Particle concentration sensing method and portable electronic apparatus applying the particle concentration sensing method

• US 10,495,559 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2017
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Original Assignee: PixArt Imaging Incorporated
• Inventors: Wang, Guo-Zhen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Sang H
• Application Number:
  US15/822,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20190162642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0295 Constructional arrangements for removing other types of optical noise or for performing calibration
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 1/2273 Atmospheric sampling
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 15/06 Investigating concentration of particle suspensions by weighing G01N5/00; investigating sedimentation of particle suspensions G01N15/04; investigating individual particles G01N15/10
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 15/075 by optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 15/147 the analysis being performed on a sample stream
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2001/245 Fans
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2015/0046 in gas, e.g. smoke
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2015/03 Electro-optical investigation of a plurality of particles, the analyser being characterised by the optical arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2015/1486 Counting the particles
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/53 within a flowing fluid, e.g. smoke
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/02 Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature

Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus can sense particle concentration, comprising: a motion detector, configured to detect a motion of the portable electronic apparatus; a first light source, configured to emit first light, wherein first scattered light is generated while the first light emitting particles in air; a light sensor, configured to sense the first scattered light; and a processor, configured to calculate a first particle concentration based on the motion and the first scattered light sensed by the light sensor. Via such apparatus, the particle concentration can be calculated without a fan, and the accuracy for calculating particle concentration can be increased if more than one light source is employed.

Claims

1. A portable electronic apparatus can sense particle concentration, comprising:

a motion detector, configured to detect a motion of the portable electronic apparatus;

a first light source, configured to emit first light, wherein first scattered light is generated while the first light emitting particles in air flowing into the portable electronic apparatus;

a second light source, configured to emit second light;

a light sensor, configured to sense the first scattered light; and

a processor, configured to calculate a first particle concentration based on the motion and the first scattered light sensed by the light sensor;

wherein second scattered light is generated while the second light emitting particles in the air;

wherein a spectrum of the first light and a spectrum of the second light are different;

wherein the processor calculates a second particle concentration based on the motion and the second scattered light sensed by the light sensor, and calculates a third particle concentration based on the first particle concentration and the second particle concentration.

2. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic apparatus is a wearable electronic apparatus.

3. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion detector is an accelerometer or a gyroscope.

4. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor provides a first weighted value to the first particle concentration and provides a second weighted value to the second particle concentration, to calculate the third particle concentration.

5. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 4, wherein the processor provides the first weighted value to the first particle concentration and provides the second weighted value to the second particle concentration based on an environment condition.

6. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light sensor is a CMOS light sensor.

7. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor maps the motion to a fan speed, and calculates the first particle concentration based on the fan speed and the first scattered light sensed by the light sensor.

8. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein a size of the portable electronic apparatus could not allow a fan to be provided in the portable electronic apparatus.

9. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first surface inside the portable electronic apparatus, wherein the motion detector and the light sensor are provided on the first surface.

10. The portable electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first surface inside the portable electronic apparatus and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the motion detector is provided on the first surface and the light sensor is provided on the second surface.

11. A particle concentration sensing method, applied to a portable electronic apparatus, comprising:

(a) generating first light;

(b) sensing first scattered light, wherein the first scattered light is generated while the first light emitting particles in air flowing into the portable electronic apparatus; and

(c) calculating a first particle concentration based on the motion and the first scattered light sensed by the light sensor;

wherein the particle concentration sensing method further comprises;

generating second light, wherein a spectrum of the first light and a spectrum of the second light are different;

calculating a second particle concentration based on the motion and second scattered light sensed by the light sensor, and calculates a third particle concentration based on the first particle concentration and the second particle concentration;

wherein second scattered light is generated while the second light emitting particles in the air.

12. The portable electronic method of claim 11, wherein the portable electronic apparatus is a wearable electronic apparatus.

13. The portable electronic method of claim 11, wherein the motion detector is an accelerometer or a gyroscope.

14. The portable electronic method of claim 11, further comprising:

providing a first weighted value to the first particle concentration and providing a second weighted value to the second particle concentration, to calculate the third particle concentration.

15. The portable electronic method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing the first weighted value to the first particle concentration and provides the second weighted value to the second particle concentration based on an environmental condition.

16. The portable electronic method of claim 11, wherein the light sensor is a CMOS light sensor.

17. The portable electronic method of claim 11, wherein the step (c) maps the motion to a fan speed, and calculates the first particle concentration based on the fan speed and the first scattered light sensed by the light sensor.

18. The portable electronic method of claim 11, wherein a size of the portable electronic apparatus could not allow a fan to be provided in the portable electronic apparatus.