摘要:
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for codeless GPS positioning. According to the method, the unit (2) to be positioned receives GPS signals from several satellites (4), the codes of the GPS signals are removed, and the extracted carrier signals are transmitted out from the unit (2) to be positioned for the purpose of determining the position and/or velocity of said unit (2) to be positioned. According to the invention, the carrier signal frequencies are detected by means of a phase-locked loop and the thus detected signals are transmitted in digital format out from the unit (2) to be positioned for the purpose of further processing.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for linearizing a flow velocity sensor based on pressure difference measurement. According to the method, such a difference of two pressure signals (4, 5) is measured from the flow under measurement that is proportional to the square of the flow velocity, the difference of said two pressure signals (4, 5) is measured using a micromechanically manufactured symmetrical capacitive differential pressure sensor (20) based on the force balance principle, in which sensor the pressure-induced deviation from force balance is compensated for by inducing on the pressure-sensing diaphragm (23) of said differential pressure sensor (20) a force-balance-restoring electrostatic pressure so that the pressure-sensing diaphragm (23) is subjected to the force-balance-restoring electrostatic force, whereby the amplitude of the force-balance-restoring electrical feedback control signal, which also acts as the system output signal, is directly proportional to the square root of said difference of said two pressure signals, and thus, a linear function of the flow velocity. According to the invention, said feedback control voltage depending on the direction of the pressure difference is applied only to either of the stationary electrodes (21 or 22) disposed on the same side relative to the sensing diaphragm so that the electrostatic force of attraction thus induced acts counter to the force generated by the pressure difference under measurement, whereby the polarity of the system output voltage signal is dependent on the direction of the flow.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method and sensor structure for measuring the concentration of nonpolar gases such as carbon dioxide. According to the method, the concentration of the nonpolar gas adsorbed/absorbed in a polymer film (2) is determined by detecting the weight of the polymer film (2). According to the invention, the dielectric coefficient of the polymer film (2) is measured, and on the basis of this, a correction is made in the concentration measurement result obtained from the weight measurement.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring road surface conditions. In the method of measuring road surface conditions, the conditions prevailing on the surface (4, 30) of a road (2) are measured by means of a sensor head (1) placed mounted in the pavement of the road (2) with the top surface of the sensor head aligned essentially flush with the pavement (4) of the road. According to the invention, an optical signal is impinged from below on the top surface (30) of the road, the reflection/backscatter of the optical signal is measured inside the pavement layer (4) of the road, and weather/driving conditions prevailing on the road top surface (30) are determined from the reflected and backscattered signal values.
摘要:
The invention concerns an electrical impedance detector for measurement of physical quantities, in particular of temperature or humidity, as well as a process for manufacture of said detectors. The impedance detector is composed of pieces cut off from a continuous detector filament (20). The detector filament (20) comprises an electrically conductive pair of electrode wires (10a, 10b) or an equivalent assembly of electrode wires, on/between which there is an active material (11) whose impedance properties are a function of the physical quantity to be measured. The different electrode wires (10a, 10b) of the detector filament (20) in the pieces of detector filament (20) have been cut off at different points (41a,41b), compared with one another, so that the impedance (CM) to be measured will be formed in the area (CV) between said cut-off points (41a,41b) of the electrode wires (10a,10b). As the starting material of the active material layer (11') in the detector, a glass paste (11P) is used, through which the pair of electrode wires (10a,10b) is drawn through the drying oven (34) onto the receiving frame (35). The stage of crystallization of the active material layer takes place in a separate heat-treatment stage which takes place after the winding stage.
摘要:
The invention relates to an electrostatically tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer produced by surface micromechanical techniques for use in optical material analysis as an optical sweeping filter in which the optical measurement wavelength is centered at a wavelength λ. According to the invention, the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor structure comprises a body block (1), two essentially parallel mirrors (41, 26) bonded to said body block (1), of which mirrors at least one (41) is partially transmitting and movable relative to the body block (1), said mirrors (41, 26) being spaced maximally by a few half-wavelengths, λ/2, from each other, and both of the mirror structures (41, 26) include integral electrode structures (6, 20) capable of effecting an electrostatic force between said mirror structures (41, 26). According to the invention, the movable mirror structure (41) is provided with structurally weakened regions (15) surrounding the optical area (24) of the mirror so as to facilitate keeping the optical area (24) at a maximum degree of flatness, and at least one (20) of the electrode structures is adapted to surround said optical area (24) so as to achieve a mechanical lever action and avoid galvanic contact between the electrode (20) of the movable mirror structure (41) and the electrode (6) of the fixed mirror structure (26).
摘要:
Method and detector arrangement for measurement of relative humidity in particular in radiosondes (100). In the humidity detector (14), an active material is used whose electric properties are a function of the amount of water absorbed by said material. The humidity detector (14) is heated so as to remove any ice, frost or condensed humidity gathered on its face and/or in its vicinity. The temperature (T) of the humidity detector (14) and/or the ambient temperature (T a ) is/are detected, and this/these quantity/quantities is/are utilized in the computing of the humidity measurement values (U). The humidity detector (14) is protected by means of a mechanical shield construction (10) arranged around the detector. The shield construction (10) is heated to a temperature higher than the ambient temperature so that no substantial condensing or freezing of humidity takes place on the humidity detector (14) or on the structures in the vicinity of same.