Method and apparatus for automatic recording of the spectrum of lightemitting objects

Claim 1

A METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY INDICATING THE SPECTRUM OF OBJECTS, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE STEPS OF PROJECTING A SPECTRUM EMANATING FROM AN OBJECT ONTO THE SCREEN OF A CATHOD RAY TUBE, CAUSING THE CATHODE RAY OF THE TUBE TO SCAN THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WAVE LENGTH VARIATION, PRODUCING A SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO THE LOCAL INTENSITY OF THE SPECTRAL IMAGE, PRODUCING A SERIES OF VOLTAGE PULSES, MODULATING AND AMPLIFYING SAID PULSES WITH THE SIGNAL FROM SAID SPECTRAL IMAGE TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF VOLTAGE PULSES CORRESPONGING TO A SEQUENCE OF SPECTRAL SECTIONS, FEEDING SAID VOLTAGE IMPULSES TO THE CATHODE BEAM OF AN OSCILLOGRAPH TUBE AND CAUSING SAID BEAM TO BE DEFLECTED VERTICALLY BY SAID SIGNALS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DEFLECTING THE BEAM OF SAID OSCILLOGRAPH TUBE HORIZONTALLY IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE BEAM OF THE CATHODE RAY TUBE WHICH IS SCANNING THE SCREEN THEREOF, WHEREBY THERE IS PRODUCED ON THE SCREEN OF SAID OSCILLOGRAPH TUBE IN IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF THE RADIATION ON EMANATING FROM THE OBJECT.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY INDICATING THE SPECTRUM OF OBJECTS, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE STEPS OF PROJECTING A SPECTRUM EMANATING FROM AN OBJECT ONTO THE SCREEN OF A CATHOD RAY TUBE, CAUSING THE CATHODE RAY OF THE TUBE TO SCAN THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WAVE LENGTH VARIATION, PRODUCING A SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO THE LOCAL INTENSITY OF THE SPECTRAL IMAGE, PRODUCING A SERIES OF VOLTAGE PULSES, MODULATING AND AMPLIFYING SAID PULSES WITH THE SIGNAL FROM SAID SPECTRAL IMAGE TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF VOLTAGE PULSES CORRESPONGING TO A SEQUENCE OF SPECTRAL SECTIONS, FEEDING SAID VOLTAGE IMPULSES TO THE CATHODE BEAM OF AN OSCILLOGRAPH TUBE AND CAUSING SAID BEAM TO BE DEFLECTED VERTICALLY BY SAID SIGNALS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DEFLECTING THE BEAM OF SAID OSCILLOGRAPH TUBE HORIZONTALLY IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE BEAM OF THE CATHODE RAY TUBE WHICH IS SCANNING THE SCREEN THEREOF, WHEREBY THERE IS PRODUCED ON THE SCREEN OF SAID OSCILLOGRAPH TUBE IN IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF THE RADIATION ON EMANATING FROM THE OBJECT.