Method for displaying concentration data of a substance and an associated apparatus
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Publication Number
US-11841354-B2
Publication Date
2023-12-12
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Abstract
A method for displaying gas concentration values on a graphical display of a leak detector comprises detecting a presence of a gas using a gas sensor. A signal is generated by the gas sensor and transmitted from the gas sensor to a processor. The received signal is processed to determine a gas concentration value and a corresponding time stamp. The gas concentration values and corresponding time stamps are displayed graphically as they are determined and newly determined gas concentration values and corresponding time stamps are displayed in relation to previously determined gas concentration values and time stamps in streaming manner.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a hand-held leak detector configured to detect a presence of gas using a gas sensor, generate a signal from the gas sensor, transmit the signal to a processor, and process the received signal to determine gas concentration values. Each gas concentration value is associated with a corresponding time stamp, and the gas concentration value and the corresponding time stamp are stored while monitoring transmitted signals over a predetermined time period.
The invention displays the gas concentration values graphically in relation to the corresponding time stamps as they are determined, in a streaming fashion in which newly determined gas concentration values and corresponding time stamps are displayed in relation to previously determined gas concentration values and time stamps. An average environmental gas concentration level is determined, and the newly determined gas concentration values are displayed graphically relative to the average environmental gas concentration level as they are determined.
A corresponding gas leak detector apparatus includes a housing, a gas sensor generating a signal in response to a presence of gas, a processor receiving the signal and converting it to gas concentration data, a memory unit storing the gas concentration data, and a display in communication with the processor. The processor continuously monitors the signal over a predetermined time period, and the display displays gas concentration data as it is obtained, with newly determined gas concentration data displayed graphically along with previously displayed gas concentration data in streaming fashion relative to the average environmental gas concentration level and corresponding time stamps.
Claims Coverage
The partial content includes two independent claims, one directed to a method and one directed to a gas leak detector apparatus. The independent claims cover streaming graphical time-stamped gas concentration display from a hand-held sensor/processor system and relative-to-average-environmental display behavior for newly determined values in streaming fashion.
Streaming graphical time-stamped gas concentration display for a hand-held leak detector
detecting a presence of a gas using a gas sensor; generating a signal from the gas sensor; transmitting the signal to a processor; processing a received signal from the gas sensor to determine a gas concentration value; associating the gas concentration value with a corresponding time stamp; storing the gas concentration value and the corresponding time stamp; monitoring transmitted signals over a predetermined time period; displaying the gas concentration values graphically in relation to the corresponding time stamps as they are determined; and displaying newly determined gas concentration values and corresponding time stamps in relation to previously determined gas concentration values and time stamps in a streaming fashion.
Relative-to-average environmental level streaming graphical display with time stamps
an average environmental gas concentration level is determined, and the newly determined gas concentration values are displayed graphically relative to the average environmental gas concentration level as they are determined, with the newly determined gas concentration values and corresponding time stamps displayed in relation to the average environmental gas concentration level and previously determined gas concentration values and time stamps in a streaming fashion.
Gas leak detector apparatus for continuous monitoring and streaming graphical display of gas concentration data
a housing, a gas sensor configured to generate a signal in response to a presence of gas, a processor in communication with the gas sensor and configured to receive the signal and convert the signal to gas concentration data, a memory unit configured to store gas concentration data, and a display in communication with the processor and configured to display gas concentration data as it is obtained, with newly determined gas concentration data displayed graphically along with previously displayed gas concentration data in a streaming manner.
Across both independent claims, the inventive coverage centers on continuously monitoring a gas sensor signal over a predetermined time period, converting signals to gas concentration data, and streaming a graphical display of newly determined values with corresponding time stamps relative to previously displayed values, while further determining and using an average environmental gas concentration level.
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