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LumiTop Series - Spectrally enhanced imaging colorimeter for advanced display testing

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LumiTop Series Overview
The LumiTop Series by Instrument Systems is a spectrally enhanced imaging colorimeter designed for advanced display testing. It is engineered for inline display testing, offering high-speed, reliability, and accuracy, making it a reference tool for high-performance display testing. The system combines a high-resolution camera, a fast photometer, and an accurate spectroradiometer, making it suitable for 24/7 operation in production environments.
Key Features and Benefits
  • 2D measurements with high accuracy due to a reference spectroradiometer.
  • All-in-one solution that saves space and time.
  • Fast measurement times for high throughput.
  • No need for golden samples due to efficient audit concepts.
  • Easy integration into production lines.
Technology and Customization
The LumiTop technology is centered around a high-performance camera and a high-end array-spectroradiometer. It offers customization options for both lab and production demands, including various camera sensors and objective lenses. The system supports high dynamic range and low-noise RGB-cameras, cooled CCD sensors, and fast CMOS sensors. It also features a hardware trigger for synchronization, especially useful for OLED testing.
Display Testing Applications
LumiTop systems are suitable for a wide range of display sizes and technologies, ensuring superior display quality. The LumiSuite software provides extensive testing capabilities, including luminance and color uniformity, defect detection, and chromaticity. The system supports testing for Mura effects, gamma correction, and full display inspection of large TV screens.
AR/VR Testing
The LumiTop AR/VR lens is designed for near-eye display testing in virtual and augmented reality headsets. It mimics the human eye to measure color and luminance accurately, offering a large field of view and adjustable focus distance. The system supports parallel operation for simultaneous measurement of both NEDs.
LED Wafer and Array Testing
LumiTop provides fast and accurate optical testing for LED and µLED technologies, crucial for high-quality production. The system supports 2D testing of µLED wafers and arrays, defect detection, and optimized color calibration.
Pixel Metrology
The LumiTop X150 system offers ultra-high-resolution images for pixel-level testing, enabling accurate color and luminance measurements. It supports pixel demura and calibration at low luminance levels, ensuring superior display quality.
Conclusion
The LumiTop Series is a comprehensive solution for display testing, offering high accuracy, speed, and customization options. It is suitable for various applications, including production testing, laboratory use, and AR/VR display testing, ensuring high-quality display manufacturing across different technologies and sizes.
Automotive Display Analysis
Displays in automotive cabins require precise measurement and analysis to ensure functionality in challenging environments. The LumiSuite software offers tools for evaluating automotive displays, including Black Mura analysis, pixel defect detection, and Gamma measurement, adhering to DFF automotive OEM standards.
LumiSuite Software
LumiSuite is a comprehensive software suite for production inspection and laboratory measurements. It supports all Instrument Systems’ imaging devices and offers an intuitive GUI and SDK. Key features include advanced inspection tests, recipe creation for automated processes, and a toolbox for display testing, including spotmeter analysis, line profiles, and pixel defect detection.
Technical Specifications
The document details specifications for various LumiTop models, including LumiTop 2700, 4000, and X150. Specifications cover measurement quantities, operating systems, dimensions, weight, power supply, operating temperature, camera resolution, pixel size, dynamic range, and interfaces. Each model's measurement range, accuracy, precision, and additional features like flicker measurement and synchronization capabilities are outlined.
Measurement Capabilities
The LumiTop series offers high-resolution measurement capabilities with options for pixel shifting to enhance resolution. Various lens options are available to accommodate different measurement needs. The document provides detailed specifications for each model's measurement range, accuracy, and precision, including specific conditions and configurations for optimal performance.
Camera Specifications
The camera features an effective resolution of approximately 2750 x 2200 pixels, equating to 6.1 megapixels, with a pixel size of 4.54 µm x 4.54 µm. It utilizes a 12-bit AD converter and a 1-inch CCD sensor with a 16 mm diagonal. The camera interfaces via CAS USB, PCIe, and Gigabit Ethernet, and is compatible with Windows 7/10 (64-bit). Its dimensions are 339 mm x 194 mm x 112 mm, weighing 3.7 kg, and it operates on a 12 V power supply within a temperature range of 15 – 35 °C.
Measurement Specifications
The measurement range for CAS is from 0.008 cd/m² to 50 x 106 cd/m², while for 2D it is from 0.0025 cd/m² to 3,000 cd/m². The accuracy for luminance and color is ±3.5% and ±0.0015 respectively for CAS, and ±0.6% and ±0.0025 for the camera relative to CAS. Instrumental precision for CAS is ±0.1% and ±0.0001, and for the camera, it is ±0.03% and ±0.0001. Polarization sensitivity is ±2% and ±0.0004, with camera uniformity (RNU) at ±1% and ±0.0020.
Flicker Specifications
The flicker range is between 20 cd/m² and approximately 600 cd/m², with an accuracy of ±1dB and instrumental precision of ±0.02 dB.
Lens and Field of View
The camera is equipped with an 11 mm lens with an aperture of f/2.8. The LumiTop 2700 with a wide-angle lens has a spot size and field of view that varies with working distance, ranging from 82.9 mm at 1100 mm to 136.3 mm at 1700 mm. The field of view diagonal ranges from 52.2 inches to 85.9 inches.
LumiTop AR/VR Specifications
The AR/VR version has a 2D measurement range of 0.01 cd/m² to 1800 cd/m² and a CAS range of 0.003 cd/m² to 2 x 106 cd/m². It offers an angular resolution of over 30 pixels per degree across the full field of view, with a 120° field of view and adjustable focus distance from 0.3 m to infinity. The entrance pupil ranges from ~1 to 3.6 mm, with an MTF at 50 LP/mm greater than 50% and lateral chromatic aberrations of ~1 pixel.
Calibration and Traceability
Luminance accuracy is ±3%, and color accuracy for CAS 140D is ±0.0015. The system ensures traceability to PTB, indicating minimal device-to-device deviations in a distributed production environment.
Company Information
Instrument Systems GmbH is based in Munich, Germany, and is committed to continuous product development. Contact details include phone: +49 (0)89 45 49 43-58, fax: +49 (0)89 45 49 43-11, and email: [email protected].
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LumiTop Series Spectrally enhanced imaging colorimeter for advanced display testing We bring quality to light.

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Product highlights y measurements with unprecedented accuracy 2D due to high-end reference spectroradiometer y All-in-one display testing solution saves space and time y Fastest measurement times for highest throughput y Efficient audit concept: no golden samples required y Easy integration in production lines | LumiTop 4000 with 29 mm objective lens and CAS140D. 01 \\ umiTop – Solutions for L comprehensive display testing Designed for display production testing Instrument Systems engineered the LumiTop imaging colorimeters specifically for inline display testing. As the industry’s fastest, most...

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02 \\ umiTop technology and L customization Central to the LumiTop technology is the speed and resolution of a high-performance camera and the unsurpassed accuracy of a fast high-end array-spectroradiometer, acting as a live reference. Simultaneous acquisition of the reference spectrum and the camera image of the entire display lay the foundation for outstanding optical quality tests in demanding takt times and uncompromising accuracy, traceability and 24/7 production performance. Customized for lab and production demands The diverse demands of production and labs are met by LumiTops various...

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Our auditing light sources are very accurately defined light sources traceable to national metrology institutes (NMIs). Regular audit of LumiTop measurement instruments against those light sources guarantees absolute measurement accuracy at any time and at any production site throughout the supply chain. This assures the same high display quality of the product no matter where and when it is produced. Moreover, our auditing tools are optimized for quick inline instrument checks that minimize factory downtimes. Local partners and service subsidiaries ensure swift response and provide rapid recalibration,...

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y amma correction is important to adapt the G displays luminance curve to the non-linear (intensity) perception of the human eye. Instrument Systems’ LumiTop provides customizable gamma tests, enabling even fast one shot gamma measurements. y LED and other modulated light sources can O produce visible artefacts due to a mismatch of exposure time and refresh rate. Using the fast, integrated photometer to determine the exact modulation frequency, LumiTop easily synchronizes the camera measurement to avoid such artefacts. Furthermore, the integrated hardware trigger also allows synchronization to...

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04 \\ Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) testing LumiTop AR/VR brings speed and absolute photometric accuracy to near-eye displays! Instrument Systems AR/VR lens for LumiTop imaging colorimeters is specifically designed for production testing of near-eye displays (NEDs) in virtual and augmented reality headsets. The optical design mimics the human eye and measures color and luminance exactly as seen by the user. A large field of view, various pupil sizes and adjustable focus distance enable a wide range of testing applications. A unique periscope design facilitates easy access to the NED....

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05 \\ LED wafer and array testing LED-based light sources have largely superseded conventional light sources. Due to their technical advantages, they have given rise to many new exciting applications. In particular, upcoming µLED technologies are expected to drive displays in head-mounted devices for augmented and virtual reality applications and other mobile devices. Each LED in the millions of pixels on a wafer is a single light source with individual variations in color and luminance. To assure the highest quality under the constraints 2D testing of µLED wafers With millions and millions of...

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With the advent of µLEDs each of the millions of pixels on a display is an individual light source with individual variations in color and luminance. To produce high-quality uniform displays, these variations must be tested, corrected, and kept below visual noticeability. To assure the highest quality under economical takt time constraints, fast and accurate optical testing has to be provided for every pixel on the entire display. The LumiTop X150 system from Instrument Systems provides ultrahigh-resolution images of displays, where each DUT pixel is oversampled sufficiently by many camera sensor...

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07 \\ Automotive Displays are becoming more and more prevalent in the automotive cabin and must serve a variety of functions flawlessly in a challenging environment. Specialized analysis to measure effects such as Black Mura must be conducted according to established standards; this enables meaningful comparison between supplier and manufacturer. The automotive OEM software features of the LumiSuite contain tools specially developed for the evaluation of automotive displays and conforming to the standards of the DFF automotive OEM working group. These features include Black Mura, detection of...

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09 \\ echnical specifications T LumiTop 2700 / LumiTop 4000 LumiTop 2700 Luminance, color Spectrum, luminance, color, flicker General specifications Operating system Power supply Operating temperature range Camera specifications Effective resolution (h x v) 4096 x 3000 pixels (12 megapixels, CMOS) Pixel size Dynamic range Size sensor Interface camera Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet, M12 12-Pin Female Instrumental precision camera Camera uniformity (RNU) Measurement time Measurement time hybrid mode Measurement time camera only USB, PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet Polarization sensitivity Flicker specifications...

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Spot size and field of view at selected working distances for 29 mm lens (f/2.8) Working distance15) [mm] Field of view diagonal [in] Field of view diagonal [in] Inclusive lens and fiber exit. Without CAS, with mode mixer. External neutral density filters on the lens (OD 0.3/0.6/0.9) are available for increasing the upper measurement limit or measuring modulated light sources. 4) Lower measurement limit based on a signal to noise ratio of 10:1 for maximum exposure time (60 seconds LumiTop 2700 / 10 seconds LumiTop 4000). Upper measurement limit based on a signal level < 80 % for a white (non-modulated)...

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