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US 12,736,509 B2Granted
Input control based on atmospheric oxygen
OwnerScott A. Elrodinventor
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Abstract
An exemplary method adjusts one or operating characteristics of an oxygen utilizing system based on atmospheric oxygen content. The method includes detecting, using one or more atmospheric sensors, atmospheric conditions for an atmosphere surrounding the oxygen utilizing system and determining the atmospheric oxygen content based on the detected atmospheric conditions. The method further includes adjusting the one or more operating characteristics of the oxygen utilizing system based on the atmospheric oxygen content.
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A method, comprising:
- providing atmospheric sensors comprising an oxygen sensor and at least one non-oxygen sensor that does not directly measure oxygen content;
- determining that the oxygen sensor has failed, malfunctioned, or is out of calibration;
- detecting, using the at least one non-oxygen sensor, atmospheric conditions for an atmosphere surrounding an oxygen utilizing system;
- determining, without a measured oxygen value, an atmospheric oxygen content based on the atmospheric conditions;
- and
- adjusting one or more operating characteristics of the oxygen utilizing system based on the atmospheric oxygen content.
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A method, comprising:
- providing, for an oxygen utilizing system, a network connection to a remote network and onboard atmospheric sensors that include a first sensor of a first sensor type and a second sensor of a second sensor type different than the first sensor type;
- identifying expected sensor values for the atmospheric sensors based on external data from the remote network;
- comparing the expected sensor values to actual sensor values;
- determining the first sensor has failed, malfunctioned, or is out of calibration;
- determining, using the second sensor and not the first sensor, an atmospheric oxygen content based on second sensor data;
- and
- adjusting the one or more operating characteristics of the oxygen utilizing system based on the atmospheric oxygen content.
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A method, comprising:
- providing, for an oxygen utilizing system, a network connection to a remote network and onboard atmospheric sensors that include at least one sensor that does not directly measure oxygen content;
- identifying at least one of a loss in the network connection to the remote network or conflicting data between atmospheric data from the atmospheric sensors and external source data from the remote network;
- detecting, in response to the loss in the network connection or the conflicting data, atmospheric conditions for an atmosphere surrounding the oxygen utilizing system using the at least one sensor;
- determining, without a measured oxygen value, an atmospheric oxygen content based on the atmospheric conditions;
- and
- adjusting the one or more operating characteristics of the oxygen utilizing system based on the atmospheric oxygen content.
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