System and method of compensation for device mounting and thermal transfer error
First Claim
1. A thermal sensor system, comprising:
- a sensor for measuring a temperature within a user environment and providing a sensor signal indicative of the sensor measured temperature; and
a thermal transfer indicia associated with the sensor for providing thermal transfer parameters for compensating the sensor measured temperature as a function of the thermal transfer between the sensor and the user environment, said thermal transfer parameters being associated with predetermined thermal transfer information for characterizing a transfer of thermal energy between the sensor and the user environment, wherein the thermal transfer indicia compensates for measurement errors in the sensor signal based on one of a plurality of predetermined specific thermal environments and one of a plurality of predetermined sensor specific thermal errors associated with the sensor.
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Abstract
A thermal device system including a device for measuring a temperature within a user environment and providing a device output signal indicative of the device measured temperature. The system also includes a thermal transfer indicia associated with the device. The thermal indicia provide thermal transfer parameters for compensating the device measured temperature as a function of the thermal transfer between the device and the user environment. The thermal transfer parameters are associated with predetermined thermal transfer information for characterizing a transfer of thermal energy between the device and the user environment. Also a method of compensating a temperature measurement of a thermal device in a user environment as a function of a thermal transfer of the thermal device in a temperature measurement system.
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47 Claims
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1. A thermal sensor system, comprising:
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a sensor for measuring a temperature within a user environment and providing a sensor signal indicative of the sensor measured temperature; and a thermal transfer indicia associated with the sensor for providing thermal transfer parameters for compensating the sensor measured temperature as a function of the thermal transfer between the sensor and the user environment, said thermal transfer parameters being associated with predetermined thermal transfer information for characterizing a transfer of thermal energy between the sensor and the user environment, wherein the thermal transfer indicia compensates for measurement errors in the sensor signal based on one of a plurality of predetermined specific thermal environments and one of a plurality of predetermined sensor specific thermal errors associated with the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A temperature measurement error compensation system comprising:
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a temperature sensor for use within a sensor environment of a user application, said sensor providing a sensor signal; a thermal transfer indicia associated with the sensor for providing thermal transfer parameters associated with a thermal transfer characteristic between the sensor and the sensor environment within the user application, wherein the thermal transfer indicia compensates for measurement errors in the sensor signal based on one of a plurality of predetermined specific thermal environments and one of a plurality of predetermined sensor specific thermal errors associated with the sensor; and a communication interface for providing the thermal transfer parameters to a temperature measurement system operably coupled to the communication interface, said temperature measurement system configured to determine a compensated sensor signal as a function of the thermal transfer parameters. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for compensating thermal transfer between a thermal device and a user environment surrounding the device and within a user application, comprising:
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a thermal device for positioning in the user environment providing a thermal device signal; a thermal transfer indicia associated with the thermal device for providing thermal transfer parameters of a thermal transfer function at least partially describing the relationship between a temperature of the thermal device and a thermal transfer between the thermal device and the user environment, wherein the thermal transfer indicia compensates for measurement errors in the device signal based on one of a plurality of predetermined specific thermal environments and one of a plurality of predetermined sensor specific thermal errors associated with the sensor; and a temperature measurement compensation device for receiving the thermal transfer parameters and for generating a compensated measured temperature as a function of the thermal transfer between the user environment and the thermal device. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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