Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring oxygen concentration
- Patent Title (中): 监测氧浓度的方法和装置
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Application No.: US09192211Application Date: 1998-11-16
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Publication No.: US06279377B1Publication Date: 2001-08-28
- Inventor: Tuan Q. Cao
- Applicant: Tuan Q. Cao
- Main IPC: G01N33497
- IPC: G01N33497

Abstract:
Apparatus for measuring concentration of oxygen includes a plurality of status displays, identifying concentration status relative to a plurality of thresholds, an alarm for immediate and prominent identification of status relative to a threshold of particular significance, and a quantitative display indicative of an actual concentration. Although measurements are performed and results are indicated relative to a number of thresholds, only a single calibration procedure is required, using only a single calibration gas. The apparatus is calibrated by adjusting a circuit parameter of one of the circuit components to vary a sensed output value to correspond to a narrow range surrounding the known concentration of the calibration gas. Both the circuit parameter and the actually sensed output value are stored. In a monitoring operation, the circuit parameter is retrieved to reset the circuit component to its calibrated setting. The monitored unknown value of concentration is scaled based on a value in a look-up table and on the actually sensed output value of the calibration process. An interpolation between values of the look-up table is then used to identify a concentration corresponding to the scaled value.
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