This Non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. ยง119(a) on Patent Application No(s). 103121465 filed in Taiwan, Republic of China on Jun. 20, 2014, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Field of Invention
The invention relates to a detecting system and, in particular, to a detecting system of an optical field distribution.
Related Art
For the past few years, with the unceasing improvement in the process and material, many kinds of light sources, such as LED, are continuously developed. Due to the process factor, every light source or optical element has its peculiar optical field distribution. Besides, LED often has a problem of uneven spatial color distribution, so the optics designer needs to find out its optical field distribution and spatial color distribution and then can execute a precise design and optical simulation to fit the standard of the optical product. Therefore, every light source or optical element needs to undergo the test of spectrum and optical field distribution.
In the conventional art, a light distribution curve instrument is used to detect the spectrum and optical field distribution. However, the light distribution curve instrument is mostly a goniophotometer, which requires several executions of single-point scanning, so the detection takes a long time.
Therefore, it is an important subject to provide a detecting system which can replace the conventional goniophotometer and rapidly detect the spatial spectrum and optical field distribution of the light source or optical element.
In view of the foregoing subject, an objective of the invention is to provide a detecting system which can replace the conventional goniophotometer and rapidly detect the spatial spectrum and optical field distribution of the light source or optical element
To achieve the above objective, a detecting system of the invention for detecting an under-test light of an under-test object includes a light spatial distribution unit, a chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit and a detecting unit. The light spatial distribution unit is disposed on a side of the under-test object to receive the under-test light and form a plurality of point light sources. The chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit is disposed on a side of the light spatial distribution unit to receive the point light sources and produce a light-splitting signal. The detecting unit is disposed on a side of the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit to receive the light-splitting signal and produce an optical field distribution of the under-test light.
In one embodiment, the light spatial distribution unit is a screen which has a plurality of holes.
In one embodiment, the screen is flat structure or a curved structure.
In one embodiment, the screen includes a screen body and a carbon powder layer or a print layer, and the carbon powder layer or the print layer is disposed on the surface of the screen body adjacent to the under-test object.
In one embodiment, the material of the light spatial distribution unit is cloth, black flannelette, paper, black flannelette paper, glass, fiber or plastic.
In one embodiment, the light spatial distribution unit is a lens array, mirror array or their combination.
In one embodiment, the lens array is a convex lens array, concave lens array, Fresnel lens array or grin lens array.
In one embodiment, the mirror array is a concave mirror array, a convex mirror array or a plane mirror array.
In one embodiment, the under-test object is a light emitting element or an optical element.
In one embodiment, the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit is a triangular prism, an optical grating, a holographic optical element, a Blazed grating or a light splitter composed of a plurality optical elements.
In one embodiment, the detecting unit is a brightness photometer, illuminometer, power meter, camera or spectrometer.
In one embodiment, the optical field distribution is a light intensity distribution or light spectrum distribution in space.
In one embodiment, the detecting unit and the under-test object are disposed on the same side of the light spatial distribution unit.
In one embodiment, the detecting unit and the under-test object are disposed on different sides of the light spatial distribution unit.
In one embodiment, the detecting system further comprises a holding unit, which keeps the relative distances between the under-test object, the light spatial distribution unit, the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit and the detecting unit.
In one embodiment, the detecting system further comprises a cover, which has an accommodating space for accommodating the under-test object, the light spatial distribution unit, the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit and the detecting unit.
In one embodiment, the detecting system further comprise a light receiving unit, which is disposed between the light spatial distribution unit and the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit, so that the point light sources form an optical field pattern on the light receiving unit.
In one embodiment, the light spatial distribution unit and the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit are integrated into a single piece.
To achieve the above objective, a detecting system of the invention for detecting an under-test light of an under-test object comprises a chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit, a light spatial distribution unit and a detecting unit. The chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit is disposed on a side of the under-test object to receive the under-test light and form a light-splitting signal. The light spatial distribution unit is disposed on a side of the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit to receive the light-splitting signal and generate a plurality of point light sources. The detecting unit is disposed on a side of the light spatial distribution unit to receive the point light sources and generate an optical field distribution of the under-test light.
In one embodiment, the light spatial distribution unit is a lens array.
In one embodiment, the detecting system further comprises a light receiving unit, which is disposed between the light spatial distribution unit and the detecting unit and receives the point light sources and generates a plurality of light-receiving signals. The detecting unit receives the light-receiving signals and generate the optical field distribution of the under-test light.
In one embodiment, the light spatial distribution unit and the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit are integrated into a single piece.
As mentioned above, the detecting system of the invention can detect the under-test light of an under-test object. The light spatial distribution unit receives the under-test light and forms a plurality of point light sources of different positions, the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit receives the point light sources and generates a light-splitting signal, and the detecting unit receives the light-splitting signal to generate the spectrum and optical field distribution of the under-test light. By the detecting system of the invention, the spectrum and optical field distribution of the under-test object can be detected just by one-time detection step, unlike the multi-time single-point detection executed by the conventional goniophotometer. Therefore, the detecting system of the invention has advantages such as low cost and rapid detection and can detect the spatial spectrum distribution.
The invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description and accompanying drawings, which are given for illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
The present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same references relate to the same elements.
In this embodiment, the light spatial distribution unit 11 is a screen, which is a flat structure and disposed on a side of the LED d1. The material of the light spatial distribution unit 11 can be cloth, black flannelette, paper, black flannelette paper, glass, fiber or plastic for example. In this embodiment, the screen is paper that is accessible and costs less. The screen has a screen body 111, and the surface of the screen body 111 adjacent to the LED d1 is coated with a carbon powder layer or a print layer and herein a carbon powder layer 112 is illustrated as an example. The carbon powder layer 112 can be disposed on the screen body 111 by spraying or printing. The carbon powder layer 112 can be black or grey black so as to avoid the noise from being generated that is caused by the light reflection. In addition to the screen, the light spatial distribution unit 11 also can be, in other embodiments, a lens array, mirror array or their combination.
In this embodiment, the screen can further have a plurality of holes O, which can be formed on the screen by punching. When the light emitted by the LED d1 illuminates the screen, since the light reaching the carbon powder layer 112 can't pass through the screen, and only the light reaching the holes O can pass through the screen, a plurality of point light sources corresponding to the holes O can be formed.
In this embodiment, the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12 is a triangular prism, but this invention is not limited thereto. The chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12 also can be an optical grating, holographic optical element, Blazed grating or light splitter composed of a plurality optical elements. The chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12 is disposed on a side of the light spatial distribution unit 11. In this embodiment, the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12 and the LED d1 are disposed on different sides of the light spatial distribution unit 11. As shown in
In this embodiment, the detecting unit 13 is a camera, but this invention is not limited thereto. The detecting unit 13 also can be a brightness photometer, illuminometer, power meter or spectrometer. The detecting unit 13 is disposed on a side of the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12. In this embodiment, the detecting unit 13 and the LED d1 are disposed on the different sides of the light spatial distribution unit 11. The light-splitting signal obtained by the split of the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12 can be received by the detecting unit 13 and therefore the optical field distribution of the LED d1 can be generated.
In this embodiment, the optical field distribution of the LED d1 indicates the intensity distribution or spectrum distribution of the light of the LED d1. Since the light beams of the light of the LED d1 at different positions can be extracted by the holes O on the light spatial distribution unit 11 and the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12 can give wavelength split to the light beams of different positions, the detecting unit 13 of this embodiment can detect both of the light intensity distribution of different positions and the spectrum distribution of different positions. By the detecting system S1 of this embodiment, the optical field distribution of the under-test object can be detected just by one-time detection step, unlike the multi-time single-point detection executed by the conventional goniophotometer. Therefore, the detecting system S1 of this embodiment has advantages such as low cost and fast detection.
In this embodiment, since the light spatial distribution unit 21 can focus the light beams of the light of the LED d1 at different positions to generate the plural point light sources and the triangular prism can give wavelength split to the light beams of different positions, the detecting unit 13 of this embodiment can detect both of the light intensity distribution of different positions and the spectrum distribution of different positions.
The holding unit 14 of this embodiment can further include a track groove 141, and the LED d1, the light spatial distribution unit 11 and the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12 can have a sliding mechanism corresponding to the track groove 141. Thereby, the above elements can be adjusted in their relative positions according to the requirements. Moreover, the detecting system S6 of this embodiment further include a cover 15, and the inside of the cover 15 has an accommodating space S for accommodating the LED d1, the light spatial distribution unit 11, the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit 12 and the detecting unit 13. Herein, the inside of the cover 15 is favorably a totally dark environment to prevent the environmental light from affecting the detection result.
Summarily, the detecting system of the invention can detect the under-test light of an under-test object. The light spatial distribution unit receives the under-test light and forms a plurality of point light sources of different positions, the chromatic-dispersion light-splitting unit receives the point light sources and generates a light-splitting signal, and the detecting unit receives the light-splitting signal to generate the spectrum and optical field distribution of the under-test light. By the detecting system of the invention, the spectrum and optical field distribution of the under-test object can be detected just by one-time detection step, unlike the multi-time single-point detection executed by the conventional goniophotometer. Therefore, the detecting system of the invention has advantages such as low cost and rapid detection and can detect the spatial spectrum distribution.
Although the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternative embodiments, will be apparent to persons skilled in the art. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claims will cover all modifications that fall within the true scope of the invention.
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