Apparatus for detecting rain using wire mesh sensor

An apparatus for detecting rain using a wire mesh sensor, comprising:

• a wire mesh which is configured to include a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers;
• and
• a fixing part for fixing the wire mesh;
• wherein the plurality of transmitters supply electricity to the wire mesh, and
• wherein, in response to rain being positioned between a specific transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a specific receiver among the plurality of receivers, the specific receiver is configured to receive the electricity from the specific transmitter and then transmit the electricity to a measuring part, to thereby allow the measuring part to measure conductivity, wherein the plurality of transmitters in the wire mesh are respectively connected to a transmitter circuit, wherein the plurality of receivers in the wire mesh are respectively connected to a receiver circuit, and wherein one end of the measuring part is connected to the transmitter circuit and an opposite end of the measuring part is connected to the receiver circuit,
• wherein the wire mesh includes:
• a first mesh part comprised of the plurality of transmitters and the plurality of receivers;
• and a second mesh part comprised of a plurality of heaters,
• wherein the first mesh part is characterized in that the plurality of transmitters are arranged in a 1-st circumferential direction or in any direction within a 1-st circumferential threshold angle from the 1-st circumferential direction and that the plurality of receivers are arranged in a 2-nd circumferential direction or in any direction within a 2-nd circumferential threshold angle from the 2-nd circumferential direction, and wherein each of the plurality of transmitters and each of the plurality of receivers are arranged at a right angle to each other or at any angle within a 3-rd threshold angle from the right angle,
• wherein the second mesh part includes:
• 1-st second mesh parts arranged in the 1-st circumferential direction or in any direction within the 1-st circumferential threshold angle from the 1-st circumferential direction;
• and 2-nd second mesh parts arranged in the 2-nd circumferential direction or in any direction within the 2-nd circumferential threshold angle from the 2-nd circumferential direction, wherein the 1-st second mesh parts and the 2-nd second mesh parts are arranged at a right angle to each other or at any angle within the 3-rd threshold angle from the right angle, and
• wherein the wire mesh is characterized in that the wire mesh is in a form of a hemisphere, and in that a 1-st circumferential wire having a longest length on a surface of the hemisphere in the 1-st circumferential direction among the heaters in the 1-st second mesh parts and the plurality of transmitters is arranged in the 1-st circumferential direction, and other wires among the heaters in the 1-st second mesh parts and the plurality of transmitters are arranged in any direction within the 1-st circumferential threshold angle from the 1-st circumferential direction, and in that a 2-nd circumferential wire having a longest length on the surface of the hemisphere in the 2-nd circumferential direction among the heaters in the 2-nd second mesh parts and the plurality of receivers is arranged in the 2-nd circumferential direction, and other wires among the heaters in the 2-nd second mesh parts and the plurality of receivers are arranged in any direction within the 2-nd circumferential threshold angle from the 2-nd circumferential direction.