METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSING MISALIGNMENT IN GAS DETECTING DEVICES

• Main Authors: PHILLIPS, Antony Leighton, HARRIE, Peter Mark, WATTS, Rodney Royston
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.08.2023
• Subjects: COLORIMETRY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIATION PYROMETRY; TESTING

A gas detecting device comprising: a microcontroller electronically coupled to a receiver element (103, 800), the receiver element (103, 800) further comprising: a detection channel (806) configured to generate a first light intensity indication, a diagnosis channel (816) configured to generate a second light intensity indication, the microcontroller configured to generate an alignment indication based on a ratio value based on the first light intensity indication and the second light intensity indication and determine whether the ratio value satisfies a predetermined threshold, wherein, the alignment indication indicates whether the receiver element (103, 800) is misaligned.