SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS, INCLUDING SURFACE CONDITION SENSORS
First Claim
1. A surface sensor system for sensing conditions on a surface, comprising a wet/dry sensor assembly, an electrically isolated passive sensor assembly, a thermally adjustable active sensor assembly, at least one temperature sensor, and a data processing device coupled together as a unit positionable adjacent to the surface and configured to determine the presence of a surface material containing water or a water-based mixture on the surface and the solid or liquid phase of the surface material.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a surface sensor system comprising a wet/dry sensor assembly, an electrically isolated passive sensor assembly, a thermally adjustable active sensor assembly, at least one temperature sensor, and a data processing device coupled together as a unit positionable adjacent to a surface, such as an outdoor surface. The unit is configured to determine the presence a surface material containing water or a water-based mixture on the surface and the solid or liquid phase of the surface material.
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26 Claims
- 1. A surface sensor system for sensing conditions on a surface, comprising a wet/dry sensor assembly, an electrically isolated passive sensor assembly, a thermally adjustable active sensor assembly, at least one temperature sensor, and a data processing device coupled together as a unit positionable adjacent to the surface and configured to determine the presence of a surface material containing water or a water-based mixture on the surface and the solid or liquid phase of the surface material.
- 14. A surface sensor system for sensing conditions on a surface, comprising an electrically isolated passive sensor assembly, the passive sensor assembly has first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other and interconnected by an electrically conductive member, the electrically conductive member being positioned adjacent to at least one winding, and a detection device connected to the winding and configured to detect and measure an electrical condition in the electrically conductive member as a function of the electrical conductivity of material on the surface and in electrical contact with the first and second electrodes.
- 22. A surface sensor system for sensing conditions on a surface, comprising an active sensor assembly configured to determine the presence of a surface material containing water or a water-based mixture on the surface and the solid or liquid phase of the surface material, the active sensor assembly comprises a temperature sensor, first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other, and a temperature adjustment device thermally connected to the first and second electrodes, the thermal adjustment device being configured to heat or cool at least one of the first and second electrodes to change at least one of the temperature and the phase of the surface material.
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