Close-proximity radiation detection device for determining radiation shielding device effectiveness and a method therefor

• US 6,492,957 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2000
• Issued: 12/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: James S. Carillo, Juan C. Carillo Jr
• Original Assignee: James S. Carillo, Juan C. Carillo Jr
• Inventors: Carillo, Juan C. Jr., Carillo, James S.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, THO GIA
• Application Number:
  US09/740,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20020075189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 343/703, 343/700.MS, 343/725, 343/795, 343/841, 250/336.1, 250/366, 250/367, 250/374, 324/95, 324/119
• US Class Current: 343/841
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/245 with means for shaping the antenna pattern, e.g. in order to protect user against rf exposure
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/285 Planar dipole H01Q9/065 takes precedence; patch antenna H01Q9/0407

Abstract

A radiation detection device for locally detecting radiation of RF energy emissions from close proximity direct line-of-sight electromagnetic fields emitted by a wireless transmit/receive electronic equipment antenna 22 or body 21 such as a cellular telephone, in miniature/planar design form with suitable embedding form-factoring fashioned arrangement capability joined with radiation shielding devices. Said radiation detection device operates without prerequisite need for a battery or external power source, operationally self-powered by the embodiments of this invention when exposed to electromagnetic field radiation of predetermined thresholding energy level setting for the user'"'"'s own personal alerting verification and assessment means of suitable predetermined radiation detection measurement tester coupling to radiation shielding devices to encompass an overall shield effectiveness system solution in real-time monitoring response fashion operation.

Claims

1. A radiation detection device employing a simple and low parts count in lightweight thin miniature construction form and generally planar with suitable embedding and non-embedding fashion means for coupling or joining in predetermined coplanar fashion means with radiation shielding devices either permanently attached or optional not permanently attached configuration, without prerequisite need for a power source, said radiation detection device comprising of functional electrical circuit block arrangements of:

an antenna means,

a first conductive transmission means,

a crystal detector means,

a second conductive transmission means,

a stimulus indicator means, and

an optional auxiliary signal processing means,

where said functional electrical circuit block arrangements are connected in predetermined serial electrical block node configuration or cascading block node configuration for operational means of providing protective alertive detection, verification and real-time response monitoring assessment of potential harmful electromagnetic field (EMF) energy exposure,

whereby said radiation detection device design form, fit, and function does not alter or hinder the functional operation of radiation shielding devices.

2. The radiation detection device according to claim 1, the said antenna means further comprises of:

a dipole antenna, linear antenna, coil loop antenna, wire antenna, planar antenna,

substrate patch antenna, multiple-quarter wavelength antenna, Yagi-type antenna,

reflector antenna and array feed antenna,

whereby said antenna means provides a measuring receives EMF energy radiation emanating from a wireless transmit and receive electronic equipment body and antenna energy radiating source, and transforming said EMF energy into a RF electrical signal.

3. The radiation detection device according to claim 2, wherein the said dipole antenna is comprising of:

simple dipole antenna

bow-tie shaped dipole antenna,

square-shaped dipole antenna,

circular-loop dipole antenna, and

polygon-shaped dipole antenna,

whereby said dipole antenna is tuned to receive and provide measured signal of electromagnetic field (EMF) radiated emissions.

4. The radiation detection device according to claim 1, the said first conductive transmission means and said second conductive transmission means having a predetermined interconnecting electrical conductive transmission nature further comprising of:

predetermined conductive lumped element circuit lines, distributed tuned element

transmission line, and hybrid circuit transmission line combination thereof,

whereby the function of said first conductive transmission means and said second conductive transmission means in combination provides predetermined interconnecting electrical conductive means among various arrangements of antenna means, crystal detector means, stimulus indicator means and optional auxiliary signal processing means at respective input and output node terminal ports.

5. The radiation detection device according to claim 1, the said crystal detector means further comprises of:

a fast switching Schottky diode, diode rectifier, a transistor device, a three terminal

or multiple terminal semiconductor device, and a multiple diode arrangement,

whereby the function of said crystal detector means employs the square law characteristics in predetermined electrical converting means for monitoring relative power densities by accepting RF electrical signal and outputting a converted monitoring DC voltage signal and managed to operate the stimulus indicator means.

6. The radiation detection device according to claim 1, the said stimulus indicator means further comprises of:

a optical transducer including a light emitting diode, an audible transducer,

mechanical vibrating transducer, an analog metering transducer, a digital

metering transducer, and an electrical signal processing product transducer,

whereby the function of said stimulus indicator means operates as a transducing means for converting a monitoring DC voltage signal input into a verification device indicator output form, displaying an indicator means for measurable stimulus indicator outputting translation form for the user to perform the method of shield effectiveness figure-of-merit measure.

7. The radiation detection device according to claim 1, the said optional auxiliary signal processing means having a predetermined computational transfer function nature further comprises of:

digital signal processor circuits accepting electrical signal processing product

indicator inputs for internal on-board or external off-board operating fashion

arrangement to provide signal outputting hookup enabled smart card device

arrangement functions or bio-electronic device arrangement electrical signal

functions or Bluetooth technology product functions,

whereby the function of said optional auxiliary signal processing means provides an applicable electrical signal interfacing stimulus means having a interpretable digital signal transmission of data for smart card device statusing outputting means with memory processing arrangement embedded into smart card device, for bio-feedback processing means having a electrical interfacing means for embedded bio-electronic devices and for short-range radio hookup means having a electrical interfacing means for embedded Bluetooth technology product devices.

8. The radiation detection device according to claim 1, wherein said embedding and non-embedding fashion means having a method of shielding effectiveness figure-of-merit measuring means comprising of:

a predetermined radiation detection device in attachment configuration means joining with radiation shielding device either permanently attached to said radiation shielding device or optional not permanently attached to said radiation shielding device, said embedding and non-embedding fashion means provides means for ease of repeatable cycles of reliable removing process operation or reinstalling process operation of said radiation detection device from said radiation shielding device, thereby functioning as a fastening configuration means for said radiation detection device joining with said radiation shielding device by predetermined process attachment selection comprising of adhesive contacting process, sewn-on attached, by liner attached, clip-on attachment, pocket inserting means, necklace forming arrangement, jewelry forming arrangement, and Velcro-attached arrangement, with said radiation detection device joined to said radiation shielding device in a general construction layout comprising a planar construction attachment means or a feed-through construction attachment means,

whereby said embedding and non-embedding fashion means provides aid to the user'"'"'s own personal verification means of operational radiation detection verification measurement and performing the method of shielding effectiveness figure-of-merit measure.

9. The radiation detection device according to claim 1, is comprising of:

a single-section radiation detection device,

a multiple-series node detection configuration, and

a modified multiple-series node detection configuration,

whereby said single-section radiation detection device, said multiple-series node detection configuration, and modified multiple-series node detection configuration, provides various radiation detecting applications for close-proximity protective alerting means from EMF radiation source exposure levels as a verification device indicator means to aid the user'"'"'s own personal verification of operational RF detection verification and shielding effectiveness figure-of-merit measure from potentially harmful direct line-of-sight EMF emissions.

10. The radiation detection device according to claim 9, the said single-section radiation detection device further comprising of functional electrical circuit block arrangements of:

a predetermined simple dipole antenna to receive and provide measure of EMF energy signal predeterminedly tuned or impedance tuned to a prescribed frequency band, a first electrically conductive transmission means, a fast switching Schottky diode predeterminedly tuned impedance with junction capacitance of less than or about two picofarads, a second electrically conductive transmission means, and a light emitting diode.

11. The radiation detection device according to claim 9, the said single-section radiation detection device is further comprising of:

a balancedly tuned dipole antenna of predetermined conductive metallic strips of dipole arm member length l and dipole arm member widths w1,w2 with physical member length and member width dimensions predetermined tuned to receive and provide measure EMF energy frequency response of single EMF linear polarization for conversion into RF electrical signal, a first pair of tuned electrically conductive transmission means interconnecting electrically said balancedly tuned dipole antenna to a fast switching Schottky diode device, said fast switching Schottky diode device electrical parameters predetermined by tuning criterions for RF electrical signal conversion into a monitoring DC voltage signal to electrically drive the light emitting diode device parameters, a second pair of tuned electrically conductive transmission means interconnecting electrically said fast switching Schottky diode device to said light emitting diode device, and said light emitting diode device parameters predetermined by tuning criterions to accept being electrically driven into operation by said Schottky diode device operation.

12. The radiation detection device according to claim 9, the said single-section radiation detection device further comprises of:

a general construction layout comprising of two alternative configuration variations for said radiation detection device, in joining a radiation detection device with a radiation shielding device, said general construction layout is comprising of;

a feed-through construction attachment means with a extruding single-section radiation detection device member stimulus indicator means comprising an light emitting diode part of the single-section radiation detection device generally extruding out through a predetermined provision in a radiation shielding arrangement with feed-through access hole arrangement, and

a planar construction attachment means with the single-section radiation detection device surface plane residing coplanar to the radiation shielding device surface plane,

whereby the two alternative configuration variations of general construction layout provide suitable means of embedding and non-embedding form arranging as joined with radiation shielding devices.

13. The radiation detection device according to claim 12, the said single-section radiation detection device of said general construction layout having a balancedly tuned dipole antenna arrangement is further comprising of:

a predetermined pair of tuned thin tapered bow-tie shaped width conductive metallic strip of dipole arm member length l and dipole arm member widths w1, w2 antenna is predeterminedly selected as another alternative embodiment to said balancedly tuned dipole antenna with predetermined conductive metallic strips of fixed constant dipole arm member width w antenna, said bow-tie shaped width conductive metallic strip provides greater antenna EMF energy measuring efficiency, and predeterminedly attached by electrically conductive structure supporting arrangement means to fast switching Schottky diode device conductive lead assembly terminal arrangement and light emitting diode device conductive lead assembly terminal arrangement is predeterminedly attached by electrically conductive structure supporting arrangement means to said fast switching Schottky diode device conductive lead assembly terminal arrangement.

14. The radiation detection device according to claim 12, the said single-section radiation detection device further comprises of:

a general construction layout using planar construction attachment means encased in predetermined suitable material forming outer supporting structure configuration, serves as means for expanding the embedding and non-embedding configuration into a general shape embedding and non-embedding configuration, said general shape embedding and non-embedding configuration comprising a thin planar plastic laminated credit-card-size radiation detection device as specifically shaped into a credit card form as a means for greater non-embedded configuration accessibility for remote-able RF sniffing probe option device with predetermined calibration settings, forming a radiation sensor device, alternatively placing located on opposing shielding surface side, provides the user with un-shielded radiation detection device measurement capability for means of determining the early warning presence of EMF energy radiated emission and for acquiring perceptible measuring threshold presence of predetermined EMF energy radiated emissions within close-proximity of unprotected or un-shielded surrounding environment.

15. A radiation detection device according to claim 14, the said general shape encased radiation detection device is further comprising of:

a thin sheet form, a hand-held wand from, a patch-worned by the user, a patch-placed on the electric equipment, a pocket-inserting form, a shaped planar card form, shaped perforation form, shaped texture form, a shaped polygon form, a shaped cylinder form, net-like webbing sheet form, and a shaped miniature portable probing sniffer stick form,

whereby alternative radiation detection devices are alternatively suitable in predetermined plastic encased forms, provides in aiding the user'"'"'s own personal verification means of operational radiation detection verification measurement and ease of performing method of shielding effectiveness figure-of-merit measure.

16. The radiation detection device according to claim 9, the said multiple-series node detection configuration further comprising of:

a single-section radiation device element having a referenced dipole antenna in modified element form to exclude the stimulus indicator means comprising of a light emitting diode device, said modified element forms a node detection field reference point representation, is employed in a multiple-series node detection configuration of dipole antennas aligned in side-by-side stacked single-section radiation detection arrangement interconnected in series mesh loop electrical connection to a alternative stimulus indicator forming a multiple-series node detection configuration, is predeterminedly comprising of first said modified element form, of second said modified element form, of predetermined set quantity of iterative replication of modified element forms, and concluding with a predetermined Nth said modified element form, with all modified element forms electrically interconnected in predetermined series mesh loop of electrical node fashion in electrical conducting means to a alternative stimulus indicator means as predeterminedly requiring greater input driving signal levels,

whereby the advantage of providing greater generated output monitoring DC voltage signal levels as compared to that of a said single-section radiation detection device when exposed to EMF energy radiation of predetermined thresholding level, said multiple-series node detection configuration provides alternatively greater drive levels to an alternative stimulus indicator device that predeterminedly requires greater monitoring DC voltage signal drive levels.

17. The radiation detection device according to claim 9, the said modified multiple-series node detection configuration further comprising of:

said multiple-series node detection configuration with replacing the alternative stimulus indicator means with a DC filtered circuit terminal output means, providing a means for a wireless energy reuse system function to reclaim unused EMF energy radiation from a predetermined antenna main beam angle or sidelobes of the present antenna radiated emission source or electronic equipment body EMF radiated emission source and thereby providing a supply for at least a trickle-action self-feeding-back DC power recovery charge connection means for electronic circuit devices to accept a DC power charge, thereby providing a means for a wireless EMF energy recovery and reuse system configuration device, is thereby referred to as a modified multiple-series node detection configuration.

18. The radiation detection device according to claim 9, the said modified multiple-series node detection configuration further comprises of:

said modified multiple-series node detection configuration joining in embedding and non-embedding configuration with radiation shielding devices in coplanar fashion means, alternatively providing a wireless transmit and receive electronic equipment comprising a cellular telephone or the like, with greater power-saving efficient operation with using DC power recovery charge connection means, as is provided by said modified multiple-series node detection configuration.

19. The radiation detection device according to claim 9, the said modified multiple-series node detection configuration further comprises of:

a reconstructed said modified multiple-series node detection configuration in curtain-like net-webbing form in sheet layout means comprising of predetermined node detection quantity interconnected in series mesh loop electrical connection to a alternative stimulus indicator means to provide further means of expanded greater generated output monitoring DC voltage signal levels appropriate to drive alternatively expanded forms of alternative stimulus indicator means.

20. A integrated shield detection device to provide combined functions of radiation monitoring detection means and shielding protection means from electromagnetic field (EMF) radiated emission, said integrated shield detection device is comprising of:

a subcomponent radiation detection device, and

a subcomponent radiation shielding device,

joined together in predetermined fashion to provide the user with overall shield effectiveness system solution for assessment means for determining radiation shielding arrangement device operational capability and functional reliability in a continuous personal monitoring mode fashion with verifying indication means of protective coverage from EMF energy exposure level intensity.

21. The integrated shield detection device according to claim 20, the said subcomponent radiation detection devices further comprising of:

a radiation detection device, and

a radiation sensor device.

22. The integrated shield detection device according to claim 21, the said radiation sensor device further comprising of:

said radiation detection devices serving to provide as primary sensory circuits for said radiation sensor devices,

where said radiation sensor devices alternatively placed on opposing side surface of said integrated shield detection device shielding side surface or blocking side surface as to provide un-shielded EMF radiation monitoring detection of present ambient environment by said radiation sensor device, is thereby referred to as a radiation sensor device,

whereby a pre-alerting radiation sensor detection means of EMF exposure prior to encountering a shielding function, is considered advantageous to alert the user to close-proximity exposing high radiation levels before any radiation shielding protection is encountered in the ambient environment.

23. The integrated shield detection device according to claim 20, the said subcomponent radiation shielding device having a range of shielding forms further comprises of:

a radiation shielding device,

a RF shielded wearable garments including hats comprising a baseball cap,

a RF shielded screens including sandwiching form structure, free-standing form structure, suspending form structure,

a RF shielded eyewear of glass or plastic nature including an eyeglass,

a RF shielded wearable wraparound articles including a bandanna or to a scarf,

a RF shielded electronic equipment carrying pouch or case of extended upwardly fan structure devices,

a RF shielded foldable or fixed fan structure devices, and

a RF shielded internally pop-up fan mechanism devices,

whereby said subcomponent radiation shielding device, specifically worn or spatially placed between the wireless transmit/receive electronic equipment antenna or body and the sensitive human body tissue part to provide means for close-proximity protective shielding means from EMF radiation source exposure.

24. The integrated shield detection device according to claim 20, the said subcomponent radiation shielding device further comprises of:

a radiation shielding devices construction methodology to shield design approach is by employing the opened-form method design solution,

where said opened-form method design solution comprises a radiation shielding arrangement to predeterminedly encompass in wrap-around fashion means as directed along in radial circumferencing fashion with respect to a predetermined body requiring shielding protection,

whereby said open-form method design solutions minimizes the impact of radiation shielding arrangement design regarding EMF side effects from causing excessive EMF signal interaction and degradation effects with normal un-blocked free space EMF signal transmission functioning of wireless transmit and receive electronic equipment antenna design, more specifically in close-proximity arrangements comprising multiple transceiver signal hookup areas.

25. The integrated shield detection device according to claim 20, wherein said integrated shield detection device having a structure range of hybrid forms and having a method of shielding effectiveness figure-of-merit measuring means comprises of:

joining a radiation detection device with a radiation shielding device,

joining RF shielded wearable garments including hats comprising a baseball cap with subcomponent radiation detection device to form a hybrid wearable garment integrated shield detection devices,

joining RF shielded screens including sandwiching form structure, free-standing form structure, and suspending form structure, with subcomponent radiation detection device to form a hybrid screen integrated shield detection devices,

joining RF shielded eyewear of glass or plastic nature including an eyeglass with subcomponent radiation detection device to form a hybrid eyewear integrated shield detection devices,

joining RF shielded wearable wraparound articles including a bandanna or to a scarf with subcomponent radiation detection device to form a hybrid wearable wrap-around integrated shield detection devices,

joining RF shielded electronic equipment carrying pouch or case of extended upwardly fan structure with subcomponent radiation detection device to form a hybrid electronic equipment carrying pouch or case integrated shield detection devices,

joining RF shielded foldable or fixed fan structure with subcomponent radiation detection device to form a hybrid foldable or fixed fan integrated shield detection devices,

joining an RF shielded internally pop-up fan mechanism with subcomponent radiation detection device to form a hybrid internally pop-up fan integrated shield detection devices,

whereby said hybrid wearable garment integrated shield detection devices, said hybrid screen integrated shield detection devices, said hybrid eyewear integrated shield detection devices, said hybrid wearable wrap-around integrated shield detection devices, said hybrid electronic equipment carrying pouch or case integrated shield detection devices, said hybrid foldable or fixed fan integrated shield detection devices, said hybrid internally pop-up fan integrated shield detection devices constitutes integrated shield detection devices, specifically worn or spatially placed between the wireless transmit/receive electronic equipment antenna or body and the sensitive human body tissue part to provide means for close-proximity protective alerting means from EMF radiation source exposure as a verification device indicator means to aid the user'"'"'s own personal verification of operational RF detection verification and performing method of shielding effectiveness figure-of-merit measure from potentially harmful direct line-of-sight of EMF energy.

26. The integrated shield detection device according to claim 20, wherein said subcomponent radiation shielding devices having a configuration range of fabrication techniques comprising of:

a plurality of garment fabrication techniques used to produce wearable garments including a hat arrangement comprising a baseball cap,

a plurality of textile fabrication techniques used to produce wearable wrap-around articles including a bandanna or scarf,

a plurality of simulated-textile fabrication techniques used to produce an electronic equipment-carrying pouch or case of extended upwardly fan structure arrangement,

a plurality of eyewear fabrication techniques used to produce eyewear articles including a eyeglass of either glass or plastic material nature,

a plurality of fan structure fabrication techniques used to produce attached fan structure with fixed or foldable or collapsible functions,

a plurality of fan mechanism fabrication techniques used to produce internal electronic equipment pop-up fan mechanism with fixed or foldable or collapsible functions,

a plurality of screen structure fabrication techniques used to produce free-standing or suspended support screen structures including blinds with fixed or foldable or collapsible functions,

where said garment fabrication techniques, said textile fabrication techniques, said simulated-textile fabrication techniques, said eyewear fabrication techniques, said fan structure fabrication techniques, said fan mechanism fabrication techniques, and said screen structure fabrication techniques joined predeterminedly with electromagnetic interference and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) material properties of metallic conductive nature and magnetic nature to form hybrid fabrication constructions for subcomponent radiation shielding devices, comprises of;

an EMI/RFI material layer or liner joined in a predetermined about or multitude of alternating sandwich layered fashion with a predetermined wearable garment layer or support member structure layer or screen structure layer where said sandwich layers could be sewn on together, or adhesively attached or a wrapped around configuration or a temporary attachment by way of clip-on pins or pinned on attach or Velcro-attached or non-permanent bond adhesive attach or process depositioned attach together, to form together a predetermined sandwiched layer arrangement,

or an EMI/RFI material layer joined with predetermined about or multitude layers of a predetermined wearable garment layer or support member layer or screen structure layer to form together a predetermined laminate arrangement,

or a some about or multitude combination of predetermined EMI/RFI material types and layers used entirely in place of the wearable garment layer or the support member structure layer or the screen structure layer to form together a predetermined hybrid material arrangement,

whereby a predetermined combination of said garment fabrication techniques, said textile fabrication techniques, said simulated-textile fabrication techniques, said eyewear fabrication techniques, said fan structure fabrication techniques, said fan mechanism fabrication techniques, said screen structure fabrication techniques, said predetermined sandwiched layer arrangement, said predetermined laminate arrangement, said predetermined hybrid material arrangement, provide predetermined techniques for hybrid RF shielded wearable garment fabrication construction, hybrid RF shielded eyewear fabrication construction, hybrid RF shielded fan structure fabrication construction, hybrid RF shielded pop-up fan mechanism fabrication construction, and hybrid RF shielded screen structure fabrication construction.

27. The integrated shield detection device according to claim 26, wherein said EMI/RFI material properties having a electrical design range parameters comprises of:

a plurality of predetermined EMI/RFI materials used to operate specifically within the 100 Mega-Hertz to 300 Giga-Hertz comprising the electromagnetic field frequency spectrum range parameter,

a plurality of predetermined EMI/RFI materials and processes of metallic conductive nature and magnetic nature used comprising;

conductive composites, magnetic composites, conductive laminates, conductive fibers, molded/extruded conductive elastomers, conductive silicone-base, conductive polymer-base, woven fabric, foam, conductive coatings, foil, tape, film shielding laminates, conductive film including Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) or multi-layer conductive coatings, conductive material deposition process, silk screen on conductive paint, metal mesh, knitted wire mesh, grilles, thereby comprising metallic conductive electrical properties having a predetermined surface resistance range and is within about zero ohms per square and less than or equal to 100,000 ohms per square comprising the electromagnetic field surface resistance range parameter, and predetermined RF skin depth metallic thickness range is within about 0.00001 inch and less than or equal to 0.03 inch comprising the electromagnetic field skin depth range parameter,

a plurality of EMI/RFI materials used comprising of structure-configured forms of;

conductive woven fabric, metal or polymer-based or silicone-based mesh, knitted wire mesh, grilles, of said types of forms having a multitude array of square holes in sheet-material form of predetermined thickness, where said forms design comprises a grid structure arrangement of square holes, having an overall effective square hole area design range is within about zero to 0.01 inch² in grid area effective square hole dimensions, which constitute electrical properties having predetermined electromagnetic waveguide cutoff wavelength behavior in nature comprising the electromagnetic waveguide cutoff wavelength range parameter,

a plurality of predetermined EMI/RFI materials of metallic conductive nature and magnetic nature used comprising of material textures;

a flat surface shape, periodic triangular-surface or accordion surface shape, periodic grid of pyramidal volume protruding element surface shape, periodic grid of semi-bubble volume protruding-in or protruding-out element surface shape, periodic grid of waffle-iron shape protruding-out or protruding-in element surface shape, which constitute the enhancement of increasing electromagnetic field surface absorption behavior in nature comprising the electromagnetic surface absorption range parameter,

a plurality of implementing stealth technology methods in effectively reducing the radiation shielding arrangement device virtual radar cross-sectional foot print form-factor comprising the electromagnetic field stealth technology method range parameter,

whereby said electrical design range parameters contain means for effective EMF shielding or blocking by the radiation shielding device and serves to minimize the shielding degradation effects and sensitivity interaction effects on non-blocked electromagnetic fields of normal antenna signal transmission operation.

28. A method for shielding effectiveness figure-of-merit measure using a radiation detection device to provide measure rating for shielding effectiveness of integrated shield detection devices including subcomponent radiation shielding devices and radiation shielding devices from energy radiated electromagnetic fields (EMF) at predetermined spatial location points of said radiation shielding devices, said subcomponent radiation shielding devices and said integrated shield detection device, said method comprising the steps of:

measuring a means for providing a first relative reference calibration measuring means for normal and proper radiation detection operation thereby providing EMF energy measurement takened as to simulate a reference level without shielding in place,

measuring a means for providing a second relative reference calibration measuring means for indication of proper sensing by radiation detection device on the perspective blocking side of the radiation shielding device thereby providing an EMF energy measurement takened with shielding in place,

performing interpretive formula expression calculation of the decibel value rating comprising the ratio equating formula of electromagnetic field strength takened without and with shielding in place,

wherein the formula expression of said decibel value rating specification is alternatively restated in magnitude value rating specification for ease of the user'"'"'s shielding effectiveness measure and interpretation,

whereby said method provide means of close-proximity protective alerting measure from EMF radiation source exposure as a verification device indicator means to aid the user'"'"'s own personal verification of operational RF detection verification and shielding effectiveness figure of merit from potentially harmful direct line-of-sight of electromagnetic fields emanating from a wireless transmit/receive electronic equipment antenna or chassis body.

29. The method for shielding effectiveness figure-of-merit measure according to claim 28, said method further comprises steps of:

applying said method to determine relative radiation safety figure-of-merit value,

indicated by a graduated level indicating response means to provide perceptible presence in degrees of detected EMF energy intensity level variations measured as a function of varying the distance separated from the illuminating EMF energy source and the referenced radiation detection device.