Cellular telephone-based radiation detection instrument
First Claim
1. A radiation detection instrument comprising:
- a mobile communications device having wireless means for communicating over a wireless communications network;
a radiation detector operably connected to said mobile communications device; and
means for analyzing data collected by the radiation detector and displaying said data via the mobile communications device.
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Abstract
A network of radiation detection instruments, each having a small solid state radiation sensor module integrated into a cellular phone for providing radiation detection data and analysis directly to a user. The sensor module includes a solid-state crystal bonded to an ASIC readout providing a low cost, low power, light weight compact instrument to detect and measure radiation energies in the local ambient radiation field. In particular, the photon energy, time of event, and location of the detection instrument at the time of detection is recorded for real time transmission to a central data collection/analysis system. The collected data from the entire network of radiation detection instruments are combined by intelligent correlation/analysis algorithms which map the background radiation and detect, identify and track radiation anomalies in the region.
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46 Claims
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1. A radiation detection instrument comprising:
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a mobile communications device having wireless means for communicating over a wireless communications network;
a radiation detector operably connected to said mobile communications device; and
means for analyzing data collected by the radiation detector and displaying said data via the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A radiation detection instrument comprising:
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a mobile communications device having wireless means for communicating with a data server of a central monitoring system over a wireless communications network;
a radiation detector operably connected to said mobile communications device for measuring the individual energies of detected photons;
a clock-calendar operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the time-date associated with each detected photon; and
a locator operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the location of said instrument associated with each detected photon, wherein said mobile communications device is adapted to transmit data of the individual photon energies and the corresponding detection time-date and detection location associated with each to the data server of said central monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A portable detection instrument comprising:
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a mobile communications device having wireless means for communicating over a wireless communications network;
an application-specific sensor connected to said mobile communications device for detecting application-specific parameters, wherein the application is chosen from the group consisting of radiation, chemical, temperature, shock, motion, aural, and visual detections; and
means for analyzing data collected by the application-specific sensor and displaying said data via the mobile communications device.
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46. A portable detection instrument comprising:
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a mobile communications device having wireless means for communicating with a data server of a central monitoring system over a wireless communications network;
an application-specific sensor operably connected to said mobile communications device for measuring application-specific parameters, wherein the application is chosen from the group consisting of radiation, chemical, temperature, shock, motion, aural, and visual detections;
a clock-calendar operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the time-date associated with each unit of the application-specific parameter; and
a locator operably connected to said mobile communications device for determining the location of said instrument associated with each unit of the application-specific parameter, wherein said mobile communications device is adapted to transmit data of the individual units of the application-specific parameter and the corresponding detection time-date and detection location associated with each to the data server of said central monitoring system.
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