Vapor device for filtering and testing material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10528066-B2
Application number	US-201815935907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2018
Priority date	Jun 16, 2015
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A method is disclosed comprising drawing air into a robotic vapor device, exposing the drawn air to a sensor to detect one or more constituents in the drawn air, determining measurement data for the one or more constituents of the drawn air via the sensor, and engaging a filtration component in the robotic vapor device based on the measurement data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic vapor device comprising:
a device processor operable for controlling the electronic vapor device;
an air intake configured to receive an air sample from an environment proximate to the electronic vapor device;
a pump component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the pump component is coupled to the air intake and operable to draw the air sample from the environment proximate to the electronic vapor device into the air intake;
at least one sensing component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the at least one sensing component is configured to be in contact with at least a portion of the air sample, wherein the at least one sensing component is operable to detect a plurality of constituent data associated with the air sample;
a vaporizing component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the vaporizing component is configured to receive a selected amount of first vaporizable material and a selected amount of a second vaporizable material, wherein the vaporizing component is operable to vaporize at least a portion of the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material received therein to generate at least one mixed vapor therefrom;
a vapor outlet coupled to the vaporizing component and configured to receive at least a portion of the vapor generated by the vaporizing component, wherein the vapor outlet is operable to expel the received vapor from the electronic vapor device;
a filtration component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the filtration component is operable to filter at least a portion of the air sample drawn into the air intake by the pump component; and
at least one power source operatively coupled to the device processor and operable to generate a supply of power for operation of the electronic vapor device;
wherein the device processor is further operable to;
receive at least a portion of the plurality of detected constituent data from the at least one sensing component,
determine, based on at least a portion of the plurality of detected constituent data, at least one measurement associated with at least one constituent present in the air sample and generate a plurality of measurement data therefrom;
determine, based on at least a portion of the plurality of measurement data, at least one vaporizing configuration for at least one of vaporizing a first vaporizable material, vaporizing a second vaporizable material, and combinations thereof;
determine, based on at least a portion of the plurality of measurement data, at least one filtration configuration for filtering at least a portion of the air sample drawn into the air intake by the pump component;
generate at least one vaporizing control signal for controlling at least one operational parameter of the electronic vapor device in accordance with the at least one vaporizing configuration, wherein the at least one vaporizing control signal controls a vaporization ratio of the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material; and
generate at least one filtration control signal for controlling at least one operational parameter of the electronic vapor device in accordance with the at least one filtration configuration.

2. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensing component is selected from the group of sensing components consisting of: a biochemical/chemical sensor, a genetic sensor, a thermal sensor, a radiation sensor, a mechanical sensor, an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, an electrical sensor, and combinations thereof.

3. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensing component is operable to detect at least one of an identification of a constituent in the air sample, an amount of a constituent in the air sample, a temperature of the air sample, a color of the air sample, a concentration of at least one constituent in the air sample, an air sample pH, an air sample density, a particle size of a constituent in the air sample, a toxicity level of the air sample, and combinations thereof.

4. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the vaporizing component comprises at least one of a heating element operable to produce heat energy to vaporize at least a portion of the vaporizable material received therein to generate vapor therefrom, an ultrasonic vibration element operable to produce ultrasonic vibrations to vaporize at least a portion of the vaporizable material received therein to generate mist therefrom, and combinations thereof.

5. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the device processor is further operable to generate at least one vaporizing control signal for controlling at least one of a vaporization rate of the first vaporizable material, a vaporization rate of the second vaporizable material, a timing of vaporizing a first vaporizable material, a timing of vaporizing a second vaporizable material, and combinations thereof.

6. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the pump component comprises at least one of a variable stroke piston, variable stroke bellows, an intake fan, an osmosis intake structure, and a gas pump.

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

8. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , further comprising an input/output device operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the input/output device is operable to transmit data from the device processor to a remote device and to receive data from the remote device.

9. The electronic vapor device of claim 8 , wherein the input/output device is operable to:
receive at least a portion of the plurality of measurement data from the device processor;
transmit at least a portion of the received measurement data to the remote device;
receive at least one command for filtering at least a portion of the air sample drawn into the air intake by the pump component; and
transmit the at least one command to the device processor for processing thereof.

10. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material comprises at least one vaporizable component that mitigates at least one constituent detected in the air sample.

11. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first vaporizable material and the second vaporizable material comprises at least one of an anti-pathogen, a serum, a vaccine, a natural eradicator of a substance, a carbon-based material, a non-carbon-based material, and combinations thereof.

12. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the generated measurement data comprises a concentration of at least one constituent present in the air sample;
wherein the device processor is further operable to:
determine whether the concentration of the at least one constituent exceeds a predetermined threshold, and
in the event the concentration of the at least one constituent exceeds the predetermined threshold, determine at least one vaporizing configuration for at least one of vaporizing a first vaporizable material, vaporizing a second vaporizable material, and combinations thereof.

13. A method for operating an electronic vapor device, wherein the electronic vapor device comprises (a) a device processor op

Assignees

• Lunatech Llc

Inventors

• Blackley Jonathan Seamus

Classifications

• G05D7/0676 Primary

  by action on flow sources (G05D7/0688, G05D7/0694 take precedence) · CPC title

• B01D39/08

  Filter cloth, i.e. woven, knitted or interlaced material (metallic B01D39/10) · CPC title

• G05D7/0688 Primary

  by combined action on throttling means and flow sources (G05D7/0694 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B01F3/04007

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F3/0407

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic