GAS DETECTING METHOD AND GAS DETECTING APPARATUS
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Abstract
A concentration of ethanol is detected without using any light source such as a lamp by utilizing a face of a human being as a light source. The gas detecting apparatus has an optical filter for ethanol which allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—O stretching vibration of ethanol contained in breath in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from the face of a person, an optical filter for reference that allows to transmit an infrared light having a wavelength band emitted from the face of the person, a converting component for ethanol that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for ethanol to electric signals, a converting component for reference that converts an infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for reference to electric signals, and a detection component that detects the concentration of ethanol gas based on the electric signals converted by the converting component for ethanol and the electric signals converted by the converting component for reference.
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25 Claims
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1-8. -8. (canceled)
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9. A gas detecting method comprising:
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detecting an intensity of an infrared light, which has a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—
O stretching vibration of ethanol in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from a face of a person as an infrared light absorption intensity of ethanol; anddetecting the physical quantity relating to the concentration of ethanol gas contained in breath based on the magnitude of the detected infrared light absorption intensity of ethanol.
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10. A gas detecting method comprising:
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detecting an intensity of an infrared light, which has a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—
O stretching vibration of ethanol in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from a face of a person as an infrared light absorption intensity of ethanol;detecting an intensity of an infrared light, which has a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—
O stretching vibration of carbon dioxide in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from the face of a person as an infrared light absorption intensity of carbon dioxide; anddetecting a physical quantity relating to the concentration of ethanol gas contained in breath based on the detected infrared light absorption intensity of carbon dioxide and the detected infrared light absorption intensity of ethanol.
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11. A gas detecting method comprising:
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detecting an intensity of an infrared light, which has a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—
O stretching vibration of ethanol in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from a face of a person as an infrared light absorption intensity of ethanol;detecting an intensity of an infrared light, which has a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum of vapor in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from the face of the person as an infrared light absorption intensity of vapor; and detecting a physical quantity relating to the concentration of ethanol gas contained in breath is detected based on the detected infrared light absorption intensity of vapor and the detected infrared light absorption intensity of ethanol.
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12. A gas detecting apparatus comprising:
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an optical filter for ethanol that allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—
O stretching vibration of ethanol in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from a face of a person;a converting component for ethanol that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for ethanol to an electric signal; and detecting component for detecting the physical quantity relating to the concentration of ethanol gas contained in breath based on the magnitude of the electric signal converted by the converting component for ethanol. - View Dependent Claims (13, 22)
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14. A gas detecting apparatus comprising:
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an optical filter for ethanol that allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—
O stretching vibration of ethanol in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from the face of a person;an optical filter for reference that transmits the infrared light having the wavelength band of the infrared light emitted from the face of the person and having a band other than the predetermined wavelength band; a converting component for ethanol that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for ethanol to an electric signal; a converting component for reference that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for reference to an electric signal; and a detecting component that detects the physical quantity relating to the concentration of ethanol gas contained in breath based on the electric signals converted by the converting component for ethanol and the converting component for reference. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A gas detecting apparatus comprising:
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an optical filter for ethanol that allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—
O stretching vibration of ethanol in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from a face of a person;an optical filter for carbon dioxide that allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—
O stretching vibration of carbon dioxide in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from the face of the person;a converting component for ethanol that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for ethanol to an electric signal; a converting component for carbon dioxide that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for carbon dioxide to an electric signal; and a detecting component that detects the physical quantity relating to the concentration of ethanol gas contained in breath based on the electric signals converted by the converting component for carbon dioxide and the converting component for ethanol. - View Dependent Claims (17, 20, 21)
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18. A gas detecting apparatus comprising.
an optical filter for ethanol that allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C— - O stretching vibration of ethanol in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from a face of a person;
an optical filter for vapor that allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum of vapor in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from the face of a person; a converting component for ethanol that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for ethanol to an electric signal; a converting component for vapor that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for vapor to an electric signal; and a detecting component that detects the physical quantity relating to the concentration of ethanol gas contained in breath based on the electric signals converted by the converting component for vapor and the converting component for ethanol. - View Dependent Claims (19, 24)
- O stretching vibration of ethanol in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from a face of a person;
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23. The gas detecting apparatus of claim, further comprising a breath filter for allowing the transmission of a signal having a breath frequency component from the electric signal converted by the converting component for ethanol and the electric signal converted by the converting component for carbon dioxide, wherein the detecting component detects the physical quantity relating to the concentration of ethanol gas based on the magnitudes of the electric signals converted by the converting component for ethanol and the converting component for carbon dioxide and transmitted through the breath filter.
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25-26. -26. (canceled)
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