Mobile handset with air pollution meter and system

• US 8,032,123 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2006
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sakhpara, Ketul
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan; Yuwen
• Application Number:
  US11/465,989
• Publication Number:
  US 20080045156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,870 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/412.1, 455/423, 455/66.1
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0039 for O3
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/004 for CO, CO2
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0063 using a threshold to release an alarm or displaying means alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarm actuated by the presence of smoke or gases G08B17/10, for other abnormal conditions G08B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/14 Toxic gas alarms G08B21/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/20 Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters

Abstract

A mobile telecommunications handset is provided. The mobile telecommunications handset includes a component operable to measure a level of an air pollutant and a transceiver operable for a user to send and receive communications wirelessly.

Claims

1. A mobile telecommunications handset, comprising:

a component configured to measure a level of an air pollutant;

a transceiver configured to send and receive communications wirelessly, the communications comprising data related to the measurements of the air pollutant;

a system configured to determine a location of the mobile telecommunications handset; and

a display configured to display data related to the measurements of the air pollutant generated from one or more other handsets, wherein the display is configured to superimpose at least one map and a location associated with at least some of the measurements of the air pollutant.

2. The handset of claim 1, wherein the data comprises numerical data related to the level of the air pollutant.

3. The handset of claim 1, wherein the data comprises graphical data related to the level of the air pollutant.

4. The handset of claim 1, further comprising an alarm operable to be activated when the level of the air pollutant exceeds a threshold to alert the user of the mobile telecommunications handset.

5. The handset of claim 1, wherein the handset is operable to wirelessly transmit data related to the level of the air pollutant to another device.

6. The handset of claim 5, wherein the handset is operable to receive a notification from the other device regarding the level of the air pollutant.

7. The handset of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the data related to the measurements of the air pollutant to a server, the server configured to:

receive a plurality location information and pollutant data from a plurality of handsets, the pollutant data comprising a level of the air pollutant measured by each of the plurality of handsets;

determine a location for each of the plurality of handsets;

aggregate the pollutant data received from the plurality of handsets and the locations for each the plurality of handsets; and

create a record of air pollutant levels corresponding to the locations for each of the plurality of handsets.

8. The handset of claim 7, wherein the mobile telecommunications handset is further operable to receive from the server the record of the air pollutant levels.

9. A system for recording a plurality of levels of an air pollutant at a plurality of locations comprising:

a plurality of handsets operable to measure the plurality of levels of the air pollutant;

a component operable to promote determining a plurality of locations corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of handsets, the plurality of handsets operable to transmit and receive the data related to the levels of the air pollutant and the locations;

a receiving device operable to receive the data related to the levels of the air pollutant and the locations and use the data to create a record of the levels of the air pollutant at the plurality of locations;

wherein at least one of the plurality of handsets are configured to receive the data related to the measurements of the air pollutant; and

a display on the at least one handset, the display configured to display the data related to the measurements of the air pollutant generated from one or more other of the plurality of handsets, wherein the display superimposes at least one map and a location associated with at least some of the measurements of the air pollutant.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the air pollutants measured include at least one of:

carbon monoxide; and

ozone.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the component operable to promote determining the locations is further defined as at least one of:

a global positioning system; and

a triangulation component.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the data related to the measurements of pollutants comprises at least one of numerical data and graphical data related to at least one of the levels of the air pollutant.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the handsets includes an alarm operable to be activated when at least one of the levels of the air pollutant exceeds a threshold.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of handsets comprises:

a transceiver operable for a user to communicate wirelessly;

a display; and

a keypad.

15. A method for measuring air pollution at a plurality of locations comprising:

receiving air pollution measurement data from a plurality of mobile handsets;

determining locations at which at least some levels of air pollution were measured;

using the air pollution measurement data to create a record of levels of air pollution at the locations;

transmitting at least a portion of the data to at least one of the plurality of handsets;

displaying, on the at least one handset, the data related to the measurements of the air pollutant generated from one or more other of the plurality of handsets, wherein the display superimposes at least one map and a location associated with at least some of the measurements of the air pollutant.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the measuring of the levels of air pollution is performed by air quality sensors on the plurality of mobile handsets.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein transmitting the at least a portion of the record comprises transmitting a record of the levels of air pollution in a geographic region prior to the at least one mobile handset entering into the geographic region.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising making the record of the levels of air pollution at the locations available to other devices other than the plurality of mobile handsets.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

setting an alarm related to a first mobile handset to activate when the level of air pollution adjacent the location of the first mobile handset exceeds a threshold; and

transmitting a notice to a second mobile handset when the alarm set for the first mobile handset is activated.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising setting an alarm on one of the mobile handsets and activating the alarm when the level of air pollution exceeds a threshold.