Method and wireless communicating apparatus for analysis of environment

• US 7,439,855 B1
• Filed: 05/13/2005
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aleksandr L Yufa, Yelena V. Yufa
• Original Assignee: Aleksandr L Yufa, Yelena V. Yufa
• Inventors: Yufa, Aleksandr L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Benjamin C
• Application Number:
  US11/128,780
• Time in Patent Office: 1,257 Days
• Field of Search: 3405391-53929, 34087001-87017, 356/336, 356338-339
• US Class Current: 340/539.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 15/02 Investigating particle size or size distribution by measuring osmotic pressure G01N7/10; investigating sedimentation of particle suspensions G01N15/04; investigating individual particles G01N15/10
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 15/10 Investigating individual particles
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/00871 Communications between instruments or with remote terminals

Abstract

The improved methods and apparatus for analysis of environment provide wireless communication of the environmental analyzers, e.g. such as particle monitoring (counting and measuring) instruments. The improved apparatus includes at least one of a plurality of environment monitoring systems and at least one of a plurality of remote control systems, each of which comprises the wireless communicating device and control/processing device. Also the improved apparatus includes the selectable channel flow system for the assayed environment which intersects a light (laser) beam or a ray within monitoring region of the monitoring device of the improved apparatus. The selection of the channel is provided by the valving device coupled with the inlet filtrating device.

Claims

1. A method for analysis of an environment monitored by a ray or a light beam, said method, providing a wireless communication, comprises the steps of:

forming in a mobile control system at least one of a plurality of control signals, which provide at least one of a turning-on, turning-off, and/or switching of modes of operation of an environment monitoring system;

converting in said mobile control system said at least one of said plurality of control signals to the form for a wireless transmission;

wireless transmitting said at least one of said plurality of control signals to said environment monitoring system;

wireless receiving of the transmitted at least one of said plurality of control signals by said environment monitoring system;

converting the received at least one of said plurality of control signals to an appropriate form for control of said environment monitoring system;

sensing by a detecting means of said environment monitoring system a light or a pattern created under influence of said light beam or said ray within a monitoring region, and providing an output which is effectively indicative of at least one of a plurality of characteristics of said environment including particle measurement and count;

processing said output in said environment monitoring system;

forming in said environment monitoring system a data, containing an information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or a warning and/or an alarm information or at least one warning and/or alarm signal;

converting said data, containing said information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning and/or said alarm information or at least one said warning and/or said alarm signal, to a wirelessly transmissible form;

wireless transmitting of the converted data, containing said information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning and/or said alarm information or at least one said warning and/or said alarm signal, from said environment monitoring system to a data processing system separate from said mobile control system;

wireless receiving of the transmitted data, containing said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning and/or said alarm information or at least one said warning and/or said alarm signal, by said data processing system;

converting the received data, containing said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning and/or said alarm information or at least one said warning and/or said alarm signal, to the form for processing;

processing the converted data, containing said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning and/or said alarm information or at least one said warning and/or said alarm signal, by said data processing system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said environment in said environment monitoring system, which is wirelessly controlled by said mobile control system, is further monitored by a magnetic field and/or an electromagnetic field and/or an electrical field and/or an electrostatic field and/or a radioactivity, and wherein said environment monitoring system further provides said sensing of said pattern created under said influence of said magnetic field and/or said electromagnetic field and/or said electrical field and/or said electrostatic field and/or said radioactivity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said wireless transmission from said mobile control system to said environment monitoring system is further provided by an adequate ray or by an adequate light beam.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said appropriate wireless transmission from said environment monitoring system, which is wirelessly controlled by said mobile control system, to said data processing system is further provided by an adequate ray or by an adequate light beam.

5. A method for analysis of an environment monitored by a ray or a light beam, said method, providing a wireless communication, comprises the steps of:

forming in a mobile control system at least one of a plurality of control signals, which provide at least one of a turning-on, turning-off, and/or switching of modes of operation of an environment monitoring system;

converting in said mobile control system said at least one of said plurality of control signals to a form for a wireless transmission;

wireless transmitting said at least one of said plurality of control signals to said environment monitoring system;

wireless receiving of the transmitted at least one of said plurality of control signals by said environment monitoring system;

converting in said mobile control system the received at least one of said plurality of control signals to an appropriate form for control of said environment monitoring system;

sensing by a detecting means of said environment monitoring system a light or a pattern created under influence of said light beam or said ray within a monitoring region, and providing an output which is effectively indicative of at least one of a plurality of characteristics of said environment including particle measurement and count;

processing said output in said environment monitoring system forming a data, containing an information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or a warning and/or an alarm information or at least one warning and/or alarm signal;

processing the formed data, containing said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning and/or said alarm information or at least one said warning and/or said alarm signal, by a data processing system of the environment monitoring system;

displaying and/or printing and/or recording the processed data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said environment in said environment monitoring system, which is wirelessly controlled by said mobile control system, is further monitored by a magnetic field and/or an electromagnetic field and/or an electrical field and/or an electrostatic field and/or a radioactivity, and wherein said environment monitoring system further provides said sensing of said pattern created under said influence of said magnetic field and/or said electromagnetic field and/or said electrical field and/or said electrostatic field and/or said radioactivity.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein said wireless transmission from said mobile control system to said environment monitoring system is further provided by an adequate ray or by an adequate light beam.

8. An apparatus for analysis of an environment monitored by a ray or light beam, said apparatus, providing a wireless communication, comprises:

at least one of a plurality of mobile control systems said at least one or each of which includes

a control means forming at least one of a plurality of control signals;

a wireless transmitting means providing a wireless transmission of at least one of a plurality of control signals;

a control signal processing means connected to said control means and to said wireless transmitting means;

at least one of a plurality of environment monitoring systems, said at least one or each of which includes

a detecting system comprising

a detecting means including an environment assaying system coupled by a tubular means with a monitoring means providing a sensing of a light or a pattern created under influence of said light beam or said ray within a monitoring region, and providing an output which is effectively indicative of at least one of a plurality of characteristics of an environment including particle measurement and count;

a signal processing and control system comprising

an initial signal processing means providing processing of said output from said monitoring means of said detecting means,

an environment assaying and control means providing control of said environment assaying system;

a signal and data processing and control system, providing a processing of the processed output, forming a data, containing an information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or a warning or an alarm information or at least one warning or alarm signal, and control of the means and systems of said signal processing and control system;

a conversion system, converting said at least one of said plurality of control signals to a form for control of said environment monitoring system, and converting said data, containing said information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning or said alarm information or at least one said warning or said alarm signal, by said data processing system, to the form for wireless transmission;

an appropriate wireless communication system comprising

an appropriate wireless transmitting-receiving means including

an appropriate wireless receiving means providing an appropriate receiving of said at least one of said plurality of control signals;

an appropriate wireless transmitting means providing an appropriate wireless transmission of said data, containing said information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning or said alarm information or at least one said warning or said alarm signal;

at least one of a plurality of data processing systems, said at least one or each of which includes

an adequate wireless receiving means providing wireless receiving of said data, containing said information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning or said alarm information or at least one said warning or said alarm signal;

a data processing means comprising

a processing means for processing of the received data, containing said information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning or said alarm information or at least one said warning or said alarm signal;

a conversion means connected to said processing means;

a terminal means, connected to said processing means, including at least one of a displaying means, a floppy disk means, a compact disk means, a printing means, a control panel.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said environment in said at least one of said plurality of environment monitoring systems is, which is wirelessly controlled by said at least one of said plurality of said mobile control systems, is further monitored by a magnetic field and/or an electromagnetic field and/or an electrical field and/or an electrostatic field and/or a radioactivity, and wherein said environment monitoring system further provides said sensing of said pattern created under said influence of said magnetic field and/or said electromagnetic field and/or said electrical field and/or said electrostatic field and/or said radioactivity.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said wireless transmission from said at least one of said plurality of mobile control systems to said at least one of said plurality of environment monitoring systems is further provided by an adequate ray or by an adequate light beam.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said appropriate wireless transmission from said at least one of said plurality of environment monitoring systems to said at least one of said plurality of data processing systems is further provided by an adequate ray or by an adequate light beam.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said apparatus further comprises said at least one of said plurality of said mobile control systems and at least one of a plurality of a portable environment monitoring systems, and wherein each or said at least one of said plurality of said portable environment monitoring systems includes said detecting system comprising said detecting means including said environment assaying system coupled by said tubular means with said monitoring means providing said sensing of said light or said pattern created under influence of said light beam or said ray within said monitoring region, and providing said output which is effectively indicative of said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment;

said signal processing and control system comprising said initial signal processing means providing processing of said output from said monitoring means of said detecting means;

said environment assaying and control means providing control of said environment assaying system;

said signal and data processing and control system, providing said processing of said processed output, forming said data, containing said information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment, and control of the means and systems of said signal processing and control system;

said conversion system, converting said at least one of said plurality of control signals to a form for control of said at least one of said plurality of said environment monitoring systems;

an appropriate wireless communication system comprising an appropriate wireless receiving means providing an appropriate receiving of said at least one of said plurality of control signals;

a data processing systems including a data processing means comprising said processing means connected to said terminal means for processing of the formed data, containing said information about said at least one of said plurality of characteristics of said environment and/or said warning or said alarm information or at least one said warning or said alarm signal;

said terminal means including at least one of said displaying means, said floppy disk means, said compact disk means, said printing means, said control panel.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein an environment in said at least one or each of said portable environment is, which is wirelessly controlled by said at least one of said plurality of said mobile control systems, is further monitored by a magnetic field and/or an electromagnetic field and/or an electrical field and/or an electrostatic field and/or a radioactivity, and wherein said environment monitoring system further provides said sensing of said pattern created under said influence of said magnetic field and/or said electromagnetic field and/or said electrical field and/or said electrostatic field and/or said radioactivity.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein a wireless transmission of said at least one of said plurality of control signals from said at least one of said plurality of mobile control systems to said at least one of said plurality of said portable environment monitoring systems is provided by an adequate ray or by an adequate light beam.