An object management system includes an identifier generation device and an object collation device. The identifier generation device includes a generation unit that forms an ink layer on a target object, an imaging unit that images an uneven pattern on a surface of the ink layer, and a registration unit that registers the imaged result in a storage unit. The object collation device includes an imaging unit that images the uneven pattern on the surface of the ink layer formed on the target object, and a recognizing unit that recognizes the target object based on an image of the uneven pattern obtained by imaging.

Systems and methods are provided for a UV-VIS spectrophotometer, such as a UV-VIS detector unit included in a high-performance liquid chromatography system. In one example, a system for the UV-VIS detector unit may include a first light source, a signal detector, a flow path positioned intermediate the first light source and the signal detector, a second light source, and a reference detector. The first light source, the signal detector, and the flow path may be aligned along a first axis, and the second light source and the reference detector may be aligned along a second axis, different than the first axis.

A measuring apparatus for measuring a spectrum of a gaseous sample includes a tunable laser light source to provide an illuminating light beam, a sample cell with an inner surface to provide scrambled light that is transmitted through the gaseous sample, a detector to detect intensity of transmitted scrambled light and a pressure control system to maintain an absolute pressure of the gaseous sample smaller than 50 kPa inside the sample cell to reduce spectral widths of spectral features of the gaseous sample. The measuring apparatus measures spectral transmittance values of the sample by modulating the spectral position of the illuminating light, and detecting the intensity of the transmitted light at different spectral positions. The divergence of the illuminating light beam in a transverse direction is greater than 20° to cause multiple consecutive reflections of the scrambled light from the inner surface.

An open path gas detection system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to generate illumination, having broadband spectrum, across an open path. The receiver is positioned to detect the illumination from the transmitter after the illumination has passed through the open path. The receiver includes at least one spectrometer configured to determine spectroscopic information of the illumination to identify at least one gas of interest based on the spectroscopic information and provide an output based on the at least one gas of interest.

A method and system are disclosed for providing consistent images of leaves of plants, including articulating a lower case of a housing with respect to an upper case via an imaging chamber articulation mechanism from i) a closed state to ii) an open state, the articulable space forms an imaging chamber which is dark when the imaging chamber articulation mechanism is in the closed state, placing the leaf within the imaging chamber, articulating the imaging chamber articulation mechanism to the closed state, activating one or more light sources, actuating a linear actuator to thereby linearly move a camera from i) an initial position to ii) an end position, obtaining images from the camera, re-actuating the linear actuator to thereby linearly move the camera from the end position to the initial position, re-articulating the lower case to the open state, and removing the leaf.

A spectroscopic module includes a support body having a bottom wall portion and a side wall portion surrounding a space on one side of the bottom wall portion, a spectroscopic portion provided on the one side of the bottom wall portion and having a plurality of grating grooves, a photodetector attached to the side wall portion so as to face the spectroscopic portion via the space and having a plurality of photodetection channels, a plurality of first terminals provided on a surface of the support body on a side opposite to the space so as to be disposed along the surface of the support body and electrically connected to the photodetector, and a wiring unit having a plurality of second terminals respectively facing the plurality of first terminals and respectively joined to the plurality of first terminals and a plurality of third terminals respectively and electrically connected to the plurality of second terminals.

A stackable molecular spectroscopy cell includes a hollow body, a first cap affixed to a first surface of the hollow body, covering a first opening in the hollow body, and a second cap affixed to a second surface of the hollow body, covering a second opening in the hollow body, and forming a sealed cavity within the hollow body. The sealed cavity contains a dipolar gas having a pressure of less than 0.5 mbar. The stackable molecular spectroscopy cell also includes a metal layer covering an inner surface of the hollow body and an inner surface of the first and second caps, including a first aperture in the metal layer covering the inner surface of the first cap and a second aperture in the metal layer covering the inner surface of the second cap.

A method of operating a hyperspectral imaging device includes connecting electrodes on a liquid crystal variable retarder to a voltage source, rotating liquid crystal material in the liquid crystal variable retarder between a first orientation with a certain optical phase delay and a second orientation with a different optical phase delay, receiving a beam of light at an image sensor that has passed through the liquid crystal variable retarder, and producing an output signal from the image sensor.

The present disclosure relates to an optical sensor, comprising: a first circuit board having at least a data processing unit and an interface to a second circuit board, wherein the interface is connected with the data processing unit; and the second circuit board having an LED, a thermistor and a capacitor, which is connected in parallel with the thermistor, wherein the capacitor is embodied specifically for the LED, and an interface to the first circuit board, wherein LED, thermistor and capacitor are connected with the interface. The present disclosure relates also to a method for identifying an LED in an optical sensor.

The invention relates to a handheld device and method for determining a status of a plant. The device includes a multi pixel digital colour sensor, a light source arranged for providing broadband illumination, wherein the light source and the multi pixel digital colour sensor are arranged in substantially the same plane, a light guide for guiding the light from said light source into the direction of the multi pixel digital colour sensor, a sample space, provided between the multi pixel digital colour sensor and the light source, for insertion of at least a part of the plant therein, and a processing unit configured for controlling at least the multi pixel digital colour sensor and the light source.