This application claims the benefit of People's Republic of China application Serial No. 202210231258.7, filed Mar. 10, 2022, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates in general to a light sensor, and more particularly to a color sensor and a color sensing device using the same.
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Thus, through the calculation on the CIE color space, after the three color stimulus values of human eyes with respect to a reflective object are converted to color coordinates on the CIE color space, so that the color of the reflective object (or the color temperature) can be obtained. Normally, the color sensor (or the color temperature sensor) includes three channels X, Y and Z respectively used for detecting the spectral function of the light projected to different photosensitive areas. The filter coating of the channel X is used for defining the channel X1 (the wavelength is about 442 nm). As for the color stimulus values of two wavebands in the channel X2 (the wavelength is about 599 nm), since the light is projected on the coating of the same photosensitive area, the formula of optical coating needs to be accurately adjusted. In the coating process, the wavelength, the bandwidth and the response rate of crests of two wavebands are difficult to control. Thus, the interpretation accuracy of conventional color sensor regarding the color temperature of an object has an error of ±25%, which needs to be resolved.
The invention is directed to a color sensor used for simplifying the formula of optical coating, the difficulty of manufacturing process and the color temperature correction process of the sensor, and completing the color coordinates on the CIE color space and the interpretation of color temperature to increase the interpretation accuracy of the color sensor.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a color sensing device is provided. The color sensing device includes a color sensor and a processing unit. The color sensor is provided with at least three photosensitive areas and used for generating at least three photosensitive signals. The processing unit is connected to the color sensor and used for processing the at least three photosensitive signals to correspondingly generate at least three color signal tuples CIE(X,Y,Z). Two of the color signal tuples CIE(X,Y,Z) share one photosensitive signal.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a color sensor is provided. The color sensor is used for converting a spectral function into color coordinates on the CIE color space. The color sensor includes a semiconductor chip and three filters. The semiconductor chip is provided with several photosensitive areas. The three filters are correspondingly disposed on three of the photosensitive areas and used for defining three spectral functions of three stimulus values on the CIE color space, wherein the spectral functions of stimulus values X1 and Z on the CIE color space share one of the filters.
According to an alternate embodiment of the present invention, a color sensing device is provided. The color sensing device includes a color sensor, a processing unit, a control unit and an interface. The color sensor is implemented on a chip and used for generating three photosensitive signals, which indicate the color of each incident light of the color sensor. The processing unit is implemented on the chip, connected to the color sensor, and used for processing three photosensitive signals to generate four channel signals. The control unit is connected to the processing unit and used for receiving and processing four channel signals to generate three sets of color signal tuples CIE(X,Y,Z). The interface is connected to the processing unit, and includes an interface terminal.
The above and other aspects of the invention will become better understood with regard to the following detailed description of the preferred but non-limiting embodiment(s). The following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed descriptions of the structure and operation principles of the present invention are disclosed below with accompanying drawings.
The color sensor 101 is implemented on a chip 110 provided with an optical element array, and is configured to generate at least three channel signals, which indicate the color of each incident light of the color sensor 101. The color sensor 101 of the present invention includes a first photodiode D1 configured to generate the first photosensitive signal, a second photodiode D2 configured to generate a second photosensitive signal, and a third photodiode D3 configured to generate a third photosensitive signal. The color sensor 101 correspondingly includes at least three analog-to-digital converters (ADC, A/D, or A-to-D) used for receiving and converting the first, the second and the third photosensitive signals respectively. Besides, the color sensor 101 is further provided with a supply terminal VDD, a ground terminal GND and an interface terminal (including serial data line SDA and serial clock line SCL). The control unit 120 is configured to process the first, the second and the third channel signals CH1-CH3 to generate the color signal tuples CIE(X,Y,Z). The first, the second and the third photodiodes D1-D3 are respectively covered by the first, the second and the third filters f1-f3 (see
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That is, in the present embodiment, as long as three filters f1-f3 can respectively generate the spectral functions of three stimulus values X2, Y, and Z on the CIE color space and the spectral function X1′=kZ (that is, the fourth channel signal) of stimulus value X1 on the CIE color space is generated through post processing or algorithm, there is no need to form an extra filter on another photosensitive area 112. The color coordinates on the CIE color space (x,y) are expressed below:
The value of color coordinate x=(stimulus value X1′+stimulus value X2)/(stimulus value X1′+stimulus value X2+stimulus value Y+stimulus value Z);
The value of color coordinate y=stimulus value Y/(stimulus value X1′+stimulus value X2+stimulus value Y+stimulus value Z).
Since the three filters f1-f3 of the present embodiment are respectively formed on different photosensitive areas 112, in the coating process, the wavelength, the bandwidth and the response rate of crests of the waveband in two channels are respectively controlled; meanwhile, the control between batches is made easier. Thus, the interpretation accuracy of conventional color sensor regarding the color temperature of an object can be improved.
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That is, in the present embodiment, as long as the three filters f1, f2, and f3′ respectively generate spectral functions of three stimulus values X2, Y, and X1 on the CIE color space and the spectral function Z′=nX1 (that is, the fourth channel signal) of stimulus value Z on the CIE color space is generated through post processing or algorithm, there is no need to form an extra filter on another photosensitive area 112. The color coordinates on the CIE color space (x,y) are expressed below:
The value of color coordinate x=(stimulus value X1+stimulus value X2)/(stimulus value X1+stimulus value X2+stimulus value Y+stimulus value Z′);
The value of color coordinate y=stimulus value Y/(stimulus value X1+stimulus value X2+stimulus value Y+stimulus value Z′).
Since the three filters f1, f2, and f3′ of the present embodiment are respectively formed on different photosensitive areas 112, in the coating process, the wavelength, the bandwidth and the response rate of crests of the waveband in two channels are respectively controlled; meanwhile, the control between batches is made easier. Thus, the interpretation accuracy of conventional color sensor regarding the color temperature of an object can be improved.
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That is, in the present embodiment, as long as the three filters f1, f2, and f3″ respectively generate spectral functions of three stimulus values X2, Y, (X1+Z)/2 on the CIE color space, and the spectral functions X1′=k(X1+Z)/2 and Z′=n(X1+Z)/2 (that is, the third channel signal and the fourth channel signal) of stimulus values X1 and Z on the CIE color space can be generated through post processing or algorithm, there is no need to form an extra filter on another photosensitive area 112. The color coordinates on the CIE color space (x,y) are expressed below:
The value of color coordinate x=(stimulus value X1′+stimulus value X2)/(stimulus value X1′+stimulus value X2+stimulus value Y+stimulus value Z′);
The value of color coordinate y=stimulus value Y/(stimulus value X1′+stimulus value X2+stimulus value Y+stimulus value Z′).
Since the three filters f1, f2, and f3″ of the present embodiment are respectively formed on different photosensitive areas 112, in the coating process, the wavelength, bandwidth and the response rate of crests of the waveband in two channels are respectively controlled; meanwhile, the control between batches is made easier. Thus, the interpretation accuracy of conventional color sensor regarding the color temperature of an object can be improved.
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That is, in the present embodiment, as long as the three filters f1-f3 respectively generate spectral functions of three stimulus values X2, Y, and Z on the CIE color space and the spectral function X1′=kZ (that is, the fourth channel signal) of stimulus value X1 on the CIE color space can be generated through post processing or algorithm, there is no need to form an extra filter on another photosensitive area 112, the formula and manufacturing process of filter coating can be simplified. Meanwhile, two auxiliary spectral functions (exemplarily but not restrictively, the central wavelengths are 500 nm and 650 nm) are added, and the interpretation accuracy of the color sensor 104 regarding the color temperature of an object can be improved.
Since three filters f1, f2, and f3 of the present embodiment are respectively formed on different photosensitive areas 112, in the coating process, the wavelength, the bandwidth and the response rate of crests of the waveband in two channels are respectively controlled; meanwhile, the control between batches is made easier. Thus, the interpretation accuracy of conventional color sensor regarding the color temperature of an object can be improved.
The color sensor according to above embodiments of the present invention simplifies the formula of optical coating and the color temperature correction process of the sensor and completes the interpretation of the color coordinates and the color temperature on the CIE color space, so to increase the interpretation accuracy of the color sensor. In the first embodiment, three photosensitive areas are used for generating three spectral functions of three stimulus values X2, Y, and Z on the CIE color space, wherein the spectral function of stimulus value X1 and the spectral function of stimulus value Z share the same filter. In the second embodiment, three photosensitive areas are used for generating three spectral functions of three stimulus values X1, X2, Y on the CIE color space, wherein the spectral function of stimulus value X1 and the spectral function of stimulus value Z share the same filter. In the third embodiment, three photosensitive areas are used for generating the spectral functions of three stimulus values (X1+Z)/2, X2, Y on the CIE color space, wherein the spectral function of stimulus value X1 and the spectral function of stimulus value Z share the same filter of the spectral function of stimulus value (X1+Z)/2. In the fourth embodiment, three photosensitive areas are used for generating three spectral functions of three stimulus values X2, Y, and Z on the CIE color space, and the remaining two photosensitive areas are used for generating auxiliary spectral functions, wherein the spectral function of stimulus value X1 and the spectral function of stimulus value Z share the same filter.
While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiment(s), it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. Based on the technical features embodiments of the present invention, a person ordinarily skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures without breaching the spirit and scope of protection of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be accorded with what is defined in the appended claims.
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202210231258.7 | Mar 2022 | CN | national |