PORTABLE SENSOR DEVICE WITH A GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

• Main Authors: BUHLER JOHANNES, SCHMIDLIN ROGER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.08.2014
• Subjects: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWNENERGY USE; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TESTING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

In order to allow application programs access to a gas sensor, a versatile mechanism is provided that allows to provide a flexible sensor control through a simple, fixed API. The mechanism is designed to let the application program query the possible operating modes of the gas sensor. The operating modes e.g. specify the methods for controlling the gas sensor and for processing its raw data.