral sensing arrangement including:
• a first spectral sensor configured to perform a spectral measurement of the sample in response to the incident illumination so as to produce spectral measurement data, and
• a second spectral sensor configured to perform a spectral measurement of the sample in response to the incident illumination so as to produce spectral measurement data,
• wherein the spectral sensing arrangement is deployed such that each of the first and second spectral sensors is oriented toward the measurement area so as to collect illumination arriving from the measurement area.

A method for fabricating a spectrometer device, the method comprising:

• obtaining a body member having a bottom wall and at least one sidewall extending outwardly from the bottom wall and continuously along an entire periphery of the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the at least one sidewall defining a cavity;
• deploying an illumination arrangement having at least one light source within the cavity;
• deploying a spectral sensing arrangement having at least a first spectral sensor and a second spectral sensor within the cavity;
• and
• attaching a cover member to the body member at the at least one sidewall so as to encase the illumination arrangement and the spectral sensing arrangement within the body member, wherein the cover member includes a light-transmitting measurement area at which a sample is to be located,
• wherein the deploying the illumination arrangement includes positioning the illumination arrangement such that illumination from the illumination arrangement is incident on the measurement area, and
• wherein the deploying the spectral sensing arrangement includes positioning the first and second spectral sensors such that each of the first and second spectral sensors is oriented toward the measurement area so as to collect illumination arriving from the measurement area.