Mobile Handset with Air Pollution Meter and System

• US 20080045156A1
• Filed: 08/21/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Sakhpara, Ketul
• Granted Patent: US 8,032,123 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0039 O3
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/004 CO or CO2
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0063 using a threshold to release an alarm or displaying means
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/14 Toxic gas alarms G08B21/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/20 Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters

Abstract

A mobile telecommunications handset is provided. The mobile telecommunications handset includes a component operable to measure a level of an air pollutant and a transceiver operable for a user to send and receive communications wirelessly.

Claims

1. A mobile telecommunications handset, comprising:

a component operable to measure a level of an air pollutant; and

a transceiver operable for a user to send and receive communications wirelessly.

2. The handset of claim 1, further comprising a display screen on the handset operable to display numerical data related to the level of the air pollutant.

3. The handset of claim 1, further comprising a display screen on the handset operable to display graphical data related to the level of the air pollutant.

4. The handset of claim 1, further comprising an alarm operable to be activated when the level of the air pollutant exceeds a threshold to alert the user of the mobile telecommunications handset.

5. The handset of claim 1, wherein the handset is operable to wirelessly transmit data related to the level of the air pollutant to another device.

6. The handset of claim 5, wherein the handset is operable to receive a notification from the other device regarding the level of the air pollutant.

7. The handset of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of handsets each operable to measure the level of the air pollutant;

a receiving device; and

a system for determining a location of the mobile telecommunications handset and the plurality of handsets and wherein the mobile telecommunications handset is further operable to transmit data related to the level of the air pollutant and data regarding the location of the handset to the receiving device, the receiving device operable to aggregate the data related to the level of the air pollutant received from the plurality of handsets and data related to the locations of the plurality of handsets and to create a record of air pollutant levels at the plurality of locations.

8. The handset of claim 7, wherein the mobile telecommunications handset is further operable to receive from the receiving device the record of the air pollutant levels at the plurality of locations.

9. A system for recording a plurality of levels of an air pollutant at a plurality of locations comprising:

a plurality of handsets operable to measure the plurality of levels of the air pollutant;

a component operable to promote determining the locations of the plurality of handsets, the plurality of handsets operable to transmit data related to the levels of the air pollutant and the locations; and

a receiving device operable to receive the data related to the levels of the air pollutant and the locations and use the data to create a record of the levels of the air pollutant at the plurality of locations.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the air pollutants measured include at least one of:

carbon monoxide; and

ozone.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the component operable to promote determining the locations is further defined as at least one of:

a global positioning system; and

a triangulation component.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the handsets includes a display screen operable to display information related to at least one of the levels of the air pollutant.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the handsets includes an alarm operable to be activated when at least one of the levels of the air pollutant exceeds a threshold.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of handsets are each defined as having a transceiver operable for a user to communicate wirelessly and further including a display and a keypad.

15. A method for measuring air pollution at a plurality of locations comprising:

measuring air pollution using a plurality of mobile handsets;

determining the locations at which at least some levels of air pollution were measured;

transmitting data related to the levels of air pollution at the locations; and

using the data to create a record of the levels of air pollution at the locations.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the measuring of the levels of air pollution is performed by air quality sensors on the plurality of mobile handsets.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising transmitting the record of the levels of air pollution at the locations to at least some of the plurality of mobile handsets.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising making the record of the levels of air pollution at the locations available to other devices other than the plurality of mobile handsets.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

setting an alarm related to a first mobile handset to activate when the level of air pollution adjacent the location of the first mobile handset exceeds a threshold; and

transmitting a notice to a second mobile handset when the alarm set for the first mobile handset is activated.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising setting an alarm on one of the mobile handsets and activating the alarm when the level of air pollution exceeds a threshold.