Arrangement for Detecting Resonance Frequency Shifts
First Claim
1. An arrangement for detecting a first resonance frequency, associated with a carrier means loaded with an added mass, and comparing said first resonance frequency with a second resonance frequency associated with said carrier means without the added mass, in order to evaluate, based on a noted resonance frequency shift, the mass and/or weight of the added mass, comprising:
- (a) an array of individual carrier means in which the individual carrier means are adjacent to each other, wherein one or more of said individual carrier means are characterized by different second resonance frequencies and wherein the individual carrier means are simultaneously illuminated, and(b) a receiving and/or calculating unit that is capable of simultaneously detecting a total reflected signal comprising a number of first resonance frequencies received from said loaded carrier means, thereby allowing carrier means'"'"' resonance frequencies to be detected simultaneously in a frequency domain, wherein said first resonance frequencies are compared and/or calculated within said receiving and/or calculating unit with corresponding second resonance frequencies stored in said unit and wherein the arrangement detects a first resonance frequency, associated with a carrier means loaded with an added mass, and compares said first resonance frequency with a second resonance frequency, associated with said carrier means without the added mass, in order to evaluate, based on a noted resonance frequency shift, the mass and/or weight of the added mass.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an arrangement (1) for detection of a first resonance frequency (F1), related to a mass (1b′) loaded carrier means (1b), and to compare said first resonance frequency (F1) with a second, as a reference used, resonance frequency (F2), related to said carrier means (1b), by using frequency comparing and/or calculating means (3, 4) to evaluate, by a noted frequency shift (F2-F1), a mass weight (1b′). An array of individual carrier means (1a, 1b . . . 1i) are arranged adjacent to each other, that one or more of said carrier means are allotted different second resonance frequencies, that received resonance frequencies (F1) from said loaded carrier means are received and/or evaluated simultaneously, or at least essentially simultaneously, in a signal receiving and/or processing unit (3) and that said first resonance frequencies (F1) are compared and/or calculated within said calculating means (3, 4) with corresponding resonance frequencies (F2) stored in said unit (3, 4) in a memory (4b) thereof.
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1. An arrangement for detecting a first resonance frequency, associated with a carrier means loaded with an added mass, and comparing said first resonance frequency with a second resonance frequency associated with said carrier means without the added mass, in order to evaluate, based on a noted resonance frequency shift, the mass and/or weight of the added mass, comprising:
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(a) an array of individual carrier means in which the individual carrier means are adjacent to each other, wherein one or more of said individual carrier means are characterized by different second resonance frequencies and wherein the individual carrier means are simultaneously illuminated, and (b) a receiving and/or calculating unit that is capable of simultaneously detecting a total reflected signal comprising a number of first resonance frequencies received from said loaded carrier means, thereby allowing carrier means'"'"' resonance frequencies to be detected simultaneously in a frequency domain, wherein said first resonance frequencies are compared and/or calculated within said receiving and/or calculating unit with corresponding second resonance frequencies stored in said unit and wherein the arrangement detects a first resonance frequency, associated with a carrier means loaded with an added mass, and compares said first resonance frequency with a second resonance frequency, associated with said carrier means without the added mass, in order to evaluate, based on a noted resonance frequency shift, the mass and/or weight of the added mass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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