Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of detecting fluid flows, corresponding device and computer program product
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Application No.: US16227368Application Date: 2018-12-20
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Publication No.: US11187563B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Fabio Passaniti , Enrico Rosario Alessi
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Priority: IT102018000000629 20180109
- Main IPC: G01F1/72
- IPC: G01F1/72 ; G01M3/28 ; G01F1/36 ; G01N29/02 ; G01M3/26 ; G01P5/22 ; G01P13/04 ; G01M3/20

Abstract:
A method includes: receiving, from a plurality of sensors, detection signals indicative of fluid flow, the fluid flow having a direction and a speed, the plurality of sensors having respective mutual positions and distances between pairs of sensors in the plurality of sensors; determining, as a function of the detection signals, a first detection sensor in the plurality of sensors detecting the fluid flow prior to other sensors in the plurality of sensors; determining time delays between detection of the fluid flow by a first sensor and by a second sensor in each pair of sensors in the plurality of sensors; and determining a fluid flow velocity vector indicative of the direction and the speed of the fluid flow as a function of the mutual positions and distances between the pairs of sensors in the plurality of sensors and the time delays.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190212177A1 METHOD OF DETECTING FLUID FLOWS, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Public/Granted day:2019-07-11
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