One or more display color characteristics of an electronic device are managed using a light detecting sensor configured to output multiple color channels in a predefined color space. The light detecting sensor in the electronic device senses ambient light and outputs measurements in visible color channels of the predefined color space to characterize the sensed ambient light. A ratio of one or more measurements of one of the visible color channels to one or more measurements of another of the visible color channels is determined. At least one light source generating at least a portion of the sensed ambient light is classified based at least in part on the determined ratio, wherein the determined ratio indicates a color temperature component of the sensed ambient light. The one or more display color characteristics of the electronic device are adjusted based at least in part on the classifying operation.

A light source device, a projector, and a chromaticity adjustment method, which are resistant to a change in the color of emitted light even if used for a long period of time, includes: an excitation light source that emits excitation light; a phosphor wheel that is irradiated with excitation light to convert a part of excitation light into fluorescent light and that emits mixed color light including the fluorescent light and a remaining part of excitation light; motor that rotates phosphor wheel; and an adjustment unit that adjusts the rotational frequency of motor so that the chromaticity of mixed color light emitted from phosphor wheel becomes a predetermined value.

The inventive concept relates to illumination equipment for underwater photography and/or videography. The operating structure of the inventive concept achieves such an illumination of the environment, items, and living beings under water that affords optimum color at optimum distances for perception by an average person. The illumination device comprises a plurality of light emitters, which are configured to illuminate the environmental area of the illumination equipment. The illumination equipment includes at least one device for spectrum measurement that is configured to acquire information about the optical spectrum of the ambient illumination within the environmental area, and control means for modifying the emissions of the light emitters based on the acquired information about the optical spectrum. The light emitters may be at least one or more of red, blue, green, and white light emitters. The light spectrum is measured using an RGB-sensor formed by at least three illuminance measurement sensors.

An auxiliary device and system for traffic light detection and communication. The auxiliary device is positionable adjacent to a traffic light. The auxiliary device includes at least one light pipe positionable adjacent to at least one traffic indicator disposed on a surface of the traffic light. The at least one light pipe is capable of carrying a light output from the least one traffic indicator to the auxiliary device. The auxiliary device includes a sensor for sensing the light output, and a processor operatively connected for computer communication to the sensor. The processor receives a measurement from the sensor. The measurement is associated with the light output. The processor detects a state of the light output based on the measurement, and transmits the state to one or more remote vehicles.

The examples of the disclosure disclose measurement method and device of light source parameters, an illumination system and a terminal apparatus. The method includes: collecting signal values of a light source to be measured from a color sensor, the color sensor including at least six response channels; preprocessing the signal values that have been collected, the preprocessing including normalization processing and standardization processing; constructing model features according to the signal values that have been preprocessed, and determining a light source type of the light source to be measured according to the model features; inputting the model features and the light source type that has been determined into a color rendering index prediction model to obtain a color rendering index of the light source to be measured.

In one embodiment, a diagnostic system for biological samples is disclosed. The diagnostic system includes a diagnostic instrument, and a portable electronic device. The diagnostic instrument has a reference color bar and a plurality of chemical test pads to receive a biological sample. The portable electronic device includes a digital camera to capture a digital image of the diagnostic instrument in uncontrolled lightning environments, a sensor to capture illuminance of a surface of the diagnostic instrument, a processor coupled to the digital camera and sensor to receive the digital image and the illuminance, and a storage device coupled to the processor. The storage device stores instructions for execution by the processor to process the digital image and the illuminance, to normalize colors of the plurality of chemical test pads and determine diagnostic test results in response to quantification of color changes in the chemical test pads.

A method for generating a calibration parameter for light sources includes activating at least one LED of a plurality of multicolor LEDs of a light source and measuring a color of the at least one LED in a first color space. The method also includes scaling the color of the at least one LED relative to the plurality of multicolor LEDs, obtaining a plurality of scaled color measurements, and calculating a calibration matrix based on the plurality of scaled color measurements.

A lighting device, such as a controllable light-emitting diode (LED) light source, may execute a self-calibration procedure to compensate for changes in an optical system of the lighting device that may have occurred after an initial factory calibration procedure. The lighting device may include an emitter, a detector that generates a detector signal in response to detected light, a memory that stores a curve defining an optical compensation value with respect to a measured forward voltage of the detector, and a control circuit configured to receive a measured value of a luminous flux of the light emitted by the emitter that may be determined in response to the detector signal and based on the optical compensation value. The control circuit may adjust the curve defining the optical compensation value in response to a difference between the measured value and an expected value of the luminous flux.

An illumination device comprises one or more emitter modules having improved thermal and electrical characteristics. According to one embodiment, each emitter module comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured for producing illumination for the illumination device, one or more photodetectors configured for detecting the illumination produced by the plurality of LEDs, a substrate upon which the plurality of LEDs and the one or more photodetectors are mounted, wherein the substrate is configured to provide a relatively high thermal impedance in the lateral direction, and a relatively low thermal impedance in the vertical direction, and a primary optics structure coupled to the substrate for encapsulating the plurality of LEDs and the one or more photodetectors within the primary optics structure.

The present application provides an ambient light sensor and an electronic device, which may improve detection accuracy and detection performance of the ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensor includes: a light filtering unit array including a plurality of light filtering units, the plurality of light filtering units including a color light filtering unit, a white light filtering unit and a transparent light filtering unit, the white light filtering unit being configured to pass a visible light signal and block an infrared light signal, and the transparent light filtering unit being configured to pass the visible light signal and the infrared light signal; a pixel unit array including a plurality of pixel units, the plurality of pixel units being configured to receive a light signal after the ambient light passes through the plurality of light filtering units for an ambient light detection.