CPC G01J 1/4204 (2013.01) [G01J 1/4228 (2013.01); G01J 1/0411 (2013.01); G01J 1/16 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4266 (2013.01); G01W 1/12 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A sunshine recorder comprising:
a lens that emits, as projection light, natural light incident from half of the celestial sphere;
a sensor that photoelectrically converts the projection light projected onto a light receiving surface, and outputs the photoelectrically converted projection light; and
a determination circuit that determines the presence or absence of sunshine on the basis of an output of the sensor,
wherein the sensor has a plurality of detection areas on the light receiving surface, and is configured to output a signal corresponding to an intensity of the projection light incident on each of the detection areas, and
the determination circuit removes a scattered light component included in the projection light on the basis of a difference operation of the signal output from each of the detection areas to extract only a direct light component to be included in the projection light at the time of incidence of sunlight, thereby determining the presence or absence of sunshine in the natural light.
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