Traffic pollution indicator
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1. A traffic pollution indicator for a vehicle comprising:
- one or more uncalibrated sensors that output a signal varying with time, representing variations in an aggregate concentration of gases with time of one or more types of pollution, without carrying at any time any information on any absolute gas concentration;
a microcontroller that receives the signal and generates a digital representation of the signal;
a wireless communication device that transmits the digital representation to a display device;
an enclosure housing at least the microcontroller; and
a mount attached to the enclosure and comprising one or more air vent engagement elements for attaching the enclosure to an air vent of the vehicle;
wherein the display device comprises a screen and receives the digital representation from the wireless communication device and presents a visual representation of the digital representation on the screen;
wherein the signal is only generated when at least one of the variations in the aggregate concentration exceeds a predefined or calculated threshold.
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Abstract
A traffic pollution indicator mounts to an air vent of a car or other vehicle to detect pollution and present pollution information to passengers. The traffic pollution indicator includes one or more sensors for detecting pollution, one or more microcontrollers and one or more communication devices to communicate with one or more display devices. Pollution is typically detected as a change in pollution levels by the traffic pollution indicator. Various display devices or a screen of the traffic pollution indicator present sensor information, in various visual representations, to passengers.
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1. A traffic pollution indicator for a vehicle comprising:
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one or more uncalibrated sensors that output a signal varying with time, representing variations in an aggregate concentration of gases with time of one or more types of pollution, without carrying at any time any information on any absolute gas concentration; a microcontroller that receives the signal and generates a digital representation of the signal; a wireless communication device that transmits the digital representation to a display device; an enclosure housing at least the microcontroller; and a mount attached to the enclosure and comprising one or more air vent engagement elements for attaching the enclosure to an air vent of the vehicle; wherein the display device comprises a screen and receives the digital representation from the wireless communication device and presents a visual representation of the digital representation on the screen; wherein the signal is only generated when at least one of the variations in the aggregate concentration exceeds a predefined or calculated threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for displaying pollution information in a vehicle comprising:
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securing a traffic pollution indicator to an air vent of the vehicle with a mount, the traffic pollution indicator comprising one or more uncalibrated sensors that output sensor information comprising a signal varying with time, representing variations in an aggregate concentration of gases with time of one or more types of pollution, without carrying at any time any information on any absolute gas concentration, and one or more microcontrollers that receive the sensor information and generate a digital representation of the sensor information; receiving the digital representation at a display device; and presenting a visual representation of the digital representation on a screen of the display device; wherein the sensor information is only generated when at least one of the variations in the aggregate concentration exceeds a predefined or calculated threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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