Air analyzer and treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10060639-B2
Application number	US-201615180005-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2016
Priority date	Jun 11, 2015
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A method is disclosed comprising drawing air into a robotic vapor device via a pump, exposing the drawn air to a sensor, determining a concentration of one or more constituents of the drawn air via the sensor, dispensing a vapor from the robotic vapor device based on an air treatment protocol, and engaging a filtration element based on the air treatment protocol.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor operable for controlling the apparatus;
an intake configured to receive air from an area around the apparatus;
a pump coupled to the intake, configured for drawing the air into the apparatus via the intake;
a sensor, coupled to the pump, configured for detecting constituent data associated with one or more constituents in the drawn air;
a first container for storing a first vaporizable material;
a second container for storing a second vaporizable material;
a vaporizing component operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the vaporizing component comprises a mixing chamber coupled to the first container for receiving the first vaporizable material and coupled to the second container for receiving the second vaporizable material, wherein the mixing chamber is configured to produce a mixed vaporizable material based on the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material, wherein the vaporizing component is operable to vaporize at least a portion of the mixed vaporizable material received therein to generate a mixed vapor therefrom;
a vapor output coupled to the vaporizing component and configured to receive vapor generated by the vaporizing component, wherein the vapor output is operable to expel the vapor into the area around the apparatus; and
a filtration component operatively coupled to the device processor wherein the filtration component is operable to filter air drawn into the intake by the pump component;
wherein the processor is further operable to;
determine a concentration of at least one constituent present in the drawn air based on the constituent data;
determine, based on the concentration of at least one constituent present in the drawn air and an air treatment protocol, one or more of the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material to vaporize; and
determine, based on the concentration of at least one constituent present in the air and the air treatment protocol, whether to engage the filtration component.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operable to:
determine, based on the concentration of at least one constituent present in the drawn air and the air treatment protocol, an amount of the first vaporizable material and an amount of the second vaporizable material to comprise the mixed vaporizable material; and
determine, based on the concentration of at least one constituent present in the drawn air and the air treatment protocol, a vaporization ratio of the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pump comprises at least one of a variable stroke piston, variable stroke bellows, an intake fan, an osmosis intake structure, and a gas pump.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a gas sensor circuit, a true/false test strip, a pH sensor, a frequency reading device, a temperature reading device, a magnetic sensor, an imaging sensor, a gas chromatograph, a mass spectrometer, and combinations thereof.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is further configured to detect one or more of, a type of vaporizable material, a mixture of vaporizable material, a temperature, a color, a concentration, a quantity, a toxicity, a pH, a vapor density, and a particle size.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a network access device configured for transmitting the constituent data to a computing device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the network access device is further configured to receive the determination of the one or more of the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material to vaporize based on the air treatment protocol and the concentration from the computing device and the determination of whether to engage the filtration component based on the air treatment protocol and the concentration.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vaporizing component comprises a vibrating mesh for nebulizing the mixed vaporizable material into a mist, an atomizer for atomizing the mixed vaporizable material into an aerosol, or an ultrasonic nebulizer for nebulizing the mixed vaporizable material into a mist.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the filtration component comprises at least one of electrostatic plates, ultraviolet light, a HEPA filter, and combinations thereof.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the vaporizing component is remote from the apparatus and the processor causes the vaporizing component to vaporize the one or more of the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material by communicating with the remote vaporizing component or a Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) system via the network access device.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a memory element configured for storing the constituent data.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the memory element is configured for storing the air treatment protocol and wherein the processor is configured for comparing the constituent data to the air treatment protocol.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air treatment protocol comprises one or more of, a target concentration for the one or more constituents, a minimum threshold concentration for the one or more constituents, and a maximum threshold concentration for the one or more constituents.

Assignees

• Lunatech Llc

Inventors

• Blackley Jonathan Seamus

Classifications

• A61L2209/14

  Filtering means · CPC title

• A61L2209/16

  Connections to a HVAC unit · CPC title

• A61L9/00

  Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air (body deodorants A61Q15/00; purifying air by respirators A62B, A62D9/00; separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours B01D45/00 - B01D51/00, B03C3/00; chemical or biological purification of waste gases B01D53/34; production of ozone C01B13/10; air-conditioning systems incorporating sterilisation F24F3/16, F24F8/20) · CPC title

• A61L2209/111

  Sensor means, e.g. motion, brightness, scent, contaminant sensors · CPC title

• A61L9/16

  using physical phenomena · CPC title