SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED THERMAL MONITORING
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1. A thermal monitoring system comprising:
- a control node having a processor and a memory, the control node in communication with at least one thermal sensor node, wherein the memory stores instructions causing the processor to retrieve a temperature information from the at least one thermal sensor node, wherein each thermal sensor node comprises;
an infrared sensor for measuring a temperature of a component;
an ambient temperature sensor for measuring an ambient temperature; and
a controller configured to obtain the temperature information comprising at least one of the temperature of the component, the ambient temperature, and a temperature differential between the temperature of the component and the ambient temperature, and store the temperature information in a memory.
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Abstract
Implementations of the present disclosure involve a thermal monitoring system that includes multiple thermal sensor nodes and a control node. The thermal sensor nodes include an infrared sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, at least one LED, and a controller with a memory for storing temperature measurements and a sending and receiving information to and from the control node. The control node for receives, stores, and outputs temperature measurements from at least one thermal sensor node.
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1. A thermal monitoring system comprising:
a control node having a processor and a memory, the control node in communication with at least one thermal sensor node, wherein the memory stores instructions causing the processor to retrieve a temperature information from the at least one thermal sensor node, wherein each thermal sensor node comprises; an infrared sensor for measuring a temperature of a component; an ambient temperature sensor for measuring an ambient temperature; and a controller configured to obtain the temperature information comprising at least one of the temperature of the component, the ambient temperature, and a temperature differential between the temperature of the component and the ambient temperature, and store the temperature information in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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2. The thermal monitoring system of claim wherein the infrared sensor includes an infrared matrix sensor for measuring temperatures of a plurality of components.
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11. A thermal monitoring system comprising:
a control node having a processor and a memory, the control node in communication with a plurality of thermal sensor nodes, wherein the memory stores instructions causing the processor to retrieve a temperature information from the thermal sensor nodes, wherein each thermal sensor node comprises; an infrared sensor mounted on a housing, the infrared sensor for measuring a temperature of a device at a location within a field of view of the sensor; a controller in communication with the infrared sensor, the controller comparing the temperature of the device with a threshold to identify when the temperature exceeds the threshold; and a mounting assembly operably coupled to the housing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23)
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20. A method of monitoring temperatures across multiple locations comprising:
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measuring a device temperature using an infrared sensor operating on a thermal sensor node; measuring an ambient temperature using an ambient temperature sensor operating on the thermal sensor node; storing the device temperature, the ambient temperature, and a timestamp in a memory of the thermal sensor node; and sending a set of device temperatures, ambient temperatures, and timestamps to a control node from the thermal sensor node.
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