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Dynamically self-adjusting magnetometer

  • US 8,560,259 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2010
  • Issued: 10/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring an environment with a dynamically adjustable magnetometer, said method comprising:

  • periodically generating a first channel electronic signal representing a magnetic field of a monitored environment;

    periodically generating at least a second channel electronic signal representing said magnetic field of said monitored environment;

    summing an absolute value of said first channel electronic signal and an absolute value of said at least a second channel electronic signal over a period to generate a total value for said period;

    calculating a delta change between the total value for a first period and the total value for a second period;

    generating an output if said delta change is greater than a pre-defined threshold;

    utilizing the average total value for at least two of the latest periods to repeatedly generate a floating average;

    calculating an average delta change between a first period floating average and a second period floating average; and

    generating said output if the average delta change is greater than a pre-defined threshold.

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