Title:
AUTOMATED AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER COLLECTION, IMAGING, IDENTIFICATION, AND ANALYSIS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/073745
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The following is an apparatus and a method that enables the automated collection and identification of airborne particulate matter comprising dust, pollen grains, mold spores, bacterial cells, and soot from a gaseous medium comprising the ambient air. Once ambient air is inducted into the apparatus, aerosol particulates are acquired and imaged under a novel lighting environment that is used to highlight diagnostic features of the acquired airborne particulate matter. Identity determinations of acquired airborne particulate matter are made based on captured images. Abundance quantifications can be made using identity classifications. Raw and summary information are communicated across a data network for review or further analysis by a user. Other than routine maintenance or subsequent analyses, the basic operations of the apparatus may use, but do not require the active participation of a human operator.
Inventors:
LUCAS RICHARD (US)
BUNDERSON LANDON (US)
ALLAN NATHAN (US)
LAMBSON KEVN (US)
BUNDERSON LANDON (US)
ALLAN NATHAN (US)
LAMBSON KEVN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2015/059278
Publication Date:
September 29, 2016
Filing Date:
November 05, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LUCAS RICHARD (US)
BUNDERSON LANDON (US)
ALLAN NATHAN (US)
LAMBSON KEVN (US)
BUNDERSON LANDON (US)
ALLAN NATHAN (US)
LAMBSON KEVN (US)
International Classes:
B03C3/74
Foreign References:
US20080304752A1 | 2008-12-11 | |||
US20070295208A1 | 2007-12-27 | |||
US20100075317A1 | 2010-03-25 | |||
US20070295207A1 | 2007-12-27 | |||
CN203299089U | 2013-11-20 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3215274A4
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