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INFRARED SENSOR ARRAY BASED TEMPERATURE MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR DATA CENTERS AND RELATED METHODS

  • US 20150123562A1
  • Filed: 10/22/2014
  • Published: 05/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A temperature monitoring system for a data center that includes a plurality of aisles and a plurality of equipment racks that are mounted in rows between the aisles, the temperature monitoring system comprising:

  • a plurality of overhead-mounted infrared sensor arrays that are mounted above the aisles and/or the equipment racks, wherein each infrared sensor array includes a two-dimensional array of infrared emission sensors, and at least some of the infrared emission sensors have field of view patterns that project onto aisle faces of the equipment racks; and

    a controller that is remote from at least some of the infrared sensor arrays and that is in communications with the infrared sensor arrays, the controller configured to provide a two-dimensional thermal map of the aisle faces of the equipment racks based at least in part on temperature data received from the infrared sensor arrays.

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