Binding agent and olfaction sensor
AssigneeDENSO International America, Inc.
InventorsSibu Varughese, Martin Nespolo, Thomas Krzyzak, Gareth Webb, Wilson Yim, Matthew Johnson
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Abstract
A vehicle system includes: a blower configured to draw air from within a passenger cabin of a vehicle through an inlet; a binding agent source configured to flow a binding agent into the air; and a sensor disposed downstream of the binding agent source in the direction of airflow, the sensor configured to determine an amount of smoke in the air from within the passenger cabin based on a measured characteristic of particulate at the sensor and a predetermined characteristic of the binding agent.
Claims18
A vehicle system, comprising:
- a blower configured to draw air from within a passenger cabin of a vehicle through an inlet;
- a binding agent source configured to flow a binding agent into the air;
- and
- a sensor disposed downstream of the binding agent source in the direction of airflow, the sensor configured to determine an amount of smoke in the air from within the passenger cabin based on a measured characteristic of particulate at the sensor and a predetermined characteristic of the binding agent,
- wherein the measured characteristic includes one of:
- mass;
- a mass flow rate of the particulate at the sensor;
- and
- a dimension of the particulate at the sensor.
A vehicle system, comprising:
- a blower configured to draw air from within a passenger cabin of a vehicle through an inlet;
- a binding agent source configured to flow a binding agent into the air;
- and
- a sensor disposed downstream of the binding agent source and configured to determine an amount of smoke in the air within the passenger cabin based on a measured characteristic of volatile organic compounds at the sensor and a predetermined characteristic of the binding agent wherein the measured characteristic includes one of:
- mass;
- and
- a mass flow rate of volatile organic compounds at the sensor.
A vehicle system, comprising:
- a blower configured to draw air from within a passenger cabin of a vehicle through an inlet;
- a binding agent source configured to flow a binding agent into the air;
- and
- a sensor disposed downstream of the binding agent source in the direction of airflow, the sensor configured to determine an amount of smoke in the air from within the passenger cabin based on a measured characteristic of particulate at the sensor and a predetermined characteristic of the binding agent;
- and
- a second sensor disposed upstream of the binding agent source in the direction of airflow and configured to measure a second measured characteristic of particulate at the second sensor,
- wherein the sensor is configured to determine the amount of smoke in the air from within the passenger cabin further based on the second measured characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.