System and method for calibrating optical characteristics
AssigneeVita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsWayne D. Jung, Russell W. Jung, Walter W. Sloan, Alan R. Loudermilk
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Abstract
A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems.
Claims20
A method for determining optical characteristics of an object comprising:
- storing a plurality of shade guide systems, each including a plurality of optical property parameters;
- measuring optical properties of the object with an instrument;
- comparing the measured optical properties of the object to the stored optical property parameters for each shade guide system;
- determining one or more shade match candidates in each shade guide system, according to the comparing;
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- displaying the one or more shade match candidates in each shade guide system according to said each shade guide system.
A system for determining optical characteristics of an object comprising:
- a computer memory for storing a plurality of shade guide systems, each including a plurality of optical property parameters;
- an optical measuring instrument for measuring optical properties of the object with an instrument;
- a processor for comparing the measured optical properties of the object to the stored optical property parameters for each shade guide system, and determining one or more shade match candidates in each shade guide system, according to the comparing;
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- a display screen for displaying the one or more shade match candidates in each shade guide system according to said each shade guide system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.