Raman spectrum detection apparatus and method based on power of reflected light and image recognition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10775310-B2
Application number	US-201816232339-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2018
Priority date	Dec 26, 2017
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A detection apparatus, including: a laser configured to emit laser light towards an object to be detected; a Raman spectrometer configured to receive Raman light from the object; an imaging device configured to obtain an image of the object; a light sensor configured to receive light reflected and scattered by the object under irradiation of the laser light, and to determine the power of the received light; and a controller configured to control an operation of the detection apparatus based on the image obtained by the imaging device and the power determined by the light sensor. A detection method using the detection apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A detection apparatus, comprising:
a laser configured to emit laser light towards an object to be detected;
a Raman spectrometer configured to receive Raman light from the object;
an imaging device disposed independently of the Raman spectrometer and configured to obtain an image of the object;
a light sensor configured to receive light reflected and scattered by the object under irradiation of the laser light; and
a controller configured to determine the power of the received light, and to control an operation of the detection apparatus based on the image obtained by the imaging device and the determined power.

2. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to compare the power determined by the light sensor to a threshold power, and to control the operation of the detection apparatus according to a comparison result of the power determined by the light sensor to the threshold power.

3. The detection apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the detection apparatus further comprises a fixing device configured to position the object such that a surface to be detected of the object is essentially perpendicular to a direction of the laser light irradiated onto the surface.

4. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging device is further configured to obtain the image of the object as a reference image before the laser emits the laser light, and to obtain a real-time image of the object in real time while the laser emits the laser light for detection; and
the controller is further configured to compare each frame of picture of the real-time image to the reference image, and to control the operation of the detection apparatus according to a comparison result of the frame of picture of the real-time image to the reference image.

5. The detection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the detection apparatus further comprises a fixing device configured to position the object such that a surface to be detected of the object is essentially perpendicular to a direction of the laser light irradiated onto the surface.

6. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging device is further configured to obtain a real-time image of the object in real time while the laser emits the laser light for detection of the object; and
the controller is further configured to compare a first frame of picture, as a reference image, of the real-time image to one or more other frames of picture of the real-time image, and to control the operation of the detection apparatus according to a comparison result of the one or more other frames of picture of the real-time image to the first frame of picture of the real-time image.

7. The detection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the detection apparatus further comprises a fixing device configured to position the object such that a surface to be detected of the object is essentially perpendicular to a direction of the laser light irradiated onto the surface.

8. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an alarm device, and the controller is further configured to instruct the alarm device to issue an alarm signal while or after instructing the detection apparatus to terminate the detection.

9. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixing device configured to position the object such that a surface to be detected of the object is essentially perpendicular to a direction of the laser light irradiated onto the surface.

10. The detection apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the fixing device comprises:
a light aperture, through which the laser light emitted by the laser passes to irradiate onto the surface to be detected of the object; and
an inner positioning surface arranged essentially perpendicular to a direction of the laser light passing through the light aperture,
wherein the surface to be detected of the object is arranged to abut against the inner positioning surface.

11. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a first beam splitter disposed in a Raman light path from the object to the Raman spectrometer, the first beam splitter configured to guide the laser light emitted from the laser to the object and to transmit Raman light from the object through the first beam splitter to the Raman spectrometer.

12. The detection apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising a second beam splitter disposed in the Raman light path from the object to the Raman spectrometer, the second beam splitter configured to reflect visible light such that the object is imaged by the imaging device and to allow the laser light emitted from the laser and the Raman light from the object to pass through the second beam splitter.

13. The detection apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising a third beam splitter disposed in the Raman light path from the object to the Raman spectrometer at a position downstream of the first beam splitter and the second beam splitter, the third beam splitter configured to reflect, towards the light sensor, portions of the laser light reflected and scattered by the object and transmitted through the first beam splitter and the second beam splitter, and to allow the Raman light from the object to pass through the third beam splitter to the Raman spectrometer.

14. The detection apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising at least one selected from the following:
a first filter disposed in the Raman light path at a position downstream of the third beam splitter, and configured to filter out Rayleigh light of a light signal;
a second filter disposed between the laser and the first beam splitter and configured to limit a wavelength of the laser light emitted by the laser within a desired wavelength band; and/or
a third filter disposed between the imaging device and the second beam splitter and configured to filter out the laser light.

15. The detection apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising at least one selected from the following:
a first convergent lens or lens set disposed between the second beam splitter and the object;
a second convergent lens or lens set disposed between the imaging device and the second beam splitter;
a third convergent lens or lens set disposed between the Raman spectrometer and the third beam splitter; and/or
a fourth convergent lens or lens set disposed between the light sensor and the third beam splitter.

16. The detection apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first beam splitter has a transmittance selected from a range of 5% to 30% for laser light having an incident angle of 45 degrees.

17. The detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a light source configured to illuminate the object.

18. A detection method implemented by using the detection apparatus of claim 1 , the method comprising:
emitting, to the object to be detected, a laser light pulse for pre-detection;
receiving reflected laser light and scattered laser light coming from the object and generated under the laser light pulse;
determining the power of the reflected laser light and the scattered laser light;
comparing the determined power to a threshold power;
performing a normal detection responsive to the determined power crossing or equaling to the threshold power; and
terminating the detection responsive to the determined power not crossing or equaling to the threshold power,
wherein the performing a normal detection comprises:
obtaining an image of the objec

Assignees

• Nuctech Co Ltd
• Nutech Company Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Haihui
• Wang Hongqiu
• Zhang Jianhong

Classifications

• G01J3/0248 Primary

  using a sighting port, e.g. camera or human eye · CPC title

• G01N21/65 Primary

  Raman scattering · CPC title

• G01J3/0227

  using notch filters · CPC title

• G01N2021/1765

  Method using an image detector and processing of image signal · CPC title

• G01N2021/1793

  Remote sensing · CPC title